Welcoming Winter Retreat

Welcoming Winter Retreat


Date: December 16, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Meeting Place: Directions emailed with registration confirmation.
Leader: Andrea Higgins & Andrea Belford
Price: 40
Attendee Limit: 15

As we head into the Winter Solstice, retreat to a beautiful Harwich Conservation Trust Preserve with Andrea Higgins (Kripalu Certified Mindful Outdoor Guide) & Andrea Belford (QiGong Instructor, capecodqigong.org) for a unique nature experience.

We'll arrive together at Cornelius Pond Woodlands to reconnect with nature while breathing in the crisp waning autumn air. This 15-acre Preserve offers peaceful trails through rich habitats including forest, meadow, and a coastal plain pond home to a variety of wildlife.

We'll start our retreat with a QiGong practice based on the 5 Elements of Nature - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. QiGong is an ancient Chinese practice, thousands of years old, that means 'the practice of cultivating life force energy.' The practice is a series of slow and gentle movements that combine proper posture, healthy breathing, and mindfulness. By connecting out in nature together, we achieve and maintain health, healing, and vitality of the body, mind, and spirit.

Then we'll enjoy a guided meditative saunter through trails meandering a variety of habitats. Settle your awareness on nature's soothing atmosphere, and gain inspiration from the living earth. Pause to appreciate the details and beauty found in nature, and rekindle your sense of curiosity, discovery, and wonder.

Join us on this self-healing retreat, tune in to your senses, and feel the vital life force energy that flows through us, and all living things in nature.

Photo courtesy of Gerry Beetham.


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