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Personal retreat
I am going to go on a personal retreat the week after next. I will be driving to St. Benedict's Monastery (run by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict) in St. Joseph. I get a private room and three meals a day for $45 a day, which is within my budget. I can walk the grounds (they have a prayer labyrinth). I can request a massage, if I like. I can join the sisters as they follow the office of the hours of prayer. I can choose to eat in the dining room in a room set aside for those who wish to eat in silence. I can request spiritual counseling, if I like.
I plan to pack as simply as possible. Walking shoes. Blank journal. I would like to bring my yoga mat--if there isn't someone giving a class nearby, I could run a yoga dvd on my laptop. If I bring the laptop (only for the Yoga DVDs, not to check email or anything); am not sure if I will. I don't plan to listen to my iPod while there, although I reserve the right to listen to it in the car. I'll bring the prayer shawl my mother knit for me. I plan to bring a huge pad of tear off sheets of paper and drawing pens for brainstorming. Perhaps collaging materials. I may bring a couple of carefully chosen books--not for entertainment purposes, but for study on some subjects which need to be carefully considered.
What have you done on a personal retreat? Suggestions (with the understanding that, of course, I can make different decisions than you might?) What have you brought with you?
I plan to pack as simply as possible. Walking shoes. Blank journal. I would like to bring my yoga mat--if there isn't someone giving a class nearby, I could run a yoga dvd on my laptop. If I bring the laptop (only for the Yoga DVDs, not to check email or anything); am not sure if I will. I don't plan to listen to my iPod while there, although I reserve the right to listen to it in the car. I'll bring the prayer shawl my mother knit for me. I plan to bring a huge pad of tear off sheets of paper and drawing pens for brainstorming. Perhaps collaging materials. I may bring a couple of carefully chosen books--not for entertainment purposes, but for study on some subjects which need to be carefully considered.
What have you done on a personal retreat? Suggestions (with the understanding that, of course, I can make different decisions than you might?) What have you brought with you?