Tamara Shantz
Practicing Incarnation
Advent Embodied Prayer Group
Sundays, 7 - 8 pm (Virtual)
Nov.24 - Dec.15
Mondays, 10:30-11:30 am
In Person @ WK United Mennonite Church
Nov.25 - Dec.16
Sliding Scale Fee: $50/70/90
Advent is the season of incarnation.
When we name our longing for God to be tangibly known in our lives and the world.
When we remember the promise of Jesus’ birth: God is with us.
Join me in allowing your body to guide you through the Advent season this year.
How is God present in your body?
What invitation might you hear as you practice including your physical being into your spiritual life?
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"The idea of embodied prayer is to create those moments where God can enter and speak, to create doorways so we can say, “I am here. Find me.”
- Kalyn Falk
Listening to reflections from "The Holy in the Night" by Shannon Dycus and using Kalyn Falk’s six postures of prayer (found in “I am Here: Six Postures of Prayer"), we will meet weekly in a small, closed group exploring embodied prayer.
All bodies are welcome and the postures can be adapted to individual approaches and needs.
A typical gathering will include:
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Opening Reading from "The Holy in the Night"
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Praying with the six postures which focus on themes of: Expansion/Contraction, Reach/Receive, Stand Firm/Go with the Flow (some weeks we will pray all six postures, while other weeks we will focus on particular pairings)
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Individual Contemplation Time
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Circle Sharing
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Closing Blessing