Last week I lead a women’s retreat in a beautiful local garden.
The theme was “Living in Full Bloom.” One activity was to stroll through the garden absorbing the environment with all of your senses. When you come upon something that really attracts or excites you, sit down and color it. (Everyone was given their own box of crayons!!!) Then write one or two sentences starting, “I like this ______ because…”
When we joined together as a group, everyone shared their artwork and description. Then I asked them to re-read the same passage but starting with, “I like myself because…”
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I have just returned from the US Virgin Islands where I led a
women’s retreat, entitled “Embracing Change & Moving Gracefully
through Life.” Once again, I was awed by the power of sisterhood that
occurs when women gather together with focus and intention.
We stayed in the beautiful eco-resort Maho Bay Camps on St John’s
Island. Living in tent cabins, eating and meeting in open air
pavilions, and basking in the Caribbean seas, our senses were saturated
by the sounds and rhythms of nature. On the first two days we explored
the phenomena of change and how to manage the inevitable transitions of
life. I presented the signs, purpose, and detours of the Seasons of
Change module created by Carol McClelland, and my co-leader Linda
Marrical explained the principles of yin/yang and the natural flow of
the five elements as described by Chinese medicine.
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