An article in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin said that paying attention to the natural world not only makes us feel better, it also makes us behave better. Wow. We know that just being in nature helps lower stress and increases happiness and now we find that walking and absorbing the natural surroundings leads people [...]
Posts Tagged ‘retreat’
Nature Calls
Posted in Listening, Nature, Noticing life, Trees, tagged nature, retreat on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Running
Posted in Compassion, Noticing life, retreat centers, running, Take time, tagged retreat, spirituality, tranquility on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just finished Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. A fascinating book that makes me want to run and I haven’t been a runner since college. It is not just about a 50 mile race between the best ultramarathoners that happened in the hills of Mexico, but a book about the link between compassion and competition, [...]
Practice
Posted in God's grace, Listening, meditation, Rest, slow down, Spirituality, Take time, tagged peace, retreat, spirituality, tranquility on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I attend a yoga class on Wednesday mornings. Each week at the end of class, the teacher says, “thanks for coming to practice.” Not class, or workshop or exercise or experience, but “thanks for coming to practice.” Practice. I don’t have every pose mastered. I sometimes inhale when I should exhale. Some mornings I don’t [...]
Just Do It
Posted in Listening, meditation, Renewal, Rest, retreat centers, slow down, Spirituality, Take time, tagged peace, personal retreat, retreat, spirituality, tranquility on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today I led a retreat on slowing down and listening. After a Peanuts cartoon on slowing down at the corners and some quotes on the breakneck speed of life, I invited the retreatants to spend the morning in silence. They could meditate on some Mary Oliver poems, color mandalas, sit on a bench overlooking the [...]
In Praise of Relishing
Posted in ice cream, Personal retreat, Rest, slow down, summer, Take time, tagged peace, retreat, spirituality, tranquility on July 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Technology is forcing Americans to live at speed, not at depth,” so says Robert Kamm in The Superman Syndrome: Why the Information Age Threatens Your Future and What You Can Do About It. I seem to be working longer, the desk is piled higher and I have a new faster computer but still I don’t [...]
Look Up
Posted in Personal retreat, retreat centers, Spirituality, summer, Uncategorized, tagged peace, retreat, spirituality, tranquility on July 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It hit 100 degrees today so after the day groups were gone, I headed to the swimming pool. I am grateful to the many that labored to build a pool in the 1950s so that I might cool off today. As I was floating on my back, I looked up and was amazed to see [...]
The need for a retreat
Posted in Personal retreat, retreat centers, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged peace, personal retreat, purpose, retreat, spirituality, tranquility on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
More individuals are coming for personal retreats at Rolling Ridge. What is causing this increase? Maybe these words of Tom Ehrich strike home. ” Busy people can become manic – hyperactive, disorganized, driven – and in their mania they can become destructive. They stop listening, stop reflecting, and become impatient with others. they interrupt and [...]
a place of peace and quiet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conferences, meetings, peace, retreat, spirituality, tranquility, united methodist on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center is a sacred and beautiful space set apart for individuals and groups to find rest and renewal. The 38 acres of woods, rolling hills and lakefront, and the 40 room Georgian estate provide the setting for retreats and conferences, day meetings and overnight accommodations. Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference [...]
