RETREATS

William Howell and Barbara Howell

RETREAT with WILLIAM and BARBARA in CRESTONE If you are interested in a holistic retreat designed precisely for you, then please consider spending 3 days to a week with the Howells at Sanctuary House in Crestone. For retreat, this unparalleled sacred place at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the San Luis Valley of Colorado is unmatchable. The Howells, long-time spiritual guides, are interested in your specific experiences and needs. They will structure an optimum weekend or week-long retreat based on your spiritual background (if any), your life intentions, your existing questions and your goal for these days of retreat.

Retreat begins with an email or phone call:

William and Barbara at
(719) 588-4258
(719) 256-4420
Or send an email to baladevim@yahoo.com

Sanctuary House
 P. O. Box 332, Crestone, CO 81131

Ingredients in the nourishment that is retreat will include (but not be limited to) Spontaneous Meditation, breath work, conversation, dialog in your spiritual path/tradition (if you have one) as well as inter-religious dialog, satsang, getting out in nature and sharing at least one meal together.

Your residence for retreat will be a townhouse next to Sanctuary House here in Crestone. Fees for room, board and retreat time will be shared during our initial contact, but you can expect $150/day.

 

 

 

 

William, trained as a poet, taught Transcendental Meditation from 1972-1986.  He served Fr. Thomas Keating's efforts at reintroducing Christianity to the contemplative dimension of the Gospel as a teacher of Centering Prayer for many years.  He was khalifa of the Crestone Circle of Nur, under Sheikh Nur al Jerrahi (Lex Hixon) and, after his passing in 1995, under Sheikha Fatima Fariha al Jerrahi, of the Ashki-Jerrahi.  Receiving diksha from Shri Punitachariji Maharaj ("Bapu") in 2002, he offers the Hari Om Tatsat Jai Guru Datta mantra, the meta-religious gift of spontaneous meditation to all humanity especially, specifically for these times of transformative challenge and change. He designed and oversaw the building of Sanctuary House.

 

 

  Barbara, mother of three and the shakti of Sanctuary House, has significant experience with kundalini and is a spiritual counselor.  Her intuition and inspiration have helped guide the founding and direction of Sanctuary House.  In 2002, she received diksha from Bapushri at Girnar Sadhana Ashrama at the foot of Mount Girnar in Gujarat, India.  She is on semi-permanent retreat.