Groups & Gatherings

SOUL AWAKE:  Participating in Divine Life and Love

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

This year I will again be co-facilitating winter a monthly course offered by The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating please contact Selah, or register, at the following link:  Course: SoulAwake Fall 2023 - The Selah Center

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

May 2023

This spring I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at the following link:  Free Accompanied Practice Opportunities - Selah Center 

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

Winter 2022

This winter I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at the following link:  Free Accompanied Practice Opportunities - Selah Center 

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

Fall 2021

This fall I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at the following link:  Free Accompanied Practice Opportunities - Selah Center 

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

Spring 2021

This spring I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at the following link:  Free Accompanied Practice Opportunities - Selah Center 

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

Winter 2021

This winter I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at the following link:  Free Accompanied Practice Opportunities - Selah Center 

ACCOMPANIED PRACTICE: The Prayer of Examen in Community

Fall 2020

This fall I am facilitating a guided practice group around the prayer of examen one evening a week.  The group is being offered through The Selah Center, a contemplative community I am part of.  If you're interested in learning more or participating in something like this please contact me or register at www.selahcenter.org/events


ASH WEDNESDAY DAY RETREAT

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Wednesday February 26

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the name we give for the weeks leading up to Holy Week and Easter, and this year I wonder: what might it look like to be attentively and quietly lively in my Lenten listening?

Come for a simple meditation, shared creative practice woven through silence with space for solitude where desired, sensitively facilitated reflection, and a quiet ritual upon the close of our time.

Shoreline location provided upon registration
$10 | Snacks, drinks, and materials provided
To register, please email by February 22:  mdanylak@hotmail.com

ACCOMPANIED JOURNALING:  Reflection in company

10:00 - 11:30 am Mondays Sept 17, 24, Oct 1, 8

Do you need a little help making space for stillness?
Do you value journaling but find it a lonely practice?
Maybe you feel a need to listen to your own story?
Or maybe, just maybe, you simply need to pause?

This group is for you!

And it's not strictly about journaling.  Whether you journal regularly or would like to but have a hard time making it happen, or you're a busy woman seeking some moments of quiet even just once a week, or even if you're practiced in the art of listening to your own life and would appreciate some company in doing so....this is time for you.

Journaling flows with leaning into your desire to awaken.  It can be as extensive as rolling paragraphs or as ordinary as a list.  For our purposes, it's a simple tool:  A reflection exercise sensitively facilitated, space intentionally crafted for caring rest and soulful contemplation, open journaling time, a cup of tea, and the company of others engaging the beauty of Life.  All you need is your favorite pen, paper to write on, and enough openness to a group to share something that resonated with you during that hour.

Simply come and settle in around the table.  There's a chair waiting for you!

8 spaces available | $20 per session or $70 for full series
Shoreline location provided upon registration
To register, email:  thefrontporchseries@hotmail.com


ACCOMPANIED PAUSE:  A holiday season mini retreat

9:30 am - Noon Monday December 3
Richmond Beach WA

Do you long for a little quiet but struggle to make it happen?
Do you feel a need to listen for a bit to your own heart?
Maybe a glue stick or a spiral walk or a comfy sofa is calling your name?
Or maybe you simply need to sit & rest during a hectic season?

An afternoon sensitively facilitated, space intentionally crafted for caring rest and soulful contemplation, just enough open time, a cup of tea, and the company of others engaging the beauty of Life.  Whether you use the open time to journal, rest, walk the outdoor spiral, or create, this is a time that supports you in leaning into your desire to awaken and be present to your own heart.

Simply come.  There's a chair waiting for you!

$30 | includes materials & refreshments | 10 spaces available
Richmond Beach location provided upon registration
To register, email:  thefrontporchseries@hotmail.com