Grace & Gratitude Yoga Retreat
Grace & Gratitude Yoga Retreat
13395 Lagoon Dr NW, Seabeck, WA, USA
Up to 23 in group
November 29 - December 1, 2024
About this Retreat
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A lifelong artist and seeker, Denise originally found a spiritual home in the beautiful, heartful practice of Yoga and has been offering classes, workshops, and retreats for over 35 years. She hopes to make the teachings and the practices of both Yoga & Meditation open to all who wish to deepen their relationship with themselves, to become kinder, more tender, and more intimate with their bodies and hearts, and ultimately expand that out to the wider world, for the good of all beings. Her practice is rich and integrated – using breath, mindfulness, Metta meditation, Yoga therapy, somatic movement, stillness, rest, poetry, and art – and is both gentle and therapeutic.
Grounded in this long-time practice and teaching, and coming to recognize her own long-held sorrows and how they have impacted her life, Denise set out on a path to explore grief and loss, both her own as well as the universal experience of grief. What she discovered is that we are a culture in grief and the healing of grief requires deep attention, our great love and a safe community in which to welcome and tend our broken hearts. Her wish became to extend the Yogic practices even farther out to offer a space for all of us to do just that.
As a Chaplain (trained in the Buddhist tradition through Upaya Institute & Zen Center in Santa Fe NM) and a Compassionate Bereavement Care Yoga Provider (through the work of Dr. Joanne Cacciatore), upholding the vows of care, kindness, and compassion in a world that is suffering is an integral part of what Denise brings into her work in the world. And moving in the space of grief and sorrow, grounded in the breath and the body, is elemental and necessary.
Denise is a part of the esteemed Faculty of Harmony Hill and here has found a place in which to gather with others where “healing is an act of communion” (bell hooks). She leads one to three-day Yoga & Meditation Wellness Retreats and offers a variety of Grief Programs including an ongoing, virtual Living with Loss circle, a quarterly one-day gathering, and a 2-day overnight retreat. She also co-facilitates Harmony Hill's signature 3-day Cancer Healing Retreats as well as the 2-day Health Professional Renewal Retreats.
Denise offers weekly Yoga & Meditation classes for both the cancer and the wider communities, in person and online. And serves as a volunteer Chaplain at Mason General Hospital and as a hospice volunteer with Providence SoundHomeCare & Hospice.
When not leading programs or gathering in circles, she walks the quiet woods of Harmony Hill every day as a spiritual practice with her dog Mickie (and sometimes her cat Bella) and hikes the mountains of the Olympics as often as possible. She cherishes what is holy and beautiful in this world: her grandchildren, the body in motion, calligraphy, the rivers and forests, art, poetry, & kindness. These words of St Teresa of Calcutta guide her life and work: “We can do no great things; only small things with great love.”
Details of this retreat
On Waking by John O’Donohue
I give thanks for arriving
Safely in a new dawn,
For the gift of eyes
To see the world,
The gift of mind
To feel at home
In my life,
The waves of possibility
Breaking on the shore of dawn,
The harvest of the past
That awaits my hunger,
And all the furtherings
This new day will bring.
Denise has been making this offering to the community as a way to pause, breathe deep, connect with self, and grow the qualities of grace and gratitude on this Holiday weekend focusing on Thanksgiving... even as the kick-off to the holiday hurry gets underway.
Please join Denise Carrico, Chaplain, Yoga, & Meditation Teacher, for this three-day retreat starting Friday, November 29th at 4:00 PM, to Sunday, December 1st at 1:00 PM.
In the generous space of three days and through the practices of gentle yoga, sitting & walking meditation, breath, community, silence, art & poetry, we will allow ourselves to nurture the essential and life-fulfilling qualities of Grace & Gratitude.
All are wholeheartedly welcome!
Here is the schedule for the retreat: Grace and Gratitude Schedule
Tuition:
$627 per person (Single-occupancy accommodation and all meals)
$527 per person (Shared accommodation with another person attending with you and all meals)
(Meals included are Dinner on day 1 through lunch on day 3)
About Seabeck Conference Center:
Seabeck Conference Center provides non-profit organizations with the perfect escape from the hectic pace of daily life. The facilities are on 90 beautiful acres with sweeping views of Hood Canal and the Olympic Mountains. The grounds are reminiscent of a small village, complete with walkways that meander past manicured lawns, wooded trails, and resident deer. Follow this link for more information: Seabeck Conference Center.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations 60 days or more before the event can receive a full refund – less 10% for payment processing fees and program administration. Cancellations 59-16 days before the event can receive a 50% refund. Cancellations less than 15 days before the event are non-refundable. The program registration can be transferred to another person at any time.
I give thanks for arriving
Safely in a new dawn,
For the gift of eyes
To see the world,
The gift of mind
To feel at home
In my life,
The waves of possibility
Breaking on the shore of dawn,
The harvest of the past
That awaits my hunger,
And all the furtherings
This new day will bring.
Denise has been making this offering to the community as a way to pause, breathe deep, connect with self, and grow the qualities of grace and gratitude on this Holiday weekend focusing on Thanksgiving... even as the kick-off to the holiday hurry gets underway.
Please join Denise Carrico, Chaplain, Yoga, & Meditation Teacher, for this three-day retreat starting Friday, November 29th at 4:00 PM, to Sunday, December 1st at 1:00 PM.
In the generous space of three days and through the practices of gentle yoga, sitting & walking meditation, breath, community, silence, art & poetry, we will allow ourselves to nurture the essential and life-fulfilling qualities of Grace & Gratitude.
All are wholeheartedly welcome!
Here is the schedule for the retreat: Grace and Gratitude Schedule
Tuition:
$627 per person (Single-occupancy accommodation and all meals)
$527 per person (Shared accommodation with another person attending with you and all meals)
(Meals included are Dinner on day 1 through lunch on day 3)
About Seabeck Conference Center:
Seabeck Conference Center provides non-profit organizations with the perfect escape from the hectic pace of daily life. The facilities are on 90 beautiful acres with sweeping views of Hood Canal and the Olympic Mountains. The grounds are reminiscent of a small village, complete with walkways that meander past manicured lawns, wooded trails, and resident deer. Follow this link for more information: Seabeck Conference Center.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations 60 days or more before the event can receive a full refund – less 10% for payment processing fees and program administration. Cancellations 59-16 days before the event can receive a 50% refund. Cancellations less than 15 days before the event are non-refundable. The program registration can be transferred to another person at any time.
Getting Here
Harmony Hill, 13395 Lagoon Dr NW, Seabeck, WA, USA
Accommodation
Seabeck Shared Room and all meals
All rooms have two twin beds. Some of the rooms have an attached bathroom and some have a bathroom in an adjacent hallway.
Seabeck Single Room and all meals
All rooms have two twin beds. Some of the rooms have an attached bathroom and some have a bathroom in an adjacent hallway.
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
