RETREATS & TRAVEL EDITION                  Feb. 9, 2012

SUBMIT EVENTS • VIEW NEWSLETTERS • ADVERTISING • BYREGION NETWORK • FORWARD TO A FRIEND SPIRIT CARD Emotional Healing by Beth Budesheim Visit the Spirit Card Center Online Events and Teleclasses Events Index FEATURED EVENTS / WEBSITES HolisticGlobeRadio Healing Arts Conference & Exhibits - NYC Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 NYC Seminar & Conference Center, 71 West 23rd Street 1st Floor New York, NY 10am-6pm A Day for Healing, Personal Transformation, Education & Networking. Meet and connect with local and national experts, special guests, alternative healers, holistic practitioners, spiritual and intuitive healers, light-workers and body-workers, medical prophets and visionaries. Take a class, explore a healing modality, get a reading and support our presenters! Also make sure you enjoy our exhibits, selective conscious products and positive-health living resources. Receive the gift of healing: physical-mental-emotional-spiritual transformation. Allow our amazing healers and experts to touch your life, help your needs and alleviate your sorrows. More info: see the website. Sponsorship and vendor opportunities available. Call Maria Baez at 954-634-7352 2012 Organic Growers School Spring Conference The Southeast’s largest sustainable agriculture conference is coming up! Join over 2000 organic gardeners, farmers, food activists, chefs, and conscious consumers for the 19th annual Organic Growers School March 3 & 4, 2012 at UNC-Asheville. Choose from over 100 workshops on themes such as permaculture, commercial farming livestock, cooking, landscaping, forestry, food preservation, and more! In addition to classes and hands-on demos, the event features a weekend-long program for kids (ages 7-12), trade show, seed and plant exchange and silent auction. Register online by February 15th and pay just $40 per day. Information and registration online at organicgrowersschool.org Retreats at the Prama Institute • Yoga Detox Retreat March 16-18, 2012 • Yoga of Silence Retreat April 6-8, 2012 • Yummy Yoga Retreat April 13-15, 2012 The Prama Institute is a non-profit, holistic retreat center located on 130 beautiful acres in Marshall, NC, about 25 minutes outside Asheville. Our scenic and peaceful surroundings create the perfect place for educational workshops, yoga retreats, yoga workshops, spiritual retreats, workplace seminars, and other events. Besides the high-quality retreats and workshops that the Institute organizes all year round, the facility is also available for rent to all types of groups, organizations, businesses, and individuals for personal retreats. Let us help you in creating your own successful workshop or seminar. For more info call (828) 649-9408 or visit pramainstitute.org Spiritual and Personal Development Retreats with Journey to the Heart All of you know the majestic importance of this year. I am sure many of you have already felt the intensity of the energies going around. This is truly a year of change and opportunity; I hope you feel the excitement to be alive and be able to be the witness. Your inner preparation is very, very important. Every action, and energy that you emanate, the way you relate to others, your capacity to love and how much are you willing to let go of the past will determine your future as we enter the new planetary cycle of 26,000 years. * Opening your Chakras to the energy of 2012 in Mexico * Shamanic Healing Techniques in Mexico * PsychoSpiritual Integration in Peru * Akashic Records Intensive in Mexico * Akashic Records Intensive in India * Mayan Vibrational Alignment in Costa Rica * End of the Cosmic Cycle of 26,000 years in Guatemala For complete details and pricing please see journeytotheheart.com. Catch a Falling Star and other prints by visionary artist Francene Hart are available for only $45 each. Each print is 12x18, matted, sealed and signed. For more info click here. Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck Visionary artist Francene Hart designed this Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck. It includes a 128-page 6X9 paperback book with 64 full-color oracle cards in a beautifully boxed set. For more info or to order see this page. ONGOING EVENTS through May 31, 2012 - Kelowna, BC.  Sober But Stuck? Have you been clean and sober for quite a while yet find yourself: • Unhappy or discontented? • Having difficulties in your marriage or other relationships? • Feeling stuck? • Trapped in your work? • Feeling lonely, misunderstood? • Full of grief or sorrow? • Angry or resentful for past hurts? • Worried about what tomorrow may bring? Treat yourself to an individualized renewal retreat! Personal recovery coaching! One, two or three weeks. Contact Us Today and Book Now! - Time: one, two or three week retreats - - Location: A Home Away Retreat - URL: view website - Contact: email contact - Cost: Contact Info for details - Entered by ahomeaway.byregion.net through Jan 12 2015 - Santa Barbara.  