Summer Solstice Renewal Retreat:
Nourishing Your Life’s Garden with Full Moon Vision Boarding
and Reiki-Infused Yoga Nidra
Susan Miller, PhD, LCMHC, NCC – Expressive Arts Therapist and Reiki Practitioner
Kathleen Yount – Yoga Instructor
Time: 1:30 – 7:30pm
When: Saturday June 22nd 2024
Where: Current Wellness in Downtown Raleigh; 219 East South Street
What to bring: A favorite journal, writing pen, bagged supper
What is provided: art supplies and snacks, water, tea/coffee, yoga mats and supplies
Fee: $149
Come celebrate the Summer Solstice! Join us in a creative, peaceful afternoon retreat for re-set and renewal. Under the warm glow of the Full Strawberry Moon (6/21), you will tend the Garden of Your Life Vision by creating a beautiful vision board and journaling deep about your dreams and desires. You will be invited to end this transformational experience with a dreamy hour of Reiki-Infused Yoga nidra that will leave you refreshed and restored.
Summer Solstice (6/20) is all about nourishment and growth, developing trust in what we have already begun in our lives, symbolically represented by the Garden of Life. In the Spring of Life, we plant the seeds, then develop patience and trust waiting for our life to Bloom in the Summer of Life. In this waiting time there is a lot going on underneath the surface. Vision Boarding is a creative practice that helps you plant seeds, dig deep into the soil of your life, nourish your soul, and watch your life bloom. June’s Full Strawberry Moon is seen as a symbol of good luck, happiness, and growth and serves as a reminder that no matter what struggles we face in life, there is always an opportunity to watch ourselves grow into the life we desire.
This Summer Solstice Renewal Retreat offers us time to listen in to what nourishes our soul and to develop intentions that will help us to live our authentic life. You will have lots of summer, garden and moon images (and much more!) to use on your powerful duo Summer Solstice Full Strawberry Moon Vision board. Once you sign up, a welcome email will arrive a week or so before the retreat.
Yoga Nidra
Katherine Yount is your yoga teacher for this anti-hustle practice. Yoga nidra, sometimes translated at yogic sleep, is a guided relaxation practice that is meant to progressively relax you at every level: body, mind, heart, spirit.
We’ll begin with a very short, very gentle movement practice to release tension, and then you will be invited to lie down or sit in a comfortable, supportive position as Kathleen guides you through a meditative exploration of the inner landscape. Release muscle tension and fatigue, build resilience in your nervous system — take a journey inward to nourish, refresh, and restore your soul. This class is like giving yourself a big, warm hug.
Full Moon Vision Boarding:
Susan Miller is a licensed therapist and provides a safe environment to explore your life vision through Full Moon Vision Boarding. This is a creative practice of collaging a vision board on a 16×20 paper board with images, words, phrases, fine art papers, ephemera and embellishments. This process includes connecting with the Full Moon energy through guided meditations, juicy journaling prompts that guide you into an experience of tapping into your inner wisdom to recognize and implement the true desires of your authentic self. It is fun, creative and very meaningful. This vision board will serve to guide you through the month, season or year in setting intentions and goals for your life.
Reiki:
Reiki is a method of stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The technique was developed in Japan and is administered by the laying on of hands or hovering hands over a person’s body or by distance, using hands from a distance or even virtually. It is based on the idea that all living things have a special energy flowing through them called life energy. When your life energy is high, you’ll feel strong and confident, be more relaxed and centered and less likely to get sick. When it is low, you’ll often feel tired, be more easily affected by stress and less resistant to illness.
Reiki is a Japanese word that comes from two words – Rei and ki. In the Japanese language, these words can mean different things depending on how they are used and how they are combined with other words. When they are used together for the practice of healing, the word Rei means universal spirit, Higher Power or God. The word ki refers to the life energy that flows through all living things. Therefore, Reiki means life energy that is guided by God.
A Reiki treatment is a way of increasing your life energy. A practitioner will transmit Reiki to the client through the hands. The hands are lightly placed on or hover over the body in various positions around the head, shoulders, stomach and feet. The practitioner can also offer Reiki from a distance or virtually with their hands.
Reiki energy has an intelligence of its own and is always going to provide benefits to the client’s highest good. A treatment can feel like a warm glowing radiance that flows through the body. It is a very relaxing experience and some clients report the body feeling heavy as it relaxes and yet the spirit or emotions feeling light at the same time. A treatment will usually release negative feelings or thoughts leaving the client feeling more positive, light hearted and with feelings of well-being.
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