In this six-day retreat, Mary Dwyer will explore the dance between Welcoming Prayer and the Forgiveness Prayer practices. There will be extended periods of Centering Prayer, silence & solitude. Welcoming […]
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 […]
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
First Saturdays 9-11:30am Hawaiʻi time (UTC-10) Half day online retreats First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our centering prayer practice. We are looking forward to […]
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 […]
Welcoming Prayer
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 […]
Welcoming Prayer Part 1 – 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 […]
Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness – BioSpiritual Focusing Day of Presence
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Donna O’Connor and Mike Smoolca Discover a deeper awareness of healing and wisdom accessible to each of us through our bodies. We’ll establish BioSpiritual Focusing’s place […]
Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month)
First Saturdays 9-11:30am Hawaiʻi time (UTC-10) Half day online retreats First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our centering prayer practice. We are looking forward to […]
Introduction to the Welcoming Prayer – via Zoom
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things … but one thing is needful.” -Luke 10:42 The Mary and Martha story is an example of the focus we […]
“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 […]
Simple Presence – A Contemplative Prayer Experience with the Vision of Contemplative Outreach – via Zoom
In Simple Presence, the divine Presence becomes an invitation for our community to listen deeply to the Spirit’s movement and action within. The event will offer a communal prayer experience […]
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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