Women in Transition – Climbing into your Authentic Self
Taught by Suze Allen & Jnana Gowan

Your house is on fire. Your boat is sinking. What do you want take with you? What are you willing to watch sink or go up in flames? Making these decisions can help you navigate change and rediscover your most authentic self.

Living in a culture of advanced technology, time-starvation, overwhelming career and family obligations along with economic and emotional uncertainty often prevents women from taking the time to address and acknowledge life’s vital transitions.

This workshop gives you the time, the space, and the tools to ride the wave of change. Turbulent times are a call to adventure. Embark on the mythic journey with a transformational blend of hatha yoga, purposeful writing, deep relaxation/guided meditation and ritual.

You’ll gain a deeper understanding of your life in transition and find strategies for dealing with intense change and daily discomfort. Research shows that expressive writing, guided imagery and hatha yoga have a profound healing and transformational affect on people undergoing significant upheaval. Forward bends deepen your journey into your core; standing poses help you to climb into your power, and restorative poses help you to hear the still and quiet yearnings of your real self. Purposeful and expressive writing brings you clarity and wisdom. Music, movement, and ritual bring you catharsis and joy.

This Women in Transition workshop helps you to approach your life with acceptance, intention and integrity, so you can grow stronger and more authentic. In this space of creativity, bodywork and ritual, you can choose what you desire rather than what you think you’re supposed to do and break free from what others want from you.

No experience necessary – both with the writing and the yoga. Open to seasoned practitioners/writers or the newest beginner. All welcome.

Here’s what former participants had to say about this weekend:
“Magical, transformative, soul releasing and cleansing.”

“Women in Transition was a tremendous experience with great and loving teachers – the yoga was wonderful and I intend to keep it up. The writing was a freeing experience and the group of women was inspiring. “

“Ohmigawd! Ohmigawd! Ohmigawd! I am beyond enlightened after this workshop. I have found more appreciation for my life, my friends and my family than ever before. “

“Thank you for the refreshing “time out” or rather “time for myself” Women in Transition workshop on Saturday. Having a quiet space (in both time and place) and knowledgeable, sensitive coaches to help me (and the other women in the class) to reflect on where I am at the moment, what my “call to adventure” is, what real or perceived obstacles prevent me from moving forward, opened my mind and body and better equipped me for my return to “real life” back home on the East Coast. I continue to think about what I learned from you both (and the other attendees) that afternoon whether I’m writing, doing yoga, or just being. Thank you again so very much for this gift that keeps on giving.”

Women in Transition Two-Day Retreat
Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California
February 10 thru 12 2012
To register:

http://www.esalen.org

call with any questions regarding the course – 510-734-4122