Retreat Center Schedule – St. Benedict Center — Christ the King Priory

BSF Connect (Monthly – Open to those with Level I experience) Online – Third Monday of each Month – 10AM – 12PM Central Time – This informal offering provides a time for deepening understanding of biospiritual focusing with others through embodied practice, sharing, questions, and discussion. This is open to those who have completed Level I (or comparable program).

Zoom link available through the monthly newsletter/email.  Email bsfconnect20@gmail.com      to be placed on the mailing list.

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BioSpiritual Focusing: Multi-Day Silent Retreat—- Level II (St. Benedict Center)

Sun, Sept 27, 2026 – 6:00 PM — Fri, Oct, 2, 2026 – 1:00 PM

Come to the quiet . . .where noticing and receiving with openness all that is most real within can lead to greater freedom and transformation. Bless yourself with a few days to simply be present and receive insight, healing, sense of connection or whatever is most needed now. Allow yourself to be gifted by God as you open yourself to the Great Love that holds and graces all.

This retreat will feature a morning gathering each day with an emphasis on deepening your understanding of BioSpiritual Focusing as well as an opportunity for one-on-one spiritual direction each afternoon. The remainder of our time will be in silence — a spacious, open time of attention and connection with God, self and others.

The retreat directors will be Debbie Sheehan, Jane King, and Lori Stevens who are experienced spiritual directors and retreat leaders well practiced in BioSpiritual Focusing.

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Partnering for Focusing — (ONLINE) Level II

Tuesdays – 1:00PM – 3:00PM Central Time (Oct 7, 2025, Jan 13, 2026, Apr 14, 2026. July 14, 2026)

Appreciation for the gift of biospiritual focusing comes with the experience of regular practice —- and that happens most surely with a regular partner.  If you are looking for a partner or have one but would like to learn more about how to companion one another, consider joining us for Partnering for Focusing.  This Level II program is for those who have had a basic introduction to focusing and seek to grow in this practice with a partner.

Those who already have a partner are most welcome as a way of deepening their companioning practice. Partners will be invited to arrange 6 focusing sessions between quarterly meetings.

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BioSpiritual Focusing in Spiritual Direction Level III – For SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS

This Level III program is for spiritual directors seeking to deepen their understanding of

BioSpiritual Focusing as well as how to help those they see for direction become more attentive to their embodied experience of the Divine. We will begin with time together (in person) at St. Benedict Center – October 14-16, 2025, followed by five monthly 2-hr Zoom sessions as well as partnered focusing with other participants between Zoom sessions and individual focusing sessions with facilitators.

Beginning Residency – at St. Benedict Center

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 5:00 p.m. CST – Thursday, October 16, 2025, 4:00 p.m. CST

Five monthly Zoom sessions on second Wednesday of the month – 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Central Time  [November 12, 2025 (No Session in December), January 14, February 11, March 11, and April 8, 2026]

Partnered Focusing – individual sessions with presenters and other participants between zoom sessions.

To Register: BioSpiritual Focusing in Spiritual Direction (Deborah Sheehan, MA, Jane King, MA.) — Christ the King Priory

(Currently we offer this program every other year, beginning usually in October.)

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Praying With the Whole Self (ONLINE) Level I – Jane King & Debbie Sheehan

Friday, January 16, 2026 – 7-9PM & Saturday, January 17, 2026 9AM-12PM

“God looked at everything he had made and found it very good” (Gen 1:31). BioSpiritual Focusing is a way of opening the whole of ourselves—mind, body, and spirit—to a deeper connectedness with God, others, and self. Join us to learn more about how gently being with what is present within your embodied self can open the door to a deeper story—and to a greater sense of wholeness. This practice is simple yet profound. It can be helpful for anyone—young child to senior. It requires no more than showing up and a willingness to engage contemplatively with what is going on within. And the potential for transformation and growth unfolds in the process.

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Praying With the Whole Self (St. Benedict Center) Level I – Jane King & Debbie Sheehan

Saturday – February 28, 2026 – 10AM-4 PM

“God looked at everything he had made and found it very good” (Gen 1:31). BioSpiritual Focusing is a way of opening the whole of ourselves—mind, body, and spirit—to a deeper connectedness with God, others, and self. Join us to learn more about how gently being with what is present within your embodied self can open the door to a deeper story—and to a greater sense of wholeness. This practice is simple yet profound. It can be helpful for anyone—young child to senior. It requires no more than showing up and a willingness to engage contemplatively with what is going on within. And the potential for transformation and growth unfolds in the process.

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Journeying Further (St. Benedict Center) Level II – Jane King & Debbie Sheehan

Saturday, March 14 – 9:00AM – Sunday, March 15 – 4:00PM (2026)

This weekend retreat is for those who have already had a basic introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing and seek to better understand how to be open to a more profound connection with God, self, and others. Deepening this gentle, embodied practice holds the potential for greater awareness and transformation. If you have experienced this practice, you are aware that, while it is simple, it is grace-filled. Join us to learn more. Our time will include presentations, partnered focusing as well as prayer and reflection.

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Rediscovering the Lost Body Connection within Christian Spirituality – An Experiential Book Study—- (ONLINE) Level II – Debbie Sheehan & Sally Carlson

To Be Announced . . .Usually offered August -November

BioSpiritual Focusing enables us to find doorways into transformation in our relationship with God, self, and others – a growing sense of connectedness within the Whole Christ where we know ourselves gifted. While the practice begins simply with developing the gentle habit of noticing and nurturing important feelings, this experiential book study will offer an ever-deepening engagement and bring new understanding.

There will be 8 Zoom sessions

Basic familiarity with BioSpiritual Focusing is expected. This is a Level II Program best suited for those with a basic familiarity with BioSpiritual Focusing who seek to deepen their understanding and practice.