The Soul of the Champion

will host “The Soul of the Champion: Recognizing the Spiritual and the Transcendent in Sports” on Monday evening, April 30, 2012 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Presented by the Reverend Bob Flanagan, School Minister, Head of the Theology Dept. and Crew Coach for Brooks School in North Andover, this workshop focuses on important spiritual qualities found in athletics.  Spiritual values provide a solid and secure foundation to sports that allow athletes young and old to understand the true value and purpose of athletic activities.

Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on why sports are so important to American families, on their own athletic experiences, and how they relate to the spiritual and transcendent.

Sports provide athletes with unique and important avenues of insight into what is important and true.  Additionally, athletes may also discover how to sense mindfulness, and focus beyond ordinary experiences.  In reflecting on their own sports experiences, participants will discover avenues to make real the qualities of the soul that create champions. This workshop will help bring to light the ways by which athletes can become champions in the very best sense of the word.  This workshop is appropriate for athletes of all ages, including parents with pre-teens to teen athletes, in addition to coaches.

To register for the workshop, visit http://www.rollingridge.org/programs/special-eventsprograms or call 978-682-8815 .  The registration fee for this event is $15. Deadline for registration is April 23, 2012.