December’s Stillness Retreat will delve into the theme of darkness from a different perspective than we have in the past. We will offer a variety of opportunities about different ways we navigate darkness in our lives - whether it’s seasonal darkness, or any other type of darkness we experience.
Participants will have time to explore individually as well as to share in community. Activities will include creative art projects, readings, writing prompts, time for personal stillness, refreshment, and more. At noon, we will experience the relaxing combination of musical instruments Judy Annis brings to Retreat House, along with prayerful meditation, followed by lunch and more time after lunch to reflect.
In her book, Wintering, Katherine May teaches that winter is a time of laying fallow, a period of time to turn inward and pause from the busyness of life. When life is moving along smoothly, we often miss the seasonal changes around us. However, in darker times, like “seasons of wintering,” we are acutely aware that something is amiss. How do we navigate our way from darkness back into light? What do we do in these darker times of life? We will have the opportunity to explore some of May’s concepts around wintering and how they might apply to whatever darkness we are experiencing.