Upcoming Retreats
Reclaiming Our Lives, Reclaiming Our Earth
Wednesday Evening
April 21, 2010
Sunday Midday
April 25, 2010
Race Brook Lodge
Sheffield, Massachusetts
Today we as women are increasingly called to leadership. As we move into this role we run the risk of losing our relationship with the earth, both the earth we stand on and the earth of our own bodies. In this workshop we will follow the mythological trail of our ancient Sumerian sister Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, who descended to the underworld to meet her shadow sister Ereshkigal and reclaim her authentic ground. It was a perilous journey, but she did return renewed and ready to rule, with a full sense of the integration of light and dark that animates all life. We three, as workshop leaders, pledge to honor and support you wherever you are on your journey, and be fully with you as you prepare to take your next step. Come join us!
It is a vital time for women.
The world needs our voices.
We must find and hold fast to our center,
and enter into dialogue with our heart.
To dance in the present-day chaos we must have a center.
We invite you to join us in the dance!
This retreat was truly a transformational experience for me. Each morning I walked the Appalachian trail a short distance to the most amazing waterfall. The facilitators created a safe and loving space for us to move, explore and open to a greater depth within. The myth allowed me to connect ancient wisdom to my personal life. The support from the group was exceptional. If you are looking for relaxation, rejuvenation and a break from your daily grind then this retreat is for YOU. -Amber Melendy (Owner of Shine On Yoga)
Workshop Fees
Pricing, room, board and gourmet meals:
Tuition: $500.00
Accommodations at beautiful Race Brook Lodge, in Sheffield, Massachusetts, for 4 nights, 3 1/2 days:
Single room $627 ($156.75/night)
Double room $488 ($122.00/night)
Triple room $420 ($110.25/night)
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and all tax and service charges included!
To register, please download and print the Workshop Brochure, complete the form inside, and send it, with a $300.00 deposit check, to Polly H. Howells, at 15 Unpper Glenview Drive, Glenford, NY 12433. Deposits (minus $75 fee) are refundable until April 1, 2010. Scholarships are available.
For More Information:
Email Janice at bodydialogue@gmail.com, Polly at Phows@aol.com, or Jean at jeanesther@msn.com
Faculty
Jean Esther, MSW LICSW, has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 28 years with a specialty in early childhood trauma. She has practiced vipassana (insight) meditation since 1982 and currently teaches mediation at the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, and at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. Jean has been training with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman since 1989. Integrated into her work is her prior training in physical theater.
Polly H. Howells, L.C.S.W., practiced psychotherapy in Brooklyn NY for 38 years. She graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Russian history and literature. She now helps social and environmental activists navigate our increasingly crisis-ridden world as a facilitator of the Pachamama Alliance's Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium and Joanna Macy's Work that Reconnects. Email address: Phows@aol.com
Janice Stieber Rous is the creator of Body Dialogue, an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the body and the mind. She teaches yoga and breathing coordination, and has been a certified instructor in the Alexander Technique since 1979. She has a degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Email address: bodydialogue@gmail.com
Recently she has been a choreographer and dancer with the Center for Contemporary Dance. At present Janice lives in Orlando, FL and brings this body soul work to her students at Shine On Yoga.
All three teachers have completed the BodySoulRhythms™ Leadership Training Program with Jungian Analyst Marion Woodman, movement specialist Mary Hamilton, and voice coach Anne Skinner.
