October 20 - 25, 2009
Nature Moving Women comes to Calistoga!
To embody Earth is to come more fully into ourselves, and find our belonging on this amazing planet we call home. Join this sister guide team in a women's experiential dive to our elemental soulful selves! Guided by Jade Sherer and Marci Graham

Have you ever allowed yourself to fall deeply into allurement with an aspect of the natural world? So open to it that you were willing to merge with it? With a seeing that comes only with respect, and a honoring of the essential qualities of an other, present, we see the possibilities for becoming the other...for experiencing our oneness...to embody that which we previously thought of as separate. That which we did not know was a part of us...whether it be a being of the natural world, or a cosmological power, or an aspect of behavior that we never thought we possessed, is ours to experience as ourselves in presence and so, become larger to the world and more available.

When we immerse ourselves in nature we become more aware of our bodies as natural processes. Reflections from the land tell us what we resonate with and learn from along the continuum of life: the blossoming, the withering, the sun rise or phase of moon... processes in motion..a river, our emotions, our surging passions.

So many of us have forgotten the primary relationship we have as women, to our bodies and the body of earth. With time to allow ourselves to really be with Nature and to feel our own dance, we have a potential to reveal our deepest gifts and wounds, all contained in one integrated body experience. It is our intention to feel that oneness in a bodily-felt way... that we are one in the same creative process... body, rock, sky, river, lightning, fist, tree, foot, bird...we are a diverse unity of creation. When we witness each other and feel both our sameness and uniqueness we realize the support to be fully who we are; our essential soul selves... we see the immense beauty that is ours for the creating and ours for the appreciating.

“When I am consciously embodied, I cannot deny that the River of Life that enlivens is calling out to me from every conceivable direction in the environment.” ~Paula Reeves

WHERE? : Mountain Home Ranch Resort is a secluded country style group retreat center in the heart of California's beautiful Sonoma and Napa Valleys. In the gently rolling hills Mountain HOme offers over 300 acres of hiking trails, a labyrinth, a small lake and more, all enchanting areas to wander in! www. mountainhomeranch.com

COSTS:
Guide Fee : $695

For a shared room and fabulous meals, costs range from $525 - $650, depending on the room. If you'd like a private room, rates are higher.

We begin with dinner of October 20th and end after lunch on the 25th

Maximum number of participants: 16, with a minimum of 8

Or Contact Jade for more information about this program.

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