03 Wholeness Spirituality
Mitra Healing Yoga at Genesis - Movement, Breath & Being
With Angelica Lopez
This gentle class invites you to explore mindful movement, breathwork, and simple meditation, all grounded in the heart of yoga philosophy. Each week stands on its own, offering accessible movement (with options for both chair and mat), breathing practices, and reflections on the deeper purpose and roots of yoga. Come as you are—whether it's your […]
BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience
Discover the wisdom your body longs to share. Wrap yourself in the study and experience of BioSpiritual Focusing. The BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience is an 18‑month journey of embodied spirituality and self‑discovery. Rooted in the pioneering work of Dr. Eugene Gendlin and further developed by Fr. Peter Campbell and Fr. Ed McMahon, for the purpose […]
Silent Directed Retreat - 6 Day - Nurturing Your Spirit
With Nancy Sheridan, SASV
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive silent-directed retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets daily with an experienced spiritual director who serves as a spiritual companion throughout the […]
Silent Directed Retreat - 6 Day - Nurturing Your Spirit
With Nicki Verploegen, Ph.D.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive silent-directed retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets daily with an experienced spiritual director who serves as a spiritual companion throughout the […]
BioSpiritual Focusing Silent Directed Retreat - 4 Day
With Donna O'Connor and Dawn Turgeon
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive BioSpiritual Focusing Silent-Directed Retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. This retreat is open to individuals with BioSpiritual Focusing training and background. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets […]
Embracing Change: A Weekend-Retreat for Women in Recovery
With Betty Hill Crowson
Join retreat leader Betty Hill Crowson as she weaves the spiritual wisdom of the Twelve Steps with insights from her newest book, Eight Choices When Life Changes. Through her well-known process of presentations, prayer services, opportunities to share, rituals, and time for personal reflection and meditation, participants will be led into a deeper connection with […]
Nature's Wisdom: A Spiritual Evening Experience
With Colleen Mollica
Imagine: the scent of pine, the feel of earth beneath your feet, and a profound sense of calm washing over you. Discover how a mindful outdoor experience can transform your stress levels and deepen your connection to the earth and all things spiritual. Join us at Genesis Spiritual Life Center for three Monday evening experiences […]
Wisdom, Aging, & the 12 Steps of Recovery: A Soulful Weekend Retreat for Women
With Janice Olson
There comes a time in every woman’s life when wisdom begins to rise from within—quietly, powerfully, and with deep knowing. Wisdom, Aging, & the 12 Steps of Recovery is a restorative weekend retreat designed to honor that sacred season. This gathering invites women in recovery — and their friends — into a nurturing space to […]
Stories of Forgiveness: Letting Go, Living Light
With Eileen Epperson
Each of us carries a story about forgiveness—times we’ve given it, withheld it, or longed to receive it. Sometimes, letting go of hurt feels impossible until we hear how someone else found their way through. Join us for a day of reflection, connection, and renewal in a warm, confidential setting where we’ll listen, share, and […]
Tending Soul Through Dreams
With Liz Walz, MA and Lynn Wolden
Dreams whisper divine secrets, beckoning us to listen—will you heed their call? Without a vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 In Biblical scripture, for people to receive dreams and visions is common. In fact, the absence of dreams or visions is sorely noted. Life in modernity tells a different story; dreams are often ignored or […]
Awaken Christ Consciousness
With Brian Lottman
Imagine sitting down in a room filled with the Presence of Love, listening to music that touches the very core of the Heart. Feeling barriers fall away, the Heart glows warmly in the Energy. The whole world falls away as we enter transcendental realms of our being. Float in a blissful sound bath of musical […]
Silent Directed Retreat - 6 Day - Nurturing Your Spirit
With Nancy Sheridan, SASV
