We all have different starting points…What is yours?
Kairos Center for Change offers a unique opportunity to rejuvenate and rediscover yourself in a supportive and sacred environment.
“There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it” – Rumi
The Kairos Contemplative Model
A Pathway of Awareness, Wholeness, and Transformation
The Kairos Model invites an inner dialogue that awakens the living current of consciousness within. Through intentional practice, knowledge, and compassionate awareness, we learn to listen for what is unfolding through us rather than what we strive to control. This process restores access to the river of our inner life — our creativity, meaning, and capacity to live in flow.
Rooted in reverence and practicality, the Kairos Model offers a sacred structure for contemplative inquiry, engaging heart, mind, body, and spirit. It honors that when women gather in sacred space, they create a living field of humility, generosity, and grace — a vessel for healing and transformation.
This model can unfold as a personal journey through one-on-one accompaniment or as a collective experience through retreats and circles. Both pathways nurture the same movement: from self-discovery, through integration, toward offering one’s gifts back to the world.
LEVEL I: Reconnect, Restore, Revitalize
Three-Day Contemplative Retreat or Individual Immersion
Step away from the noise and urgency of daily life. In this foundational level, participants learn to create and dwell within the temenos — a sacred space of self-observation and renewal. Through meditation, creative expression, and time in nature, you’ll reconnect with your own rhythm and awaken to what is seeking life through you.
- Learn the Kairos Framework through art, writing, masking, and dreamwork
- Experience the safety of sacred space and the power of presence
- Develop skills for discernment — distinguishing what is unfolding meaningfully versus what is cycling endlessly
- Take home a sustainable meditation practice to deepen awareness
Outcome: Renewal of energy, clarity, and inner connection to guide next steps in life.
LEVEL II: Intensive Self-Study
Integration and Inner Grounding
“The ground of realization prepares itself slowly.” – John O’Donohue
This level focuses on integration — weaving insight into lived experience. Supported by spiritual direction, group study, and contemplative practice, participants deepen their relationship with inner wisdom through poetry, art, wisdom texts, and psychological reflection.
- Monthly meditative gatherings or private guidance sessions
- Opportunities for symbolic exploration and shadow integration
- Study of universal wisdom teachings through a feminine contemplative lens
Outcome: Strengthened ability to hold paradox and live with spacious awareness.
LEVEL III: Opus Tending
Creative Offering and Spiritual Fruition
This culminating level centers on refinement and offering — tending the “roots” of your unique tree of wisdom. Participants explore how their deep inner work seeks to express itself through creativity, service, or new forms of teaching and leadership.
- One-on-one mentoring or small group retreat formats
- Guidance in clarifying and expressing your soul’s “opus”
- Ritual of offering and blessing to honor the fruit of your spiritual journey
Outcome: Embodied realization that your life itself is the offering — a living prayer of awareness, creativity, and love.
About Dr. Rachel Magnell
Rachel Magnell, Ph.D., is a spiritual director, mentor, and founder of the Kairos Center for Change. Her work bridges psychology, contemplative practice, and interspiritual mysticism. She serves as a guide for women seeking to deepen their spiritual lives, engage with mystery, and live from authentic presence.
Enrollment:
Enrollment is intentionally kept small with a maximum of six participants to optimize everyone’s learning experience. Dates are determined upon reaching minimum enrollment of eight participants.
Please submit the following information if you feel called to taking any Kairos Retreat, virtual or in the woods.
