Back for our 4th gathering of
Inspired Solutionaries!

WisConfluence
2026

LIVING COHERENCE
in an Incoherent World

October 22 - 25

Thursday-SundayViroqua, Wisconsin

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What is WisConfluence?

WisConfluence is a regional grassroots gathering devoted to envisioning, embodying and leading the way to community-based cultural solutions.Building bridges with knowledge and skill-shares, we empower ourselves as impactful changemakers in our own communities- whether in bold, visible ways or quietly behind the scenes.We gather to Turn the Tide Toward a More Beautiful Future through grassroots action in alignment with peace, sovereignty and the principles of Nature.

THIS YEAR'S THEME

LIVING COHERENCE
in an Incoherent World

2026 SCHEDULE

Event Details

THURSDAY

Meet and Greet
6:30 pm

Magpie Gelato
113 S. Main St, Viroqua

Grab a gelato, make new connections & deepen previous ones.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

9:00am-10:45am -- Welcome/Intro Circle11:15 - 1:00
EMBODYING SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY
At earlier stages of evolution, when human beings had a greater need to be led, ancient and indigenous cultures looked to “the sovereign,” “sun hero,” “priest-king,” “medicine man,” or other wisdom keepers for guidance. Is it possible that we have now reached the level where we are being invited to become a new kind of sovereign by learning to transcend and transform the chaos, superficiality, and corruption of the modern world?We are facing collective structures and forces designed to turn us into unthinking machines rather than free human beings. Is there an art to staying true to ourselves when so many people, technologies and events around us pull us off center? This session presents new arts and sciences of human becoming, and seeks to help us spiral ever closer to the heart of what it means to embody our highest potential as spiritually sovereign beings.1:00 - 2:15pm: LUNCH (on your own)2:15 - 2:30pm: Community Singing Integration

2:30 - 4:00-pm
RESTORING COHERENCE IN THE FAMILY FIELD -- Catherine Jane Larkin
Our families place us in a lineage of people and events that we often know little about, yet still influence us more than we realize.  We can feel enmeshed in a confusing tangle of deep emotions and unconscious loyalties which, in the Family Constellations work, are called entanglements.Through this introduction to Family Constellations, you'll discover how to access these fields of energy and discover the hidden forces at work.  They go beyond therapeutic approaches that focus on emotional issues to a deeper level -- revealing where and how the flow of love has been blocked. Are there circumstances (victimization, lost children, addiction, family secrets, etc.) that have disrupted the family system? Is there anyone who has been excluded or forgotten?When coherence is returned to a family system, each member has their place.  Love, honor and respect can flow, and the past stops feeling like a burden of unresolved issues.  Instead the ancestors become available as a source of love, wisdom, and support.4:00 - 4:15pm: Eurythmy Movement Integration4:15 - 4:30-pm: BREAK

4:30 - 5:45
FAMILY CONSTELLATION DEMONSTRATION - Catherine Jane Larkin
Family constellations are powerful experiences which no description can quite capture.  Bert Hellinger, founder of Family Constellations, never wanted the work to become formulaic. He emphasized that one relies on the phenomena revealed in the field, which he referred to as “Orders of Love,” rather than a set theory. So in this second session we will set a sample constellation or two to provide a glimpse of “being in the field.”5:45 - 6:00pm: Eurythmy Movement Integration6:00-7:00pm: DINNER

FRIDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS

7:00 - 9:00pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Creativity Crisis: How Story Creates Coherence - Dr. Karen Parker
Humanity is facing a creativity crisis. At a time when we need new ways to care for ourselves, lead our communities, strengthen our relationships, and solve complex problems, many of us keep returning to familiar ideas and familiar patterns. What if the greatest obstacle to creating something new isn't a lack of intelligence or talent, but the story you carry about yourself and the world?Research in neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, and narrative psychology suggests that your story does much more than explain your life. It shapes the way your brain interprets experience. It influences your nervous system, affects your immune system, and guides the choices you make every day.The stories you inherit from your family, your culture, and even the archetypes you admire, become the lens through which you understand what is possible. Many of those stories once helped you survive. Today, some of them may limit your imagination, narrow your perspective or keep you repeating familiar patterns instead of creating new possibilities.In this session, you'll explore the science behind personal narrative and discover how intentional storytelling can help you restore coherence and expand what you believe is possible - and, ultimately, steer the future we dream of.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

