Supported Personal Retreats, Intensives and Wilderness Passages
All 4 Season's (some activities are dependent on weather )
I am a seasoned guide with 20 years experience, to help you determine what kind of retreat will best support you at this time. Over the course of one or two phone sessions, I interview you and get a sense of where you are in consciousness and where you are in your life journey, and from there we work together to design the basic cocoon.
Types of Retreats:
NURTURING HEALING RETREATS; TIME OUT FROM THE WORLD, TIME FOR HEALING Deep relaxation, Message, Peace and Quiet of Nature, Meditation, Natural Communion, Self Reflection, Restoration, Inspiration. From 2 hours to ? INTENSIVES; DEEP WORK FOR THOSE IN CRISES, OR SEEKING TO TRANSFORM A STRONG PAIN BODY These are called intensives because there is an intensive focus on healing and inner work during a 3-7 day period of time and sessions are 2-3 times a day. This work is often for people in health crises or personal crises who are really seeking a rebirth and is similar to the Wilderness Passage except that it is held mostly indoors, and is more supported. NATURAL COMMUNION RETREATS; WAY OF THE NATURE MYSTIC, TIME ON THE LAND & RIVER; Let Darlene teach you a new way of "being" in nature and then practice this natural attunement for various purposes. These retreats include Medicine Wheel Sweat Lodges, Natural Communion River Floats and Nature Walks, Meditation, Full Moon Communions, and Fire Circles, Drumming, and working with Nature's energies and intelligence. WILDERNESS PASSAGES; A SUPPORTED INITIATION. This can also be done in many variations, but it consists predominantly of an extended time (3-5 days) of "being" alone in nature. I recommend for most people one outdoor session a day during this time. It is usually done as extended ritual to mark a major life transition, signifying a death of the old into a natural cocoon of in-between time when you are re-formed to return to your life. COMBINATIONS....
Types of retreat activities:
Individual Sessions - in various modalities and combinations including core energetics, process meditation, Pathwork process, voice dialogue, deep listening, singing, music,inner impulse movement, ritual and natural communion.
Message Fire Circle Labyrinth Walks Ceremonies for life transitions Sweat lodge Hot Tub Camping Natural Communion walks along Enchanting Run to the Rappahannock River Floating the Rappahannock Fly fishing Wading and swimming Bird watching Library of books, and dvd's Yoga and Meditation space.
Prices vary considerably and I usually just include the cost in the customizing factors. If you tell me what you are budgeting for, I can tell you what options that affords. I do this work in service as an ordained minister and consider this my ministry, so I also am willing to give more than your money's worth on any reteat. Because I do work on a sliding scale or for donation, I do ask those who can afford it to be generous. Prices for room and board are usually discounted when you are doing a supported retreat.
For more information on any of these modalities and forms, please feel free to call me at 540-752-5540 or email to heavean@earthwalkways.com.