On-Going Watsu® & WRT Water Release Therapy® Private Sessions Many clients find 'Receiving' a private WRT Water Release Therapy® Session can provide the perfect creative experience of healing integration whether above and/or below the surface of the water. As an Aquatic Art with origins from Watsu®, WaterDance, Deep Presence, Breath, Somatic Therapy and Yoga, the Private WRT Session is designed to release trauma, old patterns and holding stored in the body and mind. - Time: 09:00 AM to 6:00 PM, book by appt. only; offering 1, 1.5 and 2.0 hour Sessions - - Location: Healing Waters - URL: view website - Contact: 805.569.7047 email contact view website - Price: 165.00 - Entered by eoeee.byregion.net through Dec 31, 2015 - Santa Barbara, CA.  WRT Water Release Therapy® Intensives 2-3 day Water Release Therapy Intensives - Time: 09:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 6 to 12 hours over 2 to 3 days - - Location: Healing Waters in Santa Barbara, CA Warm 97 degree purified salt and mineral system in ground pool designed for this work. - URL: view website or view website - Contact: 805.569.7047 email contact view website view website - Cost: $810 for 6 hours. - Entered by eoeee.byregion.net EVENTS, TELECLASSES, & WORKSHOPS Feb 09 to 12 - Delray, FL. Honoring & Healing the Goddess Within!. On this special weekend before Valentine’s Day we celebrate and honor our inner beauty, strength and love within a sacred circle of sisterhood. Shanti Gilbert and her support team of Carolina Zacaria and Debra Kelly will create the opportunity for you to find your balance and harmony through group activities, ceremony, body work, channeling the divine, energy medicine and guided meditations. Together we will walk the labyrinth, share in a fire and pipe ceremony, experience a singing bowl meditation and so much more – all designed to help you to release those feelings of being off balanced, overworked or whatever is blocking your peace and sanity. - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you - Price: Single occupancy: $1105.00 USD per person, Double occupancy: $995.00 USD per person, Triple occupancy: $955.00 USD per person, Commuter rate: $765.00 USD per person (includes all teachings, modalities, ceremonies and meals) - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Feb 20 to 24 - Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas - organized from Vermont. Sound, Healing and Consciousness. Zacciah Blackburn, director of the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies, leads this 5-day retreat. Sound healing is a growing therapeutic field proven to enhance wellness and creativity at many levels of our being. Modern science and therapeutic applications are adding to our understanding of the nature of sound. We will utilize techniques with voice and simple instruments to enhance awareness and integration of sound in personal and professional practice. We shall explore the nature of authentic healing, and utilize esoteric sound practices to realize heightened states of wellness and self realization. No musical talent or prior experience is necessary. - Location: Sivananda Yoga Center - URL: view website - Contact: email contact / 802-674-9585 - Price: Please see our site for pricing details. - Entered by zbram.byregion.net Mar 03 to 10 - Mexico. Mar De Jade, Mexico: Trance Dance – Opening the Chakras to the Energies of 2012 . Join author and Shaman Ernesto Ortiz for this powerful Trance Dance retreat to Mar de Jade in Chacala, Mexico! The energy of 2012 is upon us, the time is short and we must prepare for the vibrational alignment that is already taking place. In this retreat we will explore the magical self, the mystical self, the wild self, the sensual self. We will use highly evocative music, sounds and drumming to induce trance like states and explore the inner potential of Trance. If you love to enjoy life, if you like to celebrate freedom, if you are passionate about the world we live in and want or does contribute to a better world, this retreat is for you! - Time: 4:00 PM to 10:00 AM - Location: Mar de Jade - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you - Price: see website for details - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Mar 08 to 18, 2012 - Egypt - organized from Florida. Egypt: Remembrances, Exploring the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries. During this heart-opening journey with facilitator Samvedam Randles, we’ll dream our own spiritual transcendence just as the ancient mystery school initiates did thousands of years ago through ceremony, meditation and group process. Using the mythology, stories and archetypes of the ancients we come to understand who we really are – the limitless consciousness that creates the very fabric of this reality. We’ll experience the powerful energies at these sacred sites – compelling us to transcend rather than being enslaved by the old stories and mythologies of our ego-minds. - Location: Egypt, Cairo, Island of Philae, Edfu, Sphinx, Luxor, Karnak, Denderah - URL: view website - Contact: Sheri with Journeys of the Spirit at 727-421-0849 or email email contact. - Price: The 2012 trip cost is $4995.00 USD per person double occupancy INCLUDING international flights from JFK, internal flights to Abu Simbel, plus ALL meals. - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Mar 09 to 11, 2012 - Albuquerque, NM . Past Life Regression Intensive Weekend. For those who are ready to go deeper to access transformative inner guidance and clarity, we are offering a full weekend of personal work that includes Regression Therapy, Shamanic Healing, Channeling Your Highest Guidance and Holotropic Breathwork. - Location: The Source for Creating Sacredness, 1111 Carlisle SE - URL: view website - Contact: Soul Resources (505) 271-4612 email contact - Ticket: 195.00, with $50.00 deposit received before March 5th. Afterwards $245.00 - Entered by soulresources1.byregion.net - See website Mar 16 to 18, 2012 - Sedona, AZ. The Yoga of Writing: A Woman's Writing & Meditation Retreat in Sedona Arizona. In mystical Sedona: for many, writing is a spiritual practice which leads to a profound experience of timelessness and present moment awareness. A single moment of inspiration can become an eternity. That is also true of meditation. For those who practice meditation, life is transformed physically, spiritually, and emotionally. You’ll write, listen to yourself, and be heard, perhaps for the very first time. No writing or meditation experience is necessary. Facilitated by meditation instructor Sarah McLean and writer/artist Victoria Nelson. - Time: Begins at 4 pm Friday & ends before lunch Sunday - Location: Briar Patch Inn, in Oak Creek Canyon - URL: view website - Contact: Contact Sarah McLean at 928.204.0067 or email email contact - Price: 345.00, Includes most meals. Lodging is available onsite with private or shared cabins available. - Entered by sarahinsedona.byregion.net - See website Mar 23 to 25 - Denver, Colorado. "The Clairvoyant Experience" Workshop & Retreat. The goal of this fast paced, comprehensive workshop is to get you to a place where you know absolutely, for sure, that you do have psychic ability, that you do know how to access information about anyone, anything, and that you know how to call upon your psychic and healing abilities at will once the class is completed. Reading other people with an emphasis on accessing visual information, mediumship and freestyle remote viewing will be explored as well. As with all our classes, we weave in the theme of helping you to manifest your dreams, overcome obstacles, update your frequency, experience energy and energy shifts and get in touch with the core of your soul and the inherent power within the innermost part of you. - Time: 6:00 PM Friday Night open to all, Saturday and Sunday 9 to 4 - Location: The Grant Church and Community Center - Contact: Debra Lynne Katz view website - Ticket: 395.00, 350 if Paid before March 1. - Entered by debrakatz.byregion.net Mar 29 to Apr 03 - Nicaragua. Agua Nicaragua: Soul*Full Sisters – Spirituality & Photography by the Sea. Join photographer Catherine Just, spiritual author Sheri Rosenthal, and a bevy of Soul*Full Sisters for this heart-centered creative spiritual retreat. Through the medium of photography and sacred spiritual space we will explore our creative process in a nourishing, non-judgmental and FUN environment. It’s about finding your true passion and artistic voice even if you have never taken a picture or drawn a straight line in your life. Each day we’ll explore opening our heart-space while setting those harsh inner thoughts to rest. Using gentle journaling, ceremony, group circles, Sheri’s spiritual sharings, and Catherine’s playful photo assignments – we’ll let go of any preconceived ideas of what we can or cannot create in life and open to the energy of infinite consciousness as it expresses through each one of us! - Location: Agua Nicaragua Retreat Center - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: see website - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Apr 06 to May 06 - Chiangrai, Chiangmai, Mae Sai, Sukhotai, Ayudthaya - organized from Florida. Annual, Spring Thai Yoga Training in Thailand!. 180 hours professional training and accredited certification in Thai Yoga Massage, trekking, sacred vortex's, waterfalls, beaches, temples, elephants, food and soo much more. Includes airfare, room and board, classes, guides, in-country transportation, and exceptional opportunities to work and assist Thai people! - Time: All day for 30 days... - Location: various cities and villages in Thailand, Chiangmai, Chaingrai, Mae Sai, Sukhotai, Ayudthaya, Bangkok and Koh Samuii, Thailand - URL: view website for more details and registration. - Contact: ITTA, Inc. at (760) 641-0756 or E-Mail: email contact - Price: 3,495.00 (Early Registration) - Entered by thaiyogacenter.byregion.net - See website Apr 07 to 08, 2012 - Givens Hot Springs, Idaho. 2-Day Wilderness Retreat 'Journey Song' . Shamanic process to retrieve your ‘real’ identities. Every human is a primary CODE. Being in Wild Nature is very helpful to recover your primary Codes as well as how to disseminate your extensive resources. Smoking Mirror Ceremonies ... reveal your LifeWork. - Time: 9am to 4pm each day - Location: Owyhee Desert - URL: view website - Contact: pre-registration email contact 208.599.1004 - Price: $95 per person - not including lodging or transportation Apr 12 to 16, 2012 - England - organized from NC. Lomi 5 Day Intensive Devon, England. 