Spiritual Direction and Contemplative Retreat Leadership with The Rev. Scott Robinson, PhD., TSSF
"Scott is great! Loved the experience." ~Workshop participant
Modern life has most of us so over-stimulated that it’s easy to miss the “still, small voice” of God in our lives. But each one of us is as full of God as a sponge is full of water. Contemplative practice can help direct our awareness to the Divine within.
As a trained multi-faith spiritual director, I’ve introduced spiritual seekers to the universal disciplines of contemplative prayer in yoga studios, churches, colleges and retreat centers. By leading contemplative prayer groups and retreats, I help seekers from all paths learn to be present to the movement of the Spirit in their lives.
"Contrary to popular understanding, contemplation does not imply quietness or withdrawal. Instead, it is a quality of immediate, open presence that is directly involved with life-as-it-is." –Gerald May
Modern life has most of us so over-stimulated that it’s easy to miss the “still, small voice” of God in our lives. But each one of us is as full of God as a sponge is full of water. Contemplative practice can help direct our awareness to the Divine within.
As a trained multi-faith spiritual director, I’ve introduced spiritual seekers to the universal disciplines of contemplative prayer in yoga studios, churches, colleges and retreat centers. By leading contemplative prayer groups and retreats, I help seekers from all paths learn to be present to the movement of the Spirit in their lives.
"Contrary to popular understanding, contemplation does not imply quietness or withdrawal. Instead, it is a quality of immediate, open presence that is directly involved with life-as-it-is." –Gerald May
The Here and Now
'Compassion Mandala" by Robert Lentz, OFM
"Great experience, wonderful leader!" ~Workshop participant
Contemplative practice helps us to ground ourselves in the here and now and live anchored in our own bodies. It dispels the air of unreality that sometimes surrounds our lives as we get caught up in the mental chatter. It puts us immediately in touch with the people around us, and helps us navigate the situations in which we find ourselves.
Using guided visualization, meditation instruction, scriptures from various traditions, body awareness and movement meditation, and especially music, chant and sacred sound, I lead groups toward a deeper awareness and appreciation of the Divine in which we "live and move and have our being."
"...the difference between God present and absent is merely a difference in our own awareness." –Evelyn Underhill
Contemplative practice helps us to ground ourselves in the here and now and live anchored in our own bodies. It dispels the air of unreality that sometimes surrounds our lives as we get caught up in the mental chatter. It puts us immediately in touch with the people around us, and helps us navigate the situations in which we find ourselves.
Using guided visualization, meditation instruction, scriptures from various traditions, body awareness and movement meditation, and especially music, chant and sacred sound, I lead groups toward a deeper awareness and appreciation of the Divine in which we "live and move and have our being."
"...the difference between God present and absent is merely a difference in our own awareness." –Evelyn Underhill