Year One:
The Portable Sanctuary
A Guided Pilgrimage in the Palm of Your Hand
September–May | Limited to 8 Women
The Autumn Circle is now forming.
There comes a moment in many women's spiritual lives when they begin to wonder:
Is there more?
Not more information.
Not more Bible studies.
Not more books to read or spiritual projects to complete.
But a deeper awareness of God's presence.
A quieter heart.
A faith that feels less like something you visit and more like something you live.
You may have followed Jesus for years.
You may know Scripture well.
You may have served faithfully in your church, your family, and your community.
Yet beneath all of that, there remains a longing for something deeper.
Not a different God.
Not a different faith.
Simply a deeper experience of the One you already love.
If that longing sounds familiar, this pilgrimage may be for you.
What Is The Portable Sanctuary?
Most spiritual practices happen in a specific place and time.
- A quiet chair.
- A journal.
- A devotional.
- A church service.
And those things are beautiful.
But what happens when life becomes difficult?
What happens in the waiting room?
The hospital corridor?
The sleepless night?
The difficult conversation?
The Hand Psalter was created for those moments.
Using the landscape of your own hand, Scripture, prayer, and embodied awareness become woven together into a simple practice that can travel with you wherever life takes you.
Over time, your hand becomes a place of return. A portable sanctuary.
A way of carrying God's presence into the ordinary moments of everyday life.
Is This Pilgrimage For You?
This Cohort was created for women who:
You do not need experience with contemplative prayer.
You do not need to have everything figured out.
You simply need a willingness to begin.
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What Happens When Head Knowledge Becomes Heart Knowledge?
One of the women who helped test the Hand Psalter spent more than two decades as a Child Clinical Therapist.
She knew psychology. She knew methods. She knew how change was supposed to happen. Yet something was still missing.
"My head knew all the answers; all the 'to dos,' but my head and my heart were miles apart when it came to deeper intimacy with our Lord.
The first time I sat with the Hand Psalter, I began to weep. I felt as though I was standing in the Holy of Holies with God's sweet presence filling the room.
Peace flooded my heart that first time, and it has every time since.
Now when I feel anxious or overwhelmed during the day, I can return to the practice of God's presence and peace is restored."
Lois Johnston, D.S.W., B.A.
Retired Child Clinical Therapist
Many women arrive at the Hand Psalter carrying years of spiritual knowledge.
What they discover is not more information, but a way of carrying God's presence into ordinary life.
Year One: Three Movements to Build Your Sanctuary
Year One is the foundation. It is also, on its own, a complete and life-changing year — many women walk this year and find exactly what they came looking for. Whether you continue beyond it is a question for another season. This year stands on its own.
The Imprint
Every pilgrimage begins by learning how to arrive. In this foundational stage, you will learn the geography of your hand and establish the physical pathways that make the Hand Psalter possible. This is where the sanctuary begins.
The Word
Once the foundation is in place, we begin weaving Scripture and prayer into the landscape of the hand. God's Word gradually becomes accessible not only during devotional time, but throughout the day.
The Healing
As trust deepens, many women discover that God gently begins drawing attention to places of pain, grief, fear, shame, and unfinished stories. This stage walks you through a complete, guided healing practice — the deepest and most significant work of the year — meeting God in the specific wounds that have kept you at a careful distance from Him.
The Rhythm of the Year
Twice-Monthly Live Gatherings
We meet live on Zoom twice each month for approximately 90 minutes. These gatherings include teaching, guided practice, reflection, discussion, prayer, and spiritual companionship.
Seasons of Integration
Spiritual growth cannot be rushed. Throughout the year we intentionally create space for the practices to settle into daily life. Like roots growing beneath the surface, some of the deepest transformation happens quietly and gradually.
Walking Together
You will not walk this journey alone. One of the greatest gifts of the Cohort is the opportunity to travel alongside other women who share a similar longing for God. This is not a class. It is a circle.
What Is Included
- Nine months of guided spiritual formation
- Twice-monthly live cohort gatherings
- Complete Hand Psalter training and implementation across all three books
- Premium printed field manuals delivered to your home
- Access to Father Jan, your optional companion guide
- Ongoing support and encouragement throughout the journey
- A small circle of women walking the same path
The Full Pilgrimage — Beyond Year One
Year One builds your sanctuary. For women who wish to continue, the journey unfolds across two more years, each one building on the last.
Year Two — The Ignatian Exercises
A Hand Psalter–infused adaptation of the most transformative spiritual formation process in Christian history. Using the hand-sanctuary you built in Year One as your anchor, you will move through deep, immersive gospel contemplation — the Incarnation, the hidden years of Christ, the Passion, and the Resurrection. Available only to graduates of Year One.
Year Three — Offering and Wholeness
As the sanctuary within grows strong enough to overflow, the final movement turns outward — toward intercession, toward the lives of others, and toward the body's own healing. This is where a transformed interior life becomes a tangible blessing wherever it goes. Available only to graduates of Year Two.
You do not need to know now whether you will walk all three years. You only need to take the first step.
Investment
For the 9-Month Journey
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Because of the highly interactive nature of this experience, participation is limited to eight women.
A Note on the Sacred Integrity of Our Circle:
Because this is a high-touch, intimate container strictly limited to 8 women, your acceptance carries a profound communal weight. If you are granted a seat and choose to withdraw, you have effectively hindered another woman from taking that spot. Due to the deeply progressive, layered nature of this somatic process, no one can step into the cohort mid-way through the year. For this reason, there are absolutely no refunds, and your commitment to the full financial investment is final upon acceptance. Please ensure your heart and schedule are fully ready to honor this space before you submit your application.
An Invitation
If something in you is stirring as you read this, I invite you to begin a conversation.
Tell me a little about yourself, your journey with God, and what you are longing for in this season of life.
Together we will discern whether the Autumn Circle is the right next step for you.
I would be honored to walk alongside you.
— Darlene Hull