Gathering Inn Spiral The Gathering Inn
A Women's Spiritual Center and Retreat House
The Gathering Inn
82 Healdville Rd
Hubbardston, MA 01452

978-920-1139

email:
info@gatheringinn.org

website:
gatheringinn.org
In This Issue

Feng Shui Workshop

Private Reiki Healing Sessions

Women in Transition Workshop

Reiki III/Master Training

"How to Take a Retreat"

Quilting Retreat

Cooking with Quinoa

NEW! Hatha Yoga Classes

Belly Dancing!

Red Tent Gathering
New Practioners!

 

The Gathering Inn announces new Practitioners
 
Sue Medeiros has recently begun offering Hatha Yoga classes Monday 7pm, Wed. 7 am, and 8:30 am
 
Lisa Borchetta of Firebird Life Coaching is offering coaching services to women on retreat at the Inn.
 
Margaret Thompson & M'Liss Calzaretta are offering a comprehensive course of group Integrated Reiki training classes and private healing sessions throughout the year.
 
Potluck Plus!

Please join us monthly at the Inn on a Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 9:00pm and unwind from the busyness of life and nourish your body and soul.

    Following dinner we will transition to the Gathering Room or the Yoga Studio for a guided meditation, a presentation or a mini-event.

    Take some time each month just for you and reconnect to yourself and your spiritual center.  

 

UPCOMING 

POTLUCK PROGRAMS 

 

March 13th

Life Coach,

 Lisa Borchetta

Embracing Change

 

April 10th

Transition Coach,

Dolores Elam

Follow Your Dreams!

Don't just Dream your Dreams, Live your Dreams! 

 

May 8th

Certified Holistic Health Coach, Christine Catino

Sugar Blues 

 

Learn more on our website!

 

ALL FREE! but please let us know if you're coming, either call 978-820-1139 or email us. 

 

Special Winter Rate

 

Cabin fever getting to you?  Sick of being stuck looking at the same four walls?  Then get out of your 'cabin' and into ours for a welcome change of scenery!  

We're offering a mid-winter special of $150 per ROOM, per night, no matter how many people are sharing the room.  And it comes complete with a comforting simple dinner upon arrival and a continental breakfast.  

So grab your girlfriends, your mothers, your daughters, your sisters and come on out to The Gathering Inn for a warm and cozy overnight.  Each room has either 2 or 3 beds, so fill 'em up with your BFF's and save a bundle and save your sanity.  

 

Call us for availability, but call soon.  At this price, the rooms will go fast.  Offer ends March 31st.

 

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The Gathering Inn offers the services of a number of private practitioners, by appointment, such as massage therapy, Reiki, therapeutic yoga, Grief Recovery, Prepare for Surgery - Heal Faster and nutritional counseling.

These services are available to guests of the Inn as well as to the general public.

 

This networking provides you with professional care in a tranquil, pastoral environment which naturally enhances physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

 

Call the Inn at 978-820-1139 to make arrangements.

 

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March 8, 2013

Greetings!  

 

Are you as anxious to get your fingers in the dirt as we are?  

 

Our Mother Earth has graciously given us these months of dark and cold to going inward, strengthen our core, rest our bodies, and listen to our inner wisdom.  

 

Now it is time for that work to bring forth fruit ... and flowers ... and grass ... and bird song ... and sunshine ...     

 

Are you ready?  

 

The Inn is bursting with new buds just waiting to open.  We passionately hope you will be part of our Spring Garden!

 

MERRY'S MUSINGS

Merry Cole

Prayer for a Return to Living from My Spiritual Core

 

God/Goddess, my life is out of balance, stressful, unauthentic, and not fulfilling.  I have said too many yeses when I should have said no; I have stuffed and stifled my voice when I should have spoken my truth.  I have filled up my to-do list out of guilt, embarrassment, or ego (do I really think I'm the savoir of every situation?).

 

I have spent too much time with too many people and no time in nature and no time with myself. 

 

I have not spoken up against wrong behavior toward others or toward me . . . why?  What am I afraid of?

 

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Feng Shui Workshop

Christine Cnway fengshuiMarch 23, 9:30 am - 3:30pm

with Christine Conway

 

What a great way to start 2013... with a workshop focusing on intentional flow, abundance and balance known as F.A.B. Feng Shui!

 
You'll learn:
  • How your environment has an impact on what you attract into your life.
  • How your décor can help to transform YOU & YOUR life
  • Simple ways to bring more balance, happiness, money or a relationship into your life
Cost:$90 includes simple lunch. Add an Overnight Stay with Continental Breakfast for additional $80.

 

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Workshop:  Exploring the Positives for Women in Transition 

transition April 6, 10 am - 2:30 pm Lisa Borchetta

with Lisa Borchetta

 

Life is an ever-cycling process of change.

