Greetings,
We are pleased to announce our upcoming residential meditation retreat at Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center, Wallingford, PA.
Deepening Your Contemplative Practice – November 1 to November 5, 2017
During this retreat, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your life and to deepen your connection with the healing power of the inner refuge. Engaging the practices of body [the five tsa lung exercises and the nine breathings] and speech [the five warrior syllables], you will be guided to recognize, host, and clear obstacles to resting in your natural mind. To support clear inward attention, portions of the retreat will be in silence. Join us at Pendle Hill for this opportunity to immerse yourself in meditation practice and to benefit from the collective presence of others.
Instruction in connecting with the inner refuge, the nine breathings of purification, the five tsa lung exercises, and the five warrior syllables will be given at the retreat. Many, but not all meditation sessions will be guided.
While this retreat is open to all, we encourage those new to the practices to
consider receiving private instruction or coming to a group class or short retreat at Contemplative Arts prior to the November retreat. Please contact Gabriel gabrielrocco@msn.com or Marcy marcyvaughn@msn.com directly to explore what best suits your needs.
Deepening Your Contemplative Practice will begin with meditation at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday November 1st, and end after lunch at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 5th.
All meals are provided by Pendle Hill and are included in the retreat fee, which varies based on your choice of lodging. For those of you familiar with Pendle Hill, the retreat will take place in Brinton House, which provides a simple,
spacious, and warm environment for our meditation practice.
The size of the retreat will be limited. Entering into retreat is a precious opportunity and we encourage you to take advantage of residing at Pendle Hill for the duration of Deepening Your Contemplative Practice. Commuter options are available for those with concerns at home.
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The early registration period ends on September 19, 2017. Registrations
(including payment) received before September 19, 2017 qualify for the listed discounts for the three options: single room, shared room, and commuting to the retreat. For registration information and to secure your place in the November retreat, contact Carol Sanders, retreat coordinator, at:
registrarcontemplativearts@gmail.com.
Pricing for the retreat is as follows:
Single room residential, early registration: $875. After early registration: $895
Shared room residential, early registration: $795. After early registration: $815
Commuter, lodging off site, early registration: $695. After early registration: $715
Please consider joining us for our third local residential retreat.
Registration, Cancellation, and Refund Policy
Payment is required at the time of registration for any scheduled event or program. The early registration discount is available provided payment is
received by the advertised cut-off date. Cancellations received by the early registration cut-off date will receive a full refund minus a fifty-dollar processing fee. Registrations received following the early registration cut-off date are not refundable as we have entered into contract with Pendle Hill. $100 of your payment will be credited towards future classes or retreats offered by Contemplative Arts for a period of six months.
Early registration ends September 19, 2017 (the date by which we will need to meet our minimum attendance requirement at Pendle Hill).
Please join us!
With great warmth,
Gabriel and Marcy
Important! Please notify Carol of your intention to register:
registrarcontemplativearts@gmail.com
If you are registering via PayPal, go to www.PayPal.com and send the amount to
marcyvaughn@msn.com
If you are registering via check, please make out the check to
Contemplative Arts and mail to:
Marcy Vaughn - Registration
Contemplative Arts
2001 Haverford Road
Ardmore, PA 19003
