Bonnevaux WCCM

15/05/2025

We want to thank you for being part of our journey here on Bonnevaux WCCM Facebook.

As part of our effort to simplify and strengthen our online presence, we will be closing this Facebook account.

From now on, all updates, reflections and news from Bonnevaux will be shared on our main WCCM account: The World Community for Christian Meditation

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22/03/2025

Explore how a contemplative practice can enable us to experience greater stability, strengthen our relationships and help us become more effective leaders
This is a great retreat for professionals seeking to develop a healthy and more stable relationship with their work environment through a contemplative practice.

Led by Sean Hagan, a member of the WCCM and IMF advisor, with a longstanding experience in the corporate world.

Learn more at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/moving-from-the-ego-to-othercenterdness-a-retreat-for-personal-and-professional-growth/

19/03/2025

"Rilke early on said that we should live the questions and not look for premature answers, live into the uncertainties of our lives and discover there a resource that allows us to live more fruitfully, more lovingly, more faithfully."

Join us in this retreat to explore mystic poet Rainer Maria Rilke's selection of poems and writings with Rilke scholar Mark S. Burrows from 29 April to 4 May.
Set in Bonnevaux in the beautiful French countryside.

More at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/everything-matters-2025/

Mark S. Burrows is an award-winning poet, translator, and scholar. An historian of medieval mysticism, he is also widely recognized as one of the leading translators and interpreters of modern German poetry, above all the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke. His recent translations include Rilke’s Pray...

25/02/2025

The deeper mysteries of human experience can be discovered by sharing with others in a combination, sacred and playful, of ritual and storytelling. Join online this year’s Holy Week cycle, from the Palm Sunday procession to witnessing sunrise on Easter morning.

14 - 20 April, Online. Tune in from wherever you are. Led by Fr Laurence Freeman
Register at https://wccm.org/events/fully-human-holy-week-retreat-2025/

22/02/2025

Bonnevaux invites you to come in person and participate in this year’s Holy Week cycle which extends from the Palm Sunday procession to witnessing sunrise on Easter morning.

Holy Week Retreat at Bonnevaux, France 12 - 20 April led by Fr Laurence Freeman

Learn more & register at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/holy-week-retreat-2025/

10/02/2025

Watch Jenni's experience of her practice with Kevin, our certified yoga instructor and breath work facilitator.
Kevin's leading a yoga & retreat in Bonnevaux from 4 to 7 April.
Learn more & register at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/rooted-and-renewed-2025/

07/02/2025

Contemplative practices can help us cultivate compassion, empathy, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. Discover how to reconnect with your true self and your community. Visit wccm.org/events

05/02/2025

A peaceful end of the day during our recent Deep Silent Retreat in Bonnevaux

05/02/2025

"I've spent a lot of time interweaving both theory and practice in the design of this retreat, but I've put the emphasis on practice because in the end, I believe that the greatest teacher we all have is our own experience." Kevin Wittoeck,certified yoga instructor and breath work facilitator Kevin Leon Wittoeck

Kevin will lead a yoga & meditationr retreat - Rooted and Renewed: A Transformative Yoga & Meditation Retreat- in the beautiful settings of the French countryside of Bonnevaux, from 4th to 7th April.

Join us at Bonnevaux, our international center for peace and meditation, surrounded by nature’s quiet embrace. Ready to transform and reconnect?

Register at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/rooted-and-renewed-2025/

31/01/2025

Join us for a three-day retreat to explore your integrated self—body, mind, and spirit with yoga instructor Kevin Witttoeck. Set in the beautiful French countryside, come and experience:
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Creative Expression through Writing
4- 7 April 205, Bonnevaux Rereat Centre for Peace, France

Learn more at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/rooted-and-renewed-2025/
With Kevin Leon Wittoeck

15/01/2025

"Taking part in a meditation retreat is an act of self-care and an important step on your journey of self-knowledge."

Join in our summer retreat in Bonnevaux, France this year 'Caring for Oneself, for Others, and for Us.' (29 Jul - 3 Aug) It will be an experience about and real self-care, the kind that involves looking inside, recognising your values and setting your limits.

You can learn more at https://bonnevauxwccm.org/all-programmes/young-adults-retreat-2025/

with Tayna Malaspina Coaching

07/01/2025

In this short video, Vladimir Volrab, Director of WCCM Academy shares a few word about the next Academy cohort, starting in March this year:
'I’m very surprised that for most of the students from the first group is life changing.' he says - 'They are able to deepen their inner experience. And reconnecting their intellectual understanding with the art of meditation.The study allows participants to form unique and intensive connection with excellent teachers.' Vladimir adds.

Academy is the WCCM programme of inter-disciplinary study in the context of contemplative practice. Come and join us in WCCM Academy next cohort and and embark on this journey of wisdom and contemplation together!
Learn more and apply at https://wccm.org/academy/