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SUMMARY:Presenter Formation Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Presenter Formation Team of Contemplative Outreach.org provides this retreat to offer participants the opportunity to become commissioned Presenters of the Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop. \nWorking with a notebook of materials\, each participant will have ample opportunity to learn the content of the Introductory Workshop and to practice presenting the content to others\, with supportive feedback and guidance. \nContemplative Outreach is committed to supporting facilitator formation opportunities\, so is providing a grant for participants in this formation retreat. Participants’ fee for this event is reduced from $400 to $100. \nAll participants must complete an application prior to registration for this event.  To receive an application please contact Rob Carr at robcarr924@gmail.com\nThose approved applications will receive a link to the Sophia Retreat Center for registration. \nRegistration is $100.00\, which includes lodging\, all meals and materials.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/presenter-formation-retreat/
LOCATION:Sophia Center\, Atchinson KS\, 751 S 8th St\, Atchison\,KS\, KS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Centering Prayer and the Spiritual Journey (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:If you want to make Centering Prayer a daily practice\, this five-week basic course will give you a solid foundation. Each week\, you will view a video-recorded talk by Fr. Thomas Keating on the prayer practice and how the prayer deepens your relationship with the Divine Indwelling. \nCourse Description \nThis powerful prayer practice is not just something you do\, it does something to you\, too. Your weekly online meetings with fellow seekers and experienced facilitators will break open the prayer and reveal a path to your true self. This is the beginning of a transformation of your consciousness. \nThis course will cover: \nPrayer as Relationship with God\nCentering Prayer as method\nResting in God\nThe False Self system\nOvercoming Obstacles\nBonus Prayer Practices: The Active Prayer and Lectio Divina \nTimes listed are Mountain Time\, Denver\, Colorado\nClick the website link below to learn more and register. Scholarships are available.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/centering-prayer-and-the-spiritual-journey-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261012T200000
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SUMMARY:Creating Self-Compassion Through Centering Prayer – via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Blair Ashby over six Monday evening sessions \nA foundational gift of practicing Centering Prayer is that we also begin caring for our mental and emotional well-being during our prayer sits. Fortunately\, this is also one definition of self-compassion. Frequently\, we start noticing this gift with a simple thought like\, “my days feel better since I began Centering Prayer.” Centering Prayer creates self-compassion because it requires us to learn and repeat the process of awareness (being present)\, acceptance\, and letting go while consenting to the presence and action of the Divine within us. \nWhat is happening in our brains biologically as we repeat this process of awareness\, acceptance\, and letting go? How does this process impact our mental and emotional well-being? The good news is when we do Centering Prayer\, the work of the Spirit is teaching us self-compassion\, and this class will help us understand some of the transformations enacted in this process. Finally\, by aiding our developing awareness\, acceptance\, and letting go\, the course will also offer us additional skills to increase compassion toward ourselves and others. \nOver the six weeks\, we will explore the physical changes Centering Prayer brings about in our brains. Then\, we will explore the corresponding mental\, emotional\, and spiritual transformations resulting from those changes. Most importantly\, in every class\, we will practice those tools for creating self-compassion by discussing what we experience; we will learn from each other. Through this weekly repetition\, participants will habituate new ways of caring for themselves. As we practice\, our lives will feel more meaningful\, grounded\, and empowered to share ourselves in the world through God-given grace. This class will include session of Centering Prayer. \nAbout Blair Ashby \nIn 1994\, Contemplative Outreach International asked Blair to transfer the Christian Contemplative Heritage video series to audio cassettes. In the first fifteen minutes of the introductory tape\, Fr. Thomas said so much about God and reality that Blair’s head exploded and unknowingly germinated a desire to experience and eventually teach this God-created reality. In 1997\, Contemplative Outreach of Colorado asked Blair to record Fr. Thomas live\, and Blair has been recording the annual conferences and fall retreats ever since. Through personal relationships with Fr. Thomas Keating and Fr. Tony D’Souza (Anthony DeMello’s apprentice)\, and the dozens of spiritual teachers he has recorded\, Blair has gained deep contemplative insights. He has practiced Centering Prayer and self-compassion for the past twenty-eight years. \nThis is a six-week class\, offered on Monday evenings\, October 13 – November 16\, 2026\nTimes listed are mountain time (Denver\, CO) \nClick the website link below to learn more and register. Scholarships are available.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/creating-self-compassion-through-centering-prayer-via-zoom/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemplative Outreach of Colorado":MAILTO:staff@centeringprayer.net
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SUMMARY:Epiphany  Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
DESCRIPTION:Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)\nFREE \nFirst Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our Centering Prayer practice. We are looking forward to sharing Physio-Divina (Moving) practices\, Visio-Divina (visual-Art) practices. Lectio-Divina (Sacred Text) practices in addition to the Centering Prayer and Welcoming Prayer practice that are our foundation. Pulelehua\, Liedeke\, and Margie welcome others if you are called to join us. \nWe hope you will join us from wherever & whenever you are!
An approximate Schedule in Hawai’i Time (UTC -10)\n8:45am Room open to for early connections\n9:00 Welcome and introductions\n9:15 Welcoming prayer\n9:45 Centering prayer\n10:15 Break\n10:30 A centering Practice on Epiphany and   Reflections\n11:15-11:30 Closing Prayer\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/92185854158?pwd=dDJxN0FkRkRvQWhrQURwN29SUTBFUT09\nZoom Meeting ID: 921 8585 4158 Passcode: 730086 \nWebsite: http://www.cohawaii.org\nPhone (628) 400-2644\nEmail: cohawaii@gmail.com \nAll sessions are freely offered\, donations are welcome\, no registration is needed.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/online-half-day-centering-prayer-welcoming-prayer-mini-retreat-via-hawai%ca%bbi-1st-saturday-of-every-month-4/
LOCATION:Internet – Online
CATEGORIES:Retreat,Training
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Living II: Daily Life as Prayer - via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Further enrich your contemplative living and embrace the practice of living each day as a form of prayer. In Contemplativing Living I (CL I)\, the focus was on deepening your interior prayer life\, leading to the awareness of God’s presence in all that is. The interior life cultivated in CL I brings you to greater humility and vulnerability and lowers your defenses. You might think of it as standing naked before the God of Love. \nIn Contemplative Living II (CL II)\, the focus shifts towards increased intentionality in how you are living your daily life. You likely have a better understanding of what blocks you in deepening your relationship with God\, others\, and even with yourself. You are now more capable of looking at your part in relationships and what gets in the way of being and becoming the person God created you to be. Building on the contemplative practice learned in CL I\, in CL II you will assess where you are in your life and how you can make choices aligning with your authentic self. \nPlease see the link below.
URL:https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/event/contemplative-living-ii-daily-life-as-prayer-via-zoom-2/
LOCATION:Columbia Theological Seminary\, 701 South Columbia Drive\, Decatur\, GA\, 30031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training
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