October 28th -30th, 2011
Cascadia House, Roberts Creek, BC
on the Sunshine Coast

Don’t be seen as less than or not worthy. Learn how to show yourself, be who you are and do what you love.

• Shed your masks
• Honour your needs
• Engage your inner resources

Elizabeth MacLeod shows how to pay attention to the details of who we are as women and honours the wild and untamed sense of self associated with the connection to the sacred feminine – the source of life, love, nurturing, caring and connection.

This retreat will focus on how to re-open access to the mystery of the wild and re-new our selves to re-discover, re-source, re-create and re-member who we really are as individuals, as a community, and as a world of women.

Register here. Join the magic.

Included for you:
Mouthwatering meals. Charming accommodations and . . .
You’ll also receive . . . A FREE set of Wild Woman Mystery Cards upon arrival!
For online registration click here
Call 1.604.885.3700
or email info@wildwomanenchanted.com
for more information

with  Nancy Mortifee

I am excited to invite you to join me September 30th – October 2nd, for a “Healing the Feminine Heart Weekend” at Cascadia Retreat Centre in Robert’s Creek. As part of the ever-evolving nature of these gatherings, I have invited my dear friend and intimacy training colleague, Deepa Narayan, to join as my special guest. Deepa and my wonderful workshop co-host Carol Sill will both lead creative and expressive practices that beautifully complement our personal “open seat” sessions. It’s a time to go deeply into ourselves, share with others and move more inwardly mindful through the busyness of the fall.

There are a number of women already committed to the weekend, so Nancy will need to hear from you promptly if you plan to participate.

HEALING THE FEMININE HEART -
Friday, Sept. 30th- Sunday, Oct. 2nd, 2011

Residential Weekend at Cascadia Retreat Centre in Robert’s Creek, Sunshine Coast.

We gather at 7pm Friday evening and finish at 2:30pm on Sunday.
Registration: $375

(includes all meals, materials and accommodation) Also, remember there is financial assistance available for those who need it. Please just ask….

More info and registration: Mortifee Training

For info on past Mindfulness and Intimacy Retreats at Cascadia:

• Spring 2011: Healing the Feminine Heart
• A Message from Ann Mortifee
• Fall 2010 Retreat
• Spring 2010 Weekend

Mariette Berinstein has been incredibly active in the Rosen community worldwide, and is offering many workshops and events at all levels, from introductory to teacher training. You can find out more on her site at Rosen Method Canada. The house at Cascadia continues to be booked for events and workshops, and now offers very affordable group getaways.

Carol Sill says: “I’ve been working on websites and publishing projects, with more books in the works. Since last year completing work with Eskova Enterprises for In Love with the Mystery by Ann Mortifee with music by Paul Horn and friends. Also assisting Nancy Mortifee in her Women’s Mindfulness and Intimacy retreats when they happen at Cascadia. The next one upcoming will be April 29-May 1. It is so great to engage in the Circle of Women and renew our connection!”

Judyth Shanley said: “Sacred and magical, a weekend of intimacy, laughter, play and harmonious sharing in a way that is new every time. Our latest weekend, our Circle of Women Retreat, was so special. The mix of old friends and new created a unique field of presence and nurturing, and an opportunity to organically weave our experiences through shared activities and stories. I delighted in being held by the house, sumptuously fed by Jonita and ultimately rejuvenated through loving sisterhood. Thank you Circle of women.”

Rita Cloutier has a new website promoting her coaching and counseling service, Getting to Core Goals, based on the Immunity to Change program. She’s offering workshops and seminars as well as one-to-one counseling, and has some events planned at the beautiful University Women’s Club at Hycroft. The next day long workshop will be on Thursday, May 12th.

Deanne Mineau said: “I have just returned from a wonderful full-body massage and I’m eating a delicious salad for lunch.  I’ve been bringing more daily personal routines into my life, since I have fewer outside obligations at the moment.  So, I’m riding my exercise bike, writing at home and with my amazing group of fellow writing travellers, doing Rosen Movement classes twice a week, checking on our returning eagles in their nest close to the house, pruning the raspberries.  I’ve begun holding drumming circles in my living room on Fridays, and am learning to let go of performance anxieties as we progress into the unknown energies of our group. Geordie and I have been planning some for our August wedding.  I am still working with Mariette at Cascadia, on a project by project basis, a few hours a week.
I’m watching an eagle out my window, in full glide circle on the updraft, in the noon sun, his white head and tail feathers as brilliant as the fresh snow on the mountains across the Straight.
I am learning that it is essential for me to spend more time Being, not Doing.”

Elizabeth MacLeod: so busy with www.wildwomanenchanted.com and the new line of essential oils and a new fragrance line!

