Meditation Vine
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 "Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good
stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on the earth to offer to others.
Anytime we can listen to true self, and give it the care it requires, we do it not only
for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch."- Parker Palmer
Retreats are a Spa for the Soul Passion Socrates was right, "The unreflected life is not worth living." All of us need to draw away from our busy lives from time to time. We seek a space where we can think about the meaning of life and what really matters to us. It is only in recent times that illness has been viewed purely as a function of the body. At the beginnings of medicine, healers defined illness not in terms of pathology, but in terms of the soul. A growing body of clinical research is encouraging many to return to this older wisdom, demonstrating that our innate ability to heal is deeply intertwined with a fundamental human desire for meaning, purpose and fulfillment.
The word ashram is Sanskrit, meaning “without stress,” a place where you can take refuge in the inner Self. It is of the greatest importance to practice a regular period of withdrawal. When a person does not reflect on the real purpose of his life, what meaning is there to his existence? - Nahman of Bratslav. Taught to Fly When we come to the edge of all the light we have And we must take a step into the darkness of the unknown We must believe one of two things: Either we will find something firm to stand on Or we will be taught to fly. TAO: "...the way, and the method of maintaining the harmony between this world and the beyond..." "...the key to the mysterious intermingling of heaven and earth..." "Those who follow the Tao achieve the formula of perpetual youth, and will maintain a youthful body…" YIN: "…shady, cloudy element; contracting; female; moon; night; water; cold; in and down flowing…" YANG: "Up and out flowing," "Yin is contained within Yang. Yang is contained within Yin. Both are ever present, in constantly changing relationship and determining all happenings in nature and life. The principle of these two elements form the basis of the entire universe."
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