By Women For Women 2024: Awakening Your Authentic Self
March 8-10, 2024
with Robin Richards, Theresa Falvey-Hunt, Wendy Mitch, Tiffany Plekkenpol, Heather Simmons
The 2024 By Women for Women Retreat kicks off on International Women’s Day, allowing this weekend to showcase how women make the world a better place by embracing time for relaxation and empowerment.
This retreat offers an enriching experience led by four exceptional facilitators centered around the theme of Awakening Your Authentic Self.
Participants gather in supportive community, engaging in immersive workshops and hands-on learning experiences encompassing sound bathing, yoga, meditation, poetry, Enneagram exploration, neurosculpting, and empowerment sessions. Emphasizing the significance of presence, the retreat focuses on embracing authenticity.
Heather Simmons will offer massage services throughout the weekend. See her bio below for more details.
You will be fully supported in large group gatherings as well as open time and flexibility to engage in whatever supports you. Join us and enjoy the connection with the sacred Christine Center, fostering connections among a community of like-minded women.
Schedule
Friday
5:00 Meditation
5:30 Supper
6:30 Opening Circle & Sound Healing
Saturday
8:00 breakfast
9:00 Morning Session (Enneagram & Tanka)
12:30 lunch
1:30 Open Time for Self
3:30 Yoga with Sound Healing
5:00 Meditation
5:30 dinner
6:30 Evening Session & Fire
Sunday
8:00 breakfast
9:30 Final Session & Closing Circle
12:30 lunch
All Inclusive Retreat Pricing Options
Listed pricing includes all housing, meals, and program fee
Lodging Options:
Single Modern Hermitage: $590
Single Room in Main Building: $528
Single Cabin Bedroom: $528
Single Rustic Hermitage: $434
Please contact our main office to make your reservation for any of the following (715-267-7507 or welcome@christinecenter.org):
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- Shared lodging options
- To reduce the number of meals you would like
- If you need to make special arrangements
- If you would like to reserve pet friendly accommodations
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Modern Hermitage: One room cottage with anywhere from 1 to 3 beds; living area; kitchenette; bathroom and shower.
Cabin Bedroom: A private bedroom with 1 to 2 beds located on the property in a shared cabin; shared kitchenette; shared bathroom and shower.
Guest Room-Main Building: A private bedroom with 2 beds and private bathroom located in the main building.
Rustic Hermitage: One room cottage with anywhere from 1 to 2 beds; living area. No bathroom or kitchenette. Modern bath and shower facilities are located on the property.
Your Guides for the Journey
Robin Richards
MA, EdS, RMT, CNC
Robin is a master teacher and coach who brings together communities to connect, learn and grow. In her business, Robin’s WellNest LLC, Robin teaches how to build mindset and energy practices to go after your dreams while working through the demands of everyday life.
On the personal side of her journey, Robin is a survivor who has learned to thrive. When her childhood trauma manifested into crippling addiction and illness, Robin committed herself to healing through learning about wellness and merging conventional science with holistic practices to empower healing. That brought her to formal training in Reiki and beyond.
Through Reiki, meditation, mindfulness, yoga and mindful eating. Robin’s work focuses on empowering healing and the infinite growth potential within individuals by merging science with the world of ‘woo-woo’. Robin is a certified Karuna Reiki Master Teacher and professional member of the International Center of Reiki Training with experience in the Usui Holy Fire Reiki system as well as Animal Reiki. www.robinswellnest.com
Theresa Falvey-Hunt
Owner of State of Grace LLC
Theresa is a wayfinder, a beacon of opportunity and possibility.
She is a Life|Grief Coach along with: Yoga Studio Owner/550 Hour Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Neurosculpting® Meditation Facilitator, Grief Educator and loves leading Women’s Retreats.
Her passion for her work lies in the deep belief that everyone deserves a supportive partner on their journey of healing and growth. Supporting women in the journey of rediscovering their resilience, and aligning with their most authentic selves and lives.
You can find her:
Facebook: State of Grace Well-Being
Instagram: stateofgracetheresa
Website: www.stateofgracellc.com
Wendy Mitch
Owner of Shifting Perspectives Coaching and Consulting
Wendy has been challenging, training, and developing others for more than 35 years. She is a certified Integral Life Coach through New Ventures West, a Certified Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method, has her master’s degree in Servant Leadership from Viterbo University, is a licensed facilitator for the Arbinger Institute, and will complete the Wisdom Way Life Coaching Program in January of 2024. Wendy has facilitated hundreds of workshops, seminars, and retreats in the areas of Outward Mindset, Servant Leadership, Self-Deception/Self Betrayal, Emotional Intelligence, the Medicine Wheel, Spiral Dynamics and Creating an Authentic Life.
She has been a lifelong student of the Enneagram and is thrilled to put her learnings and expertise into a deep dive retreat on the Enneagram.
Tiffany Plekkenpol
Yoga and Sound Healing
I have been leading yoga classes since 2012, and sound meditations since 2022. Unfortunately, Covid-19 closed down the studio where I practiced for 11 years, completed their in-house teacher development program, and led classes for 8 years. I truly love and miss the connection with our community and the feeling of comfort and safety that the studio brings.
Ever since I took my 1st yoga class back in 2004, I wanted to guide others into a deeper understanding of themselves. I currently offer a weekly hour long series with yoga and sound meditation at the brewery of a former yogi, 9 Mile Brewing in Bloomington, MN. It is very complementary, moving mindfully to build up to the peak of class & then back down for final Shavasana. Catering to a brand new yogi, or anyone in need of modifications, to the advanced yogi trying to push thier own personal edge.
I hosted my 1st four day yoga retreat in Sedona AZ, 2022. It offered yoga, a 2 hour sound meditation, reiki, hiking to meditate within a vortex, as well as moving through my yoga series after hiking to a different vortex. I also went through Dr. Garcia’s “Biomagnetism Therapy training level 1 & 2” in October 2023, and will be attending the advanced training in February, 2024.
Finally, I am starting my own business “Dynamic Resonance”, with the mission “to create a space for you to feel comfortable enough to let your guard down and reap the benefits of self connection. Whether through yoga, sound meditation or Bio Magnetism. When you give yourself the gift of presence, you become the change you wish to see, you find your authentic self and it sets you free”.
I’ll be hosting small classes and personal session at my mini studio in February 2024. Contact me with any questions or inquiries, tiffany@dynamicresonance.com”
Heather Simmons
Massage Therapist
Heather is a Madison-based massage therapist with over 20 years of experience and is a friend of the Christine Center who periodically provides massage for Center guests. She is excited to be offering massage for the 2nd year in a row for the Christine Center fundraiser and wonderful women’s retreat “By Women, For Women”. Her work combines a variety of modalities and she was recently certified in Reiki II in the Usui/Holy Fire tradition. She will have gentle therapy dog Brandi on site. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, nature worshipping, Brandi (doggie) outings, music and connecting with animals and humans.
*Heather will be giving away a free massage in a drawing at the retreat.
If you have questions or would like to schedule with Heather, you may contact her by email: Featheras10@gmail.com