Time for yourself: Resources
In theory, women can spend time on their own without any
outside person or institution involved. If you can set up time on your
own, you may find the following useful for inspiration and guidance:
Baldwin, Christina (1991) Life’s Companion: journal
writing as a spiritual quest, Bantam, New York
Bolton, Gillie (1999) Writing myself: the therapeutic
potential of creative writing, Jessica Kingsley, London
Hagan, Kay Leigh (1998) Internal affairs: a journal-keeping
workbook for self-intimacy, HarperCollins, New York
Louden, Jennifer (1997) The Woman’s Retreat Book
HarperCollins, New York
In practice, it can also be helpful to use places which
are accustomed to providing opportunities for people to be quiet and reflect
on their lives, for a day or longer. Many centres have a specific religious
affiliation, but do not necessarily expect visitors to share this. For
lists of centres with a wide variety of spiritual affiliations, see
How, J and Morris, W. Places
to Be website.
Whiteaker, S (2001) The Good Retreat Guide, Rider, London
For Christian retreat centres, the National
Retreat Association produces
an annual magazine and
a website.
Information about what to expect from different types of retreat can
be found in Whiteaker (2001), above, and in:
Silf, Margaret (2002) Soul space; making a retreat in
the Christian tradition, SPCK, London
If you want organised retreats or holidays for women, try:
Our own Workshops page
Metta has some women
only events.
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