About Your At-Home Retreat
SpiritRest 2020 is an at-home retreat for Unitarian Universalists and other spiritual progressives. The emphasis is on exploring spiritual practices.
Just like our in-person retreat, your at-home retreat is what you choose to make of it. Your $100 registration fee provides you:
You can read more about our retreat leaders here.
Just like our in-person retreat, your at-home retreat is what you choose to make of it. Your $100 registration fee provides you:
- A packet of materials to guide you in your at-home retreat
- A suggested schedule for a five-day retreat that begins on a Sunday evening and concludes at Friday lunch
- Access to a series of videos:
- An orientation video to start your retreat week
- Three teaching videos on spiritual practice topics
- Meditation and Mindfulness, led by Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
- Body Wisdom, led by Rev. Lucy Bunch
- Tree of Life, led by Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale
- Spiritual practice videos
- Meditation led by Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
- Loving Kindness Meditation
- Walking Meditation
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Mindfulness of Breathing
- Qi Gong (spoken and silent), led by Rev. Lucy Bunch
- Guided Art (Curiosity & Creativity), led by Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale
- Contemplative prayer, led by Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
- Centering prayer, led by Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
- One 1/2 hour video of Taizé-inspired singing
- Meditation led by Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
- An evening vespers video for each day of the retreat, led by Rev. Sharon Wylie
- A reorientation video to help you emerge from retreat
You can read more about our retreat leaders here.
