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SUMMARY:Enfleshed Spirits - Discovering and Embracing the Sacred Gift of Our Bodies
DESCRIPTION:“Glorify God in Your Body”  (1 Cor. 6:20) \nOur bodies are the intimate habitat of God.  How\, then\, might we grow in relationship to our bodies\, healing wounds\, and becoming more whole and fully alive as enfleshed spirits? \nWhat if our bodies were not obstacles to our spiritual lives\, but the places where we encounter God? \nMany of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies. We carry messages we have heard since childhood\, expectations from family and culture\, comparisons fueled by social media\, and the inevitable changes that come with illness and again. Too often we judge our bodies and treat them unkindly\, rather than befriend them. \nYet our spiritual lives are not lived apart from our bodies – they are lived in and with them. Through our bodies we love\, pray\, serve\, celebrate\, grieve and encounter God.  The mystery of the Incarnation invites us to embrace our whole selves – body\,mind\, and spirit – and to recognize our bodies as sacred places where God dwells and continues to work. \nJoin us for a weekend of reflection\, conversation\, prayer\, and embodied practices as we rediscover the wisdom\, beauty\, and holiness of our physical selves. Come as you are. Leave with a renewed appreciation of your embodied spirituality and the gift of being an enfleshed spirit! \nView Fee Schedule \n \n\n\nEvent Details:\n\n\nSandra (Sandy) Prather is a retreat leader and facilitator in the areas of faith and spirituality. Known for an infectious joy in her faith\, she has worked locally\, nationally\, and internationally leading retreats\, missions\, and workshops. Drawing upon her theological training and faith perspective\, Sandra ‘breaks open the ordinary’ so that we might know God ’amidst the pots and pans.’ Sandra holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta and a Master of Theology from Newman Theological College. She served for 21 years as Executive Director of Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert. She is an Associate and Honorary Oblate of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. \nGlenda Sartore is passionate about life’s journey in all its many twists and turns\, peaks and valleys. After working for many years in retreat ministry\, Glenda fervently pursued her spiritual path through yoga and is a Senior Teacher with the Yoga Association of Alberta. She has lead trips\, taught retreats\, and been involved in training teachers for almost 20 years. Responding to a decades long desire to do graduate work in counselling therapy\, Glenda is now happily completing studies in the Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality program at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton. She is also a grateful and devoted wife\, mother\, and extended and blended family member. \n\n\n 
URL:https://caedm.ca/event/enfleshed-spirits-discovering-and-embracing-the-sacred-gift-of-our-bodies/
LOCATION:Star of the North Retreat Centre\, 3A St. Vital Avenue\, Saint Albert\, AB\, T8N 1K1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Education,Pastoral Ministry,Retreats and Workshops
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