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SeekaRetreat - Arizona retreats, retreat workshops, programs and events. Directory of retreat leaders and spiritual directors and coaches. Retreats include themes with topics including: spiritual retreats, religious retreats, healing, yoga, self improvement etc...
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Arizona is one of the Four Corners states, situated south and east of the Colorado River. Arizona borders New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, touches Colorado, and has a long international border with Mexico. Arizona is the sixth largest state in area.
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Retreat Centers with Scheduled Retreats
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Living Water Retreat Center is an ideal setting for your individual or group retreat.
 Our lush 30 acre setting and variety of accommodations offer a multitude of options.
We are prepared to design the retreat experience that will meet your needs.
Thousands of people every year come to Living Water Retreat Center to draw closer to God and are strengthened and refreshed by the Holy Spirit.
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Franciscan Renewal Center
Casa de Paz y Bien
5802 E. Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
(480) 948-7460
(800) 356-3247 (toll free)
registration@thecasa.org
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Franciscan Renewal Center located in Scottsdale, Arizona
is a spiritual oasis which encompasses counseling, various support groups, workshops, retreats for spiritual growth and personal development and Franciscan Way programs. Browse all the different programs offered at The Franciscan Renewal Center. See our calendar for the schedule of events- seminars, classes, programs, workshops, retreats,support groups, Mass, meetings and more.
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A Woman's Way retreats are designed to incorporate times for quiet reflection, journaling, personal growth, laughter, and the camaraderie of other extraordinary women. Retreats are led by experienced facilitators, all well-respected women in their fields.
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You will have the opportunity to learn some tools necessary for creating an authentic life, one filled with passion and joy. Whether for one-day, a weekend or longer, the retreats will provide profound "ahaa" moments found in the structured groups, sitting alone in nature, and through doing what women do best . . . sharing their stories with other women.
Visit our calendar of events for more information...
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For over forty years, the Redemptorist Renewal Center has been an enlivening presence in Southern Arizona dedicated to contemplative prayer, study, and practice. Our mission is to be a place where the contemplative spirit of the human person may be discovered, fed and nourished. |
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It is a place, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert, where individual persons encounter God and "feel the burn" of the Holy Spirit.
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Blessing Retreat is a place of rest, peace and comfort in the scenic Williamson Valley area of Prescott AZ. Here you will experience gorgeous sunsets, serene views of Granite Mountain, peaceful ambience, and often, an exciting glimpse of wildlife.
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You will love staying at Blessing Retreat - a place of elegant comfort and attentive service, balanced with a real down-to-earth friendliness. Our roomy, beautiful guest rooms, scrumptious breakfasts, scenic views, and warm ambience will soothe your soul and leave you rested, refreshed, and ready for a return visit.
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Peaceful Prayer Room is a wonderful resting place for private prayer and meditation. There are Bibles, in print and on CD, worship music or meditative instrumentals on CDs, books and magazines to inspire you, prayer guides, cozy recliners, or big prayer pillows for the floor.
Blessing Retreat is not a business, but a ministry. We exist to host people here during special times for healing retreats, small group leadership retreats, and to provide respite for pastors and missionaries and their families. The true mission of Blessing Retreat is to be a blessing to every guest, and to support our primary work as a healing home.
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On-Going Adventures
Masters Vision Quest Adventures
Personal Development, Vision Work, Prayer, Meditation,
Fasting, Detoxing, Nature, Solitude
Spiritual Self Mastery / Metaphysical
Sacred Caves and Wooded Streams located in Red Rock Canyons
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The vision quest is an ancient rite of passage used for thousands of years by indigenous cultures and mystical societies around the world for spiritual growth and expansion. When a person begins to feel lost, disconnected, dis-empowered, disenchanted, or is floundering around through life without direction, dreams, or goals- it’s time to do a Vision Quest! During your Master's Vision Quest Adventure, you will be introduced to the world of reflections and will meet the most powerful and most important master of your life, yourself! You will also get to know more deeply who you are and who you are not! With all distractions and the noise of daily life removed, the voices around you become silenced.
It is then that you are more able to hear the whisperings of your spirit reminding you why you came here in this life. After your preliminary preparation sessions, you will be spending the next 4 days and nights out in the wilderness, fasting from all things familiar, while immersed in the healing energies of the beautiful Sedona & Verde Valley in northern Arizona, sometimes in legendary secret *caves; located deep in the heart of sacred canyons! (*These caves are so spiritually empowering that it is said that whosoever stays in them for even one night emerges a Shaman, Medicine Woman, or Master!) If you're a tad claustrophobic, we also hold quests in other sacred canyons near wooded streams. Or, you can set up your base camp just outside the caves and use the caves for your meditations. All of your spiritual senses are turned on high. Spiritual gifts, which once may have escaped you, will be like second nature. Intuition becomes amplified beyond anything you can imagine. Insights and epiphanies abound; suddenly, life becomes a whole lot clearer! (Even your ability to manifest things into form becomes accelerated!) Why is the Vision Quest still used to this day? Simple, because it works! Vision Quests are a wonderfully challenging and powerful opportunity for growth, regardless of your age, background, station in life, or belief system.
