The Art, Science &
Spirituality of Sleep
A Restorative Sleep Workshop
November 15-17, 2024
Do you really want to sleep? Our invisible sleep and waking rhythms influence how we feel, what we do, and affect our relationships. This program provides practical skills that honor our body’s natural clocks that guide us toward deep and restful sleep while also honoring sleep as a sacred practice we can learn to do better. Sleep can be transformed from a struggle of deprivation to a nurturing and restorative rhythm. Learn details about sleep architecture, how to navigate challenging sleep terrain, and how to align our daily patterns to bring ourselves fully and creatively to each new dawn.
Facilitated by Jessica Del Pozo, PhD
Author of Being Awake Better & The Art of Sleep
Program, 2 Nights (Private Room), Meals & Workbook $300
Mercy Center Auburn
Auburn, CA 95722
Wisdom of the BodySoul
Dates: TBA
“To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle.
Perhaps the wildness we fear is the pause between our own heart beats, the silent space that says we live only by grace.
Wildness, wilderness lives by this same grace,
wild mercy is in our hands.
Let this be our prayer, reimagined.”
-Terry Tempest Williams
This is a series of day-long retreats that supports the healing and growth of women through reflection and connection with Divine Nature. This program interweaves essential contemplative practices, walking meditation, Qigong, journaling, and circling practices to re-wild the heart, mind, and soul. The goal is to cultivate inner harmony, free up bogged down energy, and facilitate restoration for you to leave grounded and inspired.
These retreat days will help you:
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Reconnect with the Earth and our own wild souls.
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Exhale and attune to our BodySoul’s fierce and tender wisdom.
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Embody our deepest longing and innate healing intelligence.
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Build Beloved Community and touch into our wildest inspirations.
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Explore inner and outer landscapes to recognize our indisputable belonging and interconnectedness.
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Expand and release the narratives we cling to.
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Trust our internal capacity to embrace both shadow and light.
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Empower one another to meet life with care, intention, and creativity.
Meadow Vista, California
Women's Retreats
October 13-15, 2023 [FULL]
April 19-21, 2024 [FULL]
June 23-27, 2024 [WAITLIST]
August 7-11, 2024 [WAITLIST]
These retreats fill to capacity quickly, but retreatants are frequently able to join from the waitlist. Please reach out and we will do our best to accommodate you.
September 2024, Wisdom of the BodySoul Retreats will include:
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Easy river hikes to Walk With What Is
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Contemplative practices to Sit With Stillness
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Qigong movements to Move With Light & Shadow
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Narrative writing to Journey From Here
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Grounding practices to Embody The Life You Want
Details TBD
Meadow Vista, CA
Healing Our Healers
Self-care is never a selfish act. It is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.
~Parker Palmer
When it's too much:
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Find your grounding amid the demands and the chaos
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Tend to pressing problems with grace and boundaries in place
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Lighten the weight of responsibility that is not your own
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Embrace discrepancies between personal & occupational values
Practices to sustain us:
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Connect with and attend to the heart of the matter
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Establish a healthy pace in the rapidly changing environment
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Break patterns of heavy-heartedness and restlessness
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Deepen the call and purpose of your work and your life
Facilitated by Colleen Gregg, MA & Jessica Del Pozo, PhD
Private groups scheduled upon request.