Are you tired of stress and anxiety running the show?
Do you feel too busy and not always "here"?
Do you feel disconnected from the tribe?
You are in the right place to reconnect.
AWAKE. A One Day Mindfulness Experience
Experience the true YOU at AWAKE! A one-day deep dive into life's most important philosophies, teachings and practices lovingly led by your favorite instructors. Spend the day in a supportive and safe retreat environment where you can learn and grow. Workshop topics and practices may include mindful meditation, gentle asana, dharma talks, qi gong/ti chi, music, chant, yoga nidra and more.
NEXT WORKSHOP: Sunday, May 23 | 9am - 3 pm
Heidi Saltzman, Ph.D + Erik Vienneau, LPC-C
On sacred land - 302 Clark Rd., Bailey, CO
$108 early bird thru 5/5 then $154
Come reCONNECT with Self, CommUNITY and Mother Nature at AWAKE's outdoor, spring, deep-dive workshop. Many of us have lost true connection during COVID. As we slowly and safely return to community, many of us are looking to re-connect and re-align with our new selves, each other, and the planet in this post-COVID world and thrive.
Limited to 10-guests, this special retreat is at Heidi Saltzman, Ph. D’s sacred land west of Denver in the enriching forest of Bailey, CO. Be ready for mindfulness practice, gentle yoga and to get your hands in the earth as we mindfully create sacred mandalas out of natural elements. Look forward to getting into your body through Qoya, a movement practice designed to help us remember our essence. Enjoy learning how to move, create and live in alignment with your authentic, integrated self to thrive. There will be time to feel into our interconnectedness as we share deeply with others to form new and meaningful connections while uncovering our pure and limitless nature!
Limited to 10-guests, this special retreat is at Heidi Saltzman, Ph. D’s sacred land west of Denver in the enriching forest of Bailey, CO. Be ready for mindfulness practice, gentle yoga and to get your hands in the earth as we mindfully create sacred mandalas out of natural elements. Look forward to getting into your body through Qoya, a movement practice designed to help us remember our essence. Enjoy learning how to move, create and live in alignment with your authentic, integrated self to thrive. There will be time to feel into our interconnectedness as we share deeply with others to form new and meaningful connections while uncovering our pure and limitless nature!
Heidi Saltzman, Ph.D.
Heidi Saltzman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience, she runs a full-time, private practice. She uses a client-centered approach, and includes insight-oriented therapy, relaxation, mindfulness, visualization, setting intentions, somatic therapy, movement practices, nature healing, walk and talk treatment, cognitive techniques, behavioral changes, dream interpretation, art therapy, play therapy and EMDR in treatment as appropriate. Heidi is also a reverend through the Church of Inner Light and becoming a Qyoa teacher.
She will be offering movement and art activities that focus on mindfulness, authenticity, creative freedom, embodiment, and non-attachment to promote radical self-acceptance. Participants will engage in movement, meditation, individual time to create with the earth, and reflection afterward. The movement is about how you feel not about how you look, and the creation is not about being an artist or creating a great work of art; it is about the process and connecting to the Earth! |
Erik Vienneau, LPC-C
Erik is dedicated to meeting people where they are along the path of wellness to offer opportunities to discover a peaceful and health-filled life. Erik’s passion for mindfulness meditation, yoga and a healthy lifestyle prompted him to create Yoga Rocks the Park, Friday Night Yoga Club and most recently the AWAKE Mindful Living Community.
You'll often find Erik guiding retreats to share the mindful life with others. He also offers individual and couple therapy sessions and loves spending quality time with friends and family. He's a Naropa University-trained psychotherapist, a mindful living guide and meditation instructor who continues to study under top instructors in both the Buddhist and Yogic traditions. He also regularly participates in long-term, silent meditation retreats to do his own work in order to share the sacred teachings of awakening. The driving force behind Erik’s life is to show others they are pure potential and not the self-limited thoughts that our minds often generate. He's quick to share his life mantra "Peaceful Minds Create a Peaceful Planet" with all. |
What the AWAKE One Day Mindfulness Experience is all about...
AWAKE is an opportunity to experience YOU. YOU are NOT the roles you play, the things you own or the emotions you have. YOU are limitless, pure, peaceful and powerful potential just waiting to be uncovered. AWAKE is a silent, day-long mindfulness retreat experience including mindful meditation, gentle asana, dharma talks, a mindful lunch, qi gong/ti chi, music, chant, yoga nidra and more. AWAKE is chance to slow down and spend a day in a retreat environment mindfully uncovering the true YOU. We are sure you will leave feeling embodied, radiant, peaceful, at ease and ready to connect more deeply with your life and the relationships within it.
How Mindfulness works…
Mindfulness is present moment awareness. Without a mindfulness practice you most likely spend your days planning for the future or worrying about the past. You may be busy trying to get happy by working hard to change external, worldly things like your roles, job, income, material items and relationships. You may have noticed that looking for lasting peace in impermanent people, places and things simply doesn't work. Mindfulness practice helps you to directly experience that you already are happy, peaceful and at ease. You see it's an inside job. No need to try and get happy once you discover - at your core - you area already 100% complete, peaceful and at ease.
What your experience looks like...
At AWAKE you spend the day coming back again and again to presence. This is where you’ll discover everything you’ve always wanted is already within. You will see directly that you already are complete. Already one with source/God/peace. Throughout your day you’ll be guided by multiple masterful guides to return to your body, breath and peaceful mind. Whether you are walking, sitting, moving through asana, chanting, eating or lying down to rest you will be guided to do so mindfully. You’ll deeply feel your sensations, you’ll tune into your mind, you’ll hear the music and see the beauty of your surroundings. You'll return to embodiment You'll reconnect mind, body and spirit. You will AWAKE to the true YOU.
Sample Schedule... (varies at each retreat)
How Mindfulness works…
Mindfulness is present moment awareness. Without a mindfulness practice you most likely spend your days planning for the future or worrying about the past. You may be busy trying to get happy by working hard to change external, worldly things like your roles, job, income, material items and relationships. You may have noticed that looking for lasting peace in impermanent people, places and things simply doesn't work. Mindfulness practice helps you to directly experience that you already are happy, peaceful and at ease. You see it's an inside job. No need to try and get happy once you discover - at your core - you area already 100% complete, peaceful and at ease.
What your experience looks like...
At AWAKE you spend the day coming back again and again to presence. This is where you’ll discover everything you’ve always wanted is already within. You will see directly that you already are complete. Already one with source/God/peace. Throughout your day you’ll be guided by multiple masterful guides to return to your body, breath and peaceful mind. Whether you are walking, sitting, moving through asana, chanting, eating or lying down to rest you will be guided to do so mindfully. You’ll deeply feel your sensations, you’ll tune into your mind, you’ll hear the music and see the beauty of your surroundings. You'll return to embodiment You'll reconnect mind, body and spirit. You will AWAKE to the true YOU.
Sample Schedule... (varies at each retreat)
- 10 am Mindful Asana
- 11 am Practice Talk w/ guided practice
- Noon Lunch Break- BYO Lunch (vegetarian please)
- 1 pm Mindful movement. i.e. Qigong/Tai Chi/Restorative Yoga
- 2 pm Guided Seated/Walking Meditation w/ Pranayama and/or call and response chanting or live music
- 3 pm Dedication of Merit to benefit all beings + sangha circle