Amy Boucher Pye

Hi, I’m Amy!

As a writer and spiritual director, I love helping people encounter the living God. Welcome to this space of prayer practices, opportunities to retreat, and resources to strengthen your spiritual life.

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Explore different ways to pray that are time-tested but fresh. Connect with God through these guided experiences of prayer for a mini-retreat.

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Explore my writing

Encounter God through my writing, including my devotional articles and my seven books and resources. Still Finding Myself in Britain has just been released – the updated ten-year anniversary edition of this award-winning book.

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Find out about spiritual direction

Accompanying people as they walk with God is a privilege and a joy, as we notice together the movements of their soul. Find out more about this hidden work of God.

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I’ve led retreats and pilgrimages for over a decade in the UK and beyond, including at Lee Abbey, Devon, the island of Iona, and Penhurst on England’s south coast. I love helping people unwind and receive God’s love. Join me!

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Meet Amy

Amy Boucher Pye is a London-based writer, speaker, retreat leader, and spiritual director. She’s the author of seven books and resources, including 7 Ways to Pray and Holding onto Hope, featuring her dad’s artwork. She loves helping people encounter the living, loving God.

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Recent blog posts

  • Join an embodied online retreat

    How does God invite us to pray with our whole selves? That’s the question Kristen Rubow and I will explore at our next online retreat on October 17. Kristen is a mind and movement coach, and we’ve been delighted to be developing material based on the Bible and neuroscience, to help us pray with our…

  • 90 Seconds of Peace

    I welcome you to spend just 90 seconds being refreshed by the sound of the waves and the words from the Psalms. I recorded this short video a few years ago on the coast of North Devon.

  • Introducing… online embodied prayer retreats

    How does God invite us to pray with our whole selves? I’m excited to announce two online retreats this autumn that Kristen Rubow and I are leading. Kristen is a mind and movement coach, and we’ve been delighted to be developing material based on the Bible and neuroscience, to help us pray with our our…

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