Welcome to Spirituality & Practice's E-Courses. These popular spiritual growth and self-improvement programs are designed to fit your schedule and your budget.

Most of us love to go on a spiritual retreat:
• to reflect upon the meaning and purpose of our lives,
• to nurture our connection to Spirit,
• to learn from the great teachers,
• to expand our repertoire of spiritual practices
• to find a spiritual community.

Our E-Courses, Online Retreats, and 21-day Programs turn your email inbox into a spiritual retreat center.

Scroll down this page to explore Current and upcoming E-Courses.

Visit these pages to see:
Online Retreats on Classic Spiritual Practices
• with Practice Circles
• or available on-demand
On-Demand E-Courses
• Practicing Spirituality with the Religious Traditions
• Practicing Spirituality in Places, Activities, and Relationships
• Practicing Spirituality with Master Teachers
21-Day Programs to Change Habits (available on-demand)

Subscribe today and join our growing community of spiritual companions.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Current E-Courses

Catalysts for Change is a 21-day program of readings, quotations, exercises, and spiritual practices designed to help you make small steps to change your life. Start the New Year with this program and share your successes with an online Practice Circle of kindred spirits. January 7 - January 27, 2010. Details here.

Practicing Spirituality with Edward Hays will explore the everyday spirituality teachings of Edward Hays, a Catholic priest, former director of a contemplative center, and author of more than 30 bestselling books on contemporary spirituality. Subscribers will receive a daily email with a short passage from one of Hays' books as well as a suggestion for how to practice that thought during the day. In the online Practice Circle, we'll share comments on the passages and our experiences with the practices. Ash Wednesday, February 17 - Easter Sunday, April 4. Details here.

Online Retreats on Classic Practices of the World's Religions

Three new Online Retreats with Practice Circles run back-to-back through the winter and spring. The leaders are some of our Living Spiritual Teachers, presenting their teachings for the first time online. Get a subscription to all three retreats at a 20% discount here. The retreats are:

InterSpiritual Wisdom is a six-week Online Retreat with Practice Circle that is a rare opportunity to learn from six pioneers of InterSpirituality: Shaikh Kabir and Shaikha Camille Helminski, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Swami Atmarupananda, Dr. Ed Bastian, and Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault. Over six weeks, we will explore sacred texts together and deepen our practice of forgiveness, self-knowledge, self-emptying, interdependence and reciprocity, courage, and love and compassion. The teachers will also be available to answer questions in the online Practice Circle. January 31 - March 13. Details here.

Lovingkindness with Sylvia Boorstein is a four-week Online Retreat with Practice Circle led by one of the world's most esteemed teachers of Buddhist wisdom and practice. Lovingkindness practice shows us how to be kind — not only to others but also to ourselves. Through email lessons and audio downloads, Sylvia leads us through the practice, using a teaching style that incorporates her personal experiences, delightful stories, and timeless meditation techniques. Three teleconferences give participants a chance to ask Sylvia questions directly and an online Practice Circle provides a space to share experiences with this practice with others from around the world. March 15 - April 9. Details here.

Intercessory Prayer with Jane Vennard is a five-week Online Retreat designed to lead you deeper into the intercessory prayer life you most likely already have. Through email lessons and two hour-long teleconferences, Jane will address common questions about this most common form of prayer that is, for many people, also the most confusing and misunderstood. We'll explore many different forms of prayer, including some nonverbal ones, as we pray for family and friends, enemies, those who are ill or have died, and justice and peace. In the private online Practice Circle, we'll discuss steps to sustain our practice and share our own prayers. April 19 – May 21. Details here.

More Courses:
Online Retreats on Classic Spiritual Practices (Current and On-Demand)
Practicing Spirituality E-Courses (On-Demand)
21-Day Programs to Change Habits (On-Demand)