UPCOMING RETREATS (non-residential)
WEEKEND RETREAT
Weekend of October 30–31, 2010
Details to be posted by July 15th. Please email a request for
details, you will be notified as soon as they are available. Early registration
will reserve your space for this intimate gathering limited to 6 to 8 women.
Fee: $195.00 (credit cards accepted, payment plans available)
Contact:
Joan Salat, LCSW @ (858)353-2070 or info@transformational-counseling.com
ACCESSING INNER HEALING
A 4-day retreat for any woman that has been touched by cancer,
recently or years ago.
Coming Spring 2011
When cancer touches our lives, it can move us into an unfamiliar and frightening tailspin. When the dust settles, we can use the cancer experience to transform our lives in ways previously unknown to us. Cancer can provide a window into the soul if we look in the right direction. A deep sense of multiple losses can be transformed into enlightened self- discoveries about the Truth, Beauty and Wisdom that we hold inside. Everything that we need to heal is already present within us. Being "touched" by cancer is an invitation to be reborn within ourselves moving through life with greater courage, joy and fulfillment.
This 4-day transformative retreat is a relaxing and playful process using guided imagery, bookmaking, collage and dialogue. No previous artistic experience is needed. The inner process of spiritual, emotional and physical healing can occur naturally through creative expression. This unique process allows the heart and soul to open up to healing and inner wisdom. Balancing out the personal creative expression, will be the ancient mind-body practice of specialized Qigong for women. The participants will leave with two "take home" healing gifts, a highly personalized creative project that will continue to reveal its healing message over time, and a daily healing practice of Qigong for women touched by cancer. The retreat is limited to 6-8 women to foster an intimate and supportive environment.
- FEE: $375.00* (Includes healthy beverages, lunch and snacks. (*For financial hardships, there may be several partial scholarships available.)
- DEPOSIT: $125.00 to reserve your space
- Location: Miracle Ranch West, Valley Center, Ca. (above Escondido)
- HOUSING: Zosa Gardens Bed & Breakfast in Valley Center will provide attendees a special rate of $76.00 +tax per room. (Some rooms may be shared at a rate of $38.00 +tax per person.) Visit www.zosagardens.com or call (800)711-8361.
- DATE: Thursday, April 15th, beginning at 6:00PM, closing at Noon on Sunday, April 18th
Group Facilitator: Mona Costantini has a Masters Degree art therapy and is a workshop facilitator and spiritual companion who offers her gifted quality of presence and support to those interested in personal transformation. Mona lives in Milford CT. on a secluded ranch, creates artwork daily and is a Ph.D. candidate at Wisdom University. Her program Bear With-Me visits children nationally who are touched by a chronic or terminal illness. For this retreat, Mona's unique inner creative process will teach and move participants in a delightful, surprising and healing way. The process continues after the retreat is over, the unfolding unconscious reveals new and hidden meanings over time. Everyone leaves with their project in hand with a glimpse of their inner healing self with more mysteries to come.
- Adjunct Facilitator: Fay McGrew,MA, is a certified Qigong instructor with over 30 years experience of studying mind body practices in the Orient with some of the most respected Masters. Her specialized work with women's Yin Qigong brings relaxing and revitalizing mind body exercises that improve libido, gynecological and overall health, backed by clinical evidence. Her practices have been introduced at Scripps: Center for Community Health and Advocacy, Center for Integrative Medicine: Univ. of California, San Diego Medical Center and Medical School. Fay also teaches Qigong at San Diego Cancer Center Research Institute. She is a gifted full-time Qigong teacher with a studio in North San Diego County. Visit her web site at www.QigongWithFayMcGrew.com.