Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa & Event Center is honored to host:

The Art of Well-Being: A Restorative Retreat

Calling all caregivers and healthcare professionals! THANK YOU!

We know you work hard every day to support those who are unable to help themselves. We know there is love in what you do. We also know it is one of the hardest, most physically, mentally and emotionally challenging undertakings, and that it can be difficult to find time to care for yourself.

Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa & Event Center, located in the mystic San Luis Valley of Colorado, would like to show our appreciation for all you do by offering a 5-day, 5-night restorative retreat. The retreat will include yoga, meditation, Emotion-Focus Therapy (EFT), healing waters, spa therapies, nurturing nature and the all-important community of understanding. Plus, lots of downtime. Yes, that’s correct, do-what-you-want-with-it downtime, such as enjoying the simple pleasures of the sun, moon, and stars. You will leave the retreat feeling rested, rejuvenated and empowered, along with memories that will lift your spirits, and tools that will support you through your days and nights.

Attend the retreat for as little as $750.

Registration closed on June 15th. For more information, contact Charmaine, Group Coordinator, at (719) 256-4328.

Retreat Schedule & Description

June 27th – July 2nd, 2021

SUNDAY – June 27, 2021

4 pm Check-in: Arrive by 6pm to participate in opening dinner and introductory circle.

MONDAY – June 28, 2021

9am – 10:30am: Yoga Basics. Facilitator: Jason Denham. This class will be an introduction to the yoga practice. The class will move slower through foundational yoga poses to focus on alignment, breath, and sensitivity awareness in the body.
10:30am – 11am: Break/Snacks/Be in silence: An invitation for contemplation
11am – 12:30pm: Self-stewardship, Journals, Sharing and Building Community, Celebrating Aha! Moments. Facilitator: Jason Denham
How often have we heard “self-care” used in buzzworthy media, at our jobs, etc.? When used but not practiced, we train ourselves to dismiss the work of non-action. Self-stewardship is about reframing the terminology so that we can use it as a means to practice caring for ourselves. We will do this by talking about what we are doing to ignore opportunities for self-care, discuss alternative options and journal about what we can do otherwise for different results. Discussions will also include: boundary setting for yourself and others and interrupting patterns that do not serve.
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
2pm – 3pm: Labyrinth meditation walk. Facilitator: Jason Denham
On the Joyful Journey grounds, a beautiful and spiritually blessed labyrinth was constructed of stones and will be a perfect place to practice a meditative walk, placing focus on each step and the breath. This practice may aid those in motion moving from one client to the next, making every step one takes, a meditative step.
3pm – 7pm: FREE TIME, with options for AIS, Private Coaching, or schedule your massage!
During this time, guests may also enjoy private sessions speaking with Jason about what may have come up during practice, or finding time to unwind with a pre-scheduled massage (price is included in the program package) with one of our dedicated healers at Joyful Journey.
7pm – 8pm: Slow Flow yoga with Brittainy Roth (Optional)
After having spent some time on the basics in the first Yoga session, participants are encouraged to slow it down and be with the breath as we flow through a few poses and connect with the body in the moment. Manageable moves for all, with modifications to help you find your flow.
FREE TIME

TUESDAY – June 29, 2021

9am – 10:30am: Restorative Yoga. Facilitator: Jason Denham
This class will be one where we place emphasis on the foundation. Staying in the poses closer to the ground and in quiet observance of the calm abiding that yoga teaches us. Here, participants are invited to use the breath to release heaviness that sometimes gets carried along with us. We will also attempt to allow the muscles to lengthen rather than to force. A continuation from the previous classes.
10:30am – 11am: Break/Snacks/Be in silence: An invitation for contemplation
11am – 12:30pm: Resiliency discussion. Facilitator: Jason Denham
When we want to build resilience, it may not necessarily mean putting on a bunch of armor for battle, but rather we look for ways to let go of concrete thoughts about how things are “supposed” to be. We shift our perspective, seeing the world through a broader lens. Discussion about Impermanence: change is a constant one can count on. Attachment and aversion – Creating expectations and how that can set us up for feeling frazzled. Shutting down to the things we do not like, leaving us bothered unnecessarily when we cannot control experiences.

TUESDAY – June 29, 2021 (continued)

12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
2pm – 5/6pm: If we are what we eat, I’m either fast, cheap or easy: Alternative Nutrition. Facilitator: Cindy Tennessen
When we feel our time is not our own, we tend to rush tasks that take time. Simple food prep and mindful eating can alter our choices and enhance our well-being.
FREE TIME

WEDNESDAY – June 30, 2021

9am – 10:30am: Restorative Yoga. Facilitator: Jason Denham
A class that is intended to seek restorative energy in poses that involve some staging poses. We will find ways to release tension and light the fires within, using ocean breath and power stances.
10:30am – 11am: Break/Snacks
11am – 11:30am: Building community and Celebrating Aha! Moments
11:30am – 12:30pm: Lunch
1:00pm – 5:00pm: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Facilitator: Marcella Friel
Tapping is a gentle, powerful self-help tool that reduces the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger stress. Tapping combines coaching techniques with acupressure in the form of fingertip tapping on acupuncture points. The tapping acts as a circuit breaker on the electromagnetic signal of the stress and diffuses its emotional trigger.
5pm – 8pm: FREE TIME
8pm – 9pm: Slow Flow Yoga and Sound Healing (Optional). Facilitator: Brittainy Roth

