Tag: embodied prayer

  • 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 whole selves!

    The movements are gentle and can be done from standing or sitting; all movements can be modified for your body. We hope you’ll be able to join one or both of the retreats.

    Returning Home

    26 September 2026, UK: 3–6pm; US Mountain time: 8–11am

    God breathed life into us—his very breath within us giving us life. But when our first parents turned from God, our lives became disconnected and fragmented. Yet God calls us to return home to him and to ourselves. As we engage with these overarching themes from the Bible, we’ll explore how God made our brains and bodies dynamic and changeable. God will help us to reconnect what was broken.

    To pay in £ sterling: standard £25; subsidized £20; generous £30 (if you are signing up for both retreats, please choose the subsidized rate for each retreat to secure a discount)

    To pay in US dollars: Please ignore the links to my online shop (which would mean paying for conversation to £ sterling) and instead pay Kristen’s venmo: @m3kinections

    Standard $35; subsidized $30; generous $40, and $60 for both retreats. Please email me to confirm that you’ve signed up this way so that I can add you to the list.

    Changed by God

    17 October 2026, UK: 3–6pm; US Mountain time: 8–11am

    Christ dwells within those who follow him through the Holy Spirit. How might practicing the presence of Jesus deepen for us when we consider that he dwells within not only our spirits and souls but our bodies? We’ll look at how God is for us, how we can attach to God and receive his love, and how the God of love will change us as we renew our minds and deepen our pathways to him.

    To pay in £ sterling: standard £25; subsidized £20; generous £30 (if you are signing up for both retreats, please choose the subsidized rate for each retreat to secure a discount)

    To pay in US dollars: Please ignore the links to my online shop (which would mean paying for conversation to £ sterling) and instead pay Kristen’s venmo: @m3kinections

    Standard $35; subsidized $30; generous $40, and $60 for both retreats. Please email me to confirm that you’ve signed up this way so that I can add you to the list.

    Amy Boucher Pye and Kristen Rubow have been friends since they were toddlers. Amy is a London-based author, spiritual director, and retreat leader. The author of six books, she also writes devotional thoughts for publications such as Our Daily Bread and New Daylight. Her MA in Christian spirituality comes from Heythrop College, University of London. Find her at amyboucherpye.com.

    Kristen is a mind and movement coach based in Colorado. Her previous extensive music background as a professional harpist instilled in her an understanding of how God awakens our senses. She developed M3Kinections, her studio, with a movement curriculum on neuroplasticity 15 years ago and now encourages people to use movement to develop connection within themselves, creating a stronger sense of self and wholeness. Find her at www.m3kinections.com.

  • Embodied prayer in beautiful Devon

    How thrilled am I to have my dear childhood friend Kristen Rubow coming to England in May to co-lead a retreat on embodied prayer. Here’s a bit about her:

    Kristen is a mind and movement coach, based in Colorado. She used to be a professional harpist, which helped her understand more deeply how God awakens our senses. She developed her studio 15 years ago, with her movement curriculum on neuroplasticity, and now encourages people to use movement to develop connection within themselves, creating a stronger sense of self and wholeness.

    While based in the gorgeous surroundings of Lee Abbey in Devon, we’ll use physical movement in prayer to clarify and connect what’s going on in our hearts and heads through the body. We encounter God as we pray, including with our creation in Genesis. We can attach to God through stories in the Old Testament, and receive Jesus’ love through the gospels.

    It’s so amazing how neuroscience is now telling us what God has always known – as embodied beings we encounter God through our through our soul, spirit, mind and body.

    All are welcome, and we’ll work gently within the limitations of our individual bodies. Come and worship the Lord in spirit, soul, mind and body!