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Earlier this spring we witnessed as two flowering trees, sisters who stand together, bloomed at different times. In previous years they have embarked on their flowering process together. Several weeks apart, we watched as one tree shed her petals just as the other was beginning to flower.
Nature, as she so beautifully presents herself here at the Christine Center, offers a constant unfolding metaphor
... in these sister trees we are reminded that every being has its perfect time and circumstances to grow, even if it doesn't look the same or happen at the same time as others. We are here to hold your process, just as it is, wherever you find yourself on the unfolding path of spiritual deepening.
We welcome and honor all who enter here to
engage in your own sacred work!
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Painting Your Soul Free
with S. Gabriele Uhlein, OSF, Ph.D.
June 7 – 9 (Friday – Sunday 10 am – 5 pm)
Tuition: $40 full day, $20 half-days plus meals and lodging. Commuters welcome!
$10 one-time materials fee.
Join S. Gabriele in a judgement-free creativity adventure! No matter your experience with paint and brush, these three days can set your soul free! Designed to break through limits, judgement and hesitation, these days are for rediscovering the joy of simple creativity. If you feel stuck, creatively blocked, limited by “coloring within the lines”, here you will discover fresh freedom putting paint on paper. Your soul will thank you! We use large sheets of lovely vellum paper and lush, non-toxic tempera paint.
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Peaceful Presence through Movement, Mindfulness, and Breath
June 12-13 (11am Wednesday-11am Thursday)
with Tracy Chipman
Tuition: $95, plus lodging and meals
Being mindful, we create space for shifting our experiences, expanding our awareness, and opening to life. In this workshop, we explore tools for bringing awareness and joy to our lives while allowing calm and balance to unfold in our experience. This program will include seated meditation in a variety of techniques, gentle movement and stretching, walking meditation, and Yoga Nidra, a form of deep, restful yogic sleep.
Also in the program will be circle sharing, dialogue, and time to immerse in the peace and stillness of nature, around the beautiful Christine Center grounds.
Register here.
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The Diamond Approach
to Inner Work
An ongoing International Program
June 13-16 (Thursday-Sunday)
With Neal Carbon & Johanna Seubert
The Diamond Approach is a path of spiritual realization characterized by sincere inquiry into one’s experience, fueled by the love of truth. The immediate contact with the truth of our experience allows the unfolding of our Soul to reach increasingly deeper levels of truth. Our work includes meditation, teaching, movement, and experiential exercises.
The Ridhwan School is now accepting new students for the Diamond Approach to Inner Work: Midwest Group 3, which meets at the Christine Center. For more information and to register, contact Johanna Seubert at
j.seubert@tds.net
or 715-267-7507.
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Upside and Down:
Exploring Perspective Through Writing and Yoga
with Joanne Nelson and Sabré Page
June 17–20 (Monday-Thursday)
Tuition: $275, plus housing and meals
Through yoga we open ourselves to possibility. Our bodies stretch and grow strong, our spirits are deepened, and our minds relax and renew. When the body, spirit, and mind are united, amazing things happen. Integrating writing experiences with a yoga practice enriches and enlivens the opportunities for creative growth.
Looking at everything in a new way—right side up, upside down, or sideways will be our theme. We will practice a variety of yoga poses and writing techniques designed to help us view ourselves and our writing from new perspectives. Combining these modalities allows the inner and outer world to be explored through a different lens as we experiment, play, deepen, and grow.
Whether you are a seasoned yogi and writer, or just beginning to explore, you will grow from from this innovative workshop filled with techniques that can be applied to all levels of practice and all genres of writing. Time will be available for writing in silence as well as for optional sharing in a safe and supportive community.
Participants will return home with a greater awareness of how writing enhances a yoga practice as well as how a yoga practice enhances creativity.
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Heal Your Emotional Triggers, Heal Your Relationships:
Heal What Hurts Retreat
June 21-23, 2019 (Friday – Sunday)
with Maria Toso, E-RYT 500
Tuition: $450, plus meals and lodging
To effectively address your emotional triggers and make room for a new way of responding, you need time away from the go-go-go of daily life. Join Maria Toso for a magical weekend of deep inner healing. With the tools of therapeutic yoga, heal-what-hurts-meditations, journaling and sharing, you will uncover the source of your emotional triggers and open up to a new chapter of your life.
During this retreat, you will become familiar with the intricate facets of your emotional triggers:
You will learn:
- To recognize your body as your roadmap to the source of your triggers
- To hold off on blaming the person or event that triggers you and instead embrace it as an opportunity for self-exploration
- To feel when it’s right for you to stay or take space from a situation
- To identify ways of skillful coping when you are triggered
- To slow down and take time with yourself: “Something in me feels that” – gradually separating out from the felt sensation that is acting up
- To uncover the unconscious script(s) operating from inside of you
- To change the script which will gradually change your life
- For more information on this retreat and to register, please visit here.
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The Circle of Womanhood
June 26 – June 30 (Wednesday – Sunday)
With Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD, Author of Yoni Shakti, Chanti Tacoronte-Perez, MA, E-RYT 500 of Yantra Wisdom and Yoli Maya Yeh, MA
Hosted by: Amala School of Yoga
Tuition: $540 plus meals & lodging
Women of all ages are welcome to come and experience the presence of the Wisdom Goddesses through movement and stillness, breath and voice, yantra and kirtan, meditations and presentations, sharing and solitude: all in re-connection with nature. Through these practices, we welcome all that arises in our female bodies, hearts and psyches, and celebrate what we learn from the wisdom and power of our life experiences.
For information or to register go to: amalaschoolofyoga.com/womens-retreat/
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Our Resident Partners in Mission~Sisters Johanna, Henrita, Marge and Gabriele are available for a personal conversation with you. We are so grateful for their ongoing presence at the Center, and among other things, their offering of spiritual guidance.
They are available in person at the Center,
and by phone. Read their Bio's
here.
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Experience the Gift of Spiritual Guidance
Make an appointment by phone
(715) 267-7507
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Weekday Seminars
Weekday seminars offer a great opportunity to immerse in the sacredness of retreat during the typical mid-week bustle of life. If you have a program you would like to offer in one of our mid-week spots, contact our
programming office
to discuss opportunities.
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Memorial Benches
Memorial benches around the property honor our loved ones while keeping their memory alive in the energy and light of the Christine Center grounds.
Contact us to inquire about placing a loved ones memorial bench at the center.
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We are eternally grateful
for your donations!
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Or mail your gift to
The Christine
Center W8303 Mann Road Willard, WI 54493
Thank you for your support!
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Visit our
website
to see all our programs and more information about the Christine Center!
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