The Spiral Year and the Celtic Seasons ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, Join Simon de Voil and me for an online retreat next Sunday April 23rd hosted by OneSpirit Seminary where we will be exploring the Spiral Year and the Celtic seasons. This is an excerpt from my book The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred: Sacred Rhythms of the Earth The […]
New Year Blessings and Gratitude ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, For the last 14 years we have hosted our annual Give Me a Word mini-retreat and invitation for you to share your word for the year with our community. You can find out more about it at this post. Some years my word comes quickly and some years it demands a lot more […]
Give Me a Word 2023 + Prayer Cycle Day 6
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, In November and December, we are releasing our brand new 7-day prayer cycle of morning and evening prayers on the theme of Soul of a Pilgrim. The audio podcasts for Day 6 morning and evening prayer are being released today on the theme of Beginning Again! This is one of the […]
Give Me a Word 2023
In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to the divine and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner’s fire and be stripped down to one’s holy essence. The […]
The Spiral Year: Celtic Wisdom of the Seasons
Apr 23, 2023 @ 9:30 am EDT – 5:30 pm EDT – Sunday, April 23, 2023 9:30am – 5:30pm Eastern 6:30am – 2:30pm Pacific 2:30pm – 10:30pm Ireland Presented by OneSpirit Seminary and OneSpirit Learning Alliance Register Now Program Description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RjdVFlJX30 The Celtic spiritual tradition is a spiral way, one that honors non-linear consciousness and intimately follows nature’s rhythms of rising and falling, of fullness and emptiness. […]
Yoga with Melinda: Give Me a Word
Jan 26, 2023 @ 3:00 pm GMT – 4:00 pm GMT –
with Melinda Thomas
In our Abbey yoga classes Melinda blends principles of Benedictine and inclusive spirituality with gentle, fluid asanas (yoga postures) for an experience of contemplative movement. Two blocks, a strap or scarf, and a blanket are recommended. No prior yoga background necessary. All bodies welcome.
Give Me a Word – Drawing Winners: A Love Note From Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, Thanks to everyone who shared their word with our community! The practice of listening for a word to guide you into the next season of your life is an ancient one. This is an excerpt from my book Desert Fathers and Mothers: A brother questioned Abba Hierax saying, “Give me a word. How can […]
