Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center

Presented by Rev. Dr. Eileen Epperson
This day-long workshop is a welcoming space to slow down, deepen your awareness of God's presence, and renew your spirit. We will explore breathing, slow walking, Centering Prayer, and simple chanting among our practices. They calm the mind, open the heart, and cultivate attentive listening. New or seasoned in these things, everyone will leave with practical tools to nurture peace, resilience, and a richer way of living.
COST | $75, lunch is included

Local Event: Practicing the Presence of God

Litchfield County

Litchfield

Connecticut

Practicing the Presence of God

Presented by Rev. Dr. Eileen Epperson
This day-long workshop is a welcoming space to slow down, deepen your awareness of God's...

Presented by Tara McKinney
&nbsp;When love hurts, we tend to contract by avoiding feeling, rehearsing stories, becoming effects of life rather than active participants in it. This 2-hour online workshop guides women through embodied practices, breath work, movement, self-reflection, and group witness to meet love’s pain in a way that feels expansive and empowering. Participants leave with a felt experience of their power to choose what love means to them and a replicable path to practice embodying their staying power with their true selves, whether life’s weather is stormy or full of sunshine.
Pen and paper are preferred for the self-reflection exercises
ZOOM | $25

Local Event: ZOOM Women’s Retreat: How to Stay Open When Love Hurts

ZOOM Women’s Retreat: How to Stay Open When...

Presented by Tara McKinney
 When love hurts, we tend to contract by avoiding feeling, rehearsing stories, becoming effects of...

ZOOM Women’s Retreat: How to Stay Open When Love Hurts

Presented by Kathleen Kryspin
One of our greatest literary visionaries, Emily Dickinson explored the vast spectrum of consciousness, from anguish to ecstasy.&nbsp; To read a Dickinson poem is to encounter our deepest experience of passion, loss, joy and suffering.&nbsp; A Dickinson poem is a revelation that holds the energy to comfort, to inspire and to heal.&nbsp; Join teacher, scholar Kathleen Kryspin for an unforgettable afternoon that goes beyond reading–-to reflection and discovery--as we enter the landscape of Emily Dickinson’s verse.&nbsp;

Local Event: When the Landscape Listens-the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson

When the Landscape Listens-the Healing Power of...

Presented by Kathleen Kryspin
One of our greatest literary visionaries, Emily Dickinson explored the vast spectrum of...

When the Landscape Listens-the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson

Presented by Raditia Lasry
A journey of finding inner lightness, freedom, and ease by connecting to our bodies through our senses, movement, and stillness. Happiness is a complex exploration of what was, what is, and what will be.
COST | $50, lunch is included

Local Event: Be Human, Be Happy, Be YOU!

Be Human, Be Happy, Be YOU!

Presented by Raditia Lasry
A journey of finding inner lightness, freedom, and ease by connecting to our bodies through our...

Presented by Sandy Carlson and Brian Vaugh Oct. 29th 9:30am - 3:00pm
Buddhist priest Brian Vaugh and poet Sandy Carlson will lead a day of reflection, meditation, and freewriting. Reflection will focus on the role of the labyrinth across faith traditions and cultures. Meditation will involve walking the labyrinth. There will also be time for participants to write in whatever way they choose as a part of personal reflection. Conversation will follow.&nbsp;
COST | $75, lunch included

Local Event: Finding Our Way: The Labyrinth, Meditations, Freewriting

Finding Our Way: The Labyrinth, Meditations,...

Presented by Sandy Carlson and Brian Vaugh Oct. 29th 9:30am - 3:00pm
Buddhist priest Brian Vaugh and poet Sandy Carlson will...

Finding Our Way: The Labyrinth, Meditations, Freewriting

Presented by Rev. Nicholas Bartoli
Beneath the words and images of every contemplative tradition lies a shared silence—a wordless resting in the Ground of Being that mystics East and West have spent their lives learning to abide with. Centering Prayer is the Christian doorway into that silence: a simple, profound practice, rooted in John Cassian and The Cloud of Unknowing and recovered for our time by teachers like Thomas Keating. It is a practice which asks nothing of us but consent to Divine Presence. Our day will consist of practicing together—giving ourselves to periods of silent prayer, learning the method and its gentle discipline of letting go, considering the wisdom of simply being with what is, and reflecting on how Centering Prayer opens onto a profound stillness that seekers of every tradition will find familiar.
COST | $75, lunch included

Local Event:  Centering Prayer: Resting in the Silence at the Heart of All Things

 Centering Prayer: Resting in the Silence at...

