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Program Offerings:
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.
Zoom link available through the monthly newsletter/email. Email bsfconnect20@gmail.com to be placed on the mailing list
Online Program: Partnering for Focusing ( Level II )
Dates: Tuesdays – October 1, 2024, January 7, 2025, April 1, 2025, and August 5, 2025
Time: 1pm-3pm CST
Offered by: St. Benedict Center, 1126 Road I, PO Box 528, Schuyler, NE 68661-0528
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.
Session One will offer the opportunity to find a partner as well as to learn more about companioning. The remaining sessions will include further companioning tips and sharing. Those who already have a partner are most welcome as a way of deepening their companioning practice. Partners will be invited to arrange 4-6 focusing sessions between quarterly meetings.
Prerequsite: Basic understanding of BioSpiritual Focusing through Level I program or other study.
Cost: $ 100.00
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Online: Rediscovering the Lost Body Connection within Christian Spirituality – An Experiential Book Study– (Level II )
Offered by: St. Benedict Center, 1123 Road I, Schuyler, NE 68661 402.352.2177
Dates: 8 Zoom sessions (on Sunday afternoons Aug, 4, Aug 20, Sep 10, Sep 24, Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov 5, Nov 17 – 2PM-4PM CST)
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. 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.
Instructors: Debbie Sheehan & Sally Carlson
Cost: $ 240.00
Registration
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OnSite: BioSpiritual Focusing: Multi-Day Silent Retreat ( Level II )
Offered by: St. Benedict Center, 1123 Road I, Schuyler, NE 68661 402.352.2177
Date: Sun, Sept 22, 2024 – 6:00 PM — Fri, Sept 27, 2024 – 1:00 PM CST
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, Margie Walker, & Marisa Gilbert who are experienced spiritual directors and retreat leaders well practiced in biospiritual focusing.
Cost: $698.55 (Single)
Registration:
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Online: Praying With the Whole Self (Level I)
Date: January 10, 2025 – 7-9PM & January 11, 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.
Presenters: Jane King & Debbie Sheehan
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OnSite: Praying With the Whole Self (Level I)
Date: March 1, 2025 – 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.
Presenters: Jane King & Debbie Sheehan
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On-Site: Journeying Further Level II
Date: March 22-23, 2025
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.
Presenters: Jane King & Debbie Sheehan
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