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Gentle Awakening: Spring Yoga Retreat

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53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085
Date
April 17 - 19, 2026

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Awaken your spirit with a spring yoga retreat designed to refresh your body, calm your mind, and renew your soul. As the earth stirs back to life, this retreat invites you to embrace the season of growth and new beginnings by nurturing your own inner awakening.

Through gentle yet mindful yoga practices that ease tension and center your awareness, you will cultivate clarity, release stagnation, and invite a sense of lightness and balance into your life.

The retreat also focuses on emotional renewal, encouraging healing from old burdens and fostering joy, hope, and emotional ease. Your heart will open wider, blooming alongside the season’s fresh energy.

All are welcome to experience this calming retreat, regardless of previous yoga experience. Skilled instructor Sally Barber from the Westfield Yoga Center offers compassionate guidance and thoughtful modifications to suit every body and ability, ensuring a safe and nurturing practice for all.

Balanced times of shared connection and quiet reflection will guide you through a journey of gentle awakening, all set within the peaceful and natural surroundings of the Genesis Center.

Join us this spring to bloom into vitality, cultivating a renewed sense of light and peace in body, mind, and heart.

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Location icon Genesis Spiritual Center, 53 Mill Street, Westfield, MA 01085

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4.86 out of 5.0 average rating

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Nourishing, Beautiful Retreat
The Divine Feminine Retreat with Shannon K. Evans was truly wonderful. It was a nourishing blend of quiet, contemplative time to reflect, and intimate, interactive time within the small, supportive community of our group. Our group is hoping that Shannon will return to lead us in another retreat; I would sign up right away for that and eagerly look forward to attending. Additionally, I had never been to Genesis before, and absolutely have it on my radar now for other programs and as a healing sanctuary.

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A Prayerful Evening with the Psalms
I enjoyed the presentation and the sharing. However, I would have preferred to have at least three evenings on this topic for the Lenten Season.

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Be With an Open Heart
I spent time with JoAnn Bourquard a few years ago when I was on a day-long retreat at Genesis Spiritual Center. We meditated together and I opened my heart to her for spiritual guidance. She deeply listened, attentive and present with me, as I shared some difficult challenges I was having in my life. I clearly remember her gently and kindly responding with a phrase, "you have your work cut out for you". I have accepted that gift from her, without even being entirely certain what she meant, as part of my daily spiritual practice since then.
This most recent Zoom experience with her, dedicated to reflecting on this season of Lent and what it means for each of us who were there on the screen, was also a gift. Guided by JoAnn, we had opportunities to pray, meditate, and share aloud about our daily spiritual practice, whatever it is. All experiences validated and accepted. No judgement if we weren't Catholic or even Christian. I am a Buddhist practitioner and I felt completely welcomed. I offered to share with the group a poem I had written for Lent and read it tearfully. God and the Universe are indeed good to me when I open my heart to them. Blessings, Jennifer D.

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Lenten Conversation with the Psalms
Due to the blizzard, I was unable to attend

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The Wisdom of St. Francis
Simon and David led us on a beautiful experience of St. Francis and St. Clare. The music, sharing, dialogue and discussion all helped to create a strong bond between participants. Genesis is a place of peace, hope and healing, and I could feel it the moment I arrived. Thank you to the staff for their hospitality and kindness.

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