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May  5,  2010
In This Issue
Featured Article: One Woman's Journey to Joy Part 3
Recommended Retreat: Finding Inner Balance and Peace
Recommended Healing Training: Reiki Certification
Cierba and Sandra
Greetings!

The dream of the garden around the Vortex is coming to life... and I have been basking in the joy of creation!

We have been playing  in our hidden garden, and feeling the connection that is so sacred  when we really 'see' the gifts of nature.

The Universe sent us a rock artisan who studied masonry at a Zen Monastery.   Each day a new section of rock garden appears to soothe the spirit... honoring the Earth we so dearly love. 


It reminded me how much the Earth has to offer us with our own inner healing and rejuvenation. 

Where ever you are, take some extra time and sit  quietly outside in appreciation of nature... Bask in the joy of its creation. I think you will be uplifted!


I hope you enjoy our last segment of 'Diane's journey' in this weeks edition.


May your days be blessed!

Please remember to send this on to anyone you feel might enjoy and benefit from our sacred work with the horses.

Thank you so much for your support. As always, I love hearing from you!

With Warmest Regards,

Barbara Alexander
Epona Ridge

 


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Featured Article:  Diane's Journey... Part 3
(Click Here for Part 1 and  here for Part 2)
Healing with Horses and The Journey to Joy
click here to see this touching video
Diane and Cierba

"Just when I thought I had learned everything I could learn from these workshops...

I found The Inner Balance Retreat,
and once again there was insight after insight.

I could feel myself owning my power, feeling my worth...

On the last day we got to 'dance' with a horse and I chose to dance with Cierba.

It's hard to describe what transpired between us, but this time...

I had tears of joy.

It wasn't just the connection to horses that I had been missing, 

it was also the connection...

with myself.

Barbara and the horses gently guided me through a process that has completely changed my life.

Once I was able to love all aspects of myself, I was able to allow someone in that loves all of me too.

I ended up adopting Billy and Joe (Believe and Joy), the two rescue mustangs that came into my life.

I continue to use the tools I learned at Epona Ridge... and I continue to keep learning in my day to day connection with them.
"  By:  Diane Giermek


Most of the still shots of the horses in the video where taken by Diane including this one of Zorro. You can click on it for a short video that captured some of Diane's sacred moments.
Finding Inner Balance and Peace
A Spiritual Journey with Horses
Cierba and Sandra
July 12-17, 2010 Six-Day Revitalizing Workshop

This retreat is all about creating inner balance and allowing personal joy.  

With the help of the horses, we start with a focus on the lower energy centers, the first through fourth Chakras which help us with understanding and valuing emotions, our sense of security, honor in relationships, care of oneself and self confidence. 

We continue into the 5th, 6th and 7th energy centers working with our sense of choice and strength of intention, personal expression, sense of inner peace, and the use of personal power to create.  

This retreat enhances the awareness of non-verbal communication between ourselves and others in the sacred dance of life.  The horses guide us to clear resistance, find inspiration, and open the doors to our creative talents and joy.  

Click here for more information on this very special six day retreat
 
Reiki Certification:
The Heart of Healing Workshop

May 20-23, 2010  A Four Day Retreat
reiki epona ridge

Reiki is a powerful healing process that is more about a way of Being than it is about doing...  True healing comes from a clear intention, uncluttered by resistance. 

For a student to master the true Sacred Art of Reiki, takes a unique kind of dedication: one where the healer/teacher learns to open to their Universal Connection and allow the loving, Reiki energy to come streaming through them as a clear channel, without attachment to the outcome. 

This workshop is not just about the methodology and certification. It offers a way of Being that includes the Wisdom of the Horse as you walk the path of the Healer. 

It is a lifetime of expansion.

For more information go to: Reiki at Epona Ridge

Bob Reiki Zorro

Learning Reiki
at Epona Ridge

'Thank you so much for providing a space for us to "be" Reiki, because learning to "do" Reiki is just a small part of the process.'  

'I was in the Reiki Level 1 workshop and what a profound experience it was.  I came just to learn Reiki, but I gained so much more.

I experienced many amazing shifts within and around me during this workshop. 

Incorporating reflection with the horses, time for introspection, the labyrinth, the video and too many other tools & experiences to mention brought this learning to a deep, spiritual level...

How wonderful it is to be able to share this gift with myself, family, animals & nature and to live in harmony with my Reiki intention ...'

Lynne Sullivan

Click here for more information on this three day workshop




 
About Epona Ridge

For more information on Listening Within at Epona Ridge please go to www.EponaRidge.com.  

Thank you for joining us on this journey with the horses, we are so happy to share this joyous adventure with you!  

May your days be blessed and your life filled with joy!
 
Epona Ridge
Asheville, North Carolina 28804