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Wisdom Schools & Retreats
"Wisdom Schools are a format for integral learning that's based in some of the deepest roots for transformation and change in the Christian tradition. Wisdom schools are about awakening the yearning for a different kind of presence in the world and then developing the skills and the knowledge base to apply that, to transform your own life and the life of people around you."
--Cynthia Bourgeault
Upcoming Retreats
Fri, Feb 17BurlingameFeb 17, 6:00 PM PST – Feb 22, 12:00 PM PSTBurlingame, 2300 Adeline Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA“From time immemorial Wisdom Schools have emerged in times of global crisis or on the cusp of great leaps in human consciousness in order to help shepherd our planet through the transition." ― Wisdom Waypoints, Cynthia Bourgeault
Past Retreats
Sun, Jan 01Online RetreatJan 01, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM PSTOnline RetreatOnline Morning Reflective Retreat: The year is almost over and a new year is just about to spring forth. This shift to a new year marks a threshold that has been entered into as a moment to pause, ponder and prepare, to learn something about ourselves and about what life is telling us as we begin..
Fri, Dec 02Leaning Into BlessingDec 02, 2022, 4:00 PM PST – Dec 04, 2022, 12:00 PM PSTLeaning Into Blessing"The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before...So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon."
Mon, Oct 31Online RetreatOct 31, 2022, 4:30 PM PDT – Nov 02, 2022, 6:00 PM PDTOnline Retreat****The ZOOM Link will be sent out again 1 hour before the start time**** We often focus on spring’s Paschal Triduum, from dusk on Holy Thursday through dusk on Easter Sunday, as a chance to move inward and journey with Christ through our own passage of death to life. . .
Thu, Aug 25BurlingameAug 25, 2022, 6:00 PM PDT – Aug 30, 2022, 12:00 PM PDTBurlingame, 2300 Adeline Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA“From time immemorial Wisdom Schools have emerged in times of global crisis or on the cusp of great leaps in human consciousness in order to help shepherd our planet through the transition." ― Wisdom Waypoints, Cynthia Bourgeault
Sun, May 22BurlingameMay 22, 2022, 6:00 PM PDT – May 28, 2022, 12:00 PM PDTBurlingame, 2300 Adeline Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA"Contemplation...is not a special gift. It is simply seeing from the perspective of oneness, or in other words, from the level of our spiritual awareness. It can indeed be practiced, and over time, with sincerity and persistence, it becomes an abiding state of consciousness.” ― Cynthia Bourgeault
Fri, Apr 01Trinity Episcopal ChurchApr 01, 2022, 7:00 PM – Apr 02, 2022, 5:00 PMTrinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USAWith everything that is going on in our individual lives and the world it is easy to lose touch with the hope so desperately needed at this time. During this Retreat we will explore the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault from her important book 'Mystical Hope.'
Sat, Jan 01Online RetreatJan 01, 2022, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM PSTOnline RetreatMorning Virtual Retreat: This year is coming to a close. Another year of both gift and challenge, joy and sorrow, old and new. The transition to a new year marks a moment that has been entered into as a time to pause, ponder and prepare, to acknowledge weariness and readiness to begin again. . .- Fri, Dec 03BurlingameDec 03, 2021, 4:00 PM PST – Dec 05, 2021, 12:00 PM PSTBurlingame, 2300 Adeline Dr, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA"The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before...So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon."
Nov 05, 2021, 4:00 PM PDT – Nov 06, 2021, 6:30 PM PDTLos Olivos, Box 39, 2901 Nojoqui Ave, Los Olivos, CA 93441, USAWe'll explore the teachings from Cynthia Bourgeault on the Imaginal Realm and her important book 'Mystical Hope.' This material will be surrounded with a rhythm of silence, chanting, centering prayer, conscious work, reflection, movement, attention exercises, and sharing from the heart.