Clergy Marriage Enrichment Retreat...April 20-22

Jim and Melissa Leehan

The Rev. Dr. James and Melissa Leehan are a clergy couple. Jim is a retired Episcopal priest and Marriage and Family Therapist and Melissa is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. They have experienced their own clergy marriage but also have a great deal of counseling experience with clergy, their spouses/partners, and their families. They believe there are unique stresses in clergy marriages which merit special attention. Their present work is dedicated to enriching clergy marriages.

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Spring Renewal Retreat Weekend for personal rest and relaxation... April 20-22

Come relax and renew at The Mandala Center without an agenda. Sleep, hike, read, or come with your own hobby and nurture your own spirit. This weekend offers a special discount price for individuals or couples looking for some contemplative time to replenish themselves. Join together for luscious meals and interesting conversation and then find your own special spot to enjoy your own company.

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Dream Work in Action: Seven Practical Tools for Creative Inspiration and Problem Solving...May 4-6

E. Ann Hollier, Ph.D

Dr. E. Ann Hollier, Ph.D. is an executive coach, author, inspirational speaker, and researcher. She has studied dreams and imagery in personal transformation for over 30 years. Her work with dreams, imagery, symbolism, and ritual is grounded in the perspective that these experiences speak to us primarily through a non-verbal language of metaphors, emotions, and feelings. She helps participants discover, retrieve, and articulate the practical knowledge and tools they need to bring lasting benefits from their dreamwork into their everyday lives. She is co-author of Dream On! A Dream Interpretation and Exploration Guide for Women, and is working on her second book, Might as Well Say Yes, a collection of autobiographical stories about the power of dreams to seed change, propelling us out of our old lives and into new possibilities.

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Women’s Wellness Weekend and Retreat Get-Away (Special Price!)...June 21-24

Treat yourself to a get-away weekend in the peace and beauty of The Mandala Center. Join other women as we engage in self-care activities and support each other. A variety of optional activities will be offered for you to participate in or take time to rest and renew in your own way. Bring a friend and share the experience! Don’t miss this special weekend.

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The Black Madonna: Ancient Ties/Modern Traditions An interactive virtual pilgrimage...July 12-15

Mary Saracino and Lori Coon

Mary Saracino is a novelist, poet, and memoir writer. She is the author of The Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006), No Matter What (Spinsters Ink 1993), Finding Grace (Spinsters Ink 1999), and Voices of the Soft-bellied Warrior (Spinsters Ink Books 2001). Her poetry and stories appear in a variety of literary and cultural journals and anthologies. As the founder of MOTHEROOT, she leads workshops on the Dark Mother/Divine Female.

Lori Coon is the Executive Director of The Mandala Center. For over 20 years Lori has facilitated her own workshops on relaxation and stress management, women’s wellness, and using art for self expression and personal growth. She has worked for various organizations, including the NY office of Mental Hygiene, The Resource Center, The Chautauqua County Arts Council, the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, and Chautauqua Institution, designing workshops and creative programs for all ages. Lori, an artist and writer, has spent the past year delving into her own exploration of the Black Madonna and Divine Feminine.

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Morning Mandalas: Expressing the Soul’s Creativity...July 25-29

Linda Wiggin Kraft

Linda Wiggen Kraft is a mandala artist, photographer, creativity teacher, garden designer, writer and meditation facilitator. Her work centers around enhancing body, mind, heart and soul through art and gardens that inspire, transform, and heal. Linda works exclusively with mandalas in her paintings, photography and workshops. She is trained in art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Linda took a hiatus from creating art while growing her garden design business and raising her sons. Then, almost a decade ago, she began to create mandalas as the art form that feeds her soul. After experiencing increased creativity and clarity from mandala making, she developed an easy way for others to deepen their creativity and clarity with her unique way of making mandalas called Morning Mandalas, Meditation & Journaling. She has taught all ages in schools, healing centers, and retreat settings. As for her garden work, Linda feels the reason flowers call to people’s souls is that most flowers are mandalas that help people experience their power and beauty - just by viewing them.

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Svastha Yoga Immersion: Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, and Chant...August 8-12

Monique Parker

Monique Parker, MFA, E-YRT, is a yoga educator inspired by the Svastha Yoga tradition of A.G. and Indra Mohan. She is the director and co-founder of the Yoga Teacher Training Program at the University of New Mexico-Taos. She specializes in yoga therapy and individualized practice through breath-centric movement. For the past decade she has worked with students from all over the US, synthesizing the fundamentals of asana, yoga psychology, pranayama, mantra, and chant.

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Transforming Deep Loss into Power, Meaning, and Peace...August 23-26

Cheryl Eckl

Cheryl Eckl is an internationally known author, speaker, professional development trainer, and personal life coach who began her career as a singer and musical comedy actress. Since losing her husband, Stephen, to colon cancer in 2008, Cheryl has published her book, A Beautiful Death: Facing the Future with Peace, and is completing her masters’ degree in Transpersonal Psychology.

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Fall Equinox Retreat: Creating Balance in Times of Change...Sept 20-23
(Teachings of the Eastern Andes and Peruvian Shamanism)

JoAnne Dodgson

JoAnne Dodgon, Ed.D., is a healer, author and teacher of Ka Ta See, a unique Peruvian tradition from the Eastern Andes. JoAnne has a doctorate in counseling psychology and has pursued an extensive eleven-year shamanic apprenticeship to live and learn the Ka Ta See tradition and share the ancient teachings and ceremonial ways. She has over twenty years experience offering counseling, ceremonial gatherings, holistic healing, and workshops.

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Your Untold Story: The Art of Spiritual Memoir ...Sept 27-30

Mark Matousek

Mark Matousek is a popular writing teacher and memoirist. He is the author of Ethical Wisdom and The Boy He Left Behind as well as other books. He is a contributor to Huffington Post, O:The Oprah Magazine, AARP, Common Boundary, and was senior editor at Interview Magazine. He has taught all over the country, from the Omega Institute to The New York Open Center, Manhattanville College, Hollyhock Institute, and elsewhere.

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Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine...October 4-7

with Gary Bobroff and KD Farris

Gary S. Bobroff, M.A. Gary has a Master's degree in Jungian-oriented psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute of Santa Barbara, CA. He is a certified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and has been working with Personality Type and Archetype since 1994. Gary is the primary developer and co-lead facilitator of the Archetypes of the Feminine & Masculine workshop. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and has completed post-graduate coursework at the California Institute of Integral Studies. A dynamic and engaging speaker, he speaks and leads workshops internationally. He is the author of an upcoming publication on Jung, Crop Circles and the Archetypal Feminine.

KD Farris, M.A. KD is an author, speaker and workshop leader. Her roots as a therapist, healer and bodyworker have seeded over the last twenty-five years, bringing substance and depth to her one-on-one work. She specializes in process-oriented consciousness work - a means by which to enter safely and deeply into the inner landscape of the psyche for positive and real world change. She has a Master's degree in Jungian-oriented psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute of Santa Barbara, CA, and is currently completing her doctoral dissertation there. KD is a contributing developer and co-lead facilitator of the Archetypes of the Feminine & Masculine workshop. A trained actor and charismatic speaker, KD makes seemingly complex principles of life accessible and poignant for both men and woman alike. She is the author of MESHE, HESHE, MISON & ORBIT: What My Grandmother Taught Me About the Universe.

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Autumn Reflection Retreat Weekend for Personal Rest and Relaxation... Oct. 25-28

Come relax and renew at The Mandala Center without an agenda. Sleep, hike, read, or come with your own hobby and nurture your own spirit. This weekend offers a special discount price for individuals or couples looking for some contemplative time to replenish themselves. Join together for luscious meals and interesting conversation and then find your own special spot to enjoy your own company.

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