The breakdown of families and communities causes distress and difficulties for many.
Each term the foundation offers workshops that fosters genuine growth in our personal, spiritual and social lives. Explore your understanding of relationship with yourself, the divine, family, work, community, planet.
PRACTICES
TAI CHI - FOR HEALTH AND WELL BEING
TAI CHI - NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!
Join us on Thursday afternoons for the relaxing,
deep breathing, physically coordinating practice
of Tai Chi!
Learn Tai Chi and Qigong breathing exercises for
the prevention of stress and chronic
diseases. Learn postures and movements that
prevent pain, improve balance and coordination
and promote brain and immune system health.
Develop a healthy practice that has lifelong
health benefits,
Join Sue Salvary and friends
Date: Thursdays, 08th January - 19th March
Time: 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Location: FHD
Cost: $330.
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CHAIR YOGA
GENTLE, RESTORATIVE, CHAIR YOGA
Sitting on a chair supported by the seat and the
ground beneath your feet, we practice slow
stretches and postures coordinated with the breath.
Yoga improves posture, balance and mood, as
the muscles get a gentle workout and the mind
centres and calms.
Join Vivien Stollmeyer,
Yoga teacher for over 30 years.
Date: Thursday 15 January - 19 March
Time: 10.30 am - 11.30 am
Cost: $400
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COURSES
WORKSHOPS
DAY RETREATS
START THE NEW YEAR WITH A ONE DAY SILENT RETREAT
Start the New Year differently.
Start with the silence of your heart.
Reconnect with what matters.
Reflect on the past year.
Come back to your Centre and create
a meaningful roadmap to journey with you
into the New Year.
Join Steve Williams
Date: Saturday 10 January
Time: 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
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ONLINE- PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH JOURNALLING (1)
JOURNALLING (1)
Have you been reflecting on your life’s journey
and wish to understand how you arrived at your
present circumstances?
Do you feel the need to make some changes
small or significant in your life?
Have you been reflecting on your personal
relationships? Your career concerns and life’s
transitions?
This is an ONLINE Workshop,
to be done at your convenience.
This Program is available from
January through to 31st March.
There will be a check-In meeting via
Zoom, Monday, 02 March, 5.30 - 6.30 pm.
Cost: $250
Join Frieda Shim and Steve Williams.
For more information contact Steve 482-6500
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CONTEMPLATION & COSMIC DEVELOPMENTS
Many sense the new energetics coming in and
might have heard about the global transitions
occurring as cosmic cycles are being completed
now. The evolution of the earth and the
evolution of human consciousness are among
key positive benefits. Electromagnetic and
cosmic waves are activating earth’s ancient
energy lines, locally and globally and are
awakening sacred sites and sacred paths.
To find out more about how they impact
harmony and meditation, evolve empathy
and telepathy,
Register for the FREE introductory session
Date: Monday 19 January,
Time: 6.00 - 8.00pm.
If there is sufficient interest, there will be a
four week course to follow.
Join Dr. Catherine Ali, Lecturer at
the University of the West Indies.
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PILGRIMAGE OF THE HEART
PILGRIMAGE OF THE HEART
Start the year with an inner spiritual journey to
seek a deeper relationship with the Divine and
one’s true self.
It is a journey to the sacred Centre within the
Individual — the heart, mind and soul.
Join Sarah Beckett internationally renowned
artist and Contemplative as she takes you on
this Pilgrimage.
Date: Saturday 24 January
Time: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Cost: $250 lunch provided
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ESSENTIALS - A CENTERING PRAYER WORKSHOP
ESSENTIALS - A CENTERING PRAYER WORKSHOP
FOR ALL CENTERING PRAYER LEADERS AND ASSISTANTS
“The absence of the manifest God
is the presence of the unmanifest God.”
Thomas Keating
Our discussions will consider the following:
What is Centering Prayer?
What are its key movements?
How does CP facilitate openness to and
movements towards the unmanifest God?
As a method, what does CP ’train’ us to do/be?
As a way of living, why and how does CP change
how we come into relationship with others and
creation?
With Peter Jamadar.
Date: Sat 31 January,
Time: 9am - 12.30pm,
contribution $100 with lunch
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NEW - ST. IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT- PART II
ST. IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT- PART II
DISCERNING GOD’S WILL IN DECISION MAKING
Following our previous workshop exploring
St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Rules for the discerning of Spirits,
this session will focus on the application
of Ignatian principles for Discerning God’s Will,
particularly in moments of decision making.
Drawing on Ignatius’ additional guidelines
we will consider how to prayerfully navigate choices
with greater interior freedom and clarity.
Through practical case scenarios and reflective
exercises the workshop will emphasize
integrating discernment into our personal
spiritual journeys and daily life.
Join Michelle De Leon Thomas.
Date: Sat 28 February,
Time. 9.00 am - 12.30 pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
WALKING WITH GOD – CHANGES COME
WALKING WITH GOD – CHANGES COME
Dress for walking through forest & stream, and
take a contemplative walk through a changing
landscape.
Feel the cool air, listen to the crunch
of leaves as you step and smell the rich earth...
Rediscover yourself as part of God’s creation,
restoring your sense of balance
in a hurried world.
Join Russell Nath,
Ian Benjamin
and Marc Grosberg
Date: Sunday 01 March 6.00 - 10.30am
Venue. Ortinola Estate, Maracas Valley
Cost: $250 with freshly cooked breakfast
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SACRED SOUNDS
SACRED SOUNDS
Sacred sounds offer powerful pathways to
spiritual awakening, healing and self-discovery.
Whether through chanting, singing, these
practices allow us to transcend the ordinary and
access the divine energy that flows through all
creation. By engaging with sound in a sacred
way we tune into the deeper rhythms of the
universe, harmonize with the spiritual forces
that guide us and find a profound sense of
connection to ourselves, others and the
cosmos.
Join Dr. Arune Pooransingh
Date: Sunday 08 March,
Time: 9.00 am - 12.30 pm
Cost: $250 with lunch
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ONLINE - CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES - CONTINUING TO DEEPEN YOUR PRAYER LIFE
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES -
CONTINUING TO DEEPEN YOUR PRAYER LIFE
The essence of prayer is not so much what we
do as what God does in us.
In this workshop we will practice being fully
present in heart, mind and body. We will engage
in four practices - Visio, Poetica, Lectio and
Musica Divina.
Join Marc Grosberg ONLINE
Dates: 2 Mondays, 9 &16 March
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm,
Cost: $250
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‘CHANGE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS’
‘CHANGE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS’
Thomas Keating
This begs the questions –
Who am I?
What is my purpose?
What is my current direction?
What is happiness?
Join Angela Laquis Sobrian as she journeys
with you in choosing to live a vibrant inner life.
Date: Sat 14 March,
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm,
Cost: $250 with lunch
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CONTEMPLATIVE TRIDIUM 2026-LABYRINTH
CONTEMPLATIVE TRIDIUM 2026-LABYRINTH
With MARC GROSBERG
3 APRIL - GOOD FRIDAY, 5.30pm
Walk the dust carrying with us our regrets -
memories of the times we have acted from our
false selves... As we exit the labyrinth we walk
away empty to enter the night of the Spirit
which is Holy Saturday
HOLY SATURDAY 9.00 -11.30 am
Morning of Reflection and Silence. We
contemplate the silence stillness, letting go to
God and allowing him space and time to act.
Resurrexit Easter Sunday 6.00am
And when the stone was rolled aside the light of
the Father’s love, the Holy Spirit, entered the
tomb and Jesus’s earthly body.
No Charge, Donations Welcome
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