A Pause
for Presence
"The
rush and pressure of modern life … [allowing] oneself to be carried away by a
multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit
oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything … . neutralizes our work
for peace … our own inner capacity for peace … the fruitfulness of our own
work.” (Thomas Merton)
This one day workshop explores how to step outside
of this pressured way of living, to pause in the present moment, and to move
from “doing” to “being.” It will bring
together embodied meditation, movement, and sensation awareness with principles
of mindfulness and teachings on the pause from different faith traditions. It is open to people of any or no faith
affiliation.
Where:
Royston Community Hall, Old Island Highway – wheelchair accessible
When: Saturday, April 23,
2016, 10 am - 5pm.
Cost: $25 to $50 sliding scale
Bring
own lunch or coffee shop next door. Light refreshments provided.
Plan
to spend the lunch hour in a contemplative or reflective way.
PRE-REGISTRATION
with a deposit of $20 is required by April
16th. Contact Wendy McNiven at wmcniven@uuma.org / 250-338-3307 or
Denise Nadeau at dnadeau@shaw.ca.
Facilitators:
Wendy
McNiven ( MDiv, MEd), is a Unitarian minister, teacher, facilitator, meditator
and certified counsellor.
Denise Nadeau (MDiv, DMin) is a
dance-movement therapist, spiritual companion, and educator whose work in the
past twenty years has combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the
recovery of the sacredness of the body.
