Be Still and Know (Zoom)

Name: Be Still and Know (Zoom)
Start: 2025-05-14T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-14T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Franciscan Spirituality Center

Schedule

Wed May 14 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Franciscan Spirituality Center | La Crosse, WI

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted in the earth.” -- Psalm 46:10
When we embrace stillness in nature, we might be surprised by what we hear. It might sound like love. Deepen your relationship with creation through mindfulness and interbeing with nature. You will listen and participate via a phone or iPad while outside. We begin with a 20-minute guided meditation and continue with gentle, slow and sensory explorations. This Association of Nature and Forest Therapy-structured sequence was grown from the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku or “forest bathing.” We bathe in the atmosphere of the forest (or the ecosystem we're in) and listen for the voice of the Spirit.
Presenter: Shannon Gorres
Investment: $18
www.FSCenter.org | 608-791-5295
Zoom link will be sent after registration.
Direct link to registration: https://fsc.retreatportal.com/calendar/event?programcode=25STD09445

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Shannon Gorres, MDiv, MA, is a spiritual director, meditative yoga instructor and nature therapy guide on Kanza lands (Kansas). Along with her spouse and child, she shares sacred life with 20 acres of plants and animals. Her childhood religious roots are deeply Catholic. At 33, she was ordained by the United Church of Christ and is now ordained in the Sufi Ruhaniat International. She companions diverse people through pain and disconnection into an integrative and loving relationship with themselves and the Divine. She engages embodied spiritual practices, nervous system science, trauma-healing techniques, imaginal and nature elements. Learn more at www.DivineNatureTherapy.com.
"Heart-based Relational Forest Therapy is a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in forests and other natural environments. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, ‘forest bathing.’ Studies have demonstrated a wide array of health benefits, especially in the cardiovascular and immune systems, and improving mood and cognition. We build on those benefits and look beyond, to what happens when people remember that we are a part of nature, not separate from it, and are related to all other beings in fundamental ways." - Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. See more at ANFT.earth