Gender Equity and Reconciliation International

Intro to GERI for LGBTQ+
2025-04-26 18:00 - 19:30 (Africa/Johannesburg)
You’re invited to join us for a free online 60-90 minute program offering a taste of our process and activities. This session will guide you through an experiential process in an intimate LGBTQ+ space. You can meet a few of our facilitators and ask questions about the GERI process.

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GERI for LGBTQ+ Healing Across the Gender Spectrum
2025-05-03 09:00 - 2025-06-14 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ONLINEOver 7 SaturdaysMay 3 – June 14, 2025

Do you want an opportunity in safe space to have deep and meaningful conversations about what it has meant to be lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, or non-binary?

This experiential 7-week course creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skilfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality, in an intimate LGBTQ+ space.

Our facilitators will guide you through an experiential process in an intimate LGBTQ+ space, that will entail personal reflection, group interaction, experiential honoring, and focused exercises for unpacking and exploring sensitive issues of gender and sexuality.

Contact: Tristan Johannestristan@grworld.org+27 62 800 9595

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Women and Men: Healing the Divide - Spain
2025-05-09 00:00 - 2025-05-11 23:59, 2025-05-23 00:00 - 2025-05-25 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)
This experiential four-day workshop creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, women and men of all sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Participants will be guided through an interactive and highly experiential process that includes personal reflection, small group interaction, silent meditation, somatic exercises, experiential honoring, and council process to explore and transform sensitive issues relating to gender and sexuality. The consistent result is a deeply nourishing and liberating experience for all participants.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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The Holomovement Wave
2025-05-23 00:00 - 2025-05-26 23:59 (America/New_York)
We are honored to be partnering with:

The Holomovement Wave: Asheville, May 23 – 26, 2025!

Registration is now open for this inspiring gathering!

﻿We’re delighted to be introducing GERI at the conference, and to connect with other changemakers, build community, and share our work through panel discussions and an interactive workshop. Will Keepin will speak on a panel titled: Science and Spirituality on Common Ground –– and, our GERI team will be offering a session titled:

Reconciliation in Times of Polarization

Join us for spiritual growth, collective synergy and sharing of practical tools to ignite momentum for meaningful change.

The Holomovement Wave event is a transformative catalyst, empowering individuals and groups to align with higher consciousness and boldly co-create a thriving future for our planet.

EVENT FEE:

$535 USD per person — use the code GERI15 for 15% off!

Ticket includes entry to all workshops, special keynote evening sessions and networking events.

﻿Registration is now open, and we hope you can come and share this experience with an inspiring community of purpose-driven leaders, innovators, and changemakers.

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Women and Men: Healing the Divide
2025-06-18 08:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Women and Men: Healing the Divide is a highly experiential 3-day in-person workshop that brings together women and men of all sexual orientations to speak truth and confront gender injustice. By sharing their challenges and aspirations, participants renew hope for gender relations and awaken new levels of compassion, respect, and even reverence for one another.

Healing Across the Gender Spectrum - Cape Town, South Africa (3 day workshop)
2025-07-09 00:00 - 2025-07-11 23:59 (Africa/Johannesburg)
Cape Town, South Africa

Three-day, in-person workshopJuly 9 – 11, 2025

This experiential three-day workshop creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, people of all genders and sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Contact: Tristan Johannestristan@grworld.org

Private Event

A Call to Wholeness (intro session)
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
You’re invited to join us for a free online 90 minute program that offers you a taste of our process and activities. You’ll have an opportunity to meet a few of our facilitators and ask questions about the GERI process.

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GERI at the Festival of Compassion 2025
2025-09-10 00:00 - 2025-09-12 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles)
September 10–12, 2025

Cape Town, South Africa & Online

We’re excited to share that beloved trainers Desiree English and Tristan Johannes will be representing GERI and will be presenting on Day 2 of the Festival!

Join us for an immersive, heart-centred gathering where we’ll listen and learn together, share meals, and move through a living programme of ritual, reflection, and renewal. The festival offers a rare space to connect deeply with yourself, others, and our beautiful world.