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive silent-directed retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets daily with an experienced spiritual director who serves as a spiritual companion throughout the […]
Silent Directed Retreat - 6 Day - Nurturing Your Spirit
With Nicki Verploegen, Ph.D.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive silent-directed retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets daily with an experienced spiritual director who serves as a spiritual companion throughout the […]
Nature's Wisdom: A Spiritual Evening Experience
With Colleen Mollica
Imagine: the scent of pine, the feel of earth beneath your feet, and a profound sense of calm washing over you. Discover how a mindful outdoor experience can transform your stress levels and deepen your connection to the earth and all things spiritual. Join us at Genesis Spiritual Life Center for three Monday evening experiences […]
Guided BioSpiritual Focusing Weeklong Retreat
With Genesis BioSpiritual Focusing Team
Unlock the hidden wisdom of your body and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery with BioSpiritual Focusing. This silent guided retreat offers a unique opportunity to delve deep into your inner world, connecting with the sacred story woven into the very fabric of your being. Through a powerful blend of group learning, one-on-one sessions, […]
Walking In Peace – A Labyrinth Experience
With Cathy Rigali
Step into a sacred journey where every turn leads you deeper into peace, presence, and wonder. At Walking in Peace – A Labyrinth Experience, you are invited to enter an ancient path of reflection and renewal, where each step becomes a quiet invitation to listen, to let go, and to discover peace in a deeper […]
Escape to a Summer Sanctuary- A Weekend Silent Directed Retreat
With Jo Ann Bourquard
As summer begins to slip by, are you longing for some rest, solitude and connection to the Holy? Allow yourself time for a sacred pause. Come to savor the prayerful surroundings, silence, and spiritual companionship for a weekend. Arrive on Friday afternoon at 3:00, enjoy dinner and conversation at 6:00, and begin the retreat at […]
Escape to a Summer Sanctuary- A Weekend Silent Directed Retreat
With Mary C. MacGillivray, CSJA
As summer begins to slip by, are you longing for some rest, solitude and connection to the Holy? Allow yourself time for a sacred pause. Come to savor the prayerful surroundings, silence, and spiritual companionship for a weekend. Arrive on Friday afternoon at 3:00, enjoy dinner and conversation at 6:00, and begin the retreat at […]
Speaking with Grace: Turning Difficult Conversations into Connection
With Eileen Epperson
Have you ever replayed a painful interaction in your mind, wishing you’d found the right words? Do you tiptoe around certain people to avoid conflict—or silently swallow your true feelings? In this inspiring, day-long experience, you’ll discover new possibilities for communicating that you may never have thought possible. You’ll learn how to say “no” with […]
An Exploration of Art Journaling
With Peg Considine BFA, M.Ed.
An art journal encourages an introspective approach to exploring and communicating thoughts and feelings, utilizing one’s own intuition to create a set of mixed media pieces that represent authentic self-expression when words are simply insufficient. This retreat is an opportunity to slow down and respond to what emerges from the creative process in the moment. […]
Wild Awakenings: Creativity, Consciousness, and Relationship
With Deb Ondo
"What comes next?" It’s a question that follows every creative act. Painters, writers, performers—anyone engaged in creative work knows the tension of figuring out the next step. But what if nothing needs to be figured out, only noticed? In this one-hour session, we’ll explore creativity not as something we force or solve, but as something […]
Becoming a BioSpiritual Companion
With Genesis BioSpiritual Focusing Team
Brought to you by Genesis Spiritual Life Center & The Spiritual Life Center Experienced BioSpiritual Focusing practitioners and teachers, Mike Smoolca and Nancy Benben will lead a comprehensive 6-session program focused on developing BioSpiritual Focusing Companions. This is aimed at all those wishing to learn the dynamics of effective and confident companioning. The 2-hour sessions […]
Listening Deeper: An Advanced BioSpiritual Focusing Companioning Workshop
With Genesis BioSpiritual Focusing Team
