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Retreats 2013 — the annual publication of the Retreat Association
Retreats 2013 includes the following features:
- Articles, book and CD reviews on the theme of Healing
- Information and programmes for over 200 Christian retreat centres in the UK and beyond
- Details of courses, networks and associations that promote spirituality and spiritual
direction
- Retreats with a theme - including painting, walking, Christmas and Easter
- Retreats for the beginner
- Individually guided retreats and quiet days
- Map pages divided into regions
- An index to all retreat centres
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40 Days and 40 nights – DIY style
Susan Daniell describes how her own journey through the desert has brought healing and new life.
Wisdom from meditation: the Light within
Andrea Freeman and Helen Meads explain how the Quaker Experiment with Light practice can transform self-awareness and bring healing to relationships and past experiences.
Down the road less travelled
David Mahon spotlights new longings for the recovery of the contemplative dimension of life.
Finding wholeness in the present moment
Rachel Burgess gives a personal account of the value of complementary therapy in a holistic healing process.
Dreams and Imagination – a way of healing?
Isabel Gregory explores the profound part that dreams and imagination can play in a process of inner healing.
Healing through Gestalt Groups
Joanna Percival explains how Gestalt groups enable a process of healing from which participants emerge as ‘new creations’.
Articles
The courage to seek healing
Lucy Winkett reflects on our human need for healing and wholeness, its complexity and the central part healing plays in God’s world.
Creativity – a doorway to healing
Melitta Bosworth explores the value of creativity and using art therapeutically in a process of healing.
The healing path of the labyrinth
Di Williams examines what the labyrinth has to offer today’s world and why it has enjoyed recent surge of interest.
The ministry of a healing community
Elizabeth Baxter explores the value of a therapeutic and theological approach to healing within the context of a retreat centre.
Reconciliation: The Journey we all must make
Russ Parker reflects on reconciliation as a central component in the process of healing.
Finding wholeness through ancient traditions
Mary Jo McElroy explains how applying Capacitar techniques of body, mind and spirit to the stresses of modern life can bring wellbeing and healing to every individual.