Emergent Interbeing Retreat
A small, invite-only retreat in Emergent Dialogue and Interbeing at the Life Itself Riverside Hub, 19–23 September 2026.
Emergent Interbeing Retreat
Life Itself Riverside Hub · Saturday 19 – Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 8–10 people
A small, invite-only retreat in the practice of Emergent Dialogue and Interbeing — the field of awareness and intelligence that opens between people, that none of us holds alone.
Hosted by Elizabeth Debold and Mike Kauschke of Evolve World, with Life Itself.
Learn the practice: EmergentInterbeing.org
The days
Arrive Saturday 19th afternoon; depart Wednesday 23rd by lunchtime. Four nights.
The days are given over to the practice — sessions of Emergent Dialogue, held in a simple rhythm with shared meals, rest, and time outside. Session design is set by the hosts.
Practicalities
| Dates | Sat 19 – Wed 23 September 2026 (arrive Sat afternoon, leave Wed by lunchtime) |
| Place | Life Itself Riverside Hub — travel directions on that page |
| Group size | 8–10 |
| Contribution | €100 for food and lodging. Facilitation is offered on a dana (gift) basis. Travel not included. |
| To join | By invitation. Reply to hello@lifeitself.org, or to Sylvie or Rufus. |
The practice
Emergent Interbeing is a dialogical practice developed by Elizabeth Debold and Thomas Steininger that enables us to co-consciously engage with differences to create unexpected synergies — catalysing, in some small but meaningful way, islands of coherence in a fragmented world.
More: EmergentInterbeing.org · evolve-world.org
Elizabeth Debold
Elizabeth Debold, Ed.D. is a developmental psychologist, writer, activist, researcher, and co-developer of emergent Interbeing practice. For the past decade, she has been an editor of evolve Magazin, a German-language quarterly, where she writes feature articles on gender. For over thirty years, she has been engaged in discovering and exploring the potentials of collective emergence. With her partner, Dr. Thomas Steininger, she has developed a dialogical process of “Emergent Interbeing,” that enables us to co-consciously engage with differences to create unexpected synergies. Through the platform of evolve World, she, Thomas, and their team of practitioners seek, in some small but meaningful way, to catalyze islands of coherence in a fragmented world. Through events such as the 24-hour online vigil One World Bearing Witness, she is helping to bring sacred activism into the global digital age.
