How do we find joy in our spiritual practices?
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Discover a deeper meaning of gratitude with Joanna Macy, and remember this profound gratitude throughout your retreat.
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You are cordially invited to join us Thursday, February 13 at the Homestead from 4-6 for a potluck and discussion facilitated by Professor Bill Simpson.
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Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat
Tags: agape feast, breaking bread, buddhist nun, community, divine love, egypt, lovefeast, monastics, potluck, professor bill simpson, trappist monk, winter retreat
Join us for our annual winter retreat February 9-15! The online and in-person offerings will explore the theme of “Bridging the Gap”.
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Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat
Tags: agape feast, bill simpson, Colorado University, creating unity, danae beaudette, online retreat, philosophy, practices for peace, sound healing, sound therapy, spiritual healing, spirituality and health
How often do we think about aural health? Experience the amazing benefits of Sound Healing with Danae Beaudette February 9th at the Homestead!
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Announcing our 2020 community events! Join us online and in the community for events and workshops that empower and inspire.
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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health!, Spring Cleanse, Winter Retreat
Tags: building healthy communities, eventbrite, gilpin county, grand opening, health and wellness, healthy food, homestead market, spring cleanse, tea parties, winter retreat
Meditation is not what you think, or don’t think. Sitting quietly and listening deeply allows for the benefits of meditation to arise naturally, without having to try so hard.
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Category: Here's to your Health!, Winter Retreat
Tags: Arwen pema ek, black hawk, Colorado, guided meditation, health benefits of meditation, how to meditate, meditation, meditation class, pema chodron, spirituality, what is meditation
Our article for the final day of our retreat today is from a dear, and long-time friend of mine, and frequent contributor to The Holistic Homestead: Aditi Devi, PhD. Aditi had been traveling and studying Goddess traditions in Asia for…
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Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat
Tags: aditi devi, adya kali, coming home, how to meditate, Julia jean PhD, smiling meditation, spiritual lineages, tantralink interview, tantric buddhism, tantric hinduism, true nature
When I asked Hoag Holmgren, Zen Buddhist teacher and author of the new Zen primer No Better Place, what it means to truly “come home”, he sent me a copy of his new book. I found in it’s pages pithy…
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Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat
Tags: Hoag holmgren, how to do a zen retreat, how to meditate, letico divina, middle creek publishing, no better place, reading meditation, Richard Tarnas quote, self discovery, sesshin, what is a zen retreat, zen buddhism, zen for beginners, zen primer, zen style
Today we enjoyed four hours at 7 Healing Stars together, getting massage, dancing, meditating, doing yoga, drinking tea and sharing a healing and sacred space. It was a truly beautiful experience to share with others, and I wanted to extend…
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Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat
Tags: 7 healing stars, ayurveda, black hawk, Colorado, guided meditation, health benefits of massage, how to do self-abhyanga, how to do yoga nidra, inner peace, meditation, self abhyanga, self care, self massage, spirituality and health, winter retreat, yoga nidra