RESTORING THE SOUL: 5-Day Residential Retreat on Bowen Island, BC
Sarah, Eric, and Mika are inspired to support you to unlock your painful
stories about yourself and others, and walk through the door to embrace your full self and your meaning in the world. If you are tired
of feeling numb or frozen, getting stuck and reactive, or feeling unsure about
how to counsel others while staying present and compassionate with yourself and
your own challenges, then join us for our RESTORING
THE SOUL RETREAT.
RESTORING THE SOUL: 5-Day Residential Retreat on Bowen Island, BC
(A 20 minute ferry ride from Vancouver,
BC, Canada)
August 19-24, 2012
with Sarah Peyton and Eric Bowers
Walk away from a five-day retreat with
your cells rejuvenated, passion reclaimed, and more hope and possibility about
community and your agency and empowerment in the world.
- Discover what blocks your vitality and keeps you frozen
- Reclaim moments of trauma that cut you off from life
- Receive compassionate, empathic support to explore the places of disconnection from your soul
- Come into full aliveness, so that painful and joyful emotions and experiences are all part of the dance of your life
- Learn integrative approaches/processes for self-connection
- Experience new levels of connection with self and others
- Take away specific integrative processes that will deepen your empathy with yourself & others
- Rejuvenate your counseling or empathy experience
- Depth processes that support trans-generational healing and integration
- Reclaim lost parts of your soul.
Our 5 days at Rivendell on Bowen
Island will flow through
large group sessions, smaller break-out group sessions, partner empathy and
practice, meals, and contemplative time--meditation, labyrinth walking,
connection with nature, self-empathy, rest, writing.
PREREQUISITE:
We welcome people with varying levels of experience with NVC, and
we'd also like to offer support and opportunities for learning empathy
before the retreat to those wishing to gain more confidence in giving
and receiving empathy.
We'd love for each soul to be held with
care and receive empathic support from the group as a whole so that
everyone can feel safe to do the healing work she or he wants to do.
If you are unsure whether your NVC experience is sufficient for you
to enjoy this residential retreat, please email Eric Bowers at eric@roadtocompassion.com or Mika Maniwa ehmehm13@hotmail.com to arrange a time to discuss your concerns over the phone.
LOGISTICS:
Arrive in the afternoon on Sunday,
August 19th and depart at noon on Friday, August 24th.
Limited to 25 people maximum.
Cost: Sliding scale $950 - $1250. And we also invite you to consider
the higher end to support our sustainability and our ability to include those
with less financial resources.
Includes tuition, food and shared
accommodation. A few single rooms are available. Bowen Island
residents need only pay for tuition and food.
TO REGISTER:
Please e-mail Mika Maniwa for a registration form: ehmehm13@hotmail.com
and send a non-refundable $100 deposit with a completed registration form to hold your place. Remainder
due July 15th.
Canadian residents: send a cheque
for $100 by mail to the organizer:
Mika Maniwa
#303-1885 East Pender St,
Vancouver, BC V5L 1W6
US residents: send $100 deposit by
PayPal to Sarah Peyton peytwood@isomedia.com