5 full days of hawaiian restorative healing methods in Lomilomi! 42 CE's - Time: 08:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Location: Sefton Hotel, Devon England - URL: view website - Contact: Gloria Coppola 828 713 3521 or email contact - Price: $795.00 US, GPB 494. Early Registration if paid in full by Nov 30, 2011 $695.00 US Deposit to secure your space must be received by December 30, 2011: $200.00 US ~ GPB 124. Balance due by March 1, 2012. Rooms with breakfast available at 40 GPB or $65 US/night - Entered by xyonia820.byregion.net Apr 25 to 28 - Payson, Arizona. 76 Hours of Healing Within - A Weekend Intensive Workshop & Retreat for Adult Female Survivors of Incest & Sexual Abuse. With Intensive Group Therapy & adjunct Equine Assisted Psychotherapy; Healing through Psychodrama, Guided Imagery, Inner Child Work, Art Therapy, and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Build Confidence, Be Empowered, Break Through Stuck Points, End Re-enactment, Increase Body Awareness & Heal the Past Horses Have a Way of Making it all Very Real - Please Join Us - Get Real at Veritas! - Time: Wednesday @12:30 PM through Saturday @ 4:30 PM - Location: Private Cabin Located just 20-30 minutes outside of - URL: view website - Contact: Veritas Counseling Center, LLC 602-863-3939 - Ticket: 997.00, Fee Includes Group Psychotherapy, Food, Lodging, and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. ***Save up to $300 with Various Early Registration Discount Options*** - Entered by veritas.byregion.net Apr 29 to May 04 - AZ. SEDONA: Goddess Healing Spiritual Retreat . Ladies, join Shanti during this unprecedented time of awakening celebrating the Gaelic festival of Beltane. Our time together will include: sharing in circle, walking the land, exploring sacred sites, stretching our bodies and minds through activities such as movement class and guided visualizations. You’ll participate in pipe, fire and Beltane celebration ceremonies. Each person will receive a bodywork treatment from Joumana, voted the best massage therapist in Sedona – and have their astrology chart interpreted by Rosine Fievet, who’s been charting and assisting folks in discovering their soul’s purpose for over 3 decades! - Location: Briar Patch Inn located along beautiful Oak Creek in Sedona - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: see website - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net May 10 to 13, 2012 - South Lake Tahoe, NV. The Heart Opening Retreat. Immerse yourself in the glorious surroundings of Lake Tahoe and give yourself a retreat designed to truly open your heart. Deeply uplifting music, singing, call and response chanting, guided and silent meditations, gentle self-discovery exercises and nourishing time in nature will lead you to rest into the blissful stillness of your own being. The retreat is facilitated by presenter/performing artist Kathy Zavada and meditation trainer Sarah McLean. They will skillfully lead participants into: * Deep Silent & Guided Group Meditations * Heart-centered Chanting & Uplifting Music * Truthful and Heartfelt Communication Practices * The Yoga of Breath - Pranayama * Harmonizing with the Nature's Rhythms * Meditation in Motion - Mindfulness Practices * Communion & Reflecting in Nature - Location: Zephyr Point Conference Center - URL: view website - Contact: Registration: Click on the blue button below for a registration form, or call 928.204.0067 or email email contact. - Price: 375.00, Early registration(21 days in advance) is payable in full at the time of registration. This fee does not include housing. $425 for regular registration - Entered by sarahinsedona.byregion.net May 14 to 22, 2012 - England - organized from Florida. Sacred Britain: A Women's Journey to Avalon. Get ready for a private visit to the beautiful and tranquil gardens of Chalice Well, one of the true healing places in this land where you are encouraged to drink from the holy well. Join us for a private visit to Stonehenge, plus so much more! Joining trip leaders Sheri Rosenthal and Cameron Broughton are local experts who will share the many secrets of these ancient lands hidden behind the veil of modern society. - Location: Tintagel, St Nectan’s Glen, Cheddar Gorge, Glastonbury - URL: view website - Contact: Sheri with Journeys of the Spirit at 727-421-0849 or email email contact. - Price: $2845.00 USD per person double occupancy. Single supplement $325.00 USD per person. If the exchange rate increases by more than 5% the trip price will increase slightly. - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net May 17 to 22 - Mexico. Chichen Itza: Shamanic Healing Techniques in the Heart of the Mayan Lands. Join author and Shaman Ernesto Ortiz for this powerful retreat to Chichen Itza, Mexico! The Shamanic Journey is an ancient but eternally relevant way to contact the timeless reality that exists parallel to and just out of sight of the world we so mistakenly call “reality.” You’ll learn: Soul Retrieval & Power Animal Retrieval techniques, medicine bundle & medicine wheel teachings, and so much more! Optional Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony. We’ll be staying at the Hotel Oka’an Retreat Center located in