A Call to Wholeness: The Alchemy of the Masculine & Feminine - California, USA (4-day workshop)
2025-09-11 18:30 - 2025-09-14 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This experiential four-day workshop creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, women and men of all sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Participants will be guided through an interactive and highly experiential process that includes personal reflection, small group interaction, silent meditation, somatic exercises, experiential honoring, and council process to explore and transform sensitive issues relating to gender and sexuality. The consistent result is a deeply nourishing and liberating experience for all participants.

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Second Saturday Circle | Monthly GERI Connection
2025-09-13 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Community, Healing and Reconciliation: LGBTQ+ Voices and Perspectives

📅 Saturday, September 13, 2025

Join us for a heartfelt conversation with our dynamic LGBTQ+ GERI team — Tristan, Thuli, Laurie, Lora, Ignacio, Kainyu, and Patsy — as they share their stories, wisdom, and insights on community, healing, and reconciliation.

Together we’ll listen, reflect, and open space for connection across difference, honoring the struggles and joys of LGBTQ+ journeys.

Centering • Story-sharing • Small group reflection • Community dialogue

Mark your calendar & be part of this circle of healing and solidarity.

Women and Men: Healing the Divide - Cape Town, South Africa (3-day workshop)
2025-09-15 00:00 - 2025-09-17 23:59 (Africa/Johannesburg)
In partnership with the Chrysalis Academy

Three-day, in-person workshopSeptember 15-17, 2025

This experiential three-day workshop creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, women and men of all sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Contact: Garrett EvansGarrett@grworld.orgWhatsApp: +1-618-558-6560

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GERI at the 2025 AFRICA REGIONAL FAITH AND GENDER JUSTICE CONFERENCE
2025-09-17 00:00 - 2025-09-19 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles)
September 17–19, 2025

St. Paul’s University, Nairobi, Kenya

We’re excited to share that Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) will be:

Presenting on the plenary stage

Hosting a special breakout session:

Building Beloved Community: Pathways to Healing & Restoration between Women and Men

This participatory session offers a unique, interactive experience of the GERI process—a methodology developed over 33 years and engaged by tens of thousands of participants across six continents. Endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, GERI applies principles of Truth and Reconciliation to the healing of gender relations, opening pathways of dignity, renewal, and restored partnership.

This marks the 5th historic Pan-African Faith and Gender Justice Conference, regionally hosted by IFAGE, creating safe spaces for key decision-makers to engage in continued dialogue and conversations on gender justice issues.

A Call to Wholeness: A Sacred Journey of Healing between Masculine and Feminine – Houston, TX, USA (4-day workshop)
2025-10-10 00:00 - 2025-10-13 23:59 (America/Chicago)
Four-day in-person workshopHouston, TXOctober 10-13, 2025

The process creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, women and men of all sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Participants will be guided through an interactive and highly experiential process that includes personal reflection, small group interaction, silent meditation, somatic exercises, experiential honoring, and council process to explore and transform sensitive issues relating to gender and sexuality. The consistent result is a deeply nourishing and liberating experience for all participants.

This special workshop also includes a day of Grof® Breathwork to deepen and enrich the inner and outer alchemy of reconciliation.

Contact: Kara SalterKara@grworld.org+1-303-588-7715

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Boston workshop for Christian communities (online + in-person)
2025-12-01 18:00 - 2025-12-06 21:00 (America/New_York)
Boston Workshop for Christian Communities –

Pathways of Grace: Healing and Renewal between Men & Women

Join us for this interactive, experiential hybrid online/in-person Boston workshop with Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI), specifically focused for Christian communities.

Workshop Details:

This will be held with an online session, December 1st and in-person sessions on December 4, 5, and 6.

