Four Day-Three Night Retreats
October 30 - November 2, 2008 (Thursday-Sunday)
March 5 - March 8, 2008 (Thursday-Sunday)

Transformative Meditation Retreat
St Crispin's Retreat Center
Near Oklahoma City and Tulsa Oklahoma

Deep in our hearts, we all yearn for inner peace and happiness. We want to be contented in our lives. The good news is that we can be. It occurs when we see into he truth of who we are. When we penetrate through the layers of our personality into the core of our being our search for happiness ends. Standing on the truth, we know profound inner peace. It is extraordinary to discover that everything we have ever wanted is already here. We are not a mistake and nothing is missing. We are complete as we are.

In our daily lives we inevitably get caught up in the business of routine tasks. We don't take the time to listen to the voice of the inner life. For this reason it is truly invaluable to set aside sacred time for reflection and rest.

Over time a pool of muddy water slowly clears as it sits undisturbed. Likewise, it takes time for the mind to settle and for inner clarity and knowing to be revealed. When we take the time to sit in stillness, connecting deeply with essence, an internal joy and happiness arise, bringing a peace beyond all understanding.

This meditation retreat is a rich exploration into the life of psyche and an opening to the ongoing flow of life. We will follow a balanced schedule of meditation, inner reflection, easy yoga movement and deep rest. This combination of activities gently and safely uncovers the knowledge that you are already whole. This discovery taps into the wellspring of happiness and opens the heart.

One of the great values of spiritual retreats is that it builds our capacity to be witness to our own thoughts. In doing so, the mind quiets and we enter into an extraordinary world of stillness and inner peace. Resting in this quiet is wonderful by itself. It also gives us a firm ground within to stand on. This place of groundedness is fertile soil for soulful exploration.

Gently guiding awareness back to the miracle of breath, we feel supported and connected. This gives the safety for our psyche to show itself to us so that we can see that we are much more than the product of all that has and has not happened to us. Having clarity and insight into our lives is undeniably transformative. Looking into the stories of our personalities leads to liberation from the oppression of unconscious and mechanical movement through life.

During the retreat we will approach transformation through the mental, emotional, physical, energetic and subtle bodies. To facilitate openness we will move the body in gentle ways with yoga. To free up trapped energies we will use breathwork with evocative music to guide awareness into our bodies. Participants will journal inquiry questions and have thought provoking discussions about inner freedom and peace.

To ensure deep rest we have set aside free time for walking, contemplation or resting. Throughout the retreat we maintain silence to facilitate deep transformation.

If you have not been on a retreat and this appeals to you, please come. You need no previous retreat or meditation experience to fully participate.

meditation • gentle yoga
mindfulness practice • spiritual inquiry

We have combined the most transformative spiritual practices from our previous retreats and workshops to create a powerful spiritual and psychological container for connecting into the inner wellspring of true happiness and peace.

Join us in retreat and welcome the power of silence as we become aware of who we truly are.

The retreats are non-denominational in presentation and open to all that are interested. Our past retreats have been attended by people from many faiths i.e. Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist, etc.




Retreat leaders
Rick NurrieStearns, a thirty plus year student of Buddhism, Taoism, Yoga Philosophy, and Meditation. He is a meditation teacher, business owner and retreat leader who has been involved in publishing spiritual and transformational books, and magazines for over 20 years. He was the publisher of the magazines Personal Transformation and Lotus, and was the co-editor of the book Soulful Living. In the late 1990's he experienced a series of life transforming spiritual awakenings.