the jungle of Chichen Itza near the pyramids nestled in the midst of the mystical energy that supports transformation and initiation. - Time: 4:00 PM to 10:00 AM - Location: Chichen Itza - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: Double Occupancy: ~$1757.00 USD (To Be Confirmed) Optional Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony: $100.00 USD per person - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net May 25 to 27 - Hermanville-sur-Mer, Normandie, France. Fondements de la science de Barbara Brennan - France. La science de Barbara Brennan (auteure du Pouvoir bénéfique des mains) est une science énergétique qui combine l'imposition des mains avec des processus psychologiques et spirituels.... qui touchent à tous les aspects de votre vie. En vous joignant à nous, vous serez mis en contact avec votre habilité de donner des traitements par imposition des mains ainsi qu'une ouverture de vos habilités latentes de percevoir le champ énergétique. - Time: 7:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Location: La Ferme les Noyers, 200 rue du Tour de Ville, - URL: view website - Contact: Roland Bérard 514-710-3870, email contact Lydie Letouzé 02-31-97-11-97, email contact - Price: 265$, 250€ si payé avant le 20 avril 2012 - Entered by horizons.byregion.net Jun 06 to 10 - Oregon Coast. The Oregon Coast: Women's Travel Photography Retreat. Join award-winning photographer Catherine Just on this amazing photography workshop and women’s spiritual retreat. We’ll be relaxing for 4 days in a beautiful oceanfront home set along the stunning Oregon beach. As we observe and listen to the ocean – we’ll have the opportunity to delve deep into the heart of our own creative process. Surrounded by the wild Oregon landscape, you’ll have unlimited potential for quiet image making and communion between yourself and nature. - Location: Oceanfront Manzanita Beach House - URL: view website - Contact: To learn more about this amazing journey, contact Sheri with Journeys of the Spirit at 727-421-0849 or email email contact. - Price: Our photography workshop tuition is $385.00 USD – now simply choose a 4 night rooming package at our home! - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Jun 21, 2012 - Boise, Idaho.  Summer Solstice Gathering GrandMother Earth and her families are honored in their time of awakening dreams. EarthCentered Spirituality moves in the cycles of the seasons. Summer is flowing of dreams maturing. - Time: call and register - - Location: Danskin Mtns - URL: view website - Contact: EarthThunder email contact - Cost: overflow donation Jul 01 to 07 - Baja, Mexico. Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja Mexico: Sisterhood, Sand & Sun! . Are you looking for an amazing place in nature to unwind, relax and commune with your sisters, delicious home-cooked meals straight from the sea, and time to explore the issues that are creating sticking points in your life? Join author Sheri Rosenthal and 10 other women in this remote natural reserve in the magical Sea of Cortez – uninhabited by other humans and free from the distractions of our daily lives. If you’re a woman in the process of making changes in her life (who isn’t?), who wants to deeply explore the issues surrounding your circumstances, this is a journey you can’t afford to miss. - Time: 4:00 PM to 10:00 AM - Location: Isla Espiritu Santo - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: $1895.00 USD per person triple occupancy, $2175.00 USD per person double occupancy - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Jul 19 to 25 - Salt Spring Island, BC. Mid-Summer Sanctuary . Lake Front slice O'heaven featuring Kundalini yoga, massage, vegetarian meals and island excursions. This is our most relaxed themed retreat: visit Ganges, listening to live music, kayak or beachcomb. - Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM - Location: Salt Spring Island - URL: view website - Contact: email contact 1-888-989-9642 - Price: Retreat Package starts at $990.00 + GST - Entered by pfyoga.byregion.net Jul 16 to 20 - Volcano Village, Hawaii.  Hawaiian Shaman Intensive Workshop A five-day, intensive training in Hawaiian shamanism and Huna. - Time: 08:00 AM to 2:30 PM - - Location: Hale Huna - Aloha International Center in Volcano Hawaii - URL: view website - Contact: email contact or 808-985-8880 - Cost: $2000.00 per person - Entered by hunaworks.byregion.net Aug 05 to 11, 2012 - Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Raising Empowered, Radiant Daughters: Mother/Daughter Retreat . Katherine Woodward Thomas, co-founder of the Feminine Power Global Community, and her daughter, Alexandria, age 10, invites mothers, grandmothers aunties and friends and the girls they love to join them on a magical, joy filled, transformative journey to the beautiful, serene setting of Costa Rica. Katherine has empowered the lives of tens of thousands of women worldwide. Now, she is bringing her life-altering teachings to the next generation, by training parents and caregivers alike in the practical practices and tools they need in order to need to raise radiant, healthy, happy and powerful daughters. - Location: Pura Vida Spa - URL: view