Presented by Rev. Nicholas Bartoli
Beneath the words and images of every contemplative tradition lies a shared silence—a...

 Centering Prayer: Resting in the Silence at the Heart of All Things

Presented by Sharon ChardeOvernight retreat Monday, November 9, 3:00 PM - Friday, November 13, 2:00 PM
A time of intense connection to self and others, using writing as a tool to retreat from our often too-busy lives of work and caretaking. Come prepared to write to a series of prompts, read your work , and practice deep listening to others.
This retreat is for women only. 
$530 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH
$450 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH
All meals are included: Dinner on Monday through Lunch on Friday

Local Event: Women's Writing Retreat

Women's Writing Retreat

Presented by Sharon ChardeOvernight retreat Monday, November 9, 3:00 PM - Friday, November 13, 2:00 PM
A time of intense...

Presented by Peter YaremkoFriday November 13th - Sunday November 15th&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter Yaremko, an author and poet, leads participants in this weekend program to focus on poetry and their own well-being – a little oasis in which to bask in the beauty of healing words and learn to tap into their inner wellspring of creativity. Topics include: how poetry heals and empowers, de-mystifying poetry, how to write simple poems that ease stress, anxiety and trauma. Participants will write poems and share insights in a supportive, no-critique environment
$335 | *PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH
$305 | *PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH
$175 | **COMMUTER
*All meals are included: Dinner on Friday through Lunch on Sunday
**Breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday are included

Local Event: Emotional Healing through Expressive Writing Retreat

Emotional Healing through Expressive Writing...

Presented by Peter YaremkoFriday November 13th - Sunday November 15th 
  Peter Yaremko, an author and poet, leads participants...

Emotional Healing through Expressive Writing Retreat

Presented by Denise Page
Learn to tell your story. The one yearning to be told. Learn to tell it authentically, with clarity and emotional engagement. This introductory workshop will guide you in preparing to release your story. Often our essential story is stifled by fear of hurting others or of not being heard. The story begging to be heard for healing, inspiring, building a bridge of understanding.
Identify Your Essential Story Purpose&nbsp;
COST | $75, lunch is included

Local Event: A.C.E. Your Essential Story - Storytelling with Authenticity, Clarity, and Engagement

A.C.E. Your Essential Story - Storytelling with...

Presented by Denise Page
Learn to tell your story. The one yearning to be told. Learn to tell it authentically, with clarity...

A.C.E. Your Essential Story - Storytelling with Authenticity, Clarity, and Engagement

Presented by Dale Allen
Dale Allen, filmmaker, veteran of corporate and commercial communications, and bestselling author shares her film “In Our Right Minds” followed by dynamic engagement and discussion. This has been awarded in 19 independent film festivals and screened at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Sharing her profound journey of exploring the deep feminine archetypes, the filmmaker combines science, art, and history for a transcendent journey. By tapping into the divine inner wisdom of their right brain and understanding its link to the sacred feminine, viewers can begin to grasp the essence of humanity's true natural balance.
Film Screening &amp; Dynamic Discussion with Filmmaker Dale Allen “In Our Right Minds,” awarded in 19 Independent Film Festivals worldwide shines a light on the profound wisdom of the right brain, and explores our collective history along with the deep feminine archetypes that move through us all.&nbsp; This film energizes audiences, includes all people in its loving message, and opens minds and hearts. “No one can watch this film and remain unchanged.” ​An uplifting, inspiring screening event!
COST | $25

Local Event: In Our Right Minds

In Our Right Minds

Presented by Dale Allen
Dale Allen, filmmaker, veteran of corporate and commercial communications, and bestselling author...

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Practicing the Presence of God

OCT

10

9:30 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

ZOOM Women’s Retreat: How to Stay Open When Love Hurts

OCT

10

10:00 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

When the Landscape Listens-the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson

OCT

13

9:30 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

Be Human, Be Happy, Be YOU!

OCT

28

10:00 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

Finding Our Way: The Labyrinth, Meditations, Freewriting

OCT

29

9:30 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

Centering Prayer: Resting in the Silence at the Heart of All Things

NOV

7

9:30 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

Women's Writing Retreat

NOV

9

3:00 PM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

Emotional Healing through Expressive Writing Retreat

NOV

13

5:00 PM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

A.C.E. Your Essential Story - Storytelling with Authenticity, Clarity, and Engagement

NOV

14

9:30 AM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT

In Our Right Minds

NOV

15

2:00 PM

Wisdom House Retreat & Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT