Reconnect, Reflect, Renew: Nourish Your Soul on a Journey Within
When:
September 27th-29th, 2024
WHERE:
Zen On The River
(A beautiful, luxurious, riverfront mansion in Lewiston, New York – see pictures below! Address provided on registration)
ABOUT:
This retreat is for women who crave a holistic reprieve from the busyness of everyday life.
It’s for those who desire to prioritize self-discovery, wellness, and spiritual enrichment. If you’re seeking a serene sanctuary to dive into self-care practices, explore new spiritual avenues, and reconnect with your innermost desires, this retreat is your haven.
Whether you’re drawn to meditation or yoga, or simply desire a tranquil space to reflect rejuvenate, and be nourished, this experience promises to nurture your mind, body, and soul.
Join us and embark on a transformative journey toward greater self-awareness, inner peace, and fulfillment.
Modalities included on the sacred soul Retreat...
The Sacred Soul Retreat includes a powerful combination of modalities that can provide deep release, healing, clarity, insight and shifts within. These include meditation, group mediumship sessions & channellings, gentle yoga, intuition development exercises, inner child work, reiki, and crystal sound bowl healing.
Meditation
Meditation is a part of this retreat for its ability to reduce stress, foster self-awareness, and promote spiritual connection. By providing a sanctuary of calm amidst life’s demands, meditation empowers women to explore their inner landscape, manage emotions, and cultivate a deeper sense of well-being. It also offers a great opportunity to practice releasing self-criticism or judgement.
Mediumship
Receiving divine guidance through mediumship brings your inner dialogue to light and allows you to feel seen. These messages gift you with a lightness that can foster the development of a successful career, healthy, happy relationship and peace with the difficulties of the past. We all want to live a lighter, happier life with ease, but we rarely know how to get there. Mediumship provides you with a “roadmap” of where you are, why you’re there, and how to get where you are meant to go – which is ultimately where you want to be.
Intuition Development Exercises
Practices and group exercises to practice developing the skill of hearing and strengthening your own intuition, your own inner wisdom and your own messages of guidance. The practices of meditation and breathwork throughout the week will also help to strengthen and connect to this inner voice.
Inner Child Work & How it relates to the soul
You are a soul experiencing life in a physical body. At one or more points in our lives, whether large or small, we have experienced trauma. At times, in order to protect ourselves, our minds block out the traumatic event—if you cannot remember what happened, you may struggle to understand it and let it go. Inner child work from a parts & soul perspective to helps us gain insight into our limiting beliefs, allowing us to process and reparent, and understand the connection between mind, body, and soul.
Gentle Yoga
Yoga promotes relaxation and reduces stress through controlled breathing (pranayama) and mindfulness techniques. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which counters the body’s stress response, leading to decreased levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) and increased feelings of calm and well-being. Yoga postures and movements massage internal organs, promoting better circulation and detoxification. Poses like twists stimulate digestion, while inversions aid in lymphatic drainage, benefiting the immune system. And so many more benefits!
Sound bath & Reiki
Sound baths and Reiki offer holistic healing benefits for the mind, body, and spirit. They promote deep relaxation, stress reduction, and emotional healing by balancing energy and releasing tension held within the body. These modalities also enhance mental clarity, support the body’s natural healing processes, and facilitate a deeper connection to one’s spiritual self.
The combination of these modalities can help with
- Insights and understanding of different situations in your life
- Release energetic blockages and stagnant emotions
- Process and heal from past traumas, promoting healing
- New divine revelations or insights, creative flow
- Deep connection towards oneself & their soul
- Guidance for life, direction/next steps
- Uncover hidden aspects of youself and gain clarity on your desires and purpose
- Calming of the nervous system
- Greater awareness of patterns of the mind
- Boosting of self-esteem, confidence & feelings of empowerment
All the details
Arrive anytime after 4 pm on Friday, September 27th (to relax and enjoy the home), and depart at noon on Sunday, September 29th. Programming starts at 6:45 PM on Friday.
*Note – Dinner will not be served Friday night. You are welcome to bring dinner (and put it in the fridge) or go out in Lewiston before the retreat. Evening circle snack provided Friday night.
A take-home PDF booklet of the skills, material, and practices covered is provided to help continue the journey once you have returned home.
WHAT TO EXPECT
About the Venue:
Zen on the River is a grand riverside villa on a sprawling 2.5-acre lot of delightful gardens and breezy trees, with 288 feet of waterfront along the Lower Niagara River in Lewiston, New York.
While we’re sure you’ll want to connect with the elements, even from inside with wall-to-wall windows looking at expansive sky, trees and water,
you do have the readily available WIFI and a smart TV.
A Great room with a gorgeous gas fireplace and large window views of the River, adjacent to the year-round solarium. The solarium with its wall-to-wall windows and heated floors is perfect for yoga, meditation, or dancing.
What's Included...
- 3 delicious, vegetarian, locally sourced meals each day–additional allergies to be accomodated.
- Guided Meditation Sessions and Gentle Yoga 2-3 times throughout the weekend.
- Group Mediumship Sessions by Laurie Oakes: receive channeled messages on what might be keeping you stuck and what would assist you on your highest path.
- Inner child & soul work group workshops.
- Group coaching circles throughout the week to reflect & to connect.
- A healing crystal sound bath.
- Sacred cacao ceremony to open the heart
- River-side free time to relax & restore.
- A sacred and supportive space to fully explore your inner self and your life
- A PDF book of the various skills & practices + all journaling prompts and workshop exercises learned to continue your inward journey of healing & growth
Sacred Soul Retreat
TRIO GETAWAY-
Register with two friends or get paired with other women.
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If you are registering with a friend, pease add to the notes!
SACRED SOUL RETREAT
double getaway-
Register with a friend or get paired with another woman.
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If you are registering with a friend, pease add to the notes!
SACRED SOUL RETREAT
SINGLE ROOM GETAWAY-
A luxury private room for the ultimate self-care experience
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Limited number of solo-spots available
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! YES YES YES! Going to a retreat alone can be extremely powerful and transformative. Common feedback we also receive is the welcoming, safe and connected vibe we create and the relationships you create on retreats sometimes turn in to lifelong friends. Around 50% of Shawna’s past retreat attendees have come on their own and this % increases with international retreats.
Another big YES! We welcome women of all levels and complete beginners too! Retreats are a great place to learn or to solidify established practices and routines.
Yes, a retreat information email with all this information will be sent out closer to the retreat date.
The villa is able to accommodate for dietary restrictions. Send an email to befree@shawnathibodeau.com if you have any dietary restrictions to ensure that week’s menu will accommodate you.
Absolutely! Email me at laurieoakes111@gmail.com and I am happy to answer any of your questions or hop on a quick phone call with you to help you feel more comfortable about your decision.
Meet your facilitator
Laurie Oakes
Her journey to find answers about spirituality and life outside of the physical body began at a young age. She found herself questioning her soul’s purpose, following her intuition, and receiving messages and “inner knowings” as young as she can remember.
Today, she shares her wisdom through various platforms, including workshops, retreats, and online courses. Her teachings empower individuals to awaken their spiritual potential, find inner peace, and live authentically.
Laurie gently guides her clients into letting go of the trauma and that which no longer serves them and empowers them with channelled guidance on their journey of personal growth and spiritual exploration.
She believes in the inherent divinity within each person and strives to help others discover their own inner truth and connection to their Creator.
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Cancellation/Refund policy: If using a payment plan, the first payment/first instalment is non-refundable at any time of cancellation. If paying in full, 33% of the payment is a non-refundable instalment at any time of cancellation. No exceptions to this policy. A 50% refund (on the total amount paid minus the non-refundable deposit) is available if cancelling 61-90 days from the retreat start date. Then, due to limited retreat spots and costs to cover the retreat, no refunds are available if cancelling 60 days or less before the retreat. No transfer of dates is available at any time. If one spot is cancelled in a double or trio getaway, the spot becomes open for another registration.
