Healing and Wellness Tools Retreat

EMPOWER yourself with a 6-day Healing and Wellness Tools Retreat, held at the Trapp Family Lodge. This resort is set in the mountains in northern Vermont on 2,500 acres. Discover interesting and effective tools for healing, wellness, and vitality, form friendships with other retreat participants, and enjoy the beautiful setting.

Don't worry, you won't be stuck in a classroom all day. We will often be active, and often be outside. The learning that is done indoors will be in a room with a wall of windows, and will be interactive.

A typical day will include learning about and experiencing the following healing and wellness tools:

Tai Chi: Experience this ancient martial art to improve strength, balance, and well-being, to reduce stress, and to raise energy levels. Tai Chi is a series of movements performed slowly to elicit healing, improve longevity, and promote personal tranquility.

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Essential Oils: Essential Oils are the "life force" or essence of plants and trees and are known as nature's living energy. We will discover how they can be used to ease ailments, relieve anxiety, and promote health. You will be provided with Young Living Therapeutic Grade (the best on the market) essential oils to take home with you.

Reiki: Reiki (pronounced Ray-key) means universal life energy. It is a healing technique that gently balances the body, mind, and spirit. It brings a natural sense of harmony and a state of well-being to the recipient. It is also effective as a way to help individuals increase awareness, insight, wisdom, and personal growth. We will learn how to perform Reiki on ourselves and others

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Nature Walk: We will take outdoor walks to enjoy the rejuventating effects of nature. Our strolls will include quiet woods and beautiful mountain views.

Why are there hearts all over this website? Because you will leave the retreat with your heart filled with joy and love and will be able to carry this feeling back into your everyday life.

Emotional Freedom Technique: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a finger tapping tool for easing the stresses of life. Negative emotions, like worry about the future and regret or trauma from the past, can dissolve in minutes. This is done by tapping certain pressure points on our face and body while putting our attention on the issue we seek to change. We will learn how to use EFT to bring clarity to the mind, while establishing freedom from the unwanted patterns of thinking and behaving that harm us. When we are clear minded, we are productive and motivated. When the emotions we feel are pleasing to us, life is good, and we like ourselves.

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Manifesting: Using a few different tools, we will learn how to attract what we want into our life. No more waiting around for life to happen to you - take control of your life and draw in good experiences.

Qi Gong: We will do simple Qi Gong exercises to cultivate energy. Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese system practiced for health maintenance, healing, and increasing vitality.

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Leisure Time: There will be a 2- to 2.5-hour break around lunchtime to eat at your leisure, enjoy the resort's 3 swimming pools and hot tub, play tennis, or simply sit outside on a patio or balcony, or take a nap. Retreat activities start at 9am and wrap up by 7pm so you also have the morning and evening for self-directed activities.

Our first day will consist of a couple special activities:

Reception: We will all introduce ourselves and get oriented with the resort and with the healing and wellness sessions.

von Trapp History Tour: We will have a 1.5-hour private history tour, led by one of the von Trapp family members.

Reiki: Each participant will receive a 1.5-hour one-on-one reiki healing session by an experienced practitioner.

What's Included with the Retreat:

• Five nights in a private room with private bathroom, air conditioning, direct access to a patio or balcony, and mountain views. Or you can choose to share a room for a reduced amount; or you can choose to commute for a further reduced amount.
• Group size is limited to 12 individuals so everyone gets personal attention.
• Six group healing and wellness tools sessions, Monday through Thursday.
• Two group healing and wellness tools sessions on Friday.
• Private group history tour led by a von Trapp family member.
• A 90-minute one-on-one reiki healing session by an experienced practioner.
• Reiki I certification.
• Leisure time to soak up the peaceful setting at the resort and pursue self-directed activities.
• If you're flying in, we can likely provide transportation from the Burlington area to the resort; please let us know your travel plans ahead of time. No need to rent a car as there is so much to do at the resort.

Ongoing Support after the Retreat:

You will be going home with a deep sense of peace and a lot of knowledge and tools at your disposal. To help you stay on track for improved wellness and a more joyful life, you are provided with several take-home tools:

• Essential Oils.
• Information on the specific benefits of each of your essential oils and how to use them.
• Qi Gong video.
• Tai Chi video.
• A motivational message delivered to your email box, Monday through Saturday, for a year.
• Reiki manual.
• EFT guide.
• A one-on-one 1.5-hour follow-up session by phone or skype (or in person for local participants). This session can be for EFT, distance Reiki, or to cover any questions you have about the healing and wellness tools.

Space is limited to 12 participants.