Remarking on the event, Carol Sill said:  “Wild Woman Enchanted gave a beautiful demonstration of how the Wild Woman Mystery Card reading is enhanced with the corresponding essential oils. Insightful and intuitive understanding of the meaning of the cards is then expanded through the power of scent and colour to create a lasting impact and resonance to help you remember what the cards revealed.”

isabella mori said: “what’s new – mental health camp is being planned http://www.moritherapy.org/article/mental-health-camp-yvr-11-diversity/ and i’m terribly excited about the topic of diversity.  novel writing is going well http://www.moritherapy.org/article/another-novel-excerpt-the-birthday/; i’ve passed the 110,000 word mark on monday!  it will probably take until close to the end of the year until i get this appr. 200,000 monster done.”

New member Teri Arcand said, “So looking back today, how do I see the  awesome weekend experience with our  ‘Circle of Women’?      Well, simply, it was a ‘real’ weekend spent with ‘real’ women sharing ‘real’ lives, hopes and dreams. It is the uniqueness of each one and the generosity of all that is gift wrapped in the tiny sparkles of love shared.   ….it is this that brightens the inside corners of our lives.”

Tracey Knihnitski couldn’t make it but sent this message: “I too am so sorry I missed this soulful weekend! Sure could use some women’s collective creative energies!  Three jobs occupying my energy these days! Grateful for the opportunities – hopeful for “me” time!  SOON! Thank you for holding the circle – hoping to see you soon!”

Teresa Bockhold: You are wonderful!  Keeping all the good stuff going at my end… so much so that I am missing you all at these events.  Thanks for holding the circle on my behalf  again and again! www.teresabockholddesign.com

Elke Babicke has been nominated for the Woman Of Worth 2011:  Leader of the Year award! the event will be held on May 7th. www.theWOWevent.com

Baljit Siekham has had an amazing year, and her business, Alchemy Organizing, is still going strong.

Marielle Geoffroy is still bringing French language and culture to her college students.

Watch for more updates in the year to come.

with Rita Cloutier

Getting to CORE GOALS is a personal and professional development service which offers both one-on-one coaching and group seminars for you –  individuals, partners, and teams - who:

• Want to create sustainable development and change that reflect your core values and vision;
• Want to be released from behaviors that act as holding patterns against your best intentions and efforts to turn things around, make progress, or move to the next level;
• Want to step up to new levels of creativity and productivity in alignment with organizational change;
• Want to develop the change agent within yourself in order better to overcome an Immunity-to-Change™, and in the process open up to meaningful and sustainable personal development;
• Want to lead, collaborate, and support others in overcoming an Immunity-to-Change™.

And so . . . you may well be wondering:

To what does “immunity to change” (ITC) refer?

When is an immune system not necessarily a good thing?

To learn more about the ITC Coaching Method: Click here

Coming Soon: A Residential Workshop

at  Cascadia Retreat Centre, Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast, BC

This one-and-a-half day workshop introduces the Immunity-to-Change™ process, an overview of supplemental tools, and an introduction to resolving conflicts with “immunities” in mind.

For more information contact: rita@gettingtocoregoals.com

with Elizabeth MacLeod, creator of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards

October 1-3, 2010
Friday 7pm – Sunday 3pm
Cascadia House, Roberts Creek, BC

Step into the Mystery and be carried to places you never thought could ever exist.

Bend and stretch your edges through:

• Self Spirituality Techniques
• Awakening Meditations
• Silent Door Visualizations

We will open to the wisdom of the Wild Woman and our unique wild ways through
the art of movement, creative activity, circle and ceremony.

Retreat fee: $450 (Early Bird fee: $399 before September 1st)

Retreat fee includes mouthwatering meals and charming accommodations at Cascadia House on BC’s spectacular Sunshine Coast.
To request your space call, 1-604-885-3700
or email info@wildwomanenchanted.com
www.wildwomanenchanted.com

Here we are just testing out how the posts work so we will have a much better site in the future. We’re interested in your comments and hope to hear back from you soon. Please send us any photos you might have of the Creek and area, we’d love to post them here. Also if you have any poetry, reflections or thoughts send them over in the comment area below this section.

Photos and bios still to come: MARGUERITE BACHMANN, JACQUELINE WANG

Share our passions for the arts, creativity and healing.

Mariette Berinstein: Founder

Barbara Karmazyn

Carol Sill

Carol Stewart

Deanne Mineau

Elizabeth MacLeod

Isabella Mori

Kim Lear

Judy Shanley

Marielle Geoffroy

Baljit Siekham

Skai Fowler

Elke Babicki

Jennifer Nash

Mary Anne Pare

Teresa Bockhold

Leah Hokanson

Tracey Knihnitski

Rita Cloutier

“Music has been central to my professional life for almost three decades. As both a performer and teacher, I have made music in a wide range of contexts: from concert halls to classrooms; from formal ceremonies to campfire sing-a-longs.

Although I have been a performer for many years, music has always been a vehicle to explore creativity and the brain, a way to enter creative space with others, and a way to understand what it means to live fully in community.”

Find out more at her website, http://www.leahokanson.com