Awakening to Spring with Re-igniting Your Passion Retreat!

5345 Highway 12,Santa Rosa CA 95407

15 April, 2023

Description

Join us for a day of meaningful moments and as we engage in a gentle yoga practice, play within the energetic field of horses, walk about a sanctuary of nature’s springtime gifts, while connecting to your body, mind and vision.Yoga, horses, journaling, and creating a vision board can awaken your inner wisdom, intuition and passions. From your own wellspring of knowledge you will learn and unlearn, discover or refine your life’s expression with purpose. You will take away the insights and messages you received from Yoga, horses, nature and creating a vision board of your unique inner passions. Quieting your mind to be more fully present Slow to your speed you would like to live your life Wandering through nature discover the your pathPracticing being rather than doing, deepen your connection to self Releasing while “Igniting Your Passion” and self expressionFinding the balance between giving and receiving in our life Please note the activities with the horses are on the ground only. No experience is needed. The fee will include a box lunch, snacks and beverages and vision board materials with the day's events. Mindful Hatha Flow Yoga This style of yoga encourages you to fully experience your body and become aware of how the poses affect your mental state. Our practice is gentle and suitable for all levels including those new to yoga. Breath work along with deep relaxation techniques will be explored. We will be practicing outdoors in the embrace of nature’s majestic beauty. Horses as Healers and Guides Horses are known to be a perfect mirror of our souls, offering immediate insight into what thoughts and intentions we are generating and creating at any given moment. Partnering with horses allows us to explore and discover things about ourselves we would not ordinarily realize. Playful in nature, horses open us up to experiencing the joy of living in the present moment. Allow the experiential activities with our retreat horses to empower your vision and evoke your passion. Delight in the dance with these magnificent creatures!
 Art Journaling Let your creative side play! Art journaling is a great way to tap into and express your feelings and emotions by drawing on the non-linear right side of your brain. Unleash your creativity using collage paper, magazine pictures, your words, pens, pencils and crayons. You will take home a visual representation of your vision that is a powerful tool to manifesting of expressing yourself. Location Beautiful and private Forget Me Not Farm, in the Westside of Santa Rosa, is the magical location for our retreat. Set in an outcropping of orchards, gardens, farm animals and our equine partners. Re-ignite Your Passion is an outdoor experience allowing us to reconnect to our natural environment and state of being. Meals Box lunch, snacks, and an assortment of teas, coffee, and beverages are all inclusive and prepared with healthy, organic ingredients, local where possible. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available. Location: Forget Me Not Farm, 5345 Highway 12, West Santa Rosa, Ca. Date: Saturday, April 15th, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Please contact: Kim Seng retreat host for information and questions at [email protected] Meet your host Kim Seng and co-facilitator Ruth Heal: Kim Seng is a Professional Equine Facilitator and Director of Standing Horse, LLC. (An Equine Assisted Activities and Learning Method, Standing Strong with Horses) She holds certifications in Equine Mentoring and Education, Equine Assisted Learning and Therapy, Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Center Riding Instructor and Professional Equine Trainer in the "True Nature of the Horse." My work with horses has been a life long journey and passion, which started some 40 years ago at an equine rescue facility. The nurturing and rehabilitating of these majestic animals jump started my understanding of how they are so mistreated and so misunderstood. Their hearts are forgiving and willing to shift in trying to move past emotional trauma. This was an eye opening observation to the lessons I learned with horses. I continue to work with horses and owners in relationship training to teach the "True Nature of the Horse", helping the human to develop an understanding from the horses prospective. While working in the horse and human relationship field, I started looking at other areas that horses were making an impact on personal growth and health. I personally moved into this area of working with youth and adults on physical, mental and emotional levels. Over the last 20 years, I have worked in the method of Equine Assisted Learning with organizations and therapists. This work has allowed me to hone my skills and knowledge to develop programs, to train staff and to lead facilitation teams. I am living my dream and mission by contributing to the emotional and social growth, with participants in engaging, stimulating, equine activities that have current real-life content. Ruth Heal is a registered yoga teacher with 14 years experience. She has journaled for much of her life and is an avid art journalist. Encouraging others to connect authentically with themselves and others is a passion. Ruth is a Yoga Alliance RYT500 registered teacher and has been teaching yoga since 2008. She has further specialized in bringing mindfulness practices into yoga and teaching meditation. Her LifeForce yoga training provided Yogic methods of working with mood issues and PTSD. Chair Yoga certification also allows her to work with older and challenged bodies. Her typical classes are a slower mindful Hatha flow. Art journaling and written journaling, along with creating Vision Boards are her way of exploring thoughts and emotions and setting goals and intentions. Ruth has a foundation in art with College of Marin in California and has been journaling in some form or another for most of her life. She has lead workshops and co-facilitated daylong and 2-3 day retreats. Her passion is encouraging people to live life to the fullest and develop the tools to explore what is possible, and what brings them to a place of peace, love, and joy.