FR. THOMAS KEATING

• Hybrid is a Regular 10 day Intensive, running side by side with a Post Intenstive, Those sitting the regular intensive attend  an in-depth “refresher "of the practice itself, and then view videos  from Fr. Keating’s Spiritual Journey tapes. This allows the retreatant to get more immersed in the principles and conceptual background of this spiritual practice . The group prayer periods are in .30 minute segments.   

• Post Intensives, (10 days) are designed for those who have a strong foundation about centering prayer fairly well in place.  The focus on a Post Intensive retreat  is on the practice itself. The Post is much more silent than the Regular Intensive retreats, in that no videos are shown, all meals are in silence and no staff person is reading to you. Further, the meditation sits are done in 30 minute segments and during the majority of the days retreatants are expected to honor Grand Silence, when you are asked not to even make eye contact with your fellow retreatants.  Typically most participants on the Post Intensives have been doing the practice fairly long, so the silence can be very deep. 

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