Welcome to our “little cloister”
where we
EXPLORE MONASTIC WISDOM FOR EVERY DAY LIVING
Drs. Almut & Chuck with little one
Home of
+The Hildegard Seminar,
+Kierkegaard Masterclass,
+Bach Passionweek Consolations,
+The 12 Days of Christmas Contemplations &
+The “Little School” of Spiritual Formation
In this mini zoom retreat we will explore Hildegard's association with three archetypes (mother, visionary, healer) and how this speaks to our own soul's journey.
If you long for a sacred time of learning, retreating, journaling and contemplating this is for you.
In another year of a world spanning pandemic, where people find themselves tired and exhausted we invite you to journey with us into the heart of Christmas, to find a place of rest, cradling hope. Every day you will receive a brief reflection, poem, blessing, or practice you can unwrap like an unexpected Christmas gift. This online pilgrimage will lead you into an interior journey into the heart of Christmas in your own pace and time, from Christmas Eve via the threshold between the old and new year all the way to Epiphany and new beginnings. If you are longing for some shared solitude and a place to belong this journey might be for you.
We have one spot left at our virtual gathering on Feb 20, 10 am-4pm CT
In the depth of winter, this virtual gathering invites you into a shared time of rest and solitude: together we read, contemplate, reflect, journal and share, supported by the poetry of wise women and men before us. This year we will bring brief texts by RM Rilke and the Danish writer Søren Kierkegaard on solitude and the deeper self to help us along. 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 are in need to share solitude with others.
In a year of a world spanning pandemic, where people find themselves tired and exhausted we invite you to journey with us into the heart of Christmas, to find a place of rest, cradling hope. Every day you will receive a brief reflection, poem, blessing, or practice you can unwrap like an unexpected Christmas gift. This online pilgrimage will lead you into an interior journey into the heart of Christmas in your own pace and time, from Christmas Eve via the threshold between the old and new year all the way to Epiphany and new beginnings. If you are longing for some shared solitude and a place to belong this journey might be for you.
Did you know that JS Bach’s musical Passion has the potential to comfort the sufferer, and to strengthen our self healing potential and resilience? Bach’s passion is not just a musical masterpiece. It also holds the potential to console us in times of trouble. This online retreat, born of our “sheltering in place”, invites you to both: a time to tend to your sorrows, and to be consoled by the Divine power of Bach’s Passion. Each day, you will receive a brief meditation on an Aria, recitative or chorus in the Passion, a link, to listen and meditate on the piece yourself, as well as some tender guidance to visit your places of sorrow without getting lost in them. This will not be a music lesson, but rather a way to face your own passion journey with all senses, facilitated by lyrics and music which transcend place and time.
This contemplative online journey invites you to walk together with us towards the heart of the 12 days of Christmas, to take a break from the hustle and bustle, to breathe, and to wonder, guided and sustained by wise women and men, and the eyes of a baby child, who will lead us along.
If you feel Christmas always comes faster than expected, and you are not ready for the season, or if the Christmas story does not reach you anymore in the midst of tragic news and the buzz to get things done before the end of the year; if your heart is heavy and burdened and rather offended by Christmas Schmalz, we would like to invite you to a dwelling place, right where you are.
