Grounded Mothers Nature Retreat

09/02/2022

As the weather cools and you step into fall reconnect with nature through forest bathing. Send us a message to schedule your experience.

Photo credit Grounded Mothers Nature Retreat and Kenzi Peterson Photography

09/02/2022

A special thank you to Grounded Mothers Nature Retreat for the opportunity to facilitate a drum circle for an awesome group of inspirational women 😀 I asked everyone to share a one word response about how they felt after the circle and here are the results. A great reminder of how powerful it is to experience joy, community, & group music making 🎶

PS We will be doing a similar drum circle at our upcoming sound soirée retreat. Register by 9/5 for a chance to win a handpainted drum at the retreat: soundretreat.eventbrite.com

07/25/2022

✨Thank you✨ a million times over to every woman who made it out to the Grounded Mothers Nature Retreat this last weekend. What an amazing experience. It was an honor to interact with each and every one of you. To be able to watch a group of mothers with so many different experiences and life situations, belief systems and backgrounds, come together to learn and share and listen and cry and laugh (I laughed so much!) was real medicine. Thank you for your stories and your vulnerability! Thank you also to 🌿Mama Nature🌿 for holding that space for us!
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07/20/2022

💚Debbie, one of our participants last year, had this ^^^ to say about her experience.💚

07/19/2022

🌲Flashback to last year's retreat🌲- breathing exercises with Wild About Nature Midwifery Tricia Sutherland. Can't wait to see what our event this weekend will bring👏

Pretty pictures by Whitney Majors.

07/15/2022

07/14/2022

🌿Whitney, a participant in last year's summer retreat, had this to say about her experience:
🌿"The mothers nature retreat was an absolute pleasure to participate in. I got to meet so many other mothers from all walks of life and I loved hearing experiences from other mothers who shared my holistic approach to parenting. By the end of the retreat I felt connected to myself and had a greater appreciation for nature therapy."

07/13/2022

If you attended our 🌱Spring Renewal Sound Bath🌼, you would have heard Wendy share the following grounding meditation. I asked for a copy of these beautiful words so that I could share here:

🌿I’d like to invite you to take a few, slow deep breaths at your own pace.

🌿Now visualize your favorite tree and imagine your energy going upwards the full length of the tree, then expanding out with the branches.

🌿Lightly put your attention on your body. Feel its solidity and connection to the earth. Become aware of the pull of gravity downwards and let your mind settle on the feel of that pull.

🌿Now allow your awareness to flow downwards beyond your feet and begin to sense, see, or feel that energy as tree roots growing and extending downwards into the earth. See them reaching out in a widening circle around you.

🌿Feel those roots of energy as they search deeper and deeper, establishing you firmly and securely upon the surface of the planet like the ✨grounded mother✨ that you are.

🌿Allow gravity and the magnetic attraction of mother earth’s heart to draw your roots deeper and wider with each breath you breathe.

🌿When you feel that you are secure and well-rooted, begin to draw sustaining energy back along your root-paths into your body.

🌿Feel the nutritious and life-giving energy of the earth slowly fill the whole body as it travels upwards through your feet, legs, stomach, back, arms, head. Take a few deep breaths, in….and…out at your own pace.

🌿Now, I would like to invite you to sit upright in a comfortable position that allows you to expand your branches outward and upward, feeling the light nourishing and bathing your leaves. Whenever you are ready, please open your eyes knowing you can return to this feeling of groundedness whenever you would like.

Original text by Simon Hughes Lilly "Tree Roots Meditation" (tree-spirit-healing.com). Adapted for the Grounded Mothers Nature Retreat Spring Renewal Sound Bath by Wendy Winter Woods (www.mysoundsynergy.com)

07/12/2022

💚Meet the Team💚: Vicki Cleverley will be doing foot detox baths at the retreat next week.
🌿Vicki Cleverley works for Touch of Heaven Massage in Twin falls, Idaho. She is a licensed esthetician and has been for just over a year. Vicki is very passionate and driven by the needs of her clients. She loves taking care of others and takes pride in educating herself thoroughly in all areas of her work, receiving many extra certifications and completing extra guidelines to further her education. Vicki chooses to work in an environment like Touch of Heaven Massage because she feels like her coworkers all have the same passion for making their clients feel amazing in their own skin.

👣Some of the benefits of foot detox can include ph balancing which can help with clearing skin, helping with metabolism (which can help promote weight loss) as well as detoxing internal organs such as liver, lungs and kidneys.

07/11/2022

✨What to expect✨...
from your 🌿summer retreat🌿 experience next week. Get ready to 💆rest, relax, learn, connect. And eat.
Purchase your 🎫 by Friday.

07/10/2022

💚Meet the Team💚: Larissa Macfarlane will be one of our keynote speakers at the retreat next week. If you attended our 🌲Holiday Brunch🌲 in December, you had the awesome experience of learning from Larissa on how to stay grounded and set healthy boundaries during the holiday season. At our summer event, Larissa will be speaking on Self-Care for Real Moms.

Larissa is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and has been serving the Twin Falls community for almost 2 years. She received her MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and she has a BA from Southern Virginia University in Family and Child Development. She loves to work with couples and is passionate about providing quality S*x Therapy.
As a therapist, her goal is to support her clients into grace, empathy and understanding of themself and their experiences. Partnering with clients to build skills of kindness, love and authenticity is how she feels she can change the world.
Larