In this special episode of Color Shift, we have invited a panel of guest to talk about their experiences at Camp Rice. A Korean Culture camp hosted by Asia Families. Hyn and Monica attended Camp Rice last year as "campers" for the first time. They report that their experience and time there was nothing short of life changing, rejuvenating and much needed. Hollee had the incredible task of leading Camp Rice for the Korean Adult Adoptees, she expresses her joy, slight fatigue but overall amazement of how incredible the "campers" were during this extended weekend. Join your host, Nathan Choi, as he deep dives into the experiences of Monica, Hyun and Hollee.
Below is an excerpt from ASIA Families' website, describing a little about Camp Rice.
"Healing with our Ancestors"
Adult Adoptee Program at Camp Rice with Hollee McGinnis aka Lee Hwa Young and Kim-Sue Stevens
a body, heart, and soul journey of re•clamation and re•indigenizing ourselves to our ancestral wisdom
“Theme: A Journey of Friendship”
"Healing with Our Ancestors" is an adult adoptee program developed by Korean adoptee Hollee McGinnis, PhD, and co-facilitated with Kim-Sue Stevens that will be offered at Asia Families' annual Camp Rice. This program for adult adoptees is intended to be a space for us to re•claim those parts of us that were taken, abandoned, or forgotten and re•indigenize ourselves to our inner truths and ancestral wisdom. This year’s theme invites us to walk a path of friendship, coming to befriend ourselves, each other, and the world.
Set within the context of Asia Familie's Camp Rice for Korean adoptive families, this program is unique for adoptees who may want to bring their children to a Korean culture camp, or who are looking to experience a retreat space for their growth and meaning of being adopted. During our time we will engage in various contemporary mind, body, and energetic practices rooted in ancestral wisdom from Asia and South Korea to harmonize and integrate various parts of ourselves: East and West, suffering and joy, mind and heart, body and spirit, logic and intuition, giving and receiving, doing and being.
We will engage in activities that will explore who we are, the parts we are ready to set down, reconnect with those parts we had lost so we can feel more whole, and show up the way we want to be in the world.
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