Retreats:
With any of the retreat / workshops no particular background (in literature, knitting, wilderness) is necessary: just an openness to soul growth.
All retreats begin Friday noon and end Sunday noon.
Cost includes all meals, materials and facilitator fees.
Meals are nutritious and healthy.
Announcing
Spring, Summer & Fall 2010 Retreats
- Dogged :: May 13-16
What would it be like if we believed God loved us as much a Dog? Our God images affect our spiritual lives, and we will consider how we might renew our images to deepen and freshen our faith. - 12 Step retreat: Deepening Our Spirituality :: May 21-23
Inviting women who are living the twelve step recovery program to deepen their spiritual journey and their relationship with their higher power on a weekend retreat.
- Mother Daughter Canoe Trips :: July 14-19 and July 22-26
Moonlight paddles, watching a mother moose with her calf, early morning swims, talking over a campfire, learning to carry a canoe across a portage, cooking a meal: all these on a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. And all the while reflecting on what we can learn about ourselves as women, as part of the created order, as spiritual beings. Price is $900 per mother/daughter pair.
- Family Canoe Retreats :: dates tba
Moonlight paddles, watching a mother moose with her calf, early morning swims, talking over a campfire, learning to carry a canoe across a portage, cooking a meal: all these on a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. And all the while reflecting on what we can learn about ourselves as women, as part of the created order, as spiritual beings.
- Women's BWCAW Trip :: August 5-9
Moonlight paddles, watching a mother moose with her calf, early morning swims, talking over a campfire, learning to carry a canoe across a portage, cooking a meal: all these on a trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. And all the while reflecting on what we can learn about ourselves as women, as part of the created order, as spiritual beings. - Creativity and Spirituality / Crossing Borders :: September 24-26
We will focus on kindling and encouraging our inner core through the creative process as we work in a number of media, ponder, and visit some local artists' studios.
- Peace Fibres: Stitching a Soulful World :: October 1-3
Joining, connecting, unifying. Creating harmony. Making beauty. Fibre work is not only an apt metaphor for creating a more soulful, peaceful world; it offers a vehicle through which to begin. (with Karen Lohn, psychologist and teacher)
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- Women's Twelve Step: Deepening our Spirituality :: October 8-10
Inviting women who are living the twelve step recovery program to deepen their spirituality journey and their relationship with their higher power on a weekend retreat. Journaling on the beach, walking on the Superior Hiking Trail, group discussions watching sunsets and sunrises, talking around a bonfire on the beach - all these within the framework of the spiritual principles and respecting where each woman is in recovery. (with Colleen Brit, a licensed counselor who has been working with men and women with addictions for 30 years)
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- God's Voice in Creation: Lessons from Celtic Spirituality :: October 15-17
The ancient Celts believed deeply in a spiritual world, for which they saw powerful evidence in nature. Becoming Christianized in the fifth century, under the influence of St. Patrick, their understanding of the spiritual world went ever deeper. What can we learn from them today about our own spiritual lives - especially in places where our culture severs us from the natural world. We'll look at addressing and deepening our spiritual longings using Celtic-style prayer. (with teacher and writer Joyce Denham, author of many books oc Celtic prayer and spiritual growth, retreat leader and teacher)
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- Stone Soup: Exploring Ecopsychology :: October 29-31
Based on the classic tale of Stone Soup, emphasizing every person's contribution to the nourishment of the whole village, this retreat is for those who wish to explore and experience the relationship of human beings to the natural world. This retreat will emphasize the role of individual health and well-being in our relationship to self, others, and the environment which supports us. Nature walks, night hikes, and preparing turkey soup together, immersion in the natural world, all while preparing 'stone soup' together, symbolizing our interdependence with one another and with the environment.
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- Beyond Masks: the Enneagram :: November 18/19-21
Human complexities, human simplicities. The Enneagram is an ancient, now thoroughly modernized, sytem of understanding the unique way we present ourselves and relate to others. As a tool for deepening self awareness and developing appreciation for the underlying dynamics of human interaction, the Enneagram is unsurpassed. Karen Lohn incorporates music, movement, color and creative expression, as she invites participants to engage in experience and to enjoy the process of doing so. The retreat setting allows the group to deepen connections with one another, develop metaphors of type in nature, and spend time in solitude and introspection.
Note - Nov 18 is the Introduction to Enneagrams, participants with some understanding of enneagrams may begin Nov 19th.
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- Women Mystics: Hearing and Learning from our Fore-Mothers :: November 19-21
From Julian of Norwich to Simoe Weil, from Hildegaard of Bingen to Dorothee Soelle, women mystics have deeply affected spirituality down the ages. On this retreat we will allow the writings of these women to permeate our souls; besides silent reflection, we will create our own books to express the voices we hope to carry with us. Warm fires and winter storms will offer background to our work together.
Click HERE for registration form - Working Toward an Ending: Beginning and ending :: December 3-5
When Mary said "yes" to a new chapter of her story, she had no idea what she was getting herself in for: neither do we. And as we (over a lifetime) prepare for an end - what elements of our stories must we resolve, what loose ends tie together? During this retreat we will take time to reflect on our new beginnings as well as looking at how we might live more intentionally toward our end.
We recommend that you register early as group size is limited.
To register and for more information:
Contact WindCradle
(218) 387-1536 or 1-866-586-2224 or windcradle@boreal.org
Cost includes meals and program.
Lodging is separate.
We recommend the Outpost Motel located 500’ from WindCradle.
(888)380-1833
Locals please inquire about local discounts.
Limited scholarships are available
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