9:00am - 9:15: Community Singing Integration9:15-10:45am
THE FUTURE IS CREATED TWICE: RECLAIMING YOUR STORY, RECLAIMING YOUR LIFE - Dr. Karen Parker
The future is always created twice: first in story, then in form. Before you build a relationship, begin a project, start a business, or solve a difficult problem, you first imagine what is possible. The story you tell about yourself - your identity - becomes the blueprint for what you create. When that story is coherent, it supports growth, creativity, and meaningful change. When it is rooted in fear or shaped by outdated beliefs, it quietly limits what you create.Learning to rewrite your story is one of the most powerful ways to create lasting change. As you become aware of the beliefs that have shaped your identity, you'll begin to see new possibilities for your life. When you change the story, you also change the way you respond to challenge, relate to others, and create your future.In this interactive workshop, you'll move through a guided process that helps you uncover the stories that have shaped your life. Using Quantum Human Design® as a practical guide, you will explore recurring themes in your life, discover how they have influenced the way you see yourself, and learn simple narrative techniques that help you reclaim your power and strengthen your sense of coherence.
You will come away with a deeper understanding of the stories that have shaped your life, practical tools you can continue to use, and a repeatable process for becoming the conscious author of the life you are creating.

11:00am - 11:15: BREAK11:15-12:45am
ENGAGING IN COHERENT SOCIAL ACTION
The future is always created twice: first in story, then in form. Before you build a relationship, begin a project, start a business, or solve a difficult problem, you first imagine what is possible. The story you tell about yourself - your identity - becomes the blueprint for what you create. When that story is coherent, it supports growth, creativity, and meaningful change. When it is rooted in fear or shaped by outdated beliefs, it quietly limits what you create.Learning to rewrite your story is one of the most powerful ways to create lasting change. As you become aware of the beliefs that have shaped your identity, you'll begin to see new possibilities for your life. When you change the story, you also change the way you respond to challenge, relate to others, and create your future.12:45 - 1:00pm: Eurythmy Movement Integration

1:00 - 2:15pm: LUNCH (on your own)2:15 - 2:30pm: Community Singing Integration2:30 - 4:00-pm
THE COHERENT BODY: INTRODUCTION -- Elizabeth GrambschThis presentation shifts focus from observing the macro world of societies and families to the micro world of our inner physiological coherence (calm) and incoherence (stress).We will explore concepts and information that inform the use of applied neuroscience and sound healing in a creative and interactive way to develop insight and strengthen coherence. You will learn easy and effective ways to move  through stress and create physiological coherence by starting with personal awareness.Engage your body, mind and voice in ways that strengthen your heart’s coherence and create more peace within yourself and your surroundings.4:00 - 4:15pm: Eurythmy Movement Intregration4:15 - 4:30pm BREAK

4:30 - 6:00pm
THE COHERENT BODY: MOVEMENT GAMES -- Elizabeth GrambschIn this experiential session, we will explore ways to creatively heal the chaos and violence we are experiencing personally and in our communities. Through fun, experiential activities focused on one-on-one relationships and social interactions, you will expand your awareness of incoherence and discover simple ways to create coherence — personally and relationally — using your body, mind, and voice.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

9:00am - 9:15: Community Singing Integration9:15-10:45am
TBD11:15 - 1:00pm
CLOSING CIRCLE

PRESENTERS

ELIZABETH GRAMBSCHElizabeth has been teaching, coaching, consulting, presenting and performing for 30 years. She has extensive training in auditory, vocal, and movement neurodevelopment and is passionate about helping people improve their lives using applied neuroscience in engaging and playful ways.She has worked with families, babies, children, parents, teachers, practitioners, professionals, athletes and performing artists in many different settings and programs. Elizabeth presents and consults with a variety of organizations on using sound- and movement-based neurodevelopmental therapies to improve communication, enhance creative self-expression and optimize performance.

ROBERT KARPRobert is a 40+ year student of spiritual science, anthroposophy and esoteric Christianity, as well as a long-time leader in the organic, local, and biodynamic food movements.

