Women’s Mindfulness and Intimacy, Sept. 24-26
Once again, Cascadia welcomes the Women’s Mindfulness and Intimacy Retreat with Nancy Mortifee, assisted by Carol Sill.
The weekend residential workshop this fall gives an opportunity to explore deeply and welcome the engagement of our authentic selves.
What women say about Nancy’s workshops:
“I can truly say it exceeded all my expectations and was a much needed tonic at this time of challenge and crossroads in my life.”
“….it was your exercises and the entire experience that allowed me to come clean and flush all of my pain and fears. I truly feel a new freedom, a new energy has taken over my heart. I feel like I have taken my power back.”
“I am still feeling the glow of the work, the intention and loving circle that you created. It really was powerful energy medicine.”
The upcoming September retreat promises to be a deepening of the experience for those of you who attended in June, as well as a new transformative experience if you are attending for the first time.
As always the group size will be small to insure an intimate experience.
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of being present; the moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness of how our thoughts and feelings affect our behaviour.
What is Intimacy? Intimacy is the experience of a vulnerable and caring relationship with oneself or another, involving the feeling, expressing and receiving of authentic emotions.
Weekend Schedule:
Friday, Sept. 24th at 6:30 pm (dinner at 7)
to Sunday, Sept. 26th at 2:30 pm.
Workshop Fee:
$375.00 Includes accommodation, all meals, snacks,
and of course, chocolate
Spread the word! Link here to download the flyer for this event and feel free to email it to friends: Women’s_Fall_Retreat_2010
LINKS:
For more event details and registration info, connect with Nancy at Mortifee Training. Also, see the June Retreat Listing and Ann Mortifee’s recommendation.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Nov.5-7
Weekend Workshop with Dr. Eddie Berinstein, November 5-7, 2010, at Cascadia Centre, Roberts Creek.
Dr. Eddie Berinstein has been practicing Mindfulness and Insight Meditation since 1977 under the guidance of his teacher Anagarika Dhammadinna until her death in 1991. He has attended many Meditation Retreats and has led a Sunday evening meditation group with the Community Schools for many years.
More recently he has attended “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction – Professional Training” workshops with Jon Kabat-Zinn. Eddie is now teaching MBSR Workshops on the Sunshine Coast and is presently an Instructor with the Center for Mindfulness. He has found that the cultivation of Mindfulness has enhanced all aspects of his physical, emotional and spiritual life, as well as his professional life as a Family Physician.
MBSR was started by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late 1970’s and has since benefited thousands of people worldwide.
The cultivation of Mindfulness through Meditation Practice allows us to be more present for our moments as they unfold and to embrace the “full catastrophe” of our life in a more harmonious and balanced way. The primary purpose of the workshop is the cultivation of mindfulness into everyday life, thereby using it as a means and a tool to help deal with chronic pain, stress, and illness.
The workshop will consist of both formal and informal mindfulness practices including sitting, walking, loving kindness, and bodyscan meditation. There will be group dialogue and interaction as well as some guided body movement.
Contact Deanne or Mariette toll free 1-877-885-0179, or 604-885-0179. Email cascadia_centre@dccnet.com.
Activate the Healing Potential of the Psyche
Creative Rejuvenation for Professional Caregivers
with Mary Anne Pare, M.Ed, RCC, RPT-S, and Jenny Nash, MPCP
Fri. 6 PM Mar. 26 – Sun. 1.30 PM Mar. 28, 2010
Cascadia House on Kraus Rd, Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast, B.C.
A week-end in a supportive environment with the goal of enhancing our personal and professional selves by nurturing our imaginations and creative expression.
The focus will be on access to and rejuvenation of our own playfulness.
Structured activities include:
- story telling
- crafts
- singing
- movement
- socio-dramatic play
- game playing
There will also be free time for other nurturing activities, such as writing and painting, walking in nature, socializing, meditation, yoga, etc.
This workshop/retreat offers the opportunity to develop therapeutic skills by both exploring one’s own creativity and witnessing each others’ creative process.
The potential for change and growth resides within the Self of the client and the Self of the therapist/caregiver.
Change comes with shifts in thoughts, feelings and actions. It can also be accessed through the imagination, which activates the healing potential of the psyche.
Facilitators:
Jenny Nash and Mary Anne Pare
Jenny Nash is an experienced child and family therapist and a workshop facilitator. In both settings she brings her love of creative art, play, writing and drama.
Mary Anne Pare has worked with children and families in numerous mental health and therapeutic settings for thirty years. Her special interest and area of expertise is working with families, using an integration of play therapy and family therapy.
Location: Cascadia Retreat Centre, Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast.
Cost: $350.00 – includes delicious meals from a wonderful caterer and comfortable beds, shared rooms for 2 or 3 women.
This retreat will be for a maximum of fifteen women.
Registration Deadline: February 15, 2010
Please register by email to Mary Anne Pare: maryannepare@shaw.ca
Enquiries welcome: Phone Jenny Nash: 604-759-3567
Spring Fling!