Step into a deeper way of listening, one that honors both the wisdom of the body and the movement of the Spirit. This advanced BioSpiritual Focusing (BSF) workshop invites trained practitioners to refine their companioning skills through guided practice, expert coaching, and shared reflection. Over the course of an immersive weekend, participants will engage key […]
BioSpiritual Focusing: Day of Presence
With Donna O'Connor and Dawn Turgeon
Imagine a space where science meets spirituality, where your body becomes a conduit for divine wisdom, and where every breath draws you closer to the essence of your being. Embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening through the practice of BioSpiritual Focusing. “When you seek me, you will find me. Seek me […]
Restoring Sacred Conversation with Earth
With Victoria Loorz
The wisdom and guidance we need for this time of tragic ecological and political collapse will not be found in the dominant ways of thinking. Over fifty years ago, Thomas Berry urged us to turn and face these challenges by pointing to the root cause of the problem, "We are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking […]
Inner Peace: Fall Yoga Retreat
With Sally Barber
Peace—your inner peace—is the heart of this fall yoga retreat. Yoga is the perfect practice, and now is the perfect season, to nurture and strengthen your inner peace. Through mindful yoga practices that move the body and calm the mind, you will release tension, overcome negative thoughts, and reduce anxiety, leaving you feeling healthier, calmer, […]
BioSpiritual Focusing Silent Directed Retreat - 4 Day
With Nancy Benben and Dawn Turgeon
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive BioSpiritual Focusing Silent-Directed Retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. This retreat is open to individuals with BioSpiritual Focusing training and background. During a silent-directed retreat, each participant meets […]
Praying with Hearts & Hands: Prayer Shawl Ministry
With Connie Bartelson and Janet Young
Wrap yourself in a tapestry of compassion and divine love, where every stitch carries a heartfelt prayer and every thread weaves comfort for those walking through life's most challenging journeys. Join us for a warm and welcoming gathering as we come together to knit and crochet with purpose. This unique program combines the art of […]
Finding Wholeness in the Midst of Everything with Julian of Norwich
With Mark Burrows
We all long to be gladdened by what Julian of Norwich imagined as the inner music of love in our lives. She knew that the melodies that shape us—some in the major key, some in a jarring, discordant minor—are part of a larger symphony, if we learn to listen deeply enough. Julian described this as […]
A Simply Centered Advent: Mandalas, Candles and Prayer - Virtual Retreat
With Rev. Sharon Seyfarth Garner
Begin your Advent journey this year with creative prayer, calming candlelight, and contemplative coloring. The beauty of Advent can easily become lost amidst the busy-ness of the season. If we are not careful and intentional, the sacred invitation to “wait with bated breath” quickly becomes the cultural compulsion to “shop with stressed-out spirit”. If you […]
An Exploration of Art Journaling
With Peg Considine BFA, M.Ed.
An art journal encourages an introspective approach to exploring and communicating thoughts and feelings, utilizing one’s own intuition to create a set of mixed media pieces that represent authentic self-expression when words are simply insufficient. This retreat is an opportunity to slow down and respond to what emerges from the creative process in the moment. […]
Mindful Transitions: A Contemplative Year End Retreat
With Joseph Krans, OFS
As we prepare to welcome a new year, we invite you to participate in a transformative program that honors the journey of 2026 while igniting hope for what lies ahead. Take a moment to pause, reflect on the experiences that have shaped you over the past twelve months, and look forward with anticipation to 2027. […]
BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience (2027-2028)
With Genesis BioSpiritual Focusing Team, Dawn Turgeon, Mike Smoolca, Nancy Benben, Peri Boyle and Donna O'Connor
Discover the wisdom your body longs to share. Wrap yourself in the study and experience of BioSpiritual Focusing. The BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience is an 18‑month journey of embodied spirituality and self‑discovery. Rooted in the pioneering work of Dr. Eugene Gendlin and further developed by Fr. Peter Campbell and Fr. Ed McMahon, for the purpose […]