(c) A. Furchert, 2006
"What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself...- that is what one must be able to attain."
--- Rainer Maria Rilke
In the depth of winter, this daylong retreat invites you into a time of rest and solitude: to read, journal, contemplate, share, walk and rejuvenate. We especially invite those in-midst of life's transitions, at a threshold of life, in times of challenge or change, and also those who feel they have not yet fully arrived in the New Year. As winter is a season of resting and deepening, in which life's forces work in hidden ways, our soul's winter solitude may be preparing us for new awakenings.
The day will be structured by guided practices for personal reflection, sustained by the poetry of writers such as Rilke, Rumi, Hildegard, Kierkegaard and others to guide you into a time of solitude and reflection of what has been and what is yet to come.
Our winter retreat takes place at the lovely fireplace room at the Episcopal Church in Northfield, MN. Suggested Offering is 75 $ per person, incl. all materials, a hearty home made soup for lunch together with some mulled wine...
Presenters
Dr. Almut Furchert holds graduate degrees in philosophy of religion and psychology and has worked as independent scholar, counselor and retreat leader since many years. Her husband Chuck Huff, PhD. is Professor of Psychology at St. Olaf College and a practicing Benedictine Oblate at St. Johns Abbey. Both share their passion for monastic traditions and spiritual practices as well as for European thought and wisdom traditions.