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Many skiers already know that some powder-filled ski days can be otherworldly.
A new book which explains how skiing and snowboarding can “renew your soul” endeavors to debunk the myth that your body has nothing to do with your spiritual life.
Spiritual Adventures In The Snow by Dr. Marcia McFee and Rev. Karen Foster demonstrates how spirituality is fed by play, challenge, and how snow-filled adventures can become metaphors for seeing life’s ups and downs.
“Activities that are exhilarating and fun are not usually thought of as spiritual. But to the contrary, such ventures may well point us to our most profound spiritual connections,” say the authors. “For when we are able to come fully into the present moment, turn off the noise in our minds, feel our true essence as complete union of body-mind-spirit, we enter into a kind of ‘mountain-top experience’ that can only be described as spiritual.”
Dr. Marcia McFee is an avid skier, a national speaker and consultant to churches on spirituality, arts, and worship. Rev. Karen Foster is an avid snowboarder and a teacher of spirituality, retreat leader, and pastor.
The book was published by US-based SkyLight Paths, who say that the book is ideal for people of all faiths—or none—and all skill levels on the slopes and that it offers poignant insights on how you can find your peak spiritual life in your favorite snow sport.
Each chapter also features a “Conversation with an Adventurer,” highlighting interviews with professionals, such as former Olympians, a backcountry skier, and a spiritual skiing guide, that capture their extraordinary experiences and inspirational stories. Other resources include “A Week of Meditations for Spiritual Adventures in the Snow” and the humorous “How to Talk Cool on the Mountain: A Guide to Slope Slang.”
Spiritual Adventures In The Snow is priced at $16.99 in the US and £10.26 in the UK through Amazon.
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