• Welcoming Prayer Introductory Workshop

    CO-CT Online Zoom event

    According to Fr. Thomas Keating, “Welcoming Prayer is the practice that actively lets go of thoughts and feelings that support the false-self system. It embraces painful emotions experienced in the body rather than avoiding them or trying to suppress them.” This workshop introduces participants to the method of the Welcoming Prayer and provides an opportunity

  • BioSpiritual Focusing: Welcoming an Embodied Experience of Grace

    Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Contemplative Enrichment Day with Donna O’Connor and Mike Smoolca Deep wisdom and healing are accessible within us waiting for discovery. BioSpiritual Focusing offers access to the causal point for change, our feelings. We see that a loving and curious presence offered to disregarded and hidden feelings allows deeper meanings to emerge and a graced shift