CATHERINE JANE LARKINCatherine has over 30 years experience as a healer, teacher and counselor. In 1989 she was certified in Self-Attunement, which facilitates healing at the individual soul level. In 2002 this was extended to working with the family soul through the Bert Hellinger Family Constellations.She invites you to share her vision of calling forth the goodness of the human heart and accessing ancestral wisdom to be caretakers of the earth.

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DR. KAREN PARKERDr. Karen Curry Parker is a futurist, educator, bestselling author, and the founder of Quantum Human Design® and the Quantum Alignment System®. For more than thirty years, she has explored how personal narrative shapes the brain, the body, creativity, leadership, and our capacity to adapt, integrating research from neuroscience, epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology, and complexity science with transformative coaching and Human Design.Through her teaching, writing, and research, she equips people with practical tools to reclaim their authentic identity, cultivate resilience, and become conscious creators of a more coherent future.

JAN RANCKBorn in Wisconsin and raised in Michigan, Jan completed an Honors Degree in Music and Comparative Literature at Indiana University; studied eurythmy at the Eurythmeum of Lea van der Pals in Switzerland; and Eurythmy Therapy Germany.After serving on the faculty the Eurythmeum and The London School of Eurythmy, she founded the Jerusalem Eurythmy Ensemble and the Jerusalem Academy of Eurythmy. Currently she performs and teaches master classes in eurythmy and eurythmy therapy worldwide.

KVA MARY WAJERKva is the founder of WisconSing Community Singing Events, a local non-profit in formation, offering a 4 day intergenerational singing camp for over 200 participants. Kva is passionate about sharing simple songs as a medicine of awakening, healing and connection. Group singing opens the door to rich community connection and aliveness.Kva has experienced community singing as a liberatory practice by loosening the energies of self judgement and perfectionism within the "you can't do it wrong" philosophy of community singing. She is excited to sing and share songs that build community, move us toward our own sovereignty, generate coherence, and pave the way for us all in creating a more beautiful world.

Inspired Giving

In the spirit of a gift economy, this event is a heartfelt offering to, and from, our communities.We invite you to choose your contribution by listening inwardly rather than simply responding to a price tag. Previous offerings have ranged between $50 - $400.Please consider what this experience means to you, what feels joyful and possible for you to offer, and how your contribution might help make the experience available to someone else. There is no "right" amount—only an invitation to participate in an economy of trust, reciprocity, shared responsibility and possibility.

NOTE THAT THIS IS A CASH ONLY EVENT,
so please make preparations to accommodate this request.

About WisConfluence

2020∙Three organizations arose independently out of concerns for health freedom and a desire to connect locally in like-hearted community:
∙ Common Ground, Duluth MN
∙ CoCreating Community, Twin Cities MN
∙ Driftless United for Health Freedom, Viroqua WI2023∙Several members from each group attended Common Ground's annual August potluck in Duluth, MN.After the picnic a small group basked on the boulders at the waters of the confluence of Amity Creek and Lester River.
Inspired, the need became clear for an Upper Midwest gathering to Turn the Tide Toward a More Beautiful Future.Only 2 months later, the 1st inaugural Confluence met to explore Courage through Connection.2024∙The name changed to WisConfluence. Also Threefold Driftless joined as a co-sponsor.. We explored solutions outside the box in the private domain through Courageous Conversations to Re-Imagine Community.2025∙In year 3, we dove deeply into Courageous Living In Changing Times..2026∙Come explore ways of Living Coherence in an Incoherent World, and bring a greater sense of aliveness and clarity into your life and relationships.

SPECIAL SHOUTOUT to our friends of Confluence, an event that began, like ours, in the autumn of 2023 at Sovereignty Ranch, Texas. With the same name and a similar vision -- the synchronicity affirmed a resonant impulse towards freedom, connection, and stewardship -- illuminating The Way Forward.

Accommodations

October 22 - 25
Thursday-Sunday
Viroqua, Wisconsin

Early reservations highly recommended.
Local lodging options include:

WisConfluence is
a collaboration between:

Driftless United for Health Freedom
Viroqua WIThreefold Driftless
Viroqua WICoCreating Community
Twin Cities MNCommon Ground
Duluth MN

Connect with us:
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