with  Nancy Mortifee

I am excited to invite you to join me March 2nd – 4th, for a “Healing the Feminine Heart Weekend” at Cascadia Retreat Centre in Robert’s Creek.

In a sacred circle of women, explore tools for cultivating deeper intimacy in your relationships, beginning with yourself. Through body based meditation, artistic and emotional expression, connect with your deeper knowing, awaken to unconscious patterning, and learn to let go of behaviours that no longer serve you.

Together we will explore the issues that many women share:

• Learning to uncover and express feelings in the safety of a confidential and sacred circle.
• Sharing the challenges and joys of re-inventing ourselves in relationships, families and worklife.
• Deepening our spiritual life though meditation, stretching, music and movement.
• Discovering new avenues for creative expression using a variety of materials such as clay, collage, masks and textiles. (All of our work is experiential and every activity and process is voluntary.)
• Relaxing into beautiful natural surroundings and enjoying delicious healthy mealsOnce again I will be joined by workshop co-host Carol Sill. Creative and expressive practices will 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 this new year.

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, March 2nd- Sunday, March 4th, 2012

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.

Retreat Cost: $150 * (includes all meals, materials and accommodation)

* In keeping with Nancy’s desire to make her work as accessible as possible, she is only asking that the costs associated with the workshop be covered. She will not be taking a fee. Payment can be made in a variety of ways, so please contact her directly.

For info on past Mindfulness and Intimacy Retreats at Cascadia:

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

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

This upcoming workshop will be a very special opportunity. Rosen Method Bodywork is about the beauty and strength of our own being. In this workshop, you are invited to experience the Rosen method of transformative bodywork, with senior teachers Bill Samsel and Mariette Berinstein, at Cascadia Centre in Roberts Creek on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of BC.

Rosen Method Bodywork is unique in its use of sensitive, gentle touch and words to encourage physical and emotional awareness and relaxation. Discover new possibilities for regaining freedom of movement and more authentic self-expression.

More info at rosenmethod-canada.com

May 14th – 21th , 2011
Cascadia Centre – Roberts Creek BC

ROSEN METHOD is conscious touch. A gentle, respectful, hands-on form of bodywork. Working with chronically tight muscles, Rosen Method Bodywork encourages physical and emotional awareness. In moments of deep relaxation, long held feelings and memories may surface and be spoken. Clients often become aware of choices they made early in life around which they have shaped their lives. When this awareness happens, they discover new possibilities for regaining freedom of movement and more authentic self-expression.

Karen Roeper – Senior Teacher & Founder of Essential Motion
Karen is the Founder of Essential Motion, a somatic-based coaching process. She maintains a private practice in California and she holds a Masters Degree in Counseling and Dance Therapy. Karen leads workshops in the U.S. and Europe in addition to doing training, counseling and coaching. A student of Vipassana meditation, Karen’s primary focus is to empower people to inhabit their bodies with more grace, vitality and power.

Mariette Berinstein – Senior Teacher & Director of Rosen Method Cascadia Centre
Mariette came to Rosen Method in 1989 as a part of her personal journey, and discovered her passion for life and this work which has led her on an incredible journey. Mariette first trained with Elaine Mayland and Marion Rosen. She brings to her practice and teaching a deep respect for believing in the individual. Also, a strong belief in the sacredness of a circle and the group as a whole; she creates an allowing, safe place for the individual to reconnect with themselves. She has a private practice in Roberts Creek and West Vancouver BC.

These Intensives are for professional training, and for personal self-discovery. They give participants an opportunity to explore this work through demonstrations, movement, hands-on experience, witnessing, discussion and personal sharing in a retreat-like setting. The support of the group enriches and deepens the process.

Tuition: $960(Cdn) due April 14, payable to “Rosen Method Cascadia Centre”
Lodging & Meals: $598.40(Cdn) includes HST payable to “RM Studio”
Pay by: April 14 (includes non-refundable deposit of $250) After – April 14 – pay $673.40
For information call Deanne or Mariette at the Rosen Method Cascadia Centre
Toll-free Canada/US 1-877-885-0179 or 604-885-0179
Register on line: www.rosenmethod-canada.com

Learn to move wholeheartedly toward your vision, goals, and dreams

May 11 – 13th, 2011
Join us for a somatic movement workshop: Karen Roeper’s Essential Motion
In her original and inspiring work, Karen reconnects us with the body as our source of aliveness, creativity, and wisdom. Watching us move, Karen’s compassionate eyes observe where our bodies are stuck and where they are free. By guiding our bodies to a place of internal listening, she helps us discover and remember how we long to move.

Karen Roeper is the founder of Essential Motion. Karen’s lifelong focus has been to explore the relationships between body and emotions, the mind, and Spirit. She has conducted seminars both nationally and internationally for over twenty years. Karen holds a Masters in Counseling and Dance Therapy is a Rosen Method Bodywork Senior Teacher and is an adjunct faculty member at JFK University. She has maintained a private practice in bodywork and movement for twenty-five years. Karen is currently conducting Essential Motion Leadership Trainings in the United States, Sweden and Finland. Karen believes in curiosity, kindness and the transformative ability of each person.

Karen Roeper

“There is a power that comes from contacting the self on a visceral level—a power that leads to an opening of the heart and a return to who we truly are. I facilitate this transformation through movement—the forgotten language of the soul.” — Karen Roeper

Dates: Wed. May 11 & Thurs. May12, 9:30am 4:30PM Fri. May 13, 9:30am – 12:30 pm
Location: Cascadia Centre, Roberts Creek, BC
Fee: $285 (lunch included on Wed. and Thurs. HST $50 non-refundable deposit)
Accommodation: $100.80 (includes 3 nights lodging, breakfast, HST)
Contacts: Mariette Berinstein 604-885-0179
Toll Free 1-877-885-0179 Email: csacadia_centre@dccnet.com

www.essential-motion.com

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.

Bright and airy dining room opens out to sundeck

Cozy fireplace

Conversation nook beside window

Large open carpeted area with plenty of natural light.

Link here for more photos of the facilities at Cascadia House

April 15-17, 2011
MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION with Dr. Eddie Berinstein
Call Cascadia Centre – 604-885-0179 or tollfree 1-877-885-0179, email Deanne at cascadia_centre@dccnet.com

April 28 – May 1, 2011
WOMEN’S MINDFULNESS AND INTIMACY “Healing the Feminine Heart” with Nancy Fischer Mortifee, assisted by Carol Sill
Register directly with Mortifee Training. Email Nancy at:  nancy@mortifeetraining.com, Call:  604-266-6785
info http://mortifeetraining.com

May

May 4-8
Seams SEW SPECIAL
Contact Kerrin Brookes 604-885-3822, kerrin@sewspecial.com
info http://www.sewspecial.com

May 11-14, 2011
ROSEN Method Movement “Essential Motion” with Mariette Berinstein
Call Cascadia Centre – 604-885-0179 or tollfree 1-877-885-0179, email Deanne at cascadia_centre@dccnet.com
info www.rosenmethod-canada.com

May 14-21, 2011
ROSEN Method BODYWORK INTENSIVE with Mariette Berinstein
Call Cascadia Centre – 604-885-0179 or tollfree 1-877-885-0179, email Deanne at cascadia_centre@dccnet.com
info www.rosenmethod-canada.com

May 28, 2011
ROSEN Method Open House with Mariette Berinstein
Call Cascadia Centre – 604-885-0179 or tollfree 1-877-885-0179, email Deanne at cascadia_centre@dccnet.com
info www.rosenmethod-canada.com