Contemplative Practices
Saturday, May 5, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

In this half-day workshop retreat, we’ll explore both writing and mindfulness as tools for spiritual formation and the cultivation of exquisite self-care. Sitting meditation, prayer, ritual and silence, mindfulness, mindful walking, mindful eating, life writing, and spiritual reflection. Joy!

Facilitator: Sage
Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton is a writer and president of the Braxton Institute for Sustainability, Resiliency, and Joy, an organization that supports the well-being of activists, change-makers, and caregivers. An ordained minister, Dr. Braxton, who is also known as Sage, has a degree in spirituality and another in ministry as well as a doctorate in American Studies. She has created online curriculum context in spirituality and health for the United Church of Christ and has served as a consultant to the Unitarian Universalist Association as well as All Souls Church. Dr. Braxton has incorporated mindfulness in her teaching of writing for many years and is training to become a qualified MBSR instructor through the Center for Mindfulness and Omega Institute.