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“A heart broken open, O God, You will not refuse.” - Psalm 51

Often our first reaction to hard emotions like grief, hurt, shame and fear is to cast blame, find a distraction or try to fix it. Compassion is a quite different response. To be compassionate is to be present with an open heart - without trying to shift, fix or repress the emotions. This is not easy.

The first step in opening our heart is to be present to our own difficult emotions. Once we do this, an amazing thing happens. From parts of ourself that seemed repulsive or shameful, a gift arises - a gift we bring to the world out of who we already are, without changing a single thing about ourselves. After we have practiced embracing our own emotions, we can witnessing the emotions of other people - and learn it is possible to be present to painful feelings without suppressing them in any way.

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Spiritual Intuitive Guidance

Who Are You & What Are You Doing Here

Current Offerings

Are you facing a major transition? Do you want to connect to your inner being and live from your center? Do you long to accept yourself as who you really are?

We all have an authentic self, distinct from our roles or personality. Yet most of us are not in touch with this deep part of ourselves. Some people get along fine, until an important role suddenly disappears. Some have always felt off balance, as if disconnected from their center.

In this six-week group, gentle exercises using colors, symbols and words let you connect to your core being. As you receive guidance on pending changes, decisions, your spiritual path, and your purpose in life, you can:

Explore who you really are and how to live authentically.

Find Your Voice

Silence, Simplicity, Sabbath: Monastic Practice for Ordinary Folks

Discover your voice. Explore the blocks that silence your voice.

Set your voice free.

We all have a creative voice that longs to speak. We all have unique stories that beg to be told. Yet most of us have learned to silence our voice. Like a traumatized child, our true voice often hides so deeply, we don’t even know we have one. We just know something is off, that we lack the means to tell our story or become who we are really meant to be. Even if we do work from our creative center, it is a huge struggle to let our creative voice out. With gentle exercises using colors, symbols and words, open a channel to your inner, intuitive knowledge, buried parts of your life history, and your deepest self. Then you can:

Invite your true voice to come out as you come to understand how and why your voice was silenced

in the first place.

Opened Heart

Are you exhausted by overwork, family obligations & taking caring of things?

Do you want to slow down, lighten up and find peace, yet find life gets in the way?

Doing nothing, living without distracting sound, and letting go of stuff seem straightforward. There's nothing to learn: no special breathing, posture or rituals. So why are these practices so hard? Sabbath, silence and simplicity are three monastic practices that provide great sources of sanity, peace and freedom. Explore these practices as you unpack some of the old patterns that keep you from allowing them into your life. Discover how to meet yourself with compassion as you realize the gifts you bring to the world out of those same old patterns. Consider ways to support desired change while celebrating the gifts you offer.

Creating Sacred Space

Decisions, Decisions

Do you struggle to make decisions?

Is there a dilemma you face right now that you'd like help resolving?

Learn two powerful intuitive techniques that bring into the light of consciousness your hidden feelings around decisions. The choices you face will be clarified as you discover how to access your existing, inner wisdom. Each day we will use a different technique. One is especially powerful for understanding your true desires when faced with two or more opposing choices. The other helps you untangle areas in your life where you are stuck in repeated patterns, and don’t understand enough about what is going on to know what to do differently.

Would you like to understand the effect of the energy of places and things?

Do you want to be able to make vibrant, powerful spiritual spaces?

Learn to sense the energy of places and objects as you explore the energetic effects of colors, shapes, symbols and physical arrangements. Practice your new awareness you explore the components you need to create an effective personal prayer or meditation space.

Creative Writing Class at MSCR

Designed for all experience levels - whether you haven’t started or write regularly and want to hone your skills,

Develop writing skills such as scene setting, character development and dialog. Identify the stories you have to tell and explore your unique creative voice. Discuss ways to support your writing life. Learn how to give and receive encouraging, useful critiques.

Five weekly classes: resident $44, nonresident $66 Register online at www.mscr.org or call 204-3021

FREE

Introductory Workshop

Hear Your Inner Wisdom’s Voice

Do you long to understand your need for healing, your relationships, and your life journey?

We all have an inner source of wisdom and healing - call it heart, soul, inspiration, or the Universal Presence that is the ground of all being. Our inner wisdom is always speaking, providing the guidance we need in each moment. Yet most of us have learned to silence this voice - often so well, we don’t even realize it is missing. This workshop helps you drop past the habits and fears that block your deep, inner knowing. Then you can receive powerful assistance for the challenges in your life.

We begin with an ancient, monastic practice called “lectio divina” - an encounter with the divine through intuitive reading of inspired, written words. Having entered the sacred, I will lead you into a deep part of yourself through guided meditation. There, you can contact your inner wisdom, receive an intuitive message, and transcribe your message using colors, symbols or words. This lets you receive details that would otherwise be missed. After I bring you back to ordinary consciousness, you have time to read and interpret your message. The sacred space is then closed and we leave, yet most people will continue to gain insight from their message for days or even weeks.

Creative Writing Support Group

for all experience levels

In each group, personal check-in is followed by a writing exercise.

Use your check-in time time as you like - to talk about your writing life, read something you've written, share a writing issue, or ask for critique.

We agree only to celebrate any work that is read unless critique is specifically requested by the writer. So ask for critique if you want it - and be specific (i.e., hard-hitting versus gentle). Yet even the most hard-hitting critique will meet the guidelines for compassionate critique.

You are free to come as you wish, but please let me know if you plan to attend.

Suggested Donation $5 - $10 / session

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