Winter/Spring 2012 Retreats
Fire in the Voice
A New Year's Eve Celebration
Join Jacinta V. White, of The Word Project, as she leads us in our 3rd annual poetry workshop celebrating the close
of a year and the beginning of a new one, Saturday, December 31, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon (potluck at
noon) at Healing Ground.
The word fire is often used in poetry as a symbol for newness, rebirth, passion, and loss. We will explore the works of renowned and acclaimed Latin-American poet Pablo Neruda (1923-1973), looking at not only his use of “fire” and how we can apply that symbolism to our own life, but also his ue of nature, voice and silence.
Led by Jacinta White, of The Word Project, as she leads us in our 3rd annual poetry workshop celebrating the close of one year and the beginning of a new one. We will read, share, discuss, write, fellowship, and be renewed. Bring a journal or notebook.
Saturday, December 31, 2011, 10am - Noon
Love donation is appreciated along with a dish to share for the potluck to follow.
A Quiet Day in the Quiet Garden
Join us at the beginning of the month as we take time to slow the pace and enjoy a quiet place to pause and let our bodies and minds rest and our hearts awaken. We begin at 10:00 am with an opening meditation and gather again at 2:45 pm for a closing circle. The in between time is intentionally unstructured to allow each person time and space to do what is most nurturing whether is it expressing with creative materials, reflecting, praying or meditating in the outdoor chapel or the labyrinth garden, enjoying one of the many gardens and natural area, reading or even napping.
- January 6
- February 3
- March 2
- April 6
- May 4
- June 1
Come any first Friday from 10am – 3pm.
Beverages and snacks provided; please bring a bag lunch.
Simple love offering.
An Enneagram Wisdom Circle
The emphasis is on fun and illumination this term with a focus on looking at characters from literature and film sto make various aspects of Enneagram dynamics come alive in a way that combines the get-inside-the-head-of-the-different-types approach of Helen Palmer with the psychology/sociology theoretical approach of Don Riso and Rus Hudson. Judith Searle's book The Literary Enneagram will serve as a basic reference, though we will not necessarily take her analysis as the only interpretation of the characters she presents.
Led by Dee Irwin, Enneagram teacher, spiritual director and retreat leader.
Wednesdays, 9-11:30am, February 1 - April 4.
Suggested donation: $100
Inside-Out Healing: A Study Group
Inside-Out Healing: Transforming your Life Through the Power of Presence is the 7th book from Richard Moss. Moss asks: “Are you ready for a shift of consciousness that liberates your mind and heart?” Whether you’re motivated by illness, relationship unhappiness, or the desire to excel and experience life to the fullest, this book is a helpful guide. This will be an experiential and highly interactive process, not an academic exercise.
Led Kevin Haggerty, teacher, counselor, executive coach, consultant for Farr Associates. Kevin’s life goal is to help people understand that their purpose in life is to be happy through self-awareness and to share that happiness with their families, friends and community. For further information, call Kevin at (336) 509-5777 or (336) 616-0668.
Seven Tuesdays 7:00-9:30 pm, January 17 through February 28.
Suggested donation: $125 per person, $200 per couple
The Art of Losing: Poetry, Grief and Healing
Here, we will talk specifically about our experience with grief. Whether it's grief of a loved one, a pet, a job, or physical ability, we will explore the sense of loss and look at how we recover. With the understanding that we come to and through grief in our own time, we will sensitively look through the lens of poetry at the pain, confusion and sometimes relief in loss, as well as our healing. Participants will be guided to write their own poetry exploring their emotions, memories and hopes.
Led by Jacinta White of The Word Project. Visit www.poetryheals.com. Jacinta has led numerous writing and poetry workshops for Healing Ground, the Servant Leadership School of Greensboro, the Greensboro Public Library as well as many patient support groups. She is a bright and engaging spirit.
Six Monday Evenings 6:30-8 pm February 13, 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19
Suggested donation: $55
Compassionate Listening: Healing Our World from the Inside Out
Compassionate Listening is an act of personal, social, and spiritual transformation. Strengthen your capacity to connect with the humanity of each person whose path you cross, whether or not you share the same values and behaviors.
Explore the Core practices of “Compassionate Listening”:
- Transform your judgments of self and others
- Humanize and connect with people who “trigger” you
- Shift from reactivity to compassion
- Offer compassion to yourself and others
Led byJan Hutton, MSW, a certified Compassionate Listening facilitator, believes in supporting wholeness in each human being. Over the last 39 years, she has served as a community organizer, social worker in hospice and hospital settings, meditation teacher, and she hopes, a ‘kind’ person. http://www.compassionatelistening.org/
Saturday, march 10, 9am - 5 pm
Suggested donation: $45 - 85. Bring a dish to share for pot luck lunch.
Fifty Ways to Pray
Lent is specifically a time for prayer and reflection. Come explore creative and hands-on ways to pray based on Teresa Blythe’s book, 50 Ways to Pray: Practices from Many Traditions and Times. Jo Owens promises that no prior experience is necessary and all prayers are acceptable.
Led by Rev. Jo Nygard Owens, an ordained Presbyterian minister who is currently serving as the Communications Coordinator at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She is learning a great deal from her two year old daughter and has found that she can be very creative in making everyday tasks part of her spiritual practice.
Saturday, March 31, from 10am – 3pm
Suggested donation: $45 -$55 with lunch included
Poetry Towards Self-Awareness: A Retreat
In this two day "retreat" participants are guided in using poetry and other art forms for self-discovery and delight. There will be ample time for reading, writing and sharing within an intimate group. Whether you are a poetry lover or novice, this series is for you if you're longing to discover something new about yourself or wanting to get back to a part of you that you think you may have been neglecting.
Led by Jacinta White of The Word Project. Visit www.poetryheals.com. Jacinta has led numerous writing and poetry workshops for Healing Ground, the Servant Leadership School of Greensboro, the Greensboro Public Library as well as many patient support groups. She is a bright and engaging spirit.
Saturday, April 21, 10am - 4 pm and Sunday, April 22, 2pm - 5pm
Suggested donation: $75 includes lunch on Saturday and all materials
Borderlands and Southern Wales Pilgrimage
Plans are in progress. Anticipated date is late July through first week of August 2012. Rev. Carolyn Williams Ashburn will be leading the pilgrimage for Healing Ground. This will be a repeat pilgrimage from 2008 whose highlights include time at Belmont Abbey, Brecon Beacons, Tintern Abbey, Patrishow’s Well, a Cistercian monastery on Caldy Island, St. Govan’s Head, and St. Davids. Please contact us if you have an interest and we will put you on the inside track as details are confirmed.
The suggested Love Offerings are just that—suggestions. We welcome you at any retreat for any amount you may wish to give. Scholarships are always available and we welcome barters or work exchanges if you would like to trade your time and talent for a retreat offering or a personal retreat. If you are financially blessed, you may want to sponsor someone who is blessed in other ways.
Walking the Labyrinth at Healing Ground
This form of meditation or prayer walking has been helpful to people throughout the ages and continues to be an effective way to center oneself, restoring peace and calm.
Healing Ground has a beautiful outdoor labyrinth in the Quiet Garden which is always available for use. You can also bring the experience of walking the labyrinth to individuals or groups by taking advantage of Healing Ground’s portable 11-circuit canvas Chartres labyrinth (rental fee is $100).
