Q: Our Centering Prayer group in Ireland has been using the Welcoming prayer practice for a number of weeks after our period of Centering Prayer. There seems to be […]
Prompted to Incarnate
by Carolyn Goddard Nashville, Tennesee, USA The first time I entered St. Bernard’s Convent, it was through the back door. I was teaching at St. Bernard’s High School; the […]
Thomas Keating’s Call to Wisdom
“ May the next years see the increase of Centering Prayer, and the creative addition of other Wisdom aspects that might enhance what we are doing, or at least […]
The Second Movement of Welcoming Prayer
Q: Is step two of Welcoming Prayer — the opportunity to consent to the Divine Indwelling — the same thing as ‘casting your cares’ upon the Lord? A: Thanks for […]
Centering Prayer, Welcoming Prayer and Anger
Q: Centering Prayer has changed my life. At times it’s hard, though it does not get old. So thank you for this method of prayer. It helps me to […]
Guard of the Heart – via Zoom
“One practice to bring the effects of contemplative prayer into daily life is traditionally known as “Guard of the Heart.” This consists of letting go of every emotional disturbance as […]
Welcoming Prayer Introductory Workshop
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 […]
BioSpiritual Focusing: Welcoming an Embodied Experience of Grace
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, […]
Entering the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Discover how the Enneagram can support a contemplative, compassion-based life. This introductory weekend intensive will reveal how the Enneagram […]
Around the Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Learn how the entire Enneagram circle–and not just your own Enneagram type–can enrich your contemplative life. This intensive is […]
Coming Full Circle: A Contemplative Enneagram Soul Journey
Overnight Retreat – Enneagram Formation with Rev. Nhien Vuong, J.D., M.Div. Experience firsthand how the Enneagram offers a portal into a life of deepened purpose, presence, and soul. This intensive […]
Centering Prayer, Jesus Prayer, Welcoming Prayer
Q: Can I practice Centering Prayer as my main prayer (morning and afternoon) and during the day practice the Jesus prayer? Am I using two practices with different meanings and […]
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 […]
Blessings in Darkness Haven Visio Divina Online Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
Advent is the focus for this Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays […]
Terra and Physio Divina: Online Embodied Centering and Welcoming Prayer Half-Day Retreat
Online Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month) August 5th @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 Lead by Pulelehua, Margie and Liedeke from Hawaiʻi FREE First […]
Online Half-Day Centering Prayer: Reframing our Views of God mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays online retreats are a special time […]
Cultivating a ‘Contemplative Life’
by Sue Fox McGovern The members of a Centering Prayer group in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA say they have never felt closer to one another. Perhaps it’s because some […]
Can I Practice More Than One Form of Meditative Prayer?
Q: I’ve been meditating for about 10 years every day three or four times for about 30 minutes each. I’ve practiced mantra and just sitting or Shikantaza, Later on I’ve […]
Manifesting God, A Silent Retreat
This is a four-day silent retreat, presented by the CO Chapter of Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky. The retreat starts at 10:00am Eastern Time, October 12, 2023 and ends at 12:30pm Eastern […]
Physio-Divina Online Half Day Moving meditation/Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) May 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays online retreats are a […]
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) April 1@ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays online retreats are a special […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Welcoming Prayer Part 2 – via Zoom
The Welcoming Prayer helps to dismantle acquired emotional programs and to heal the wounds of a lifetime by addressing them where they are stored – in the body. Through it […]
