A Winter Feast for the Soul

9 DAYS
till the Feast begins

What nine months does for the embryo
Forty early mornings will do
For your growing awareness
Jelaluddin Rumi

A 40-day Worldwide Spiritual Practice Period

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"I am very happy to convey to you His Holiness' prayers and good wishes for your Second Annual Winter Feast for the Soul being held in January and February 2009"

- Secretary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Winter Feast for the Soul
Valerie Skonie, Founder/Chairperson
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The mission of A Winter Feast for the Soul is to support individuals around the world in making a commitment to daily spiritual practice for forty days. A life grounded in daily practice is one that knows inner peace. It is that peace which translates into peace throughout our lives and ultimately to peace and healing for our planet.

We know that it only takes a few committed individuals to change the world. We are here to do that. Please join us this coming winter for

A Winter Feast for the Soul
a 40-day worldwide spiritual practice period for people of all faiths everywhere.

January 15 – February 23, 2009

Our Vision

We hold a vision of a world at peace that surpasses the imagined boundaries of creed, culture, and philosophical belief.
We hold a vision for individuals to find a way to access their own inner peace through a daily practice of meditation and prayer.
We hold a vision of a world where there is sufficient abundance to support all sentient beings.

Our Goals

To create an annual worldwide period of spiritual practice for people of all faiths to come together in prayer and meditation.
To support people around the world in finding inner peace in their lives through the creation of a daily spiritual practice.
To recognize that every person and every group is entitled to their own unique form of expression of these goals and is encouraged to practice them without discrimination.
To work toward a global consciousness of peace.

Who We Are

A Winter Feast for the Soul is a non-profit organization operating under the auspices of Rising Tide International, a non-profit corporation located in Sarasota Florida. Our organization was originally formed in Sun Valley Idaho in partnership with the Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center in order to create the first Winter Feast which took place January 15 - February 23, 2008. Based on our experience with the first Feast, we have created a separate organization and expanded our outreach to a worldwide level. The impulse for our work is one that came out of the stillness of a daily meditation practice. We support one another in maintaining that practice as a source of strength, wisdom and compassion.

About Our Founder

Valerie Skonie is a resident of Hailey Idaho and an experienced business woman. Valerie moved to the Wood River Valley from Northern California after her retirement from corporate life. Since her retirement Valerie has taken her business experience and merged it with her passions for the world of meditation and Spirit to create A Winter Feast for the Soul.

In Tom Peters’ 1992 management text: “Liberation Management”, Tom says of Valerie: If customer service is the soul of business, then Skonie does soul.

For more information about this event, contact Valerie.

Special Announcements

2009 WINTER FEAST TOOLS

TOOLS TO SUPPORT YOU

There are a number of systems in place that will support you in keeping your commitment to the forty-days of practice. Please look these over and consider them as the Feast gets under way. To learn more about each of them, click on the title.

Newsletters
Weekly Newsletters with Daily Inspirational Quotes

Webcasts
A Choice of Three Daily Guided Meditations Throughout the Feast

Insight Meditation Series hosted by Phil Jones
Interdenominational Meditation Series hosted by Jeddah Mali
Sufi Meditation Series hosted by Shahabuddin David Less

Saturday Community Calls

Global Meditations to Co-ordinate the Opening and Closing of the Feast

Book
PATH TO PEACE by Valerie Skonie now available as an E-book on Our Website

Promotional DVD
This 5 minute full color production describes our vision for the 2009 Feast and tells the story of how the first Feast began in 2008. It includes color photos, incredible color graphics by Michael Green from the book “The Illuminated Rumi”. Music by cellist, David Darling. Release date is July 2008.
Watch the English DVD - Comment on YouTube
Watch the Italian DVD - Comment on YouTube
Watch the French DVD - Comment on YouTube
Watch the German DVD - Comment on YouTube

For more information or to place an order, click here.

News For The Soul - Interview

On Saturday, July 12, Valerie Skonie was interviewed during a one-hour online program called News for the Soul.

The program aired live on www.newsforthesoul.com at 11 am PDT, 12 noon MDT, 1 pm CDT, and 2 pm EDT.

The interview included conversation with:

Coleman Barks, retired professor, translator, and author of many of the books of Rumi Poetry now available in English.
Jeddah Mali, spiritual teacher and mentor, who will lead one of the on-line meditations that will be offered during the 2009 Winter Feast.

It was the three-line poem by Rumi that inspired the first Winter Feast in January, 2008:

        What nine months does for the embryo
        Forty early mornings will do
        For your growing awareness.

Click here to listen to the interview.