Dec 1: 6 – 8.30 pm ONLINE (ET)

Dec 4: 5.30 – 9 pm In-Person (ET)

Dec 5: 4 – 9 pm In-Person (ET)

Dec 6: 9 am – 9 pm In-Person (ET)

About Gender Equity & Reconciliation International (GERI):

Developed over 30 years and conducted with thousands of participants across six continents, the GERI process draws on principles of Truth and Reconciliation pioneered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It invites a profound process of healing divisions across humanity.

What to expect in a workshop designed for Christian communities:

Using the GERI process, our journey will explore the often-muted attitudes, fears, shame, and brokenness within patriarchal society. Through this exploration, we begin to reclaim the mutual harmony, respect, and collaboration intended for men and women as God’s image bearers.

At the same time, the GERI facilitation team will gently help you set aside daily demands so that we can create a safe space for attentive listening. In this setting, we begin to unravel the truth of our gendered experiences. As a result, compassion and understanding deepen, and tangible pathways emerge that reimagine gender relations and move toward forgiveness, healing, and restored relationships.

Ultimately, this unique Boston workshop invites Christian communities into a new form of spiritual healing and reconciliation. Together, we will build trust and connection through interactive activities, spiritual practice, and transformative group process.

For more information, email Michele Breene, michelebreene@gmail.com

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GERI GALA 2025 - Free Online Event
2025-12-13 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
You’re invited to our GERI Gala 2025!

Join us for heartfelt connections, joyful music, and powerful sharings!

Come celebrate with us our year of inspiring successes across GERI’s diverse community and global programs.

This event is free!

Registration coming soon!

Intro to GERI
2026-01-24 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Free online 90 minute program. You’re invited to join us for program that offers you a taste of our process and activities. Developed over 30 years, and conducted with thousands of participants on 6 continents, the GERI process applies principles of Truth and Reconciliation to open new pathways to healing, respect, intimacy and collaboration between the genders.

Programa gratuito en línea de 90 minutos. Te invitamos a participar en un programa gratuito que te permitirá conocer nuestro proceso y actividades. Desarrollado a lo largo de más de 30 años, GERI abrecaminos hacia el respeto.

9am PST / 12pm EST / 6pm CET / 7pm SAST / 8pm EAT / 10:30pm IST

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Second Saturday Circle
2026-02-14 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
What energies and themes might shape 2026?

Join us for a special Second Saturday Circle with Astrologer Somya Desai on February 14th, Valentine’s Day!

This session explores the planetary alignments shaping 2026 and the energies they bring. Drawing on cosmic patterns and historical context, Somya Desai will help us understand what these forces offer us now—both individually and collectively—as we move through the year ahead.

Somya Desai has a background in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness from the California Institute of Integral Studies, having studied under Richard Tarnas and Becca Tarnas. With global roots in Singapore, India, Japan, and the United States, Somya brings a rich, holistic, and multivalent perspective to her practice and research.

“Navigating 2026: An Archetypal View” will be hosted on Zoom on Saturday, February 14th at 9 am PST / 7 pm SAST / 10:30 pm IST.

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Intro to GERI for LGBTQ+ Healing Across the Gender Spectrum
2026-02-21 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
You’re invited to join us for a free online introduction and taste of the Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) process and activities, in an intimate LGBTQ+ space.

You’ll have an opportunity to meet a few of our facilitators and ask questions about the GERI process.

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TOGETHER WE HEAL - RESILIENCE WORKSHOPS
2026-02-27 00:00 - 2026-02-28 23:59 (Africa/Johannesburg)
A resilience-building exchange between GERI, Genderworks, Chrysalis Academy & the Pocket Project

Cape Town, South Africa

This 3-part in-person workshop is a collaborative exploration into what it means to build cultures of resilience within our communities and around the world.

Listening & Community Wisdom

Fri, 27 February: 11:00-13:30Pincushion Hall at Chrysalis Academy in Tokai

A listening-centred gathering honouring the healing and resilience work already alive in our communities.

Presentation & Community DialogueFri, 27 February: 18:00-20:30Erin Hall in Rondebosch

An evening gathering offering a presentation on the Pocket Project’s resilience work, followed by dialogue and shared inquiry.

