Three Centered Presence and Transformation of Consciousness: A wisdom school with Heather Ruce

“Three Centered Presence and Transformation of Consciousness: A wisdom school with Heather Ruce.”

*** IN-PERSON and ZOOM ONLY OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION ***

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. While there is academic teaching that goes on here, that is not the primary business of a Wisdom school; the primary business is to help anchor human wholeness and to work with the core practices that sustain the transformation of consciousness.  — Wisdom Waypoints

     We are indeed in a time of global crisis and amidst a shift in our current structures of consciousness. Drawing on the work of Cynthia Bourgeault, G.I. Gurdjieff, Gebser, and others, this TCS Wisdom School led by Heather Ruce will focus on deepening presence in our three centers – intellectual, emotional, body – and how awakening in them can support us in the transformation of consciousness.  We will also explore the practices of self-observation, self-remembering, conscious labor, and intentional suffering as a way of participating in what is needed for the whole right now.

     Please join us in person at the Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre in the beautiful Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada.  A ZOOM option will also be available for those who prefer on-line attendance. All participants will be invited to deepen your experience of the ‘wisdom way of knowing’ through a daily rhythm with periods of silence, centering prayer, teaching, conscious conversation, Gurdjieff Exercises and Movements, chanting, mindful work, lectio divina, and contemplative free time.

When: Sunday – Thursday, 5pm of September 08 – 12 noon of September 12, 2024Where: Sorrento Retreat and Conference CentreRate for in-person perticipation: $395.00 + accommodation/meals of varied options.

Rate for Zoom Only participation: $250.00Deadline for Registration: August 31, 2024

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SCHOLARSHIPS: A limited number of $200 scholarships are available for participation in this retreat, as provided through the “Margaret Haines Scholarship Fund” of The Contemplative Society (TCS). You can request a scholarship application form through TCS by e-mailing us at: admin at contemplative.org and in the “Subject” line of your e-mail type: “Margaret Haines Scholarship Fund – Application Form Request”.

About the Teacher:

Heather Ruce, M. A. is a Wisdom Spiritual Director who offers Wisdom Practice Circles, Retreats, and Wisdom Schools focused on the expansive Christian Wisdom Tradition. She works within the lineage of Wisdom Teacher Cynthia Bourgeault whom she has been a student of for over a decade. Heather weaves her Masters in Marital & Family Therapy and training in Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence & Spiritual Direction into her teaching and guidance in various Wisdom practices, all in service of waking up and putting on the Mind of Christ. Find out more at heatherruce.com.

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RETREAT SCHEDULE

Wisdom School: Three Centered Presence & Transformation of Consciousness

Sorrento Retreat & Conference Centre

September 8th – 12th, 2024

Schedule all Pacific Times (subject to change)

Sunday Evening, September 8th

3:00    Arrivals, registration, settle in time

5:30    Dinner

7:00    Opening Session followed by Great Silence from end of session through end of morning teaching

Daily Monday, September 9th – Wednesday, September 11th

7:00    Contemplative Prayer & Chanting

7:30    Breakfast maintaining Great Silence

9:15    Guided Meditation Attention Exercise

9:50    Morning Teaching

11:15  Break

11:30  Conscious Work

12:30  Lunch followed by Contemplative free time

2:30    Movements

3:30    Break 

3:45    Afternoon Teaching followed by entering into the Great Silence through end of morning teaching

5:30    Dinner

7:00    Time for reflection, question and response, followed by chanting and Contemplative Prayer

Thursday, September 12th

7:30    Contemplative Prayer & Chanting

8:00    Breakfast maintaining Great Silence

            Room Checkout. . .bags to meeting room or vehicles

9:30    Guided Meditation Attention Exercise

10:00  Final Teaching

10:45  Break

11:00  Closing circle

12:00  Departure