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SeekaRetreat - North Carolina 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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North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against the British during the American Revolution. North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
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Retreat Centers with Scheduled Retreats
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The Quiet Place
Bakersville, NC
www.thequietplacenc.com
TheQuietPlaceNC@aol.com
Telephone (828) 688-2689
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The Quiet Place offers daily, weekly and monthly periods of prayer and meditation in addition to providing a haven for your own personal spiritual retreat.
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The Center at Rose Creek is a unique retreat center where you can come for a day, a week, a month or stay for the season. The former Musicians Club of America Center, is situated approximately 8 miles from the city of Franklin, in Macon County, North Carolina.
This quiet corner of Southwestern North Carolina is set within the heart of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, and raises to peaks of 5000 feet. The Asheville Airport is only an hour away. The airports of Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Knoxville are approximately 2 hours away. Close by are the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, Cullasaja Gorge and several mountain resorts.
Labyrinth at Rose Creek: Come discover the labyrinth as a spiritual tool. Walk the path, come as a pilgrim, rediscover the ancient wisdom from all traditions, journey inward, and re-connect with your spirit. Some see the labyrinth as a meditative walk and some as a body prayer, discover what it is for you.
Visit Rose Creek online to check out our Calendar of Events...
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"We were blessed to be sent by the Lord to your gracious place.
His blessings as you carry on His work." Love Ken
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Retreat Center: The Lake House Lodge
Retreat Center Events: Group and customized individual spiritual,silence,wellness,artists', writers', corporate retreats
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Center Telephone: 828-693-5070
Center Web Site: www.highlandlake.com
Center Email: innkeeper@highlandlake.com
Retreat Center Themes: Wellness, Art, Writers, Health, Silence
Center Environment: Mountains and Lake
Address: 447 Lily Pad Lane
City: Flat Rock
State/Province: North Carolina
Postal: 28731
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Highlighted Retreats
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Opening Ourselves to God’s Unfathomable Embrace:
Exploring the Mystical Dimension of Faith
Contemplation, Mysticism, and Jungian, Celtic, Art Prayer, Exploration
June 7-8, 2008
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What does it mean to experience God in your life? As people of faith, when we pray to the God of our understanding, we may conceive of that communication as a one-way conversation. This retreat will encourage you to open yourself to a divine truth—that God is engaged with you in a two-way communion. Each moment of our lives, the God of mystery expresses loving and longing for us. During the weekend, we will reflect on the insights of ancient and modern spiritual mystics and healers through presentation, discussion, and contemplative activities. We will meditatively explore the mystic world of synchronicity through:
Jungian Active Imagination
Celtic Spirituality
Artistic Prayer
Archetypes and the Dream World
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Retreat Location: Laurel Ridge Camp, Conference, and Retreat Center
June 7-8, 2008
Time: 10:00 am Saturday until 11:00 am Sunday
Retreat Fee: $125.00 plus,
 Accommodations Fee for Higgins Lodge: $113/Single room with private bath, linens, 3 meals
$80/Double room with private bath, linens, 3 meals
$23.50/Commuter rate, 3 meals
Register by April 23
Scholarships for retreat fee are available
Limited to 15 participants; limited overnight spaces available
Laurel Ridge Camp, Conference, and Retreat Center
124 Pendry Dr.
Laurel Springs, NC 28644
Retreat center telephone: 336-359-2951
Retreat center web site: http://www.laurelridge.org/Default.htm
Retreat center email: laurel_ridge@skybest.com
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Pierrette R. Stukes received her PhD in English literature from The George Washington University, specializing in psychoanalysis and cultural theory, in 2002. She taught on the college level for 15 years. She is currently completing a two-year, certified Program in Spiritual Direction, which trains both laypersons and ordained professionals to be with others in a sacred space of holy listening for the inner voice of God. “The pastoral theologian Henri J. M. Nouwen wrote eloquently of the inherent woundedness of the human spirit, a woundedness that life itself imposes and which can only be sutured by the loving Physician of mystery. This woundedness is the result of our birthing, into our families of origin, our communities, our culture. These vital births leave some aspect of our true and essential Selves behind in a fine dust of forgetfulness. This forgetfulness is a kind of grieving, but we no longer know that what we grieve is our connection to the abiding presence of God. In my own life of woundedness and healing, I have been met and embraced by the unfathomable and yet wholly intimate God at the core of life itself. Please join with me in experiencing the grace that binds life itself to a holy center.”