They are free of any dogma or religious affiliation. The only requirement is a commitment to yourself, your spiritual growth, and a willingness to be transformed. Prior outdoor experience is helpful, but not required! Group Masters Vision Quest Adventures are held year-round for individuals (who may be scheduled with up to three other questers) or small private groups (2-4). The Universe holds the responsibility of putting the right group together for each quest. So know that whoever joins you on this adventure was purposely selected with your highest good in mind. Because of this, a lot of magic happens! We also offer Private Masters Vision Quest Adventures in a more remote location, that assures greater solitude, as your only neighbors will be the wildlife. Worried about snakes, bugs or other critters? Don't be! In addition to other essential camping equipment we supply, each of our questers are also provided with the option of using either a pup-tent or a light-weight Tent-Cot! Be sure to visit our website for more information about this powerful, life-changing adventure!
VL Levy
leader bio: VL Levy: Author of "The Master Key Keepers & the Doppelganger", owner & creator of "The Academy of Spiritual Self Mastery" and "Angel Light Lodge" (the world's only nontraditional cosmic sweatlodge for spiritual masters!)World Reknowned Empathic Channel/Remote Viewer, Rebirther, Animal Communications, Professional Equestrian, Trainer/Riding Instructor, Master Farrier, Cameleer, Spiritual Trail Guide
leader phone: Office: 928-567-2291 Cell: 928-301-9948
leader web site: www.mastersofsedona.com
leade remail: academyoffice@mastersofsedona.com
retreat center name: Academy of Spiritual Self Mastery
center address: PO Box 3731
center city: Camp Verde, AZ 86322
center telephone: 928-567-2291
center web site: www.mastersofsedona.com
center email: academyoffice@mastersofsedona.com
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Highlighted Retreats
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Customized Christian Events
Living Water Retreat Center is a beautiful setting. Although many people come here for personal or group retreats, consider other uses and possibilities here for groups and individuals in the body of Christ.
Experience a:
- Mother/Daughter Tea
- All Church Picnic
- Prayer Walk
- Board or Staff Planning Day
- Girlfriend Getaway
- Conference
- Parent/Older Child overnight prayer retreat
- Give Living Water Retreat Center as a "gift certificate" for occasions
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 Dates: Spring - Summer 2008
INNER WISDOM RETREATS
FOR SELF-DISCOVERY
Are you at a crossroads in life? Have you run out of answers and feel lost or confused? Sedona is known for its sacred and holy landscape temples. Pilgrimages still occur where millions come from around the world seeking to connect with Sedona's magical healing spirit. Could it be that the spirit of Sedona is calling you, too?
Have you given away more of yourself than you'd like? Wouldn't it be wonderful to reclaim parts of you, to take back your power, gain clarity and courage, and finally get some answers? With help from Sedona's transforming and extraordinary vortex power energies, you can gain greater self-awareness and self-growth; and reconnect and rediscover you.
Do you need a place of safety and peace to be free? Your intentions are the "red thread" throughout your retreat and it is our intention to meet your goals with grace and love, assisting you in every facet of your experience, bringing you into a place of safety and peace where you are free to express and experience, grow and learn, release and embrace; gaining pearls of wisdom in every step.
Retreat Center: Shangri-La Sedona
Address: 1385 W Hwy 89A
City: Sedona
State/Province: Arizona
Postal: 86336
Country: United States
Telephone: 877-782-8979
Web Site: www.ShangriLaSedona.com
Email: info@shangrilasedona.com
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Franciscan Renewal Center
Casa de Paz y Bien
5802 E. Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
(480) 948-7460
(800) 356-3247 (toll free)
registration@thecasa.org
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Featured Retreats in May 2008
Continuing Contemplative Prayer
5/3/2008 - 5/3/2008
Session begins :9:00AM Session ends :2:30PM
$45 (Per Person), Instructor: Carole Whittaker PhD Sharon Taszarek
Free Your Breath, Free Your Life
5/3/2008 - 5/3/2008
Session begins :9:00AM Session ends :4:00PM
$65 (Per Person), Instructor: Dennis Lewis
Spiritual Spa Day of Renewal
5/8/2008 - 5/8/2008
Session begins :7:00AM Session ends :5:00PM
$75 (Per Person), Instructor: Sharon Taszarek
Reach for the Stars
5/15/2008 - 6/19/2008
Session begins :7:00PM Session ends :8:30PM
Instructor: Susan Wrubel
The Art of Breathing & Healing
5/17/2008 - 5/17/2008
Session begins :10:00AM Session ends :5:00PM
$65 (Per Person), Instructor: Jae-Sheen Yu
Straight Talk Theology
5/25/2008 - 5/25/2008
Session begins :9:00AM Session ends :10:30AM
Instructor: Fr. William (Bill) Cieslak OFM, CAP
Visit our calendar for a review of all retreats...