Experiential Learning & PracticeSat, 28 February: 10:30-13:30Venue to be confirmed depending on numbers

A workshop and sharing for those who wish to explore the work more deeply with practices from the Resilience Program & Global Social Witnessing.

Contact: Desireé Englishdesiree@grworld.org

Register for 11am workshop on February 27

Register for 6pm workshop on February 27

Relational Alchemy – Healing the Gender Wound for Collective Peace
2026-03-04 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
ONLINE—In Collaboration with the Pocket Project

In this community call, we join mathematical physicist and transpersonal psychologist Will Keepin to explore how the fundamental laws of the universe mirror the internal landscape of our social systems. Grounded in the principle of “as above, so below,” Will bridges the macrocosm of physics with the microcosm of our cellular experience, revealing how the fragmentation in our world is an echo of the unresolved divisions within the human collective.

We will examine how the ancient wound of gender disharmony fuels global cycles of violence. By addressing these foundational imbalances, we support the core mission of the World Women Summit 2026 – Women Rising for Peace, strengthening the global movement of women who are transforming the conditions of violence into the foundations of a more resilient world.

“Peace is not the absence of war, peace is the integration of the wounds of the war and the unification of the fabric of life” (Thomas Hübl).

Together, we will explore how showing up to heal our relational fabric is a biological and cosmological act—one that restores the natural flow of life from the individual cell to the global body.

This call is an introduction to a 3-part masterclass, inviting you to go deeper with the practice.

Register for free intro on March 4

The Alchemy of Gender Healing in Beloved Community — Three Session Online Course
2026-03-08 09:00 - 2026-03-22 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Once a week, over three weeks

Sunday, March 8 – March 22, 2026 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm CET / 6pm SAST

Discover the world of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) in this three session introductory online course.

This is a safe, mutually compassionate and respectful forum where our truths and stories are shared without shame or blame.

Through skillful facilitation, participants will be guided through an experiential process of personal reflection, group interaction, experiential honoring, and focused activities for unpacking and exploring sensitive issues of gender and sexuality.

When we truly listen to each other, the alchemy of the heart opens and transforms us into new ways of being and relating.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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Storytelling for Transforming Patriarchy and Achieving Gender Equality
2026-03-10 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Genderworks will provide a brief online experiential immersion into the Gender Equity and Reconciliation (GER) process. GER is a powerful, story-based methodology for transforming patriarchy and stopping violence. The process brings all genders together to explore their gender conditioning and share their challenging gender-related stories and experiences, and to witness one another with compassion. It builds trust and compassionate communication through interactive activities and group process, in a safe context with skilful facilitators.

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Bringing Peace to Intimate Relationships—A Regenerative Masterclass with Cynthia Brix and Will Keepin
2026-03-11 09:00 - 2026-03-19 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ONLINE—In Collaboration with the Pocket Project

• Three-Session Course: March 11, 18, 19 (9am PST / 5pm CET / 6pm SAST

In anticipation of the World Women Summit 2026, this three-day masterclass with Will Keepin, Ph.D. and Cynthia Brix explores the “fractal nature of peace.” Grounded in the principle of “as above, so below,” we examine how the macro-dynamics of global conflict are mirrored in the micro-dynamics of our bodies and relationships. By bridging quantum physics with trauma-informed reconciliation, we move beyond binary thinking to heal the ancient wound between the masculine and feminine.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

Register for three-session course, March 11, 18, 19

Healing the Divide: Transformative Community Approaches to Gender Equity - New York City, NY
2026-03-16 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
In-Person at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women NGO Forum

