Registration for our Retreat on 2 Feet Offering at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton, WI on February 17, 2024 is Closed…..but we may have a few spots open still—email Scott Stoner @ scott@LivingCompass.org to inquire. See flyer below. Thank you to the 27 people who registered!
Also, we now Have a Free downloadable PDF of our Card Deck of Contemplative Walking Practices and Walking Quotes and Prompts. Scroll down to Find.
Retreat on 2 Feet is a new contemplative walking and well-being initiative. This experience was created to introduce the spiritual practice of contemplative walking, also known as walking meditation, as a way to enhance our spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being. While many of our offerings focus on walking, those with mobility challenges can also participate because the primary movement we focus on is the inner, contemplative path.
Poet Mary Oliver wrote that “attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Ro2F (our abbreviation for Retreat on 2 Feet) is an invitation to slow down and pay attention, put aside distractions, and notice the presence of the Sacred that surrounds us at every moment. We slow down to not just look at, but to truly notice the trees, the sound of the wind, the shrieks of delight from children playing in the park, our neighbor who is also out for a walk with her dog, the dappling of sunlight through a bush, the feeling of our feet in contact with the ground, the feeling of our heartbeat, and the slowing down of our breath that matches the slowing of our steps.
To closely notice is to see the Sacred in the ordinary. We often think we need to seek the Sacred in the extraordinary when all we have to do is simply pay attention in a new way to what surrounds us at every moment. This kind of attention truly is the beginning of devotion.