www.thecasa.org
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May 2008 Retreats:
2 - 4 Serenity Retreat ~ Perfect Love Between Imperfect People Wehrley
2 - 4 A Weekend with the Blessed Mother, Doran
21 - 25 Pathless Path ~ Zen Sesshin, Hawk
23 - 25 Serenity Retreat ~ Mozart: The Joyful Spirit of God, Wehrley
24 Spiritual Spa Day for Women, Waszczak, et. al.
23 - 26 Introducing Asian American Theology, Tan
For more info on those retreats :http://www.desertrenewal.org/rrc/events_calendar.html
It is a place, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert, where individual persons encounter God and "feel the burn" of the Holy Spirit.
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Spiritual Workshop on your Sedona Vacation!
Parenting Workshop
August 9 & 10
You Can Parent From Your Wisdom!
www.sedona-spiritual-vacations.com
I am honored to have one of my teachers and well-known author Dr. Jack Pransky come to Sedona and lead a workshop, based on his book, "Parenting From The Heart ".
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Many parents who seek spiritual rejuvenation for themselves tend to forget about it when it comes to raising their children, or they don't know how to bring a spiritual stance to parenting.
Raising children from a spiritual perspective, however, can yield far better relationships with children and improvements in behavior. It can turn destructive relationships into healthy relationships.
Parents can reduce the stress and pressure they feel in raising children and they can learn how to bring out the best in both their kids and themselves. This takes knowledge of what creates the feelings and behaviors experienced by both children and their parents from a spiritual perspective, and it takes knowing how to tap into innate wisdom in dealing with the all that children present.
Parents are welcome to bring with them specific difficulties they are experiencing with their children, so that parents can have all their parenting questions answered through this workshop.
In this workshop you will learn:
• How to bring out the best in your children.
• How all parents have the wisdom within to know how to raise happy, healthy children and deal with any problem situations that arise--if they know what it is, what obscures it, and how to access it.
• How to create a spiritually healthy child.
• How to create the best internal environment for your children.
• How your state of mind affects the parenting experience.
• How to listen deeply to children beyond their words to hear what is truly going on with them.
• What problem behavior really is.
• What your children are really learning from you
• The most important thing you can be teaching your child: how to tap into their own innate wisdom to guide them well through life.
• How to turn what looks on the surface like a situation that requires discipline into one that yields healthy learning the three principles that create your children's (and your own) experience.
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Renew and Share: A Retreat for Spiritual Directors:
An opportunity for renewal and reflection
Event date: April 20-22, 2008
Event spiritual orientation: All faiths
Event environment: desert sanctuary
Retreat leader name: Rabbi Helen Cohn, Greg Foraker
Rabbi Helen Cohn lives in Tucson where she serves Congregation Chaverim and offers spiritual direction. Greg Foaker is director of Adult Formation Ministries at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
Retreat leader phone: 520.744-3400 x 112
Retreat center : Redemptorist Renewal Center
7101 W. Picture Rocks Road, Cave Creek, AZ, 85743
Retreat center telephone: 520.744-3400
Retreat center web site: www.desertrenewal.org
Retreat center email: office@desertrenewal.org
Contact name: Peter Tran
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It is a place, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert, where individual persons encounter God and "feel the burn" of the Holy Spirit.
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Event title: Souldrama: Sing the Song of Your Soul in Sedona
Event theme: Personal Development, Spirituality, Relationships, Co Dependency, Grief Work, Letting Go
Retreat leader name: Connie Miller MS, TEP, LPC
Retreat leader bio: SouldramaR was developed by Connie Miller, Master of
Science ,MS, Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, Nationally Certified Counselor NCC, Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama TEP. in 1997 and trademarked in1999 as a therapeutic tool created for use as an adjunct to psychodrama and designed to move clients from co-dependency to co-creativity. Connie is the founder of the International Institute of Souldrama and also the owner of the Spring LakeHeights Counseling Center, in New Jersey.
Retreat leader phone: 732-974-1978
Retreat center name: Briar Patch Inn
Retreat center address: 3190 N. Highway 89A, Sedona, Arizona 86336 USA
Retreat center telephone: 1-888-809-3030
Retreat center web site: www.briarpatchinn.com
Retreat center email: stay@briarpatchinn.com
Event spiritual orientation: All
Event environment: Cozy cabins on Red Rock Creek Nestled in the Vortexes of Sedona. The natural beauty of Sedona is extraordinary from any perspective, but the closer you get, the deeper your experience will be. Let the spirits of the land speak to you. Our Native brothers and sisters are sharing their tribal wisdom, showing us how to live in harmony with the earth and all our relations. Some of the most profound spiritual experiences in Sedona are to be found out on the land.