Our Mission: Heart Directions, Inc. is a ministry of compassionate service. Our programs are grounded in the philosophy of spiritual hospitality which is a way of being present with you in an atmosphere of mutual respect and holy reverence so that both you and the facilitator may listen for the Spirit at the center of your life. We are post-denominational in emphasis. Our programs integrate various spiritual traditions to honor and to enable an experience of God that transcends cultural representations. Heart Directions, Inc. does not offer therapy, counseling, or advice; nor are its programs academic in nature. Instead, its facilitator creates a sacred space in which individuals may explore for themselves the spiritual integration of the psyche, the soul, the mind, the heart, and the body.
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The Quiet Place offers daily, weekly and monthly periods of prayer and meditation in addition to providing a haven for your own personal spiritual retreat.
DAILY PRAYER/MEDITATION
MORNING - 7:00 AM
EVENING - SUNSET
WEEKLY PRAYER/MEDITATION
THE ECUMENICAL ROSARY
WEDNESDAY - 12:00 NOON
MONTHLY PRAYER/MEDITATION
THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
THE SILENT SANCTUARY
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Gift from the Sea: Rediscovering your Passion and Purpose
A women's renewal retreat at Emerald Isle, NC is an inspiring and life-changing way to start your 2008.
www.passionatepossibility.com
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Summer 2007 can be your springboard for new beginnings, renewed zest for life, untapped possibilities. Join us at Emerald Isle for a transformative week that may well change your perspective forever!
About Linda Roggli
Linda Roggli is a certified life coach (CLC) with a specialization in spritual coaching.
email
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Men's Spiritual Weekend Retreats
Retreat Themes: meditation, nature, sweat lodge ceremony, vision quest ceremony, ancestors, women, men, spiritual, connection, healing, relaxing, personal empowerment, leadership skills, retreat, personal development, health and wellness, silence, community, Asheville, NC, Ireland
Spiritual Focus: The Spirit of One's Own Understanding
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Environment: Private home and in Nature
Description: The Experience of Community Life, Connection, Ritual Process Healing - Emotional Release, Centering with Slef and Nature, Three Days and Nights Vision Quest Ceremony, Dancing and Singing, Drumming, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Healing For Life Transitions/Crisis, Personal Advancement and Evolution, Resolving Past Emotional Wounds, Personal Myth Making and Story Telling, The Use of Initiatory Symbols and Objects, Self Generated Ceremony and Ritual, Four Seasonal Shields of Initiation, Ecopsychology, Wilderness Safety Procedures, and Psychodynamics of Fasting, Exposure and Solitude, Connection with the Earth, Nature, the Ancestors and Community
Come join us for a spiritually healing and community building retreat where we will seek to understand ourselves and our process of growth, healing, and connection to All Our Relations in a deeper and more conscious way. Weekends include community building, SweatLodge Ceremony, and ritual process healing.
January 25-27, 2008 (Fri-Sun)
Retreat Center: Rites of Passage Council
City: near Asheville, NC
Telephone: (828) 777-1492
Web Site: www.RitesofPassageCouncil.com
Email: info@RitesofPassageCouncil.com
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Vernon & Mary Joyce Dixon
CENTERING PRAYER AND THE PATH TO INNER PEACE: Living in the World without Being of the World
May 2-4
(May 5 optional extra day)
2 Nights
$130 ($65 deposit)
Acquisition of material goods and the fulfillment of desires are frequently proclaimed as the supreme values in today’s world, but experience proves that they only end in frustration, anxiety, and inner turmoil. Centering Prayer and its related contemplative practices offer a much more satisfying alternative by teaching a method of self-surrender which leads to the realization of the True Self-- the only sure path to peace.
Teaching no religious dogma, and affirming its solidarity with contemplative practices throughout the world, Centering Prayer provides a means of arriving at the direct experience of God through a method of meditation based upon ancient Christian monastic mysticism and enriched by eastern meditative practices. People of all spiritual practices are welcome. Christians who may have been alienated from the religion of their birth will find that this open, non-judgmental, self-surrendering approach to relating to the Divine offers them a new and more inclusive place within their own spiritual heritage.
This silent weekend retreat will include brief instructive talks on the method of Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina (awakening to the Divine Word through sacred scripture), the practice of Presence, the Welcoming Prayer, and various other contemplative practices, as well as extended periods of meditation using the method of Centering Prayer. The retreat is open to beginners as well as veteran meditators. [For those who wish more silence and prayer, the retreat directors will remain for an extra day of meditation on Monday. (Add this if you want us to stay an extra day.)]
