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What Is Centering Prayer? The Four Steps, Explained
Centering prayer is a simple, silent way of praying. You sit for around twenty minutes, let go of words and ideas, and use a short “sacred…
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Taizé Prayer: What It Is and How to Pray It at Home
You walk into a dim church on a weekday evening. A few candles, an icon, a simple cross. Someone starts to sing a single line —…
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Lectio Divina: The Four Steps, Explained for Beginners
Lectio divina means “divine reading.” It’s an ancient way of praying with a short passage of Scripture — reading it slowly, more than once, and letting…
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Contemplative Retreats: What to Expect on Your First
A first retreat is mostly unknowns, and the unknowns are what stop people booking. So: what a contemplative retreat is, what a day looks like, and…
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Spiritual Discernment: How to Sit With a Decision You Can’t Force
Some decisions yield to a list of pros and cons. Others don’t, and you can usually tell which is which by how the list makes you…
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Art Journaling: Where to Start When You’re Not an Artist
Art journaling is a notebook, some colour, and no plan. That’s deliberately unglamorous, because the single biggest obstacle people bring to it is the belief that…
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What Is Visio Divina? How to Pray With an Image
Visio divina means “divine seeing.” It’s a contemplative practice of praying with an image — letting your attention rest on something long enough for it to…
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The Body Remembers: An Introduction to Body Wisdom
Long before the mind finds language for what happened, the body already knows. Body Wisdom is the practice of turning toward the body as a source…