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March 14, 15, 16, 2025
Seeking Desert Wisdom - Registration Full/Now taking names for wait list
Give yourself the gift of awakening to God’s creative spirit through the historic and inspiring New Mexico landscape at the Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center. The landscape made famous by painter Georgia O’Keeffe encompasses 21,000 acres of towering rock wall, vivid colors and vast skies.
This retreat will draw upon a variety of creative spiritual practices such as Lectio and Viso Divina, SoulCollage®, the Labyrinth, and Terra Divina as doorways into the sacred art of listening. Experience well-being and spiritual health through the powerful New Mexico landscape as you listen anew to the voice of the Divine.
If you are:
- Seeking solitude & personal reflection
- Looking for renewal & rejuvenation
- Searching for meaningful creative spiritual & contemplative practices
- Longing for a deeper connection with the Divine, Self, Others, the World!
...then this retreat is for you!
"The divine communicates to us primarily through the language of the natural world. Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine." - Thomas Berry, The Sacred Universe
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Register Today - Space is limited!
A $150 non-refundable deposit will reserve your retreat space. Full payment for early bird registration due by November 15th, 2024: final cost based on guaranteed room selection, minus deposit paid. After November 15th price will increases $100.
Retreat cost based on room selection:*
- Semi-Private Private Room w/ Shared Bath $560 registration fee per person (you can register with a roommate) $660 after 11/15/24
- Private Room w/ Bath available upon request and limited availability $620 registration fee per person $720 after 11/15/24
Retreat cost includes:
- Retreat tuition and all supplies
- Lodging for two nights based on your room style choice
- Meals: Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast
Refund Policy:
Registration fee will be refundable up to 30 days prior to the retreat minus the $150 deposit. No refunds will be issued after 30 days prior to arrival.
For directions, lodging details, and more to https://www.ghostranch.org
You can make plans to arrive early or extend your stay directly with the Ghost Ranch. Contact me regarding transportation arrangements from Santa Fe to Ghost Ranch.
*Semi-Private Private Room with Shared Bath has 2 Queen Beds in each room with a shared bathroom between two rooms. This room will be private with a shared bath.
*Private Rooms with Bath have 2 Queen Beds in the room with a private bathroom to itself. This room and bath are completely private. (limited availability)
About the Retreat
During this retreat, you will be invited to:
- Experience guided and private Labyrinth Walks
- Lectio & Visio Divina: An ancient and contemplative practice of Divine Reading and Divine Seeing;
- SoulCollage®: An intuitive and enjoyable collage process for self-discovery and empowerment:
- Terra Divina: A contemplative practice that involves reading the "text" of the landscape and meditating on whatever has caught our attention.
- Create your own personal journal to be used during the retreat
- Explore Expressive Arts as a Spiritual Practice
- Personal guided reflections in the midst of New Mexico's desert landscape
- Visit The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, a Benedictine Monastery in the mountains
- An opportunity for a one-on-one Spiritual Direction session
Draft Retreat Outline:
Friday, March 14th
- 3pm Check-in
- 4pm: Opening Gathering: Entering Desert Wisdom
- 4:30pm: Sacred Listening & Seeing
- 5:30pm Dinner
- 6:30pm: Lectio & Visio Divina
- 8pm: Sacred Creative Imagination - Journal Making
Saturday, March 15th
- 7:30am Breakfast
- 9am: Sacred Walking Path - Labyrinth
- 10am: Sacred Soul-Tending - SoulCollage®
- 12noon Lunch
- 1pm: Options (Spiritual Direction; Hiking Trails, Private Reflection...)*
- 4pm: Terra Divina
- 5:30pm Dinner
- 7pm: Sacred Gathered Wisdom - Open Studio
Sunday, March 16th
- 7:30am Breakfast
- 9am: Visit Benedictine Monastery Christ in the Mountain
- 11am: Bringing Home Desert Wisdom
- 12noon: Close of Retreat
*Alternative options available at an additional cost through Ghost Ranch including: Massage Therapy, Tours, Hikes, Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe's studios tour, and more. Check out the Activities page on the Ghost Ranch website to sign up and arrange: https://www.ghostranch.org
Here are some comments from 2024 participants feedback form when asked, "What was the most impactful take-away from your retreat experience?"
- "Experiencing Lectio and Visio Divina for the first time, especially with the St. John's Bible, which was an intro for me. Practices I plan to continue exploring."
- "I had never heard of the collage experience, yet it proved to be one of the most meaningful aspects of the retreat."
- "This experience brought me deeper into the spirit, soul, and heart. I could feel openings I had not experienced before."
- "This Lenten retreat made me aware of God's existence in my soul and how "he" wants me to find/search for him by using all my senses. Especially looking for him in all of creation."
- "It was a time of purification and letting go. The insights from soul collage and the cleansing guided meditation were also very impactful."
- "The guidance with the labyrinth walk was appreciated."
- "This was my first formal, facilitated retreat -- it will not be my last. I found it deeply moving and I was able to heal a great deal of the burden I brought to the retreat."
- "This was the best retreat I have attended, Thank you!"
- "I appreciated the openness, variety, creativity and balance of structured with unstructured time."