Exploring Spiritual Landscapes:
Creativity, Sound, Movement, Nature
Four Wednesday evenings, 7:00 to 8:30 pm, beginning April 23rd.
These are not classes about learning “more” – they’re about going deeper through experience and reflection with others. Each session will explore an element of human experience (creativity, sound, movement, & nature) and consider how it could contribute new insights, new awareness, and new practices for your own well-being and spiritual development.
Childcare available for all sessions.
April 23 – Creativity to Receptivity: Clay Labyrinth, with Cate McCrory
↓ You will have a hands on experience using clay to create a labyrinth that will be glazed, and you’ll have to keep.
Cate McCrory is an experienced educator whose teaching focuses on Christian spirituality and the arts. She received her Master of Divinity with a concentration in the arts from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Cate has worked in ministry for the last decade serving congregations in Denver and Washington D.C., as well as, a study abroad program for art students in Altea, Spain. As a recent transplant to Portland, she is enjoying the creativity of the city and is working at a local event planning company.
She received her Master of Divinity with a concentration in the arts from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Cate has worked in ministry for the last decade serving congregations in Denver and Washington D.C., as well as a study abroad program for art students in Altea, Spain. As a recent transplant to Portland, she is enjoying the creativity of the city and is working at a local event planning company.
April 30 – Sound to Silence: Sound Bath Meditation, with Kammy Barrett
↓ Lie back and relax into the experience of a sound bath.
Meditation will be in a lying position. Bring a yoga mat, blanket, pillow and wear comfortable clothes (some extra yoga mats and pillows will be available). Chairs will also be available.
Kammy Barrett graduated from East West College of the Healing Arts in 1996 and began her career in the holistic health care field as a licensed massage therapist. Practicing mindfulness very young, she saw what an impact it can have in our everyday lives. Her mission has been in helping others come to a state that is optimal for healing. Using vibrational instruments, including crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs, and chimes, Kammy creates space for clients to sink into relaxation and realign with their own body’s innate wisdom and ability to heal itself.
May 7 – Movement to Stillness: Yoga, a Life-Long Meditation, with Lena Breen
↓ With a professional instructor this Yoga session is appropriate for all levels and abilities.
Bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. Yoga mats will be available as well. This session can be done in chairs – all ability levels are welcome.
Lena Breen attributes her well-being to her long-term practice of yoga. It is yoga that keeps her physically, mentally, and emotionally balanced. She was certified as a Kripalu yoga teacher in 2001, and has also been certified in pregnancy yoga, yoga for seniors, and yoga for children. She’s taught yoga at the Mount Vernon Community College, the Starr King School for Ministry, Mount Scott Community Center. Lena is a retired Unitarian Minister, with a Masters in Ministry from Seattle University.
May 14 – Outer to Inner Nature: Yoga, a Forest Walk Meditation, with Carole Spencer
↓ Wear comfortable clothes & shoes and be prepared to spend some time walking in nature.
Carole Dale Spencer is a retired professor of Christian spirituality. She taught for many years the Portland Seminary of George Fox University, and Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana. She has taught a variety of classes in Spiritual Formation, Christian Mysticism, History of Spirituality, Images of God, Spirituality and Social Justice, and Quaker Studies, among others. Some things she loves to do in her free time when she isn’t reading or writing, are hiking (especially on the Oregon coast), photography, and tennis.
Series facilitator is Sean Conley, an educator with an interest in how somatic and mindfulness practices intersect with learning and spirituality. He has taught at Columbia University, The New School, and the School for International Training as well as with organizations as diverse as Google, the Soros Foundation, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of State.