A. Vernon Dixon, M.D., and Mary Joyce Dixon, M.Ed., are a husband and wife who were in the private practice of psychiatry and psychometry for over 23 years. After studying the mystical practices of many spiritual traditions, their practice became Centering Prayer. The Dixons are trained and certified by Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. They have presented introductory workshops in LA, NC, and GA, as well as at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. They lead Centering Prayer intensive and post-intensive retreats at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA. Vernon and Mary Joyce are also third-degree Reiki practitioners who are active in their church and in various peace, social justice, and environmental causes.
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Kanuga Fly-fishing Retreat
May 4-8, 2008
Step into a stream and discover a whole new world of wisdom.
"Fly-fishing is not so much about catching and releasing fish as just being in the stream, observing, having faith, being humbled," said the Rev. Mark Wilson, retreat coordinator. "It’s a setting where God can teach us a lot about ourselves and following Christ."
View photos from the 2007 Fly-fishing Retreat
This Sunday-Thursday retreat begins with two days of instruction by patient experts, who help newcomers as well as experienced fly fishers. New this year: practice fishing on a freshly stocked lake at one of Kanuga’s camps. This will give you more room to cast and increase your chance of catching a trout early in the week.
Then you'll be able to hone your skills with two days of fishing on the nearby Davidson River, one of Trout Unlimited magazine’s Top 100 rivers in the nation.
Within 30 minutes’ drive are many other prime trout waters. As rewarding as the fishing is getting to know other people who appreciate this quiet encounter with the outdoors, where anything caught is released.
Retreat Leaders: Bob Clouser is one of the nation’s foremost fly fishermen. He invented the famed Clouser Minnow fly pattern, which is known world-wide and has caught more varieties of fish than any other fly. He owns and operates Clouser's Fly Shop, a full-service, fresh and saltwater fly-fishing shop in Middletown, Pa., near the Susquehanna River. He leads tours and seminars across the country on tying and casting.
Nationally-known fly tier Kevin Howell is the owner of Davidson River Outfitters in Pisgah Forest, N.C., and winner of the 2007 Fly-fishing Masters national championship. He is a certified casting instructor with the Federation of Fly Fishers and the fly-tying editor for Fly-Fishing the Mid Atlantic States. He co-edited the book Tying and Fishing Southern Appalachian Trout Flies (Fern Creek Press, 1999).
The Rev. Mark Wilson, retreat coordinator and chaplain, is rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Fairhope, Ala., chairman of the Kanuga Program Committee and an avid fly fisherman. He will lead daily worship and spiritual reflections in Kanuga’s chapels, which include two outdoor locations.
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Retreat Calendar
Retreat Title: Family Life: Summer Retreats
Retreat Themes: Family Enrichment, Affirmation, Communication, Forgiveness, Commitment
Spiritual Focus: Catholic, Christian
Environment: Beach
Description: The CFL Center is more than just a wonderful place at the shore. Christian Family Living is a way of being that nourishes faith, family, friendships, and fun. Find time to grow in God's love and as a family. One week in the summer can make a big difference in your realtionship to God and each other.
This summer, we invite you to join us as we step out of our daily business and celebrate our family's sacredness.
For children of all ages, the circus is a place where you leave your worries at the tent entrance and enter into a world of wonder. Similarly, on our family retreat we will invite you to enter God's time (in Greek "Kairos"), a time out of time.
With the help of acrobats, circus clowns, elephants and a wise ringmaster, we will focus on taking the time to celebrate our family. Together, we will discover that in the "circus" of family life - there are opportunities to grow in family unity and spirituality.
Summer family retreats begin on Sundays at 4:30 p.m. and end Fridays at 2:00 p.m.
Retreat Center: CFL Family Retreat Center
Address: 2006 Wicker St
City: North Topsail Beach
State/Province: NC
Postal: 28460
Telephone: 910-328-1584
Web Site: www.christianfamilyliving.org
Email: cflcenter@charterinternet.com
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Seasonal Retreats
The Program Department of YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly is well equipped and trained to create the ultimate experience for any group. We have many outstanding programs designed to enrich the spirit, mind and body of all our guests - preschoolers through adults.
YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
828-669-8422 • www.blueridgeassembly.org/programs.html
Blue Ridge Center
84 Blue Ridge Circle
Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711 USA
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October 24-26 Women’s Retreat, “Song of the Theri”
Buddha was a foremost proponent of equality for women. Under his tutelege, an untold number of female disciples attained enlightenment. His teachings point the way and are still available today!
