By Daily Press staff
Those parishioners seeking to get in touch with the divine in non-traditional ways will have a chance when St. Monica Parish offers a retreat on yoga as embodied prayer.
The retreat, to be taught by Carol Rossi, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, at St. Monica Parish, 725 California Ave.
The cost to attend is $65, which includes a catered lunch. Yoga has become popular as a system of complex postures, but it is also a contemplative practice designed to bring people closer to the divine. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “yuj” which means yoke or join. Traditionally, all yoga practice was done in a contemplative way to help remove the obstructions that prevent us from operating in this connected state.
Over the past 30 years, ecumenically-based Catholics have re-incorporated body practices into worship. Several well-known priests are either yoga instructors or hire
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 9, 2006. Read the original PDF.