 

Learn how to work through these transitions in a way that resonates with our core beliefs, strengths and values. So that when we reach "the other side" we know that we have not only weathered the changes but positioned ourselves more firmly on the path toward the future we desire. 

 

Cost: $75

 

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healingPrivate Healing Sessions

April 11, 12, 14 & May 16, 17, 19, 20, 21   Margaret  Thompson

 

Integrated Reiki Teachers M'Liss Calzaretta and Margaret Thompson team up with you to form a healing triad and, together, you'll move through a three phase wholistic process for healing and restoration that supports a full unfolding in wholeness as you move through life. 

 

M'Liss Calzaretta You are an active partner in the experience, being empowered to support your own healing and expression of wholeness over time. Each session is personalized to meet your unique circumstances.

 

90-Minute Session Fee: $125

 

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Integrated Reiki Level III/Master One 
Certification Training

Reiki

reikiApril 12-14 

with Margaret Thompson & 

M'Liss Calzaretta

 

REGISTER NOW! ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT!

 

Margaret Thompson and M'Liss Calzaretta return to the Inn!

 

Building on integrated Reiki One and Two, the Level Three/Master One training will teach you tools for refining and expanding your Reiki experience and practice and will take you further into the energetics of human experience, and into deeper union with the planetary energy body and universal spirit.

 

Prerequisite:  Integrated Reiki Level One/Two is required.  If you have had other prior Reiki training, contact Margaret or M'Liss before registering for this workshop.

 

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SAVE THE DATES: May 17-19th, Margaret & M'Liss are offering Level I/II Reiki Certificate Training again. Check here for more information & registration.

"HOW TO TAKE A RETREAT" CLASS

Woman in Hammock classApril 17, 7-9pm

Our Women's Wisdom Retreat Series continues!

 

It might be titled "Everything you've ever wanted to know about taking a personal retreat but were embarrassed to ask". This is an informal and informative class for retreat beginners or returners.  

 

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"The Heart of Quilting" Retreat

quiltApril 19-21 heart quilt

With Anne Russo

 

Let's get to the heart of the matter!

 

Come learn a new technique using a Twister Ruler and complete a Quilted Heart wall-hanging or small lap throw in one weekend.

 

Cost: $300 includes room & board, and 2 full days instruction. 

 

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quinoaCooking with Quinoa -
An Amazing Ancient Grain

April 28, 1-4 pm

Quinoa

With Shari Fife, The Inn's Culinary Director

 

Did you know the United Nations has declared 2013 the Year of Quinoa (pronounced 'keen-wa')?  Come and learn why as we spend an afternoon cooking with this ancient grain from South America.

 

In our hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to incorporate this super nutritious and tasty grain into your breakfast, lunch, and supper and yes, even dessert. 

 

We will learn the basic techniques for cooking quinoa and learn about the different forms of quinoa that are available.  We will end the three hours by sampling all of our creations. 

 

Cost: $40.00 (includes all cooking supplies.) 

 

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yoga
NEW! HATHA YOGA: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
Woman in Siddhasana Mondays, 7:00-8:00pm
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00am AND 8:30-9:30am
with Sue Medeiros

Yoga's combined focus on mindfulness, breathing and physical movements brings health benefits with regular participation. Sleep better, increase your energy and muscle tone, get relief from muscle stiffness, improve your circulation and overall general health. Come take advantage of all these benefits!

 

Comfortable clothing is recommended! Props will be provided if you do not have your own.

 

Cost: $15 Drop-In fee or purchase 10 classes at once and receive a discounted rate of $12/class. 

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JOURNEY IN BELLY DANCE BASICS

Bellydancer bellyThursdays, 7-8:30 pm
with Rosemary Nolan

See why Belly Dancing is freeing, meditative, sensual, empowering, graceful, strengthening, and a great work-out for all ages, shapes and sizes. Only requirement is to promise to leave your negative body self-talk outside the door and prepare to have fun.

 

Cost: $15 per class or $50 for 4 classes. 

 

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RED TENT GATHERING

Red Tent Woman redMarch 10, 1-4 pm

The Red Tent, authored by Anita Diamant, tells the story of the tent in which women take refuge while menstruating or giving birth, and in which they find mutual support and encouragement from their mothers, sisters and aunts. Since that book was released, Red Tent groups have sprung up world wide.

With much enthusiasm, our group continues to meet once a month. Join us!

Cost: $10

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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 step out of the busyness and distractions of the world, to be in quiet and stillness, to be a bit pampered, and to reconnect to your spiritual center. 


We can't wait to see you at the Inn!


 

Sincerely, Gathering Inn Spiral

The Gathering Inn