Embodying Compassion: Weekend Retreat

Theme:  EMBODYING COMPASSION.  During this time, we will be attentive to our bodies—our moving, breathing, sitting, eating and being.  We will take time to become aware of our connection with all of life and to allow compassion to flow within and through us and out to all the world, particularly that which is broken and suffering.

Leader:  Patience Robbins is a spiritual director, retreat leader, a member of the associate staff of Shalem Institute and the author of Parenting: A Sacred Path.

General Information: Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief meditations and morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends late-morning Sunday with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch, the departure meal.

The cost for weekend retreats is $180. To reserve a space, please send a $90 deposit with an application you can print from the application page.

Dinner on Friday at is at 7 pm and is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in any time after 4 pm on Friday; we recommend you arrive no later than 6:30. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday.