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Heart Centred Retreats

Awakening the Heart of Spiritual Ecology and Celtic Christianity

Celtic Spirituality is an invitation to nourish your heart and soul, return home to earth’s time, align with the natural rhythm inside yourself, and deepen your bond of kinship with the more than human universe.

In the Celtic Christian Spirituality heart, the themes of sacred landscape, belonging, friendship, creativity, and imagination are all interwoven together.

I facilitate 1:1 mentoring programmes, small group meditation circles, and retreats that are designed to offer you space to deepen your connection with the sacred presence in all of creation, to whom we already and always belong.

During out time together, you may discover yourself stepping into a reverent and contemplative flow, with lots of time to embrace the beauty of your essence, and nourish your heart with the ever flowing waters of Divine love.

Your retreat will be facilitated by one devotes her life to the contemplative journey, and to facilitating pathways to awaken hearts to return to the Great Conversation with our relatives in the more than human world.

This is a contemplative exploration, with a focus on direct experience, and the cultivation of the heart through meditation/silence/centering prayer, dreamwork, poetry, talks, stories, teaching, and heart centred mindful awareness walking practices.

Together we create a circle of reverence, laughter, and ease where we share with one another, and grow.

My work is not affiliated with any institution. Whether you’d describe yourself as being ‘spiritual but not religious’, or if you belong to a faith or spiritual background, and have respect for the essence of all the world’s blessed spiritual and religious traditions, you are very warmly invited and welcome.

About Yout Facilitator

Our culture is in the midst of a spiritual crisis. The old stories of hierarchy, separation, and human dominance are giving way to a new story of interbeing, belonging and interconnection.

I’m interested in exploring engaged forms of faith and mindful awareness as a spiritual response to the crises present in our world.

My spirituality is shaped by the Christian mystical tradition and Celtic Spirituality. For over a decade I have been living a contemplative life involving a committed rhythm of meditation, prayer, blessed sacraments, study, retreat and community action, balanced with a consultancy career in the human rights and humanitarian sector.

My contemplative journey started with John Main’s Christian Meditation, and in more recent years it has deepened with the Christian Prayer of the Heart and Centering Prayer. I facilitate Celtic Christian Spirituality meditation circles and retreats. Over the last 9 years I’ve been involved in interspiritual and interfaith work, most particularly Christian-Sufi dialogue.

Participant Reflections

I first met Lynda when I accepted an invitation to participate in a Celtic Christianity meditation and sharing circle. I knew instantly that here was a very special woman with whom, somehow, I already had a deep connection. Lynda shares her considerable understanding of spirituality with spacious gentleness, always wanting to hear what others wish to share. She lives deeply what she teaches and shares and this shines through her. I am deeply grateful to have met Lynda and to continue to share our anam cara connection.

I have been participating in a Celtic Christian Meditation Spirituality circle for over a year and a half which is gracefully led by Lynda. Words cannot express my utmost gratitude for this soul nourishing space, and for the circle of beautiful hearted friends who partake in this communion of Love. During each meditation gathering we drink from wisdom teachings that spring forth from many sacred wells. Lynda radiates presence, warmth, and luminous joy. She generates a welcoming and inclusive circular space, where we all feel warmly invited and welcome to share soulful dreams, and the innermost stirrings in our hearts. Many blessings are flowing into the earth, into humanity and into each of our hearts, through the beautiful participation, devotion, and contribution that everyone brings. I'm ever so grateful for this meditation circle of friends, and for the heart centred space Lynda nurtures.

Feeling richly blessed with much light and joy after our time spent awakening the heart to Spiritual Ecology and Celtic Christianity with Lynda in Spanish Point. Our venue was sacred ground indeed. Lynda gave us a warm welcome and the group immediately felt 'at home' with each other. I learned so much about appreciation, gratitude and cherishing Mother Earth, cultivating joy and carrying the Christ light. I hope to attend more of Lynda's events and will bring a few friends along next time. Thank you Lynda for sharing your light and love with us , and showing us how to fill our hearts with Divine love and light.

I booked a retreat that mentioned a seaside location and meditation, not realising that I would find so much more. Our retreat facilitator, Lynda Morrissey is an exceptional human being. No words could convey what a privilege it was to spend a day in the presence of her open heart. The warmth and genuineness of Lynda’s welcome and connection with us, the presence she embodies and the beauty inherent in all of her communications left me in no doubt of the Divine love and the interbeing-nature-of-everything, which she describes. The retreat day was filled with peace, ease, laughter and joy, spent in the companionship of like-minded individuals, who felt like soul friends. Following the retreat, I feel motivated in the direction of joy, trust, openness and hope. What I feel sure is that, if you have any curiosity as to your soul’s wellbeing and even more especially, if you have a kindred feeling with nature, then you will feel blessed to participate in any event she is facilitating. I simply cannot recommend Lynda highly enough.

I participated in an “Awakening the Celtic Christian and Spiritual Ecology Heart” online course with Lynda from the comfort of my own home, which was a huge benefit as I had knee replacement surgery with limited mobility. With the insights and tools I have learned and applied in my every day life, I am so content and have this inner peace within myself. Lynda is an exceptional person whose warmth, love and enthusiasm was contagious. Throughout the course she supported us, encouraged and allowed us plenty of time and space to grow and learn. We had plenty of laughter and fun too, and friendship with like-minded people. I enjoyed deepening my hearts connection to Spiritual Ecology, feeling how this is vital to our living. I am sincerely grateful I found this course, if you are like me and searching for that journey, consider doing a course with Lynda, your life will be enriched.

Thank you Lynda for such a wonderful retreat day awakening our hearts to Spiritual Ecology and Celtic Christian Spirituality. Yesterday was such a life affirming experience. Thank you for sharing so generously your love, light and wisdom. It was inspirational to witness. It was also such a joy to meet beautiful kindred spirits at the retreat. I look forward to attending future retreats you hold!

A Blessing for a New Beginning, by John O’ Donohue

Awaken your spirit to adventure
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk
Soon you will home in a new rhythm
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

Lynda Morrissey

Align | Transform | Serve

Awakening the Heart of Spiritual Ecology and Celtic Christianity

About Yout Facilitator

Lynda Morrissey

Participant Reflections

Lynda Morrissey

lynda@croiadh.com

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