Are You Listening?
One Day Women's Retreat to Tune into Your Highest Self
September 7, 2024
Garrison, New York
This very special one-day women's retreat with four amazing facilitators is held on a beautiful land in Garrison NY, in the middle of the majestic Hudson Valley, under the auspices of the powerful new moon in Virgo.
We will come together as women to connect deeply, share in each other's wisdom, listen and hear the voice of our highest inner guidance while tuning into our true radiant nature and honoring our Sacred Heart that holds all healing on this beautiful planet.
This magical day will be filled with profound connection, deeply nourishing physical and spiritual practices, ritual and ceremony. What are you being asked to embrace and manifest in your life right now? What is your vision of the peaceful world committed to healing and to Mother Nature herself? Grounded and held we remember our most radiant selves and shine that out into the world!
We begin by nourishing all of Nature with our love and appreciation with a delicious yoga practice of gratitude called the Creation Salutation inspired from the Thanksgiving Address of the Iroquois Nation. We follow this practice of gratitude with a SoundBath with Lea and Reiki with Stacey. After a delicious lunch there will be a plant walk with Katya and Stacey to connect with the land. We will end our afternoon with a Despacho ceremony (a gratitude and manifestation offering that comes from the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes), led by Katya, to anchor our collective prayer, amplify each other’s intentions and send gratitude and blessings to the Earth, our elders and our children. Lastly, Stacey will lead the fire closing ceremony & the closing circle.
Delicious vegetarian lunch will be provided, and there will be time to enjoy pool, sauna, or just relax!
Registration fee for the event is $250. Location details provided at time of registration.
Schedule
9:30 Arrival and Connecting
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Yoga with Lisa
11:00 am - 12:00 am: SoundBath with Lea & Reiki with Stacey
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Lunch & Free time (Sauna/Pool/Hot Tub)
2:30 pm - 4:00pm: Stacey & Katya Hike/Plant Walk
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Katya & Stacey: Despacho & Closing Fire Ceremony
Retreat Leaders
Lea Garnier has worked in the healing arts for over 25 years and is an established practitioner in the field. She is an Upledger trained Craniosacral Therapist, practicing now since 1990. In 2007 she became a certified yoga instructor trained in the Desikachar lineage, and co-founded Sage Academy of Sound in Woodstock, NY. Lea is a student of the shamanic arts which inspired her ongoing interest in the use of therapeutic sound for healing, which led to the organization in 2011 of the first annual comprehensive SoundHealing retreat in the northeast, The SoundHealing Retreat Intensive. Now in its 14th year, it is an ongoing platform created specifically for the pioneers of SoundHealing to come together and share their knowledge and wisdom, often resulting in deeply transformational experiences for participants. Learn more
Katya Varlamova is a clinical herbalist, naturopath, plant wellness educator, and founder of the organic herbal wellness line Warmicita Herbals. Katya's journey with the plants started in back 2006. Just two short years later she was calling on their healing powers to help her recover from a devastating traffic accident. Lovingly and patiently, the plants helped her restore her physical body and held space for the much needed emotional healing to unfold.
Ever since, they have been guiding Katya on a powerful journey of self-discovery and healing magic. Years of herbal studies, adventures and work have followed. They have taken Katya around the US, South America and Europe - growing medicinal plants, making remedies, practicing clinical herbalism, and holding plant medicine circles and retreats. In her work with clients Katya relies on the healing powers of Western herbs, precious teachings of TCM and Ayurveda, and magical gifts of the Amazonian plant medicine. When the work calls for shifts in the non-physical realms of being she frequently uses flower and tree essences, gem elixirs, guided meditation, inner child work, breath work, ritual and ceremony. Katya leads plant walks, hosts women’s circles, and teaches plant medicine classes & retreats in NYC, the Hudson Valley, the Andes and the Amazon.
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Lisa Bennett Silverman has been teaching a therapeutic approach to yoga and meditation for over 30 years. She became a yoga teacher through private training with ISHTA Master Yogiraj Alan Finger, and is known by many through her appearance on the Yoga Zone TV shows and their line of videos. Rated as the "best high energy in the country" by Allure Magazine, Lisa’s classes and teachings transmit her experience of yoga as a path to self-acceptance and spiritual meaning.
As previous co-director of the Mind-Body Therapy Department at Haelth, Lisa co-developed a 1000-hour therapeutic yoga teacher training certification program. Following an extensive career of writing, developing, producing, and starring in over 23 retail videos, Lisa has now fully committed herself to the spiritual and physical embodiment of healing for recovering addicts, and the preservation of indigenous wisdom through Shea Tree Center. Learn more
Stacey Soloviev Stacey's mission is to heal on the level of the subtle and energetic body. As a Karuna Reiki Master, ordained minister, bio-field healing practitioner, and visual artist, Stacey weaves her creativity and gift of healing into alignment with a deep honoring of the natural world.
She works with various charities such as The Challenged Athletes Foundation, and Kids of NYU Foundation which helps support children's services at NYU Langone Medical Center. Her passion is to help people reach their full potential, fulfill their dreams, and provide them with tools for active recovery.
Logistics:
Secluded, luxurious home an hour from NYC nested on a 9-acre property with the Appalachian train running through. Heated pool, hot tub. sauna, and fire pit all to be enjoyed on this day.
You will need a car to get to the property. If you are coming by train, Hudson Line (green) you will need a taxi or Uber to get to the house - the station (Garrison) is about 20 min from the house.
Full details provided upon registration.
Space is limited so reserve your spot early!