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Annual Spiritual Youth Retreats
presenter: Audrina Jones Bunton, M.A.
center: Camp Dixie
city: Fayetteville
state: NC
telephone: 919-490-0978
email: mail@thepeacefulplace.org
www.thepeacefulplace.org
The Peaceful Place, Inc. is a non-profit ministry organization, formed by Audrina J. Bunton, MA to facilitate and plan custom retreats for youth groups, churches, civic organizations, and businesses.
Custom retreats are set up in a peaceful atmosphere; where individuals encounter a life-changing spiritual journey, while disconnecting from daily issues and connecting to God. As the ultimate connection is made to God, self-enlightenment is realized.
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Dates: 2008
Title: A RITES OF PASSAGE MOUNTAIN RETREAT FOR WOMEN
 Presenter: Barbara Lange, Spiritual leader, counselor, teacher
Center: Laughing Heart Lodge
City: Green Mountain
State: NC
Telephone: 828-682-4684
Retreat Email: laughinghearts@yahoo.com
Web: http://yancey.main.nc.us/~blange/
Name: Barbara Lange
Email: laughinghearts@yahoo.com
Comments: Spiritual, metaphysical, meditation, yoga, readers, creative arts, silent walks, green trails, "crossing the river" ceremony.
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Yoga Workshops with Marcia
Marcia Hoffheins
Enjoy Yoga - 2008 Workshops
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More information coming soon!
leader name: Marcia Hoffheins
leader bio: Marcia is owner and Creative Director of Yoga South in Charlotte, North Carolina. Marcia has spent time studying with Baron Baptiste, Kimberly Wilson, Shiva Rea and completed her 230 hour Yoga Alliance training with Dolly Stavros. She has also been blessed to spend time with Stephanie Keach, Doug Swenson and Andrey Lappa.
leader phone: 704-847-4950
leader web site: www.yoga-south.com
leader email: yogasouth@aol.com
retreat center name: Seeker's Inn & Retreats at Wildbird Farm
center address: 128 Queen Road
center city: Belwood, NC 28090
center telephone: 704-516-1429
center web site: www.yoga-retreatsnc.com
center email: info@yoga-retreatsnc.com
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Event date: May 18-23, 2008
Event title: Master Cleanser Detox
Event theme: Cleansing and Healing
Event environment: Mountain Setting in North Carolina
Event overview: The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center will be the setting for a 5 day juice fast using the Master Cleanser Program.
Retreat leader name: Jill Schneider
Director of Circle of Life Holistic Programs in Delray Beach, FL
Retreat leader phone: (561) 638-8873
Retreat leader web site: www.circle-of-life.net
Retreat leader email: circleoflife@bellsouth.net
Retreat center name: The Mountain, Highlands, NC
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 Event date: May 23-25, 2008,June 27-29, 2008, August 15-17, 2008
Event title: Marriage Impact
Event theme: Marriage Enrichment Conference
Event spiritual orienation: Christian
Event environment: Mountains
Event overview: Marriage Impact 2008 is the premier marriage event inviting couples to experience exciting outdoor adventures combined with powerful Bible-study and inspirational worship.
Retreat leaders : Dan Seaborn and Dr. Peter Newhouse
Retreat leader bio: Our Featured Guest Speaker for the weekend authors of The Necessary Nine
When it comes to marriage, some things are just necessary. So say Winning At Home's own Dan Seaborn and Dr. Peter Newhouse, who have determined that the following nine
actions will help couples stay married:
1) Establish Cherishing Attitudes, (2) Pursue Financial Security, (3) Discover Sexual Satisfaction, (4) Spend Time Together, (5) Develop Genuine Friendship, (6) Value Physical Attraction, (7) Cultivate Emotional Oneness, (8) Guard Home Harmony, and (9) Build Spiritual Fusion.
Dan Seaborn: In 1995, Dan Seaborn founded Winning At Home, Inc., an organization that produces media resources and hosts special events to develop marriages and families.
Peter F. Newhouse, PhD, MSW, is the Director of Family Wellness with Winning At Home. He provides leadership in the areas of Family Restoration, Marital Conflict, and Individual and Family Growth and Development. He also aids in the healing process for wounded and fractured families.
Retreat leader web site: www.winningathome.com
Retreat center name: Ridgecrest Conference Center
PO Box 128, Exit 66 on Interstate 40
Ridgecrest, North Carolina,28770
Retreat center telephone: 800.588.7222
Retreat center web site: www.lifeway.com/ridgecrest
Retreat center email: reservations@ridgecrest.com
Contact name: Melissa Inman
Contact email: minman@lifeway.com
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