Q: I am 76 years old and belong to a recovery program. I have read several of Fr Keating’s books on Centering Prayer and by Fr Pennington. I practice […]
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Centering Prayer and Unloading
Q: Can fears, anxiety etc. occur during sleep or just during the sit time? I have been practicing Centering Prayer about two years. I often wake in the middle […]
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Centering Prayer and Yoga Nidra
Q: I would like to ask about the connection between Centering Prayer and Yoga Nidra. I once went on a three-day silent retreat where we did Centering Prayer three times a […]
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“Deliberately dismantle the emotional programming of the false self”
by Cherry Haisten member of Welcoming Prayer service team At the end of early editions of Open Mind, Open Heart appears a list Thomas Keating calls “Means of Extending the […]
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Dealing with the Unloading of Trauma and Grief
Q: Over the last few months I’ve been experiencing a lot of deep grief during Centering Prayer periods followed by understandings outside of prayer into trauma that occurred when […]
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Body Sensations and Unloading
Q: I haven’t been a practitioner of Centering Prayer very long; or rather, I haven’t been as disciplined as I sometimes desire. However, I want to ask about my body’s […]
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Abiding with Unloading
Q: From a prisoner in minimum isolation: “I have been working on Centering Prayer. It started off easy. For about three months it was happening with no mental or physical […]
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Emotional Sobriety Through Contemplative Practice
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Jim McElroy Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, coined the term “Emotional Sobriety.” He noticed that some AA members with long-term sobriety still […]
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Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness
Discover a deeper awareness of healing and wisdom accessible to each of us through our bodies. Drawing from the insights and experiential practices of both Welcoming Prayer and BioSpiritual Focusing, […]
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Contemplative Immersion Retreat
This retreat will focus on Centering Prayer and the integration of consent in our lives. We will explore being attentive to the wholeness of our being and the knowledge and […]
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All Parts of You Are Welcome Here
Do you do and feel things you don’t want to? Do you long to connect with God exactly as you are and not as you “should” be? Join therapist Jenna […]
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Tears During Centering Prayer II
Q: I have been practicing Centering Prayer off and on for several years, last year almost everyday. I have recently been experiencing tears/crying for no apparent reason. Please advise. […]
Moving Through Discouragement
Q: I pray Centering Prayer two-three times daily for an hour each. I started two years ago but I didn’t take it seriously until last year. I am currently going through […]
