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'The Pause' -Half-Day Retreat for Women
The Pause is your invitation to slow down and invest some time in yourself with a few hours out of your busy days.
When and where
Date and time
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:00 - 13:00 GMT
Location
Hotwell House Ballinakill Enfield Ireland
Refund Policy
About this event
The Pause is your invitation to slow down and invest some time into gently exploring the reality that how we are living is unsustainable. Our lives our bypassing us at such a pace that we cannot possibly fully experience all of it. This is why we created this space, this pause in our lives. Our intention for the event is to gather in community and allow ourselves a glimpse into how important it is for us to take a pause.
We will relish in the feeling of empowerment that comes with acknowledging that we can change how we are living, so that we are no longer at the mercy of society’s conditioning that tells us our value is based on how busy we are. There is such joy to be found when in the company of others who are as drawn to slowing down for a while as you are.
As you arrive, you will be welcomed into the circle by Trish and Jacqueline. Trish will lead us in a heart opening cacao ceremony. Cacao is a plant medicine that has been used ceremonially for thousands of years. We will join together to drink cacao and when this is done with intention it can have beautiful spiritual effects. It can act as a heart opener, bringing us back to a place of balance. It can help connect us to our intuition and increase creativity and focus.
Having taken some time to drink our cacao there will be space to allow us to experience some real stillness and presence.You may want to just lie comfy and cosy or journal. The time is yours. Following the cacao ceremony we will begin some gentle movement. This will be based on the principles of pilates and will be very much focused on the mind body connection and moving with our breath.
After our gentle movement, we will ease back into circle and Jacqueline will open up the conversation as to why so many of us are feeling the presence of urgency in our lives. The pace at which we are trying to live is slowly and surely eating away at our joy and happiness. Each of us feels so alone in our busyness, not quite sure how we ended up in such overwhelm and feelings of never quite getting on top of things.
We are tired and we are busy.
Busy living a life that no longer feels like our own but one that is being dictated by the opinions and judgements of a world that seems to be speeding up. Everywhere we turn we are encouraged to ‘be better’, to ‘work harder’ and ‘get up earlier’. In addition to all of this are the deeply embedded beliefs we have all grown up with in regards to what makes a good woman, a good wife and partner, a good mother. We run ourselves into the ground trying to look after our friends and our family.
Sometimes all it takes is a realisation that you don’t want to feel so busy all the time
This is why Trish and Jacqueline have created this moment in time, this opportunity to press pause on all that feels frantic in your life right now. They wish for you to prioritise yourself for a few hours, to press pause on your busy, busy life so that you may create an opportunity to breathe deeply and reconnect with that sense of ease and peace that exists deep within you.
You don't have to walk this path alone...
You are warmly invited to come gather with us for The Pause on Sunday, 11th December, 10am-1pm.
Tickets are €45