Living Reconciliation: From Separation to Contemplation

Contemplating nature opens us up to wonder and silent wisdom, where every living being teaches us something. At the same time, acknowledging the state of our world is an essential step toward lucidity and responsibility.

How can we heal our damaged relationships with the Earth, with our own inner life, and with other living beings? How can we move from desolation to reconciliation? Beyond concepts, the concrete experience of contemplative presence in nature opens unexpected paths of healing, grounding, and transformation.

This retreat invites participants to walk this path of reconciliation in the inspiring setting of Bonnevaux, through meditation and contemplation, as well as embodied, creative, and spiritual practices rooted in sacred texts, the encyclical Laudato Si’, and The Work That Reconnects—a methodology of personal and collective transformation in service of the Earth and all living beings.

During this three-day retreat, we invite you to experience reconciliation through simple gestures of reconnection with the Earth and the living world, in the heart of Bonnevaux’s generous natural surroundings. Times of input, group sharing, and creative workshops will accompany this journey.

Programme highlights, in harmony with the rhythm of Bonnevaux’s meditations and celebrations:

• Thematic reflections on the foundations of ecospirituality
• Rituals of silent presence at the heart of the living world
• Introduction to tracking: attentive listening, recognition of animal traces, and understanding their relationship to territory
• Embodied practices to reclaim perception and movement
• Nature-based arts: plant weaving and handmade creations
• Hands in the soil and eyes to the sky in the permaculture garden
• Evenings gathered around the fire

This is a French-language retreat open to English speakers (simultaneous translation of the thematic inputs will be provided; workshops and sharing sessions will take place in parallel within a small English-speaking group).

The retreat will be led by Christine Kristof-Lardet, accompanied by Thomas Litzler.

More information here.