I founded Olive Tree Healing Arts with the vision to offer workshops and retreats. That's why I am excited to write about the first of these projects, the Abundant Wellness Retreat For Women Living with Fibromyalgia. We will offer two pacific northwest sessions in 2007. The dates are April 27-29 and September 28-30.
Joining me to facilitate these retreats will be Melode Brewer, my friend, colleague, and yoga instructor. Melode is one of those special people who create calm and peace just by entering a room. I feel blessed to be working with her again, and I believe retreat participants will also benefit from her presence and gentle approach.
We are equally blessed to have reserved Harmony Hill Retreat Center as our venue. Located on the south shore of the Hood Canal with spectacular views of the Olympic Mountains, Harmony Hill is the ideal setting for healing mind, body, and spirit. I encourage you to take a look at their website and you will see what I mean. I have also included a photo here to give you an idea of the beautiful setting.
Why Abundant Wellness Retreats? Having worked in psychosocial oncology for several years, I have been impressed with the community's commitment to provide psycho-social-spiritual support services to people with a cancer diagnosis. I have also been saddened to notice the lack of such support programs for people living with other chronic and life-threatening conditions. The Abundant Wellness Retreat was created to help fill this gap.
While our first retreats are designed for women living with Fibromyalgia, the vision is to offer Abundant Wellness retreats for people living with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, Lupus, and other conditions that benefit from gentle movement and reducing stress. The retreats will also serve to connect people with others who share part of their life experience. It is believed that our perception of the quality of our support community has a good deal of influence on our health and well-being. What better way to strengthen one's support community than to connect with people who "get it"?
Please contact me if you would like to help bring an Abundant Wellness Retreat to your community. More information can be found on my website. Here is the brochure: Download abundant_wellness_brochure_fibromyalgia_final.pdf
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