The Creative Freedom of Conscience - A Wisdom Retreat
True obedience is not at all the subjugation of the will to another will, but rather the moral clairaudience of the will – the faculty of knowing and recognizing the voice of truth. And it is this which renders the soul inaccessible to the lures of the sphere of mirages.
-from Meditations on the Tarot xxii arcana
Through embodied practice and wielding the cosmic laws (Law of Three/Law of Seven) embedded in the symbol of the Enneagram, we will position the work of cooperating with conscience as our most powerful act of freedom - not only for ourselves, but also on behalf of our neighbor, the planet and the sorrow of our Common Mother/Father.
Weaving the work of G.I. Gurdjieff, J.G. Bennett, Beatrice Bruteau and Cynthia Bourgeault, this Wisdom retreat will harness the great Benedictine monastic setting of St. John’s Abbey and its deep practicing community in support of real group work as we stretch to reach together what none can reach alone.
Through the teaching of Cynthia Bourgeault, along with the writing of Valentin Tomberg, we will see how the traditional monastic vows provide key insight into how to live grounded and practical lives with wisdom and discernment. Ultimately helping us turn toward the great question facing us all: how do we bear unity in times of chaos and transition?
● We will be working with embodied practices on and with the symbol of the Enneagram
● We will be working with objective transformed contemplation exercises looking to find an actively receptive frequency in our bodies.
● The retreat will also include an opportunity to join the monks in the liturgy of hours and honoring of the Great Silence.
Retreat will take place at St. John’s Abbey Guesthouse in Collegeville, MN and begins at 5pm CST on Thursday, February, 6th and ends at 11am on Sunday February 9th.
$750
Cost covers a single room for three nights, all meals and materials. Spots limited. Regular meditation practice strongly recommended.
*Limited scholarships available
*Single rooms only available (inquire about special circumstances)
*Due to limited numbers and the intimate size of the retreat center, we can offer a 75% refund until January 6, 2025 then will offer a 50% refund so long as we are able to fill your room with another participant before the date of the retreat.
This retreat will be led by Jonathan Steele with assistance from Daniel Marx and powerful space-holding support from Chelsea Witbrook.
Jonathan L. Steele, M.A., is a retreat leader, spiritual teacher, writer, and Enneagram guide. His work draws deeply upon the transmission of the Christian Wisdom lineage and the Western esoteric and contemplative traditions.
He is the co-founder of the company, Origin + Omega. O + O utilizes frameworks to transmit the force of presence and unveil the potential of personhood, where the energetic force of our individual lives is multiplied through gatherings of collective, conscious, and mutual exchange. He companions others in the context of spiritual direction and guides groups on pilgrimage in Spain, where he lived over the course of eight years.
Jonathan serves as a hospice chaplain in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is a devoted partner to Taryn and father to Levi, Jakob and Lucas.
Daniel Marx, J.D., is a householder and wisdom student who drinks from the wellsprings of the Christian Wisdom Tradition. From a young age he was drawn to working with the 12 steps as a path to awakening and service. He is active in Cynthia Bourgeault’s wisdom network and seeks to work closely in its lineage with Jesus,
St. Benedict, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and G.I. Gurdjieff. He also has deep experiential reverence for the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Americas and the great spiritual heritage of Africa, specifically in its influence on the Abrahamic traditions and Christianity itself. He is married with three sons and in his spare time practices law, enjoys reggae music, and plays a modern-day version of ancient hoop and ball games.
Chelsea Witbrook is a spiritual director and Enneagram teacher based in Minneapolis. She has certified through Anne Mureés Full Circle Enneagram, Russ Hudson’s training in Conscious Living, and the Somatic Enneagram with Marion Gilbert. Chelsea delights in making spiritual practices and principles accessible to all, and to applying this work to create practical, embodied change in our world. Before teaching the Enneagram, Chelsea was deeply immersed in anti-racism teaching and facilitation, and has a certificate in Leadership Toward Racial Justice from United Theological Seminary. She draws deeply from the wisdom of the Christian tradition, Vipassana Buddhism, 12 Step Spirituality and the Enneagram.
Chelsea lives with her husband James and their two very neurotic and sweet rescue mutts, Chancho and Huckleberry. She enjoys ‘roughing it’ in the woods, paddleboarding, tennis, singing, and art, as well as the occasional indulgence in a good “dramedy” on Netflix.
