A half-day retreat for spiritual curiosity, creativity and community.
Soul Space offers a gentle and creative way to explore spirituality in community – without requiring you to fit into a particular way of believing, worshipping or being.
Each retreat creates space to slow down, become grounded, reflect on a spiritual theme, and explore what it might mean in our own lives. Through contemplative practice, creative expression, conversation and shared food, we make space for both reflection and connection.
Grounded in contemplative, creative and Celtic Christian traditions, Soul Space draws on ancient wisdom and seeks to re-imagine contemporary faith through practices that honour place, relationship, embodiment and the living world. We are interested in how spirituality can be deepened, renewed and decolonised while remaining connected to tradition.
Each retreat includes a grounding ritual and land acknowledgement, time for contemplation and reflection, an exploration of personal experience, an embodied creative response through art, and good conversation over a shared soup lunch. No previous art experience is needed.
Soul Space is open to everyone. It may be especially meaningful if you:
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are looking for a thoughtful, welcoming community in which to explore life's deeper questions;
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are spiritually curious and want to explore spirituality through creativity and contemplation;
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want to deepen your spirituality within your existing faith tradition;
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are questioning, deconstructing or re-imagining your faith;
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long for spiritual community without the expectations of a church service; or
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are spiritually curious but don't feel at home in conventional church.
You don't need to have the answers – or even know quite what you believe. Come as you are, bring your curiosity, and make some space for what might emerge.
Soul Space is offered seasonally, approximately every three to four months, and is facilitated by Ruth MacIntosh and Cornelia van Voorst of Soul Space Arts Collective. Both are certified Therapeutic Art Practitioners through the Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy (CiiAT).