Tracey Knihnitski, from Cascadia Retreats’ Circle of Women, is facilitating a ‘Spring Fling’ retreat at Cascadia May 29 – 3. Judy Shanley of Hiradaya Wellness, Barbara Karmazyn and Carol Stewart are also involved. So the house will again be filled with women’s joy and creativity!
Path of Peace Study Centre: Summer Program
Recreation for the Heart and Mind
Each summer the Path of Peace Study Centre presents Recreation for the Heart and Mind. Spend a weekend or more exploring and learning in scenic Roberts Creek. (It’s kind of like summer camp for grown-ups..)
MEDITATION ON PEACE
With Bonni Ross
Saturday, June 6 & Sunday, June 7, 9 am-3 pm
Early Birds $135 // $170 after April 30
Manifesting peace begins with our own bodies and minds and extends out into the world through our thoughts, words and deeds. We’ll begin each day with gentle movement to loosen the body and increase awareness. Structured sitting and walking meditation, interspersed with creative explorations, will open our senses and minds to the natural state of serenity that is within us and around us.
On-site accommodation is available for three meditators. Preference will be given to people living off of the Sunshine Coast. Please ask the registrar for details.
WRITTEN IN THE BODY
With Anthea Penne
Saturday, June 13 & Sunday, June 14, 1 pm-4 pm each day, Individual consultation from 5 – 7 pm, Saturday
Early Birds $160 // $200 after April 30
Writing that comes from a visceral place often produces a style that resonates deeply with readers. Such honesty is found by open exploration of those frequently dark places where our bodies have buried — or hidden — the residual effects of life experiences. This workshop will encourage that exploratory journey by using the medium of writing and the vocabulary of words.
Please Note: Participants are asked to come to the first session with a creative biography responding to the question, “Who am I?” Your response can be as inventive as you like: a poem, an anecdote, a list of your idiosyncrasies — whatever feels most comfortable to you.
MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION
With Dr. Eddie Berinstein
Saturday, June 20 & Sunday, June 21, 9 am – 4 pm
Early Birds $160 // $200 after April 30
MBSR was started by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the late 1970s and has since benefited thousands of people worldwide. The cultivation of mindfulness through meditation practice allows us to be more present for our moments as they unfold and to embrace the “full catastrophe” of our life in a more harmonious and balanced way. The primary purpose of the workshop is the cultivation of mindfulness into everyday life, thereby using it as a means and a tool to help deal with chronic pain, stress, and illness. The workshop will consist of both formal and informal mindfulness practices including sitting, walking, loving kindness, and body scan meditation. There will be group dialogue and interaction as well as some guided body movement.
On-site accommodation is available for this course, at $25 per night plus GST.
SEEING WITH YOUR HEART: HAVING SATISFACTION
With Robert Sinclair
Saturday, June 27 to Sunday, July 5, 10 am – 4 pm
Early Birds $600 // $750 after April 30
We are all artists. This workshop will be an exploration of clear seeing and deepening knowing through the doorway of painting and drawing. We will start the workshop using oriental brushes and ink on rice paper to stimulate the creative process of imagemaking. Following this will be an exploration of drawing as a way of clarifying our seeing and engagement with the world. Next, colour mixing exercises for those unfamiliar with watercolours. The latter part of the week focuses on blending these with watercolour painting. Various mindfulness exercises, art projects, body movements and guided visualizations will be interwoven to make a workshop of very rich exploration.
On-site accommodation is available for this course, at $25 per night plus GST.
YOGA AND ART FOR CHILDREN
With Trudy Austin
Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12 (suitable for children ages 5 -8) 10 am – 4 pm
One-day program: First Child $45 – Second Child in family $35.
This program is designed to foster joy in learning and creative expression. Through the use of yoga postures, movement and quiet time we explore ways to use the mind and body together. We have fun being a lion, warrior, cobra, turtle, tree, dancer, or even a triangle! The students move between yoga and the art table. They will be painting, collaging and voicing themselves creatively using the focus we find doing yoga. In between all that we will also take time out to read some stories and just relax together.
Registration and General information
• Fees cover only program costs.
• Participants must arrange their own accommodation and meals, and should bring refreshments and lunch each day of the program.
• Information on the venue (in Roberts Creek) will be given when you register.
• Please take careful note of start and end times of the workshop for which you are registering.
• Discounts apply to all courses when registration and payment is received before April 30.
Pre-registration and payment is required for ALL programs.
• Contact registrar Katherine Raaby, at pathofpeace@dccnet.com or 604-885-6717.
• Mail payment to Path of Peace Study Centre, PO Box 273, Roberts Creek, BC V0N 2W0.
For more information: go to the Path of Peace Study Centre website.
Path of Peace Study Centre is a BC-registered non-profit society that provides multidisciplinary learning experiences to support creative and compassionate action in the world. Path of Peace programs combine explorations of inner disciplines that lead to healing and peace on an individual level (such as meditation and non-harming ethical principles) with outer skills (such as conflict resolution and healthy group process) that make us effective as agents of wholesome change in the world.
Path of Peace is part of a network of urban and rural centres for spiritual exploration and discovery located across Canada, in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, France, Norway and Guatemala.
