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Creativity Retreat for women
A Day Spa for Your Creative Spirit
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Date:
July 26, 2008 from 9am—5pm
Cost: $200, includes all art supplies for a
handmade book,
yoga and
meditation sessions, retreat binder with
handouts, a journal, all beading supplies, catered
breakfast and lunch (vegetarian available), and an entire
day to feed your soul!!
Registration:
Reserve your spot today with a $50.00 deposit, and an
email with "Retreat RSVP" in the subject line to
info@juliehamiltonart.com, or call (540) 520-0246
To reserve with a check, mail to:
Julie Hamilton
439 Howard Dr.
Salem, VA 24153
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"Art is a spiritual practice.
We may not, and need not, do it perfectly. But we do need
to do it." - Julia
Cameron, Walking
in This World
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Retreat Description
This retreat is an entire day devoted to
nurturing your spirit, creativity, and body. It is
designed for artists and non artists alike. The retreat is
an inspiring day for women of any age. All that is required is an open mind and a deep desire to care
for yourself. This day is a chance to tune into your
spirit and listen to your inner muse through creating, yoga,
writing, and meditation.
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Retreat Sessions
Gentle Yoga with Colleen Carrell
A 45 minute session of stretching for beginners. An integrative yoga experience that leads participants through breath and body awareness, gentle stretches and guided relaxation. The ancient art of yoga can help one unite mind, body, and spirit so that their true “essence” is revealed and expressed.
Coffee, Tea, and Muffins
Handmade Hardcover Journals
Learn how to construct and design an original, handmade book that can be used as a journal or album. The spines of the books are hand stitched on the outer edge using a beautiful, ancient Japanese method. We will use professional book making materials that include handmade papers, fabrics, ribbons, beads, watercolor paper and other embellishments.
Catered Lunch
Finding the Vein of Gold within - a journaling workshop
Using excerpts from Julie Cameron’s book The Vein of Gold – A Journey to Your Creative Heart, you will have time to write and reflect in the quiet surroundings of the newly landscaped Beale Gardens or the DuPont Chapel nearby. “Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and use establish the life you experience.” –Sonia Choquette
Stretching break and breathing meditation
Snacks
Prayer beads and jewelry making
Participants will have the opportunity to create several pieces of handmade, beaded jewelry, including prayer beads and necklaces. High quality beads from Beads Indeed on Campbell Ave in Roanoke include semiprecious stones, wood, turquoise, silver, shell, and glass. Learn what the stones and colors can symbolize and represent.
Guided Meditation and closing / Returning Home
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"By
Grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can
be translated into outward harmony."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from
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Biographies
Julie Hamilton
I have been painting and creating art for over 20 years. I hold a BFA in Fine Arts from James Madison University and a MALS degree concentrating in Visual Arts from Hollins University. I am a member of Signature 9 Gallery in Roanoke, VA, the Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, the National Watercolor Society, the Salem Fine Arts Commission, SMARTS (Salem Museum of the Arts) and I serve as Vice President for the League of Roanoke Artists. I taught International Baccalaureate Art at Salem High School for eight years and now run The Creativity Retreat for Women – a Day Spa for the Soul. I work out of my home studio with my four year old in tow, and look forward to a new year of making and sharing my work.
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Colleen Carrell, R.Y.T.
Colleen Carrell, is a Certified Yoga Instructor and Well-Being Coach. She has practiced yoga for 20 years and taught yoga for over 6 years in the Roanoke Valley. Colleen loves teaching beginner level hatha yoga classes with an emphasis on integrating body, mind and spirit in a relaxing, meditative environment. She also teaches conscious breathing as a way to release tension in both the body and mind, thus reducing the effects of stress. Her gentle approach with students encourages them to explore the many benefits of yoga as applied to everyday living.
Colleen’s other great love is coaching individuals to an optimum state of well-being. She considers well-being the balance of all aspects of oneself that fosters the expression of one’s true nature. Yoga is a great template for living well and being present to the greatness each person has within them. She can work with you on areas such as, lifestyle enhancement, stress prevention & recovery, clarity with life purpose, graceful life transitions, and moving towards more of what you love. Contact Colleen for yoga classes, private yoga sessions, retreats and/or well-being coaching at graceyoga@netzero.net or 540-563-0655. |
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“For each of us as women, there is a deep place within, where
hidden and growing our true spirit rises...Within these deep
places, each one hold an incredible reserve of creativity and
power, of unexamined and unrecorded emotion and feeling. The
woman’s place of power within each of us is neither white nor
surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is
deep.”
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