Sometimes a retreat away is not possible. Sometimes, although every bone in your body is calling to get away and find time alone, you have to stay home.
Because I'm a stay-at-home mom, and have dogs and cats too, when I can't get away physically, I make myself a mini-retreat. I can spare an hour, even two at least once a month.
The original idea came after I attended a retreat called the Writer's Spa in Taos, New Mexico, with Jennifer Louden, Comfort Queen. (Especially during your menstrual time, or anytime during menopause, these times set aside for sacred space are very nurturing and comforting. A great way to slow down and meet your inner feminine).
Recipe for a mini-retreat: (in any order you like)
Unplug the phone.
Light a candle from Zena Moon candles http:// http:// www.zenamoon.com
Meditate in silence for as long as you comfortably can.
Put on some soothing music (Nigel Holton, Eversound, Zen flute or Pure Peace)
Stretch into yoga on the floor, open your hips, legs and chest in Pigeon Pose or just lie in corpse pose and surrender.
Open Native American animals cards and do a Medicine Wheel Spread
(like a tarot deck, inner wisdom through our healer animal spirits)
Write in journal, sit and feel whatever emotions arise. Acknowledge them, without judgement.
Make a cup of herbal tea to calm stomach.
Don't turn on the computer or read emails until later.
Put off laundry, the list of things to do, and rushing anywhere;
Hope you have a wonderful inner peace retreat! It works for me.
(don't forget to blow out the candles!)
namaste,
jenn
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