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CLARITY AND CHOICE: DISCERNMENT AS A DAILY PRACTICE
Women’s Fall Contemplative Retreat with Carolyn Foster
SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2010
Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael
Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience... Choice is the power of creation itself.
Caroline Myss, Anatomy of the Spirit
If your mind isn’t clouded
by unnecessary things,
this is the best season
of your life.Wu-Men, 12th century poet
We all know the difference between a good day and a bad day, and it boils down to clarity and choice. If I hope to write, but my elderly parents need me, and I choose that freely, I have a good day. Other times I must write or my self-respect withers. When I dither among priorities or choose the trivial over the significant, I go to bed dissatisfied and wake up unmotivated. Choosing wisely day by day and moment by moment requires mental stability and emotional resilience. In this retreat we’ll explore how to strengthen ourselves in the wisdom path of discernment, an ancient contemplative practice and a vital tool for deep peace in the age of information overload and inflated expectations.
Santa Sabina Center offers retreatants gracious hospitality, beauty, and a refuge for contemplation and renewal. Whether you want to be cozy inside or clear your mind in nature, the house, courtyard, and gardens offer dozens of places for letting go into serenity. Scheduled program times alternate with free time for hiking, napping, playing in the art center, reading, or lying in a hammock and drifting. The silences and conversations are as healing a diet as the good food.
REGISTER by calling my voicemail, (510) 484-3078 on or after Monday, June 28. You may reserve for yourself and a friend with one call or have a friend call for you if you’ll be out of town. Last resort: email me at cjf@creativechoices.net. Sometimes people assume calling late won’t work, but whenever you get this or get around to deciding, call anyway. The cost of the retreat is $300 for a double room, $350 for a single room. This includes lodging, program, and six meals, from dinner Friday night through lunch Sunday.
Come clear your minds and restore your spirits as we launch into the fall!
To receive email or regular mail notification of details of this retreat and how to register, go to the contact page and call or email Carolyn with your request.
