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

Event Details

THURSDAY

MEET AND GREET
6:30 PMMagpie Gelato
113 S. Main St, ViroquaGrab a gelato, make new connections
& deepen previous ones.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

9 - 11 am
WECOME / INTRO CIRCLE- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 - 11:15 - BREAK
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EMBODYING SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY
Robert Karp - Part 1
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.Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION

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1 - 2:15 pm: LUNCH -- (On your own)
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Opening this session with Community SingRESTORING COHERENCE IN THE FAMILY FIELD - Part 1
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.Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4:15 - 4:30 pm: BREAK
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4:30 - 6 pm
FAMILY CONSTELLATION DEMONSTRATION - Part 2
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.”"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." -- RumiCompleting session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 - 7 pm - DINNER
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FRIDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS

7 - 9 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
THE CREATIVITY CRISIS: HOW STORY CREAtES COHERENCE
Dr. Karen Parker - Part 1
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 are dreaming into being.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

9 - 11 am
Opening session with COMMUNITY SINGTHE FUTURE IS CREATED TWICE:
RECLAIMING YOUR STORY, RECLAIMING YOUR LIFE
Dr. Karen Parker - Part 2
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.Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 - 11:15 am - BREAK
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11:15 am - 1 pm
ENGAGING IN COHERENT SOCIAL ACTION - Part 2
Robert Karp
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.Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION

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1 - 2:15 pm - LUNCH -- (On your own)
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Opening Session with COMMUNItY SINGTHE COHERENT BODY: INTRODUCTION
Elizabeth Grambsch
This 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.Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION"It is the rhythm of the heart that sets the beat for the entire system.
By changing the rhythm of the heart, system-wide dynamics can be quickly and dramatically changed."
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4:15 - 4:30 pm - BREAK
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4:30 - 6 pm
THE COHERENT BODY: MOVEMENT GAMES
Elizabeth Grambsch
In 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.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6:30 - 9 pm - BONFIRE / SUPPER
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

9 - 11 am
Opening session with COMMUNITY SING[ Session TBD ]Completing session with Jan Rank in EURYTHMY MOVEMENT INtEGRATION- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 - 11:15 am - BREAK
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CLOSING CIRCLE

Facilitators

ELIZABETH GRAMBSCHSaturday afternoon
THE COHERENT BODY:- INTRODUCTION - Part 1, 2:15-4:15 pm
- MOVEMENT GAMES - Part 2, 4:30-6 pm
- Informal MOVEMENT INTEGRATION
at evening Bonfire / SupperElizabeth joins us from the Twin Cities, MN, where she has been teaching, coaching, consulting, presenting and performing for 30 years. With her extensive training in auditory, vocal, and movement neurodevelopment she utilizes applied neuroscience in engaging and playful ways for people to improve their lives.Her work engages 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 KARPFriday, 11:15 am--1 pm:
EMBODYING SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY - Part 1Saturday, 11:15 am--1 pm:
ENGAGING IN COHERENT SOCIAL ACTION - Part 2Robert is a Viroqua resident and 40+ year student of spiritual science, anthroposophy and esoteric Christianity. He is a long-time leader in organic, local, and biodynamic food movements.

CATHERINE JANE LARKIN, M.A.Friday afternoon:
RESTORING COHERENCE IN OUR FAMILY FIELDS
- Part 1, 2:15-4:15 pmFAMILY CONSTELLAtiON DEMONSTRATION
- Part 2, 4:30-6 pmCatherine joins us from Madison, WI, with over 40 years experience as a teacher, healer and counselor. In 1989 she certified in  Self Attunement, which facilitates healing at the individual soul level. In 2002 this extended to working with the family soul through the Bert Hellinger Family Constellations.She has participated in numerous spiritual groups, including Advaita, Diamond Heart, Centering Prayer, and currently the Mutual Awakening Practice community.

DR. KAREN PARKERFriday 7-9 pm KEYNOTE:
THE CREATIVITY CRISIS::
How Story Creates CoherenceSaturday 9-11 am:
THE FUTURE IS CREATED TWICE:
Reclaiming Your Story, Reclaiming Your LifeViroqua resident, Karen is a futurist, educator, and the founder of Quantum Human Design® and the Quantum Alignment System®. Exploring for over 30 years how personal narrative shapes the brain, the body, creativity, leadership, and our capacity to adapt, she integrates research from neuroscience, epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology, and complexity science with transformative coaching and Human Design.Through 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 now.Bestselling author of:

JAN RANCK
Friday & Saturday, interweaving:
EURHYTHMY MOVEMENT INTEGRATION
through multiple sessionsWorld-renowned instructor, Jan was born in Wisconsin and raised in Michigan. She studied eurythmy at the Eurythmeum of Lea van der Pals in Switzerland; Eurythmy Therapy in Germany; andcompleted an Honors Degree in Music and Comparative Literature at Indiana University.After serving on the faculty of 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 worldwide in eurythmy and eurythmy therapy. With Jan we will integrate through movement to embody new insights and discoveries that emerge in the sessions.

KVA MARY WAJERFriday & Saturday - Opening multiple sessions with:
COMMUNITY SING: Integrating Our VoicesKva resides in Viroqua and is the founder of WisconSing Community Singing Events, a local non-profit in formation that offers a 4-day intergenerational singing camp for over 200 participants. Kva experiences community singing as a liberatory practice by loosening the energies of self judgement and perfectionism with a playful "you can't do it wrong" philosophy and approach.Group singing opens the door to personal and social coherence, while generating rich connection and aliveness. Sharing simple songs as a medicine of awakening moves us deeper into our innate sovereignty, while together we anchor and embody the realities of a more beautiful world.

2026 SCHEDULE

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.
Please prepare accordingly.

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:
[email protected]

Past Events

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and resources
from our past events

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