Even if you don’t have debilitating chronic pain, the body balancing and stress reduction tools you will learn will be useful to you in your everyday life as well as prevent the problems that are commonly experienced in our culture as we age.  By learning that it is the things that you are doing while you walk around in your life that are causing your imbalances, and gaining usable tools to use throughout your day, you will go home a new person with new energy and vitality that will be obvious to everyone in your life.

In this intensive retreat, we will spend our days exploring the root causes of our stress and learning simple things that we will FEEL as we learn them.  This is very experiential.  Once you feel how easy and fun it is to do these quick chemistry changing exercises, you can't deny them.  You will want to do them all the time!  NEW HABITS!  We will practice ways to use them in our real lives.  You will learn how to use every day activities like brushing your teeth to remind you to do what you have learned to relax, fix your posture and come into present time to do what you are doing.

We will learn about some of the systems of the body like the immune system, the lymphatic system, muscular-skeletal system, nervous system etc. and how they are silently working in the background of our lives AGAINST us due to the conditioning of our culture.  But understanding this better, you will see how to turn this around so these systems are working better together FOR our wellbeing.  No previous scientific knowledge necessary, you will learn that this is all very understandable and necessary for us to really take control of how we feel. We have learned more about the brain body connection in the last 25 years than since the beginning of time.  Much of this is not common knowledge yet and not integrated into our culture.  Together we will explore how to use this new information now to improve not only our lives, but our relationships and our communities.

This is not a retreat about spirituality or woo woo, it's physiology.  This is a holistic way to use common sense and scientifically proven techniques to bring you more into balance physically, mentally and emotionally which may also bring you more spiritual peace. You will learn how evolution has contributed to how we are living our lives and how to consciously make changes to come out of survival mode and into a place that is way more relaxed and hopeful.  You will learn a lot about self-care and how loving you can be to yourself which will impact all of your relationships.

In this retreat, you will make so many changes so EASILY that you may not recognize yourself when it’s over.  And you will have not only my support through it all, but make new bonds with a new community of people who are also ready to make change in their lives.  This is VALUABLE!  Right? Science says small groups are the BEST way to do this. This gives you support, mirrors your process, gives you feed back, as well as the possibility of continued friendship.

And all of this will take place at Gate 17 Retreat Center with a view of Soap Lake.  We will also take excersions to explore the beauty of this unparalleled desert landscape and swim in this unique mineral lake.  There will be amazing gourmet food provided as well as all your beverages and snacks.  Don't worry, we will also DANCE and have FUN!  SO EXCITED!