Lifes Purpose - What is yours?
Few of us clearly know our life purpose. But if we watch how our lives unfold, we can begin to understand why we are here and can begin to discover us what is stopping us from changing.
Change is hard. As human beings we prefer constancy and comfort to instability a change. When change comes there is resistance to avoid the transition because we are afraid to lose control. When we change, the outcome is unpredictable. By being indecisive, ambivalent, impulsive and by procrastinating we avoid change. We become stuck in careers that no longer serve us, we outgrow relationships and we become lost in our addictions. The question then becomes; How do we consciously move past this resistance and make a doorway for transformation?
Knowing our life purpose and fully living it brings meaning and fulfillment into our lives. When we consciously align with our deepest reasons for being, we tap into rich reserves of energy, personal power and passion. Our lives begin to flow in new and delightful ways.
Our life purpose reflects:
What we naturally DO best in life - the gifts, talents and skills we offer the world help us to be our authentic selves.
How we aspire to BE in life - the qualities of our authentic self.
ow do we move past the resistance to change? This is the challenge. One way seems to be by aligning the ego and the soul.
Souldrama a therapeutic group action method leads is designed to help us access our spiritual intelligence by aligning the ego and soul. Souldrama helps to integrate all three of our intelligences, the rational, the emotional, and the spiritual directing us to be on our true purpose. During a workshop participants pass through six sequential stages of spiritual development and growth moving past resistance toward their higher purpose. Each level of growth allows the ego and soul to be in alignment, allowing the soul to become a co-creator. This is the soul?s mission; to co:create. This process combines the mind, body and spirit to create a therapeutic energy within a group to foster spontaneity and creativity while the introduction of psychodramatic methods and concepts enlivens the spiritual journey!
Objectives: Our Workshops are designed to:
Transform and renew your relationships
Illuminate your spiritual gifts.
Overcome the fears that prevent you from moving forward.
Increase your self esteem.
Discover what unique gifts, talents and skills you bring into this world.
Discover what specific issues represent your life challenges.
Discover what gives your life meaning and purpose?
Create spiritually intelligent leadership.
Develop clarity, passion and personal power
Identify your values, virtues, qualities and talents
Ask yourself:
Are you in the sort of job you love?
Do you look after your body, take enough exercise, and eat a healthy diet?
Do you nourish yourself with healthy relationships?
Are you living in a healthy and safe environment?
Do you forgive yourself when you make mistakes?
If you have answered no to any of these questions, Souldrama is for you!
"Illuminate that divine flame that burns within....discover and radiate out your higher purpose to build a better life and world!
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Lost and Found: Divorce as a Magical Opportunity for Personal Growth
Facilitated by Karen Ely
June 28 & 29, 2008
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Karen Ely is an experienced facilitator with a commitment to assisting women in creating and living authentic lives of passion and joy. Go to www.daringtodream.us for more information about Karen.
Join author, entrepreneur and late-in-life adventurer, Karen for two days of personal discovery, of learning how to turn one of life's most challenging transitions – divorce – into a life-changing opportunity.
Through large and small group exercises, quiet, music, joyful playing, and journaling, Karen will guide participants through an exploration back to themselves. The two-day retreat will conclude with a commitment ceremony where, instead of writing vows to another person, this time women will write promises to themselves. Come with an open mind; leave with new friends, renewed vitality and a belief that you already are the woman you've been striving to become.
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For Women Who Dare to Dream
Facilitated by Karen Ely
July 19 & 20, 2008
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Karen Ely is an experienced facilitator with a commitment to assisting women in creating and living authentic lives of passion and joy. Go to www.daringtodream.us for more information about Karen.
Join author, entrepreneur and late-in-life adventurer, Karen and other extraordinary women for two days of fun and life-changing opportunities through large and small group exercises, quiet, music, joyful playing, and journaling, Karen will guide participants through an exploration back to themselves, revealing how each step along life's journey can be a miraculous opportunity to learn and grow. Throughout the two days women will spend time in silence and joy, eat chocolate mindfully, connect deeply with themselves, make new friends and leave with a passion and plan for their future.
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tensions and traffic, more characterized by hours of time for quiet walks and for meditation, with no disruptions from phone calls and schedules.
small group experiences. Therefore our only 'schedule' is in terms of who has arranged to come and when. Instructional weekends are available if you will gather your own group of participants, and we enjoy sharing our local community activities - such as bi-weekly Sacred Fire Ceremony in the Huichol tradition, nearby in Vernon, and the Concho Farmers Market a few miles from us - with our guests whenever they are available to do so.