website - Contact: Sheri with Journeys of the Spirit at 727-421-0849 or email email contact. - Price: Complete pricing can be found on the website - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Aug 09 to 19 - Mexico. Teotihuacan, Mexico: Akashic Records Intensive. Personal and professional transformation begins during this Intensive with author and Shaman Ernesto Ortiz at one of the most celebrated sacred sites in the world: Teotihuacán, culminating in a lasting commitment to a better life and world. Our Akashic Records training program is designed to engage the serious spiritual seeker, the one who knows he/she has a greater mission in life. This is a powerful retreat – one that will profound affect your growth, your process, your personal healing and inspiration. We stay at the The Dreaming House, enjoying delicious home-cooked food sleeping in the magic energy of these sacred ruins. - - Location: Teotihuacan - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: To be announced! - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net - See website Aug 16 to 20 - Salt Spring Island, BC. Silent Retreat. Sshhhhhhh - Soothe your Soul Savour the Sights & Silence of Salt Spring. We hear it all the time, “All you need to know is within you”. Sometimes it just takes holding your tongue to tune out the noise and tune in to your inner Wisdom. Enjoy all the regular activities that our scheduled retreats offer but do them in Silence. Your other senses and awareness are heightened when you slow the chatter of mouth and mind. This simple meditation technique can be challenging for some but its power can be felt immediately. If you’ve never tried Silence before this retreat is for you. Less austere than an ashram and more fun than being alone! - Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM - Location: Salt Spring Island - URL: view website - Contact: email contact 1-888-989-9642 - Price: Retreat Package starts at $990.00 + GST - Entered by pfyoga.byregion.net Sep 05 to 09 - Monterey Coast, California. The Monterey Peninsula: Brave • Soul*Full • Intuitive You!. In this playful heart-centered retreat with painter Flora Bowley and photographer Catherine Just, we will explore a whole new way of painting and photography from a space of freedom, non-judgment and experimentation. This process is about loosening up, letting go of expectations, trusting yourself, having fun and allowing your art to unfold naturally. This is a process-based retreat that will empower you with a toolbox of new techniques as well as a new perspective to approach your work. This is a very playful, supported, and forgiving experience and no prior painting, photography or background in spirituality is necessary. All you need is an open mind. - Location: Asilomar Retreat Center - URL: view website - Contact: To learn more about this amazing journey, contact Sheri with Journeys of the Spirit at 727-421-0849 or or 866-866-5566 or email email contact. - Price: workshop tuition is $385.00 USD – plus your 4 night rooming and meal package at Asilomar! - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Sep 06 to 10 - Salt Spring Island, BC. Fall Cleanse. De-tox & de-stress after all the excess. Use healing & cleansing food, yoga, meditation, massage & more to release toxic thoughts & wastes. Then fill your cup with Pranic filled food and fresh oxygenated air. Our bodies are like sponges that absorb the good and the bad. We wash our clothes, our cars our hair.... When was the last to time you cleaned your kidneys, liver or colon? Fall is the perfect time to release toxins and waste matter from the mind and waist-line! - Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM - Location: De-tox & de-stress after all the excess. - URL: view website - Contact: email contact 1-888-989-9642 - Price: Retreat Package starts at $710.00 + GST - Entered by pfyoga.byregion.net Sep 07 to 10 - Port Townsend, WA. Akashic Records Integration Process Retreat & Workshop - Fall 2012. Module A: "Learn to Open Your Akashic Records". The Akashic Records are an unconditionally loving resource, which can assist you to better understand yourself and your life. Your Records include every thought, word, deed, emotion, and intention of your soul through all lifetimes. Gain greater knowledge of your life purpose, talents, relationships, and creativity. Activate your inner healing. Find your OWN answers for 2012 in a way that is profoundly relevant to you. Prequisites: your inner soul calling and strong commitment to access your Records. - Time: Welcome 3pm Fri afternoon, 10 to 5 on weekend, wrap up - Location: Historic Fort Worden State Park - URL: view website - Contact: Rev. Sandra Gelinas - "Sandira" 828-272-6660 8AM - 4PM EST - Price: Retreat & Wkshop Paid by August 1: $535, Early Bird Paid by July 1: $485 Fort Worden private Queen Bdrm: Non-refundable after July 1: $185 Retreat includes 19+ hours of Akashic Records contact time: 1. One hour pre-workshop Private Akashic Records Consultation with Sandra. 2. Two-Day Experiential of 12 hours with comprehensive Workshop Manual. 