THURSDAY – July 1, 2021

9am – 10:30am: Restorative Yoga. Facilitator: Jason Denham
Ensnare the senses during this flow where we dim the lights; discover scents throughout the room such as essential oils, and incense; hear music; and move through restorative poses. We leave room for Yoga Nidra to tread on the edge of sleep, lucid dreaming.
11am: Leave for Hike to the Great Sand Dunes Park and Preserve (bring your journals!). Facilitator: Jason Denham
Off to the Sand Dunes to soak in the sun’s rays and by all means play! We will set aside a short period for discussion or journaling and some silence/stillness.
12pm – 4pm: Packed Lunches, Hike and Photos
Moving at the speed of the world is something not many think to take the time to exercise. On this hike we will do the best we can to look up and down to notice what might fly by too quickly when we are filled with purpose. One foot in front of the other and appreciate the beauty of the San Luis Valley. Individual and group photos will be taken to commemorate your commitment to you and your new-found friends.
6pm – 8pm: Group dinner & Affirmations
A time to break and talk about nothing and everything, while laughing with abundance. Share your experience and enjoy a little decompression with friends.
FREE TIME

FRIDAY – July 2, 2021

9am – 10am: Yoga (optional). Facilitator: Jason Denham
11am: Check-out, Goodbyes and Depart

About the Instructors:

Jason Denham is a life and recovery coach as well as yoga, meditation, and Pilates instructor, who founded Gr8fulMoves. In his former life, Jason was a caregiver for 14 years working as a mentor, coach, and program director in various therapeutic wilderness and residential settings. In those roles, he worked with small groups to help clients communicate more effectively, set boundaries, emotionally regulate, and work through trauma by connecting mind and body.

As a former caregiver, who knows how taxing the role can be, Jason is very excited to be hosting the Art of Well-Being: A Restorative Retreat with Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa for caregivers and healthcare professionals. Click here to learn more about Jason at gr8fulmoves.com

Marcella Friel is a mindful eating mentor who uses the tool of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to help health-conscious women [and men] love and forgive themselves, their food, and their figure.

She is author of the book Tap, Taste, Heal: Use Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Eat Joyfully and Love Your Body, which EFT researcher Peta Stapleton called “a must read.”

Nearly 50,000 students have benefited from Marcella’s online courses, “Lose Emotional & Physical Weight with Tapping” and “21 Tapping Meditations for Emotional Eating and Beyond,” both of which are top-40 bestsellers on DailyOM.

Marcella is a certified EFT Tapping and Matrix Reimprinting practitioner through Tapping the Matrix Academy in Santa Rosa, California. Click here to learn more about Marcella at marcellafriel.com

Brittainy Roth is a 200-hr RYT. She completed her initial yoga teacher training with Indiv Yoga Switzerland in Algarve, Portugal. Since then, she has also completed trauma-informed and chair yoga teacher trainings.

She has also been a Grant Manager, working with various federal, state, foundation, and industry awards at universities for several years.

Cindy Tennessen registered nurse, certified recreation therapist, yoga instructor, wilderness therapy counselor, and a triathlete who also has celiac disease and a congenital heart defect. As a behavioral health/psychiatric nurse, her focus is alternative medicine and lifestyle. Cindy wants to help people understand they have more power than they realize over their health AND the power within them to do something about it. Learn more about Cindy at ironheartfoundation.org

Costs

Per person cost includes accommodations, instructor fees, one spa treatment, meals and fun!

	Triple Occupancy Yurt Only	Double Occupancy Yurt	Double Occupancy Lodge	Single Occupancy Yurt	Single Occupancy Lodge
Five Nights:	$750.00	$850.00	$895.00	$1,150.00	$1,200.00

Deposit of 50% is required at the time of reservation.

If you have interest and ability to support a caregiver or healthcare worker to attend this restorative retreat, please contact Charmaine at 719-256-4328 or email groups@joyfuljourneyhotsprings.com.

The architects and instructors of The Art of Well-Being: A Restorative Retreat are seeking to provide this five-day, five-night retreat to as many caregivers and medical personnel who are interested in attending, without cost being a prohibitor. If you or someone you know would like to attend this retreat, but are unable to afford the full cost, please email brittainy@gr8fulmoves.com.

Our Mission

The Art of Well-Being Retreat Mission: To honor and support individuals who serve others. To treat participants with kindness, patience, and compassion as well as acknowledge your value and worth. To offer tools that will assist you with your daily efforts of caring for others. To provide a sanctuary for the soul so you can explore rest and relaxation.

Our Daily Mission: Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa is a sanctuary, a community, and a retreat, where people from all walks of life come to experience its soothing waters – to heal and find peace from the stress of their daily lives. Joyful Journey’s intent is to allow our mineral hot springs’ healing water and therapies to awaken the hearts and uplift the spirits of all who come, so they might experience the amazing benefits these waters provide. A list of our mineral content can be found here: http://joyfuljourneyhotsprings.com/pools/

Interested in learning more about Joyful Journey Hot Springs Spa? Aaron Perry of Y on Earth recently sat down to film a podcast with Joyful Journey’s founder and owner, Elaine Blumenhein, as well as Joyful Journey’s Group Event Coordinator, Charmaine Boudreaux, and Recovery Coach/Core Facilitator, Jason Denham. They discuss the founding mission of Joyful Journey, and the land and water that help make it a healing oasis.

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