Body Presence and Contemplative Awareness

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

Discover a deeper awareness of healing and wisdom accessible to each of us through our bodies. Drawing from the insights and experiential practices of both Welcoming Prayer and BioSpiritual Focusing, we will seek to become more aware of welcoming and holding our feelings with curiosity and loving care. Periods of Centering Prayer will be offered

Contemplative Immersion Retreat

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

This retreat will focus on Centering Prayer and the integration of consent in our lives. We will explore being attentive to the wholeness of our being and the knowledge and presence resident in our bodies. We will explore the calling to live in a higher mode of consciousness, one of abundance and liberation. This invocation

All Parts of You Are Welcome Here

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

Do you do and feel things you don’t want to? Do you long to connect with God exactly as you are and not as you “should” be? Join therapist Jenna Riemersma as she explains why all parts of you are welcome and guides you into a deeply transformational connection with the Divine. This day is

Emotional Sobriety Through Contemplative Practice

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, CT, United States

Contemplative Enrichment Day with Jim McElroy Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, coined the term “Emotional Sobriety.” He noticed that some AA members with long-term sobriety still experienced troublesome emotional reactions which were caused by “faulty emotional dependencies.” Contemplative practice heals the emotional wounds of our lifetime and touches the deep unconscious,