Illumination - Programs and Services

PROGRAMS & SERVICES (group or individual sessions)

NEW!!! Life Designs in your Encore Years:explore past beliefs and current dreams/thoughts about "retirement"; review your life/career to date to find key skills and talents you may want to continue to offer in a new way; look at areas you may want to grow in; clarify where and how you want to live, and how you want to "be" in your Encore years; set goals, get in action, and overcome inevitable obstacles and changes.

Conscious Communication Skills for Couples: couples in long-term relationships can have times when the relationship feels stale and communication breaks down. Come learn this incredibly simple and effective way to listen more actively and deeply to your partner, and to speak your whole message thoughtfully and authenically; learn how to create the safe space and time for this communicaton; and practice skills of problem-solving and collaboration. You will leave with a deepened sense of intimacy, love, trust, and commitment to your partner.

Spiritual Retreat: This half-day retreat is precious time quiet your mind and tend your soul. Gretchen creates a sacred space to go deeply within. Shw weaves together vaious spiritual practices to calm the mind, open the heart, renew your deep connection to Spirit, and contemplate where you are in Life.You will be guided with compassion through gentle spiritual yoga warm-ups and postures (on chair or mat), meditation and visualization, mindfulness practices, readings, time for personal reflection, and relaxation.

Spiritual Yoga: Join Gretchen in this very gentle, meditative form of Kripalu yoga. In a quiet, sacred space, you will move thorugh a centering meditation, warm-ups, posture flows, relaxation, and closing meditation. Music and inspirational, spiritual readings are added to enhance the total experience. Appropriate for beginners and more experienced practitioners who desire a more gentle yoga practice and a deeper connection to your inner spirit; promotes a sense of calm and well-being.

Beyond Loss & Grief: If you lost a loved one a year or two ago, come join us as together we explore "what's next?": who are you now in life without your loved one? how can you re-discover yourself, re-connect to dreams and passions, begin to develop a life design for moving forward, while honoring and remembering your loved one.

Introduction to Meditation & Mindfulness: Learn how the practice of mindfulness can enhance all aspects of your life, regardless of your life situation; practice a variety of meditation and visualization techniques to find ones tehat suit you the best; ask questions, discuss any difficulties; leave each session with a quiet sense of inner peace.

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