DEEP REST AND THE WAY TO STILLNESS
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SYCHAR (House of Prayer and Spirituality)
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Elaine holds a gentle, safe and sacred space to support you to engage in the time-honoured process of mindful meditation. This process invites us to step away from the busyness of our life and the activity of the mind and return to stillness.
By following an inward path of deep relaxation toward alert stillness, we make space for our unique spiritual practice to unfold. In that sacred stillness we are invited to rest, to be, and open to what emerges. Within this place of inner stillness, we are open to communion with divine presence or God.
It doesn’t matter if we are familiar with this part of ourselves or are not sure what it is or feels like, or somewhere in between, our willingness to be with divine presence is all that is needed.
"The only essential is not an idea or an ideal: it is God himself, who cannot be found by weighing the present against the future or the past, but only by sinking into the heart of the present as it is."
Merton 1953 journal collection, The Sign of Jonas.
Facilitator: Elaine Bartlett. Elaine’s lifelong interest in spirituality and helping people led her on a journey from studying comparative religion and psychology to a lifelong career in supporting people’s wellbeing, through holistic counselling, psychotherapy, workshop facilitation and mindfulness practices.
Her passion for meditation has grown through more than 10 years of practice, grounded in her own experience of its support for mental wellbeing and its capacity to deepen spiritual practice. Elaine currently facilitates mindful meditation individually and in groups. Elaine also brings her wealth of experience, presence and compassion to her role as a spiritual and pastoral practitioner.
Elaine is a member of the Australian Association of Mindfulness.
By following an inward path of deep relaxation toward alert stillness, we make space for our unique spiritual practice to unfold. In that sacred stillness we are invited to rest, to be, and open to what emerges. Within this place of inner stillness, we are open to communion with divine presence or God.
It doesn’t matter if we are familiar with this part of ourselves or are not sure what it is or feels like, or somewhere in between, our willingness to be with divine presence is all that is needed.
"The only essential is not an idea or an ideal: it is God himself, who cannot be found by weighing the present against the future or the past, but only by sinking into the heart of the present as it is."
Merton 1953 journal collection, The Sign of Jonas.
Facilitator: Elaine Bartlett. Elaine’s lifelong interest in spirituality and helping people led her on a journey from studying comparative religion and psychology to a lifelong career in supporting people’s wellbeing, through holistic counselling, psychotherapy, workshop facilitation and mindfulness practices.
Her passion for meditation has grown through more than 10 years of practice, grounded in her own experience of its support for mental wellbeing and its capacity to deepen spiritual practice. Elaine currently facilitates mindful meditation individually and in groups. Elaine also brings her wealth of experience, presence and compassion to her role as a spiritual and pastoral practitioner.
Elaine is a member of the Australian Association of Mindfulness.
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