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All Things Considered: Retreats

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Mary Stallard and guests explore the concepts and practices of retreats.

Mary Stallard and guest explore the concepts and practices of retreats.

Across many of the major faiths, retreats have long been held as a means of deepening inner spirituality.   Nowadays, the act of withdrawing from a regular routine exists in numerous forms, espoused by the religious and the secular.  Many retreat centres have spaces booked up months in advance, perhaps surprisingly so, following a time when many of us were forced to retreat.  So, what is it that people are seeking through undertaking a retreat?  What is it that they find?  And how is facilitating a deepening sense of spirituality reconciled with the business side of running a retreat centre?  To explore these issues, Mary Stallard visited St Beuno’s Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Tremeirchion, and Taraloka, a women’s Triratna Buddhist retreat centre in Bettisfield on the Welsh Borders.  Mary is also joined by Nat Segnit, who, as part of research for his recently-published book has visited countless retreat centres.

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