"All you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek what is within, and you will surely find it." ~ Eileen Cady…

MY RETREATS TAKE ALL FORMS:

• Day hiking retreats
• Women's day or weekend retreats to beautiful and restful locations
• Custom retreats created for your group of friends, family or colleagues.

Do you have a group you'd like to get together for bonding, team-building or deep introspection? I'll put together a retreat for you.

What is a Retreat? A retreat is giving yourself the gift of time ...an afternoon, a day or a weekend, to withdraw from your ordinary life and create a safe quiet space. Within that safe space, you can then listen for your own inner knowing. This can be done via journaling, moving to music, walking in nature, being creative, or sharing activities and ideas with others. The end result is that you move closer to your center and your own authenticity.

You Might Feel the Need and Desire to Retreat if: you need to relax and BE; you have lost, or never found a sense of your true self, you feel stuck and unable to make a decision, you wish to experience personal growth, you are going through a life transition or change.

What Can I Expect at a Retreat? Nature, play, fun, art, body, mind & spirit connection through guided visualizations and journaling

Retreat Themes include: Living More Mindfully, Solstice Celebrations, Nature Meditative Hikes, Life Balance, Taking Care of Self, Managing Stress in a Changing World, Positive Body Image.

UPCOMING RETREATS

Hiking Retreat: All Welcome

When: Hikes for Fall 2010:

September 11, 9:00 a.m.

Where: Bobelaine Sanctuary Trail, Feather River

Bobelaine Audubon Sanctuary is maintained by the Sacramento Audubon Society; this 430 acre sanctuary has an extensive loop-trail system where we can appreciate the variety of wildlife at this riverside habitat.

**Contact Coach Cindie for more information or to sign up**

Grouse Lakes Loop Trail

When: October 9, 9:00 a.m.

This is Sacramento's "land of lakes". You can view more than 15 lakes during this loop. The complete loop is 10 miles so the group will determine how many lakes we see.

Contact me for more information or to register

When: November 13, 9:00 a.m.

Where: Wren Wetlands, Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

This refuge has lots of perennial and seasonal wetlands, grasslands and woodlands. We'll see sandhill cranes, white pelicans, Canada geese and other species. A nice walk for all. Might be our last walk of the year as December generally turns rainy.

Journaling Group

When: Available by request for individuals or groups.

Where: wherever is comfortable; we'll do by phone

A journaling group is a way to support one another in maintaining a practice of daily journaling. I'll provide information, ideas for topics and support. Possibility to 'meet' via phone so anyone across the country can join. Contact me if interested.