New York City, New York

Monday, 16 March 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, EDT

This event offers a practical experience of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International’s (GERI) methodology, which applies truth and reconciliation principles to gender and sexual injustice. Developed over 33 years and endorsed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2013, GERI is a powerful methodology for achieving gender equality and eliminating violence. GERI collaborates with partner organizations including Loretto at the UN in New York, and the US Bahai Community to embrace a broad range of social, political, and cultural contexts. This has produced fresh hope and inspiration for authentic gender reconciliation among thousands of participants across all genders and diverse cultures.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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The Alchemy of Reconciliation: Awakening to the Mystery of Love between Masculine and Feminine - Grand Rapids, MI
2026-04-09 00:00 - 2026-04-12 23:59 (America/Chicago)
Grand Rapids, MI

Four-day, in-person workshopApril 9 – 12, 2026

How can we begin to remember the real secrets of love between feminine and masculine, in a world so lost in the story of discord and division?

We start by making a place for the truth. Not the false light of our collective ideologies, but the real, more personal, intimate truth, of our own heartbreak. Women and men of all sexual orientations, coming together in the pursuit of truth and reconciliation, making a sacred space for one another, to lay down the burden of their sorrows, and walk—together—in a new way, rooted in dignity, reverence, and wonder.

Join us, April 9 – 12 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a 4-day immersion into this experience we call Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI). Our facilitation team will guide you through an interactive and highly experiential process that includes personal reflection, small group interaction, silent meditation, yoga, breathwork, experiential honoring, and council process to explore and transform sensitive issues relating to gender and sexuality. The consistent result is a deeply nourishing and liberating experience for all participants.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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Free Introduction: Gender, Spirituality, and the Alchemy of Reconciliation
2026-05-16 18:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Lisbon)
Tavira, Portugal

Join us for an in-person introduction to our retreat space in southern Portugal and to the work of Satyana Institute, which supports individuals, communities, and organizations in combining the inner work of the heart with outer service in the world.

This evening session will include light refreshments and experiential introductions to our two program areas, both focused on creating safe spaces for deep conversation and healing. Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) addresses issues of gender and sexuality, transmuting gender injustice into beloved community. Dawn of InterSpirituality centers on spiritual practice and bridging across the major religions.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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Body of Joy: Ecstatic Spirituality through Breath, Yoga, Art, and Dance - Tavira, Portugal
2026-06-05 00:00 - 2026-06-10 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Four-day, in-person workshop June 5 – 10, 2026 Near Tavira, Portugal

“If enlightenment does not take place in the body, it does not take place at all.”

— Yeshe Tsogyal, 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist master, consort of Padmasambhava, and one of the most venerated figures in Vajrayana Buddhism.

Much of spirituality—East and West—rightly focuses on “up and out” practices, awakening the higher chakras to deepen compassion, spiritual insight, and wisdom. These are called “generation stage” practices in Tibetan Buddhism. As spiritual development advances, it becomes important to also include practices that are “down and in,” to awaken all the subtle energy centers in the human body, which then becomes a living microcosm of the larger cosmos.

This retreat focuses on natural embodied practices, drawn from eastern and western traditions, that awaken the spiritual energy and vitality of the entire human body— which leads to experiencing daily life as living in a “body of joy.”

Drawing on dance, breathwork, art, yoga, movement, and diverse spiritual disciplines, join us as we reclaim our natural human birthright.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

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A Call to Wholeness: A Journey of Healing and Reconciliation between Masculine & Feminine - Essex, UK
2026-10-15 00:00 - 2026-10-18 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
In-person workshop October 15 – 18, 2026 Essex, UK

The process creates a safe space for breakthroughs in individual transformation and community healing—by working skillfully with participants’ lived experiences in relation to gender and sexuality. Together, women and men of all sexual orientations enter into a deeper understanding and mutual appreciation of their own experience and journey, and also awaken greater compassion, empathy, and understanding of others’ gender-based experiences and challenges.

Participants will be guided through an interactive and highly experiential process that includes personal reflection, small group interaction, silent meditation, somatic exercises, experiential honoring, and council process to explore and transform sensitive issues relating to gender and sexuality. The consistent result is a deeply nourishing and liberating experience for all participants.

Contact: Garrett Evansgarrett@grworld.org+1-618-558-6560

Pre-register here