3. Three follow-up conference calls of two hours each. 4. Monthly Akashic Gatherings with other students (usually by conference call) to nurture your abilities in the Akashic Field. Sep 19 to 23, 2012 - Arizona. TUCSON, AZ: Reconnecting to Truth through Horse Wisdom . This expansive journey compels you to reconnect with the truth of who you are through the mirror of the horse. You will discover how these amazing equine guides are naturally dynamic and gifted spiritual teachers, revealing powerful insights that enable us to make life changing personal transformation. Experience the infinite wisdom they offer us by providing instant, non-judgmental feedback, reflecting back to us our inner-landscape and how we are moving through the world. During this profound time you will have the unique chance to explore how horses act as incredible guides and teachers, reflecting back to us what we are projecting out to the world. We will meld a keen understanding of horse language, with powerful and dynamic personal growth work, leading to profound and immediate results! - Time: 4:00 PM to 10:00 AM - Location: Tucson - URL: view website - Contact: Want to Join Us? Questions? Give us a ring at 727-421-0849 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Price: The 2012 trip cost is: $1985.00 USD per person double occupancy, meals included. - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Oct 01 to 11 - Kauai, Hawaii - organized from Florida. Lomilomi Hawaiian Residential Retreat. Join us for this 11-day, 10-night residential retreat in Kauai. This retreat includes: • Cleansing rituals to prepare yourself as a channel of healing • Excursions to sacred sites to connect with the ancestors and their blessings of healing • Field trips designed to delight your inner child • Ho'oponopono protocols to create balance in your life and let go of cherished wounds • Hawaiian Temple Style Lomi -- lots of Lomi! Registration fee includes meals, shared ohana-style accommodations and course fees and materials. Immerse yourself in the land of Aloha! 48 CE hours. - Time: 12:00 PM to PM:00 00 - Location: Retreat Center - URL: view website - Contact: email contact or 786.261.6170 - Price: 2550.00, Advanced registration price ends 30 April 2012. Bring a table and save an additional $100. - Entered by sacredbodywork.byregion.net Oct 14 to 20 - Costa Rica - organized from Florida. Costa Rica: Mayan Vibrational Alignment for 2012. December 21st, 2012 is a just step away and there is no better way to prepare for this cosmic shift than to celebrate together with Shamanic ceremonies and Sacred circles facilitated by author and Shaman Ernesto Ortiz. Our intent is to start creating a shift in our personal vibrational frequency to align our personal Chakras with the Planetary Chakras. Here we will have an opening circle honoring the ancient ways with a powerful “Medicine Wheel” and “Sacred Pipe Ceremony” so we can enter into the new cosmic cycle of 2012 with grace and ease. Optional Ayahuasca Plant Medicine Ceremony. - Location: The Goddess Garden - URL: view website - Contact: Contact Sheri at 727-4211-0849 or email email contact - Price: coming soon! - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Oct 18 to 29 - Kilauea, Kauai - organized from NC. Lomi Training & Restorative Retreat Kauai, Hawaii. 2012 a time of change - Are you being called? Lomilomi is not only massage - it is a 'shift', a transformation and transcendence for healing. The Time is Now to immerse your self in the healing environment of the islands - to learn from the source - to continue your jou...rney with Aloha! There will be only 1 training on Kaua'i in 2012. Embrace the healing of lomilomi and register today with your deposit! Limited class size - fills up quickly. - Time: Daily Schedule given upon meeting - Location: Hale Luana - URL: view website - Contact: Gloria Coppola 828 713 3521 or email contact - Ticket: 2895.00, Includes 11 nights/10 days accomodations, healthy meals, daily exercise/movement, sacred site tour, training and more!! - Entered by xyonia820.byregion.net Oct 22 to 26 - Volcano HI. A Huna Adventure Workshop. A five-day walking course on Big Island led by Dr. Serge Kahili King. Every day will be spent outside in the beauty of nature learning how to use Huna for personal development and healing. - Time: 08:00 AM to 2:30 PM - Location: Hale Huna - Aloha International Center in Volcano Hawaii - URL: view website - Contact: email contact - Price: $1050.00 per person, includes graduation lunch - Entered by hunaworks.byregion.net Oct 26 to Nov 05 - Cusco, Machu Picchu & Sacred Valley - organized from Florida. Peru & Machu Picchu: Sacred Relationships & Sexuality – Tantra for Couples. If you and your beloved are ready to set aside the illusion of separation and move courageously onto the holy ground of your own beingness – this shamanic journey is for you! Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples will be sharing their sacred Tantra Tai Chi program with you – inviting you into the heart, soul and spiritual center of both your relationship with your partner and ancient Peru. One of the many highlights of our journey is our stay at the luxury Willka T’ika resort in the Sacred Valley. We’ll be learning to create a soul-satisfying, meditative and purposeful relationship with our Beloved, unveiling how to maintain the intensity and joy of an intimate bond, and blending sexual & heart energy for maximum orgasmic bliss! - Time: 10:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Location: Peru - URL: view website - Contact: E-mail Sheri at email contact or call 727-421-0849. - Price: The 2012 trip cost is: $3499.00 USD per person double occupancy, most meals and internal flights included. - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Nov 10 to 17 - Mexico. Uxmal, Yucatan: Returning to our Sacred Center. Join inspirational speaker and author Sheri Rosenthal and New Thought teacher Frankie Timmers for a very special journey to the Mayan Heartland to embrace the new consciousness of 2012 and delve into the source of our sacred center. Uxmal was a university of sacred spirituality and cosmic harmony whose information is stored in the stones ready for us to access and embody. Through powerful ceremonies and spiritual practices we will connect with universal wisdom and truth residing within – beautifully reflected in the design and purpose of these ruins. - URL: view website - Contact: Contact Sheri at 727-421-0849 or email us at email contact - Price: Trip cost: $2495.00 USD per person double occupancy, all meals. Register before August 1st and save $100.00 USD! - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Nov 20 to 30 - Chiang Mai, Thailand - organized from Florida. Thailand Residential Retreat. Join us for this intensive residential Thai retreat. Relax in the healing resort center, explore ancient temples and absorb the culture that gave birth to this ancient healing art. Upon completion, you will have the basic techniques for performing a customized Thai massage in all four positions. This is a retreat for your body, mind and spirit. 60 NCBTMB hours. - Location: Tao Garden, Doi Saket - URL: view website - Contact: email contact or 786.261.6170 - Price: 2500.00, Early registration ends 31 May 2012. Airfare not included. Monthly payment plan also available. - Entered by sacredbodywork.byregion.net - http://www.sacredbodywork.us Dec 05 to 21, 2012 - Land of the Thunder Dragon. Bhutan: Reawakening to our Deeper Purpose . We’ll have the opportunity to spend a day at Bhutan’s National Day celebration at Changlingmithang National Stadium. There will a special procession, mask dances, cultural programs and folk dances and songs. We’ll also spend time visiting the very rare and endangered Black Necked Cranes in Phobjikha. And as a special gift, a Lama will be preparing a prayer and blessing ceremony for us. Join author and aikido master Wendy Palmer for this sacred pilgrimage of meditation, chanting, prayer and ceremony – where we expand our consciousness and cultivate the compassion of Buddha within us. - Location: Bhutan - URL: view website - Contact: E-mail Sheri at email contact or call 727-421-0849. - Price: $5499.00 USD per person double occupancy, all meals and roundtrip airfare from Bangkok to Bhutan included - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net Dec 09 to 15, 2012 - Guatemala - organized from Florida. Lake Atitlan, Guatemala: Skanda Yoga The Art of Transcendence . Join us for 7 days of Transformation at the Villa Sumaya at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Each day Skanda Yoga teachers Ken von Roenn III (ERYT 500) and Lina Vallejo will lead an inspiring, challenging, and informative asana classes. There will be meditation sessions and ceremonies to prepare for the most pivotal time in the history of humanity. You will leave feeling renewed and empowered with new skills to take your life and your community to the next level of possibility. Skanda Yoga is the integration of many spiritual traditions. It is the co-creation of Lina and Ken after many years of exploration and navigation. Synchronicity revealed itself and they aligned with the guiding power of Grace. Lake Atitlan is the epicenter for 2012 and the Mirror of the Gods. It is the perfect setting to dive deep into yoga, Mayan calendar, and the spirit of rebirth. - URL: view website - Contact: Give us a ring at 727-421-0849, 866-866-5566 or email us at email contact – we can’t wait to hear from you! - Trip cost: $1875.00-$2165.00 USD per person triple-single occupancy, all meals included. - Entered by journeysofthespirit.byregion.net May 13 to 31, 2013 - Bellingen, NSW, Australia - organized from Boise, ID. Australia Journey Passage. Invites you to explore The Shaman Way. Discover Birth Root. The Natural Worlds Code is in you. Together we have a notion of how to retrieve your Links and activate your Code. Also, do you seek LifeWork in the dance of serving, sharing and reconciliation for our GrandMother Earth and her families? You will work with other group members and the Sacred in transforming perceptions and behaviors. Well humans living their LifeWork are too busy to be destructive, violent and polarized. EarthThunder, Indigenous Shaman - Time: to be announced - Location: Dorrigo, NSW, Australia - URL: view website - Contact: email contact More information: EarthThunder 208.599.1004 - Price: domestic and international call and discuss

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