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A Winter Feast for the Soul
a 40-day worldwide spiritual practice period for people of all faiths everywhere.
January 15 – February 23, 2011
The Mission of A Winter Feast for the Soul is to support individuals around the world in making a commitment to daily spiritual practice. A life grounded in daily practice is one that knows inner peace. It is that peace which will translate into peace throughout our loves and ultimately, to peace and healing for our planet.
We know that it only takes a few committed individuals to change the world. We are here to do that, and hope you will join us in this endeavor.
BECOME AN ORGANIZER IN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR 2011
A natural outgrowth of the Winter Feast period is the opportunity to gather together in groups to meditate. Many often express how much more powerful our experience becomes when done in such a setting, more so than our practicing alone. We want to encourage you to think about creating a meditation group or Winter Feast event in your community. We offer guidelines for planning, promotional flyers and materials, and want to support individuals and groups to engage others in the pursuit of inner awareness and peace.
Sign Up now to serve as an Area Coordinator, e-mail Karon Korp, Director, for more information: KaronKorp@winterfeastforthesoul.com
HELP US BRING THE FEAST TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
BY GIVING A FINANCIAL GIFT NOW
OUR VISION
We hold a vision of a world at peace that surpasses the imagined boundaries of creed, culture, and philosophical beliefs.
Our Longer-term Vision
We hold a vision that includes all spiritual traditions and organizations in a synchronized schedule for their winter practice periods. Through this collaboration we will all become part of a shared dream for a new consciousness and peace on our planet
A Winter Feast for the Soul 2010 Flyer
Download the High Resolution PDF Flyer
Download the Medium Resolution PDF Flyer
OUR GOALS
- To create an annual worldwide period of spiritual practice for people of all faiths to come together in prayer and meditation.
- To support people around the world in finding inner peace in their lives through the creation of a daily spiritual practice.
- To recognize that every person and every group is entitled to their own unique form of expression of these goals and is encouraged to practice them without discrimination.
- To work toward a global consciousness of peace.
OUR HISTORY
A Winter Feast for the Soul was born from the inspiration founder Valerie Skonie received through a line from a Rumi poem:
"What nine months does for the embryo,
forty early mornings will do for
your growing awareness."
In its first year in 2008, the event gathered about 150 people in the Wood River Valley and beyond who committed to a 40-day meditation period organized by Skonie, with help from the Light On The Mountains Spiritual Center, in Sun Valley, Idaho. The idea grew beyond her wildest dreams. People in various cities took up the idea. Even the Iranian press wrote about what was happening in Sun Valley. Soon, people from 29 countries had committed to the second annual event in 2009.
2010 WINTER FEAST AT A GLANCE
The success of the third annual event in 2010 shows participation numbers have more than doubled around the world.
- We estimate the number of participants doubled over that of the 2009 Feast, reaching totals of about 20,000 people worldwide.
- Our Children’s Feast for the Soul found its way into countless schools and homes around the world.
- Our Prison Outreach program found its way to prisoners in state and federal incarceration centers throughout the United States.
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We expanded our Online Meditation offerings to include:
- Christian Contemplative Prayer
- Insight Buddhist Meditation
- New Thought Meditation
- Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
- Universal Interdenominational Meditation
- Four Minutes of Stillness for Young Children
- 15 minutes of Stillness for Older Children and Teens.
The response to the online meditations was overwhelming! A total of nearly 35,000 downloads of these meditations was tabulated during the 2010 Winter Feast and the meditations continue to be used daily since then.
Listen to the 2010 Winter Feast Mediations Here
- Our Web Traffic has doubled over that of 2009.
- Our Daily Inspirational Quotes for the forty-day Feast were translated into Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish by volunteers from around the world.
PARTNERS
Charter for Compassion, Dharmata Foundation, Companions for the Silent Journey, Global Coherence Initiative, Oneness Experience, Rising Tide International, Sun Valley Film Festival, Children of the Sun
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS
His Holiness the Dalai Llama, Anam Thubten Rinpoche, Deepak Chopra, the Episcopal Third Order of St. Francis, Scripps Institute of Alternative Medicine, Andrew Harvey, James O’Dea, and Coleman Barks.
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