Good news of community, online retreats and meditation sittings As the Year Ends A year that presented dramatic and unforeseen challenges is coming to an end with a feeling of renewed energy. In March this year a younger generation of staff and volunteers rapidly responded to the Center’s closing by erecting an online platform … Read More
Good news of online events, a cabin and garage, but your help is essential Annual Appeal It is because of the generous contributions of so many of you over the years and attendance at retreats that Springwater Center has remained a place for both group and individual retreats. This year we have had to close … Read More
End of Summer and Early Fall Offerings at Springwater Center End of Summer, Early Fall Offerings We can find cause and effect relations between what’s going on now and what’s happened in the past. All of us, all humanity is a result of the past. Of the whole past. In one way or another as … Read More
In this newsletter read writings on meditative inquiry in current events In this newsletter we offer three essays reflecting on current events written by Springwater Center teachers Sandra Gonzalez, Susan Schepp and Stew Glick. Susan and Sandra will be leading an online retreat August 29 – September 5 and Stew will be leading another October … Read More
Online offerings continue August News What are we when there is no one doing anything, no one attaining anything, no place to go? There is no place to go. The whole foundation is already here in each one of us. It is the same in all of us. —Toni Packer It’s been a sunny and … Read More
All retreats will be held online this year. We hope you will join us. We’re Offering Online Retreats Springwater Center will continue to offer its scheduled retreats online until the end of the year. If conditions change and it becomes possible to resume in person retreats or be open to welcome guests, we will let … Read More
We are still holding retreats and meeting in new and wonderful ways. Hello Friends Spring blossoms into summer and seemingly in a flash there is this burgeoning of colors, new birds, and blooms and leaves weighing down branches which just yesterday were bare. So it is… A few yesterdays ago we wondered how we would … Read More
Retreats, sittings, and meetings are, in a way, more accessible than ever. Staying Connected As Toni Packer said in The Light of Discovery, “In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in … Read More
In these times of pandemic, meeting with a Center teacher may be helpful.. Springwater Center’s teachers are available for meetings During this time of social isolation and distancing, the Center’s teachers are available to meet with you in a variety of ways. The people listed below all spent many years meeting with and attending retreat … Read More
Continuing the work, keeping in touch during this time of social distancing Pause… “In the expectation of wonderful things to happen in the future one doesn’t hear the sound of the wind and rain, the breath and heartbeat of this instant.” —Toni Packer And so we pause, not because we made a decision to, but … Read More