True obedience is not at all the subjugation of the will to another will, but rather the moral clairaudience of the will – the faculty of knowing and recognizing the voice of truth. And it is this which renders the soul inaccessible to the lures of the sphere of mirages.
-from Meditations on the Tarot xxii arcana
Through embodied practice and wielding the cosmic laws (Law of Three/Law of Seven) embedded in the symbol of the Enneagram, we will position the work of cooperating with conscience as our most powerful act of freedom - not only for ourselves, but also on behalf of our neighbor, the planet and the sorrow of our Common Mother/Father.
Weaving the work of G.I. Gurdjieff, J.G. Bennett, Beatrice Bruteau and Cynthia Bourgeault, this Wisdom retreat will harness the great Benedictine monastic setting of St. John’s Abbey and its deep practicing community in support of real group work as we stretch to reach together what none can reach alone.
Through the teaching of Cynthia Bourgeault, along with the writing of Valentin Tomberg, we will see how the traditional monastic vows provide key insight into how to live grounded and practical lives with wisdom and discernment. Ultimately helping us turn toward the great question facing us all: how do we bear unity in times of chaos and transition?
● We will be working with embodied practices on and with the symbol of the Enneagram
● We will be working with objective transformed contemplation exercises looking to find an actively receptive frequency in our bodies.
● The retreat will also include an opportunity to join the monks in the liturgy of hours and honoring of the Great Silence.
Retreat will take place at St. John’s Abbey Guesthouse in Collegeville, MN and begins at 5pm CST on Thursday, February, 6th and ends at 11am on Sunday February 9th.
$750
Cost covers a single room for three nights, all meals and materials. Spots limited. Regular meditation practice strongly recommended.
*Limited scholarships available
*Single rooms only available (inquire about special circumstances)
*Due to limited numbers and the intimate size of the retreat center, we can offer a 75% refund until January 6, 2025 then will offer a 50% refund so long as we are able to fill your room with another participant before the date of the retreat.
This retreat will be led by Jonathan Steele with assistance from Daniel Marx and powerful space-holding support from Chelsea Witbrook.
Jonathan L. Steele, M.A., is a retreat leader, spiritual teacher, writer, and Enneagram guide. His work draws deeply upon the transmission of the Christian Wisdom lineage and the Western esoteric and contemplative traditions.
He is the co-founder of the company, Origin + Omega. O + O utilizes frameworks to transmit the force of presence and unveil the potential of personhood, where the energetic force of our individual lives is multiplied through gatherings of collective, conscious, and mutual exchange. He companions others in the context of spiritual direction and guides groups on pilgrimage in Spain, where he lived over the course of eight years.
Jonathan serves as a hospice chaplain in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is a devoted partner to Taryn and father to Levi, Jakob and Lucas.
Daniel Marx, J.D., is a householder and wisdom student who drinks from the wellsprings of the Christian Wisdom Tradition. From a young age he was drawn to working with the 12 steps as a path to awakening and service. He is active in Cynthia Bourgeault’s wisdom network and seeks to work closely in its lineage with Jesus,
St. Benedict, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and G.I. Gurdjieff. He also has deep experiential reverence for the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Americas and the great spiritual heritage of Africa, specifically in its influence on the Abrahamic traditions and Christianity itself. He is married with three sons and in his spare time practices law, enjoys reggae music, and plays a modern-day version of ancient hoop and ball games.
Chelsea Witbrook is a spiritual director and Enneagram teacher based in Minneapolis. She has certified through Anne Mureés Full Circle Enneagram, Russ Hudson’s training in Conscious Living, and the Somatic Enneagram with Marion Gilbert. Chelsea delights in making spiritual practices and principles accessible to all, and to applying this work to create practical, embodied change in our world. Before teaching the Enneagram, Chelsea was deeply immersed in anti-racism teaching and facilitation, and has a certificate in Leadership Toward Racial Justice from United Theological Seminary. She draws deeply from the wisdom of the Christian tradition, Vipassana Buddhism, 12 Step Spirituality and the Enneagram.
Chelsea lives with her husband James and their two very neurotic and sweet rescue mutts, Chancho and Huckleberry. She enjoys ‘roughing it’ in the woods, paddleboarding, tennis, singing, and art, as well as the occasional indulgence in a good “dramedy” on Netflix.
True obedience is not at all the subjugation of the will to another will, but rather the moral clairaudience of the will – the faculty of knowing and recognizing the voice of truth. And it is this which renders the soul inaccessible to the lures of the sphere of mirages.
-from Meditations on the Tarot xxii arcana
Through embodied practice and wielding the cosmic laws (Law of Three/Law of Seven) embedded in the symbol of the Enneagram, we will position the work of cooperating with conscience as our most powerful act of freedom - not only for ourselves, but also on behalf of our neighbor, the planet and the sorrow of our Common Mother/Father.
Weaving the work of G.I. Gurdjieff, J.G. Bennett, Beatrice Bruteau and Cynthia Bourgeault, this Wisdom retreat will harness the great Benedictine monastic setting of St. John’s Abbey and its deep practicing community in support of real group work as we stretch to reach together what none can reach alone.
Through the teaching of Cynthia Bourgeault, along with the writing of Valentin Tomberg, we will see how the traditional monastic vows provide key insight into how to live grounded and practical lives with wisdom and discernment. Ultimately helping us turn toward the great question facing us all: how do we bear unity in times of chaos and transition?
● We will be working with embodied practices on and with the symbol of the Enneagram
● We will be working with objective transformed contemplation exercises looking to find an actively receptive frequency in our bodies.
● The retreat will also include an opportunity to join the monks in the liturgy of hours and honoring of the Great Silence.
Retreat will take place at St. John’s Abbey Guesthouse in Collegeville, MN and begins at 5pm CST on Thursday, February, 6th and ends at 11am on Sunday February 9th.
$750
Cost covers a single room for three nights, all meals and materials. Spots limited. Regular meditation practice strongly recommended.
*Limited scholarships available
*Single rooms only available (inquire about special circumstances)
*Due to limited numbers and the intimate size of the retreat center, we can offer a 75% refund until January 6, 2025 then will offer a 50% refund so long as we are able to fill your room with another participant before the date of the retreat.
This retreat will be led by Jonathan Steele with assistance from Daniel Marx and powerful space-holding support from Chelsea Witbrook.
Jonathan L. Steele, M.A., is a retreat leader, spiritual teacher, writer, and Enneagram guide. His work draws deeply upon the transmission of the Christian Wisdom lineage and the Western esoteric and contemplative traditions.
He is the co-founder of the company, Origin + Omega. O + O utilizes frameworks to transmit the force of presence and unveil the potential of personhood, where the energetic force of our individual lives is multiplied through gatherings of collective, conscious, and mutual exchange. He companions others in the context of spiritual direction and guides groups on pilgrimage in Spain, where he lived over the course of eight years.
Jonathan serves as a hospice chaplain in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He is a devoted partner to Taryn and father to Levi, Jakob and Lucas.
Daniel Marx, J.D., is a householder and wisdom student who drinks from the wellsprings of the Christian Wisdom Tradition. From a young age he was drawn to working with the 12 steps as a path to awakening and service. He is active in Cynthia Bourgeault’s wisdom network and seeks to work closely in its lineage with Jesus,
St. Benedict, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī and G.I. Gurdjieff. He also has deep experiential reverence for the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Americas and the great spiritual heritage of Africa, specifically in its influence on the Abrahamic traditions and Christianity itself. He is married with three sons and in his spare time practices law, enjoys reggae music, and plays a modern-day version of ancient hoop and ball games.
Chelsea Witbrook is a spiritual director and Enneagram teacher based in Minneapolis. She has certified through Anne Mureés Full Circle Enneagram, Russ Hudson’s training in Conscious Living, and the Somatic Enneagram with Marion Gilbert. Chelsea delights in making spiritual practices and principles accessible to all, and to applying this work to create practical, embodied change in our world. Before teaching the Enneagram, Chelsea was deeply immersed in anti-racism teaching and facilitation, and has a certificate in Leadership Toward Racial Justice from United Theological Seminary. She draws deeply from the wisdom of the Christian tradition, Vipassana Buddhism, 12 Step Spirituality and the Enneagram.
Chelsea lives with her husband James and their two very neurotic and sweet rescue mutts, Chancho and Huckleberry. She enjoys ‘roughing it’ in the woods, paddleboarding, tennis, singing, and art, as well as the occasional indulgence in a good “dramedy” on Netflix.