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The Gathering Inn
Women Helping Women December 27, 2011
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Greetings!
What are YOUR resolutions for the New Year? Here at The Gathering Inn, we want to encourage and help you to make good self-care (body, mind, and spirit) a top priority in 2012. Busy women so often put everyone else's needs ahead of our own and thus lose ourselves in the process.
Make 2012 the year you take time to be still, come on retreat, take a class, learn how to eat right, begin an exercise practice--or a meditation practice--or whatever else will draw you into your spiritual core.
Watch our newsletters for opportunities throughout the year to develop the tools to blossom into the splendid fullness of who you are designed to be. The world is awaiting your gifts. |
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You've Got GUTS!
Reflux, Constipation and Your GI Health
Led by Dr. Esther (Pereault) Roy
January 14, 2012 2:00-6:00PM
As part of The Gathering Inn's effort to encourage you to use the New Year as a time to recommit to improving your overall health, body-mind-spirit, we are offering this timely workshop. Space is limited, so register early.
 Naturopathic doctor, Esther Roy, inspired us at our September potluck dinner when she shared the benefits and value of Naturopathy. Of all the workshops she offers, the most sought after one was about how to prevent or remedy intestinal and digestive issues. Esther's workshop will include information, handouts and demonstrations of digestion enhancing foods/herbs/bitter greens/spices, foods low in inflammatory potential, and a discussion of hydrotherapy applications.
Each person attending will be given information at registration about a food to bring (gluten free, vegan, etc.) and we will create and share a digestion friendly dinner at 5 PM.
Your $60 fee includes the workshop and dinner.
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Snowshoeing Under the Full Moon
January 7, 3:00-10:00pm
The Gathering Inn once again teams up with Linda LeBlanc of Active By Nature, Inc. for this our most popular event.
Our third annual snowshoeing trek will include a new afternoon workshop on women's life cycles and how they relate to the cycles and rhythms of the seasons and the cycles of the moon.
This will be followed by a safety and equipment training session and some practice with the snowshoes for beginners, then a yummy, warming, dinner and a guided snowshoe trek out under the silver beauty of the moon's glow. If you are a returning hiker, we will be hiking in a new location this year with new scenery.
Your $75 fee includes the workshop, training, dinner, transportation to the hike site, a guided trek, and a return to the Inn for warm cocoa or hot cider.
Overnight accommodations are available, as well as limited snowshoe rental. Please call the Inn at 978-820-1139 for availability of snowshoes and overnight rooms.
Sign up today!
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Potluck Dinner & Guest Speaker
January 11, 2012 at 6:30PM
Our guest speaker will be Sandy Kahn, a teacher/student of world religions with a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology.
She is also a presenter of Wisdom Workshops, including:
WRITING MY SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entering the Wisdom Field through the drama and story of our own life journeys.
TAROT IMAGES OF THE MAJOR ARCANA - ARCHETYPES OF MY LIFE JOURNEY: Entering the Wisdom Field through play, we use the archetypal images of Tarot cards for our playthings.
SACRED WORDS OF WISDOM: Entering the Wisdom Field by standing on the shoulders of spiritual giants, we read the core sacred texts of the world's religions.
FREE, but please register by calling 978-820-1139 or emailing at info@gatheringinn.org. |
Transformational Healing Weekend
January 27, 7:00PM - January 29, 4:00PM
Feeling stuck or dissatisfied? Ready to expand more fully into being who you truly are? This experiential workshop will help you replace old limiting patterns with new patterns that support you. Take home potent tools for a more satisfying life, including HPT, TAT, EFT, DEH and The Emotion Code. Read more for an explanation of this alphabet soup of healing modalities.
Offered by Anne Ciota's and Pamela Floyd-Ogawa. For more information or to register, contact Anne at 978-874-2757.
Cost: $295 Early registration cost by January 9th-only $250. Contact the Inn at 978-820-1139 for room and board.
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A "New You" for the New Year
Detoxification and Lasting Weight Loss
January 6, 7:00-9:00pm
Looking to find the perfect New Year's Resolution? There is no better time than right now to educate yourself on how to nourish yourself properly, lose weight safely, and detoxify your body. Shed those new pounds quickly, effectively, and safely right away in this new year! No gimmicky gym memberships, weight loss products that are harmful and unsuccessful, or failed attempts to get yourself motivated. This program will help educate you on the simple changes you can make every day to make yourself a better and "new" you, as well as great tools that will help you along the way.
Come for a FREE introductory session at Inn that will be the beginning of a series of Nutrition, Detoxification, and Exercise programs.
Read more and get registered.
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Humble Heart
Yoga & Meditation Weekend
February 3-5, 2012
 Traditionally, February brings to mind the many manifestations of "heart" - the expression of love, Valentine's Day icons, expectations, and alone-ness. There are no boundaries to the humbleness of our heart, only the possibility of complete freedom. With practice, the heart opens and the experience of "being " humble feels natural. Please join us at "The Gathering Inn", a quaint antique farmhouse in a lovely rural setting in Hubbardston MA, for a weekend of quiet respite, nurturing, yoga, meditation, group discussions, outdoor (weather permitting) exploration, and delicious vegetarian meals. The cost for the weekend retreat is $250 and includes 2 nights of lodging (shared rooms/bath), 6 meals and the weekend workshop/yoga. |
Soul Stories
Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography
March 3, 2012 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time ~ Brenda Ueland Autobiography is a powerful tool for personal and spiritual development. As you write your own story and share it in confidence with others, you will explore ways to sort out and discover who you were, who you are, and who you might. be. This process of honoring the truth of our own unique personal story is especially beneficial for anyone seeking new directions in life. This day will include instruction on autobiography, some tools and perspective to help inspire your writing, and time to meet in small groups to share your writing. Open to women of all ages and acknowledging that spirituality is defined individually. Cost: $60. Bring a bag lunch, beverages will be provided. If you wish to attend and are unable to pay the registration fee, some financial aid is available. Please call 978-820-1139 to inquire how to be considered for aid. Nancy Tusinski is an Intern Spiritual Director with Christos Center for Spiritual Formation and has a BS in Adult Learning and Development. She is a facilitator of spiritual formation courses and creative writing courses for adults. Part of Nancy's spiritual memoir appears in a collection of essays titled, A Cup of Comfort for Christian Women and in the poem prayer, "For the Unquiet Ones" which was published in Lifting Women's Voices: Prayers to Change the World. For the past few years she has called Vermont home, where she also works as a librarian in a small town. |
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| The Gathering Inn is available for retreat leaders and practitioners to offer their programs. And of course, don't forget that our primary mission is to provide individual women like YOU a place to retreat from the world, be in stillness and tranquility, and re-connect to your spiritual core.
We can't wait to see you at the Inn!
Sincerely,
The Gathering Inn |
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Merry's Musings
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Where DO you find that which is holy?
This Christmas season I have been thinking about the similarities of the story of Christ's birth and our current culture. Whether you believe in Jesus as the Savior, as Son of God, as an historical person, as a Wisdom Teacher, and/or as one of many incarnations of God in human form, there are lessons to be learned by looking at that ancient narrative.
The story goes that all the peoples were required to go to their home town to be registered and to pay their tax. The city was full of people hustling and bustling, greeting friends they hadn't seen for a long time, eating, buying and selling, finding a place to stay after a long trip or settling in with relatives for a few days.
Besides paying taxes and registering, there were likely some family reunions, some feasting, some comments about how big the kids have grown over the last year, some griping about the high cost of living and the corrupt government, voices of concern about how to make a living, where to find a job, and how did the crops grow. I get a picture of a colorful, chaotic, loud city, probably with music blaring, animals bellowing, entertainment in the public arenas, and activity everywhere, ranging from pretty opulent and extravagant to quite poor and meager.
Into this chaos comes a poor, frightened young couple and - wouldn't you know it - her baby decides THIS is the best time to be born!
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