I've been participating in Three Sundays for awhile now. Your work has shown me how to "hold a different conversation" with life and has helped me move through grief to find my self again. Thank you.
Jul 12, 19, 26 - 2026
10 - 11:15am Pacific Time
Three Sundays Series : Live and Recorded
LETTING GO
Finding the Secret, Hidden Beauty in Every Ending
About this Series
Letting Go
The ending of relationships, the ending of friendships, the ending of a work, a conversation that is making us smaller, a book we are trying to write, or even a single line of a poem: all of them difficult, all of them, in their particular form of ending, necessary. We find most endings difficult and nearly all of them hurtful and traumatic and yet almost always afterwards, after each ending, we find we would never voluntarily reverse things and go back to our old life.
The poet Rilke said, “Be ahead of all parting” as an invitation to a radically anticipatory way of living that is just as committed to letting go as it is to taking on.
The stakes are always high in every letting go and every ending. The way we leave can shape our new life to the good or to the bad. In the very seed of the ending and the integrity with which we make the passage from old to new, grows the fresh and vibrant life that emerges so surprisingly from our difficult moving on.
The ability to anticipate these new arrivals and hold to what is firm and true through all our successive experiences of falling apart is exactly what makes a foundation for a new life, a new home, a new love or a new work. The hidden beauty of endings almost always lives in the letting go. What is marvelous and truly beautiful in a new life always arises from what is initially invisible, from what seems like a secret; from what is hidden, both inside us and in the very physical world into which we are stepping.
Letting go clears the way to seeing more clearly what was there all along.
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Three Sundays in July
Join David Whyte to look at all the visible and invisible endings that mark a human life and that, when approached with the right insight, the right perspective and often surprisingly small but courageous acts of letting go, provide us with the new beginning we need.
The sessions take place July 12, 19 and 26 2026.
Registration is open until November 20, 2026; the session recordings and resources will be available to all registered attendees until December 1, 2026.
How the series work
Live session webinars take place via Zoom and include 60 minutes of David speaking followed by a 10-15 minute Q&A period.
Commonly Asked Questions
What if I can't attend live?
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Each session is recorded and will be made available to all registered attendees for a period of three months after the series ends. Session recordings can be found in “Three Sundays” in your Profile.
How long is each session?
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Each session is 60 minutes of David speaking following by a 15-minute Q&A.
Will I be on camera during the live session?
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The sessions are set up as webinars. Only David will be on camera. Attendees are muted and set to video off during the entirety of the session.
Can I join the sessions from my mobile phone or landline?
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Yes. You can connect via the Zoom app on your mobile device, or call in from a landline or mobile phone. For those interested in listening on a landline or mobile phone, we will send the phone number prior to each session, including international call-in options.
Are Closed Captions Available?
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Yes! English Closed Captions are provided with the video recording. We do not have CC available with the live sessions at this time.
How do I receive the Zoom details for each session?
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The Zoom details will be made available 24 hours before each session begins. The call-in number and link to join will be added to your Series Library, as well as emailed to you. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you cannot find the Zoom details in your inbox.
If you do not receive the Zoom information by email, or cannot log into your library, please contact [email protected] and someone will be happy to assist you.
What if I can't afford the cost of registration?
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The cost to register for three sessions is $75.00 USD. If you cannot afford to pay the full fee, please contact us to receive a discounted rate.
Will I be able to ask David questions during the live sessions?
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During each session, we will open the Zoom Q&A column where anyone can submit a comment or question. David will take select questions during the last fifteen minutes of the session.
Due to the limited time, we cannot answer every question live, but David does enjoy reading all the comments after the session is closed, and on occasion is able to answer additional questions there.
How long can I access the recordings for a series?
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Session recordings are posted in the Series Library and are available for a period of approximately 3 months after the date of the last session.
We round up to the 1st day of the next month, so, for example, if the last session of a series is on March 26th, we will have the recordings available until July 1st.
Can I register to watch Three Sundays Series from the past?
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A selection of Three Sundays Series from past years are available in the David Whyte Companion Library. The Companion Library contains all of David’s poetry and essays, as well as recorded talks and original short videos.
To find our more about the David Whyte Companion, visit the Companion experience page here.
Are the audio-only recordings available of the sessions?
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As of July 1, 2024 we are no longer providing audio only files of the sessions. It should still be possible to play the video file and listen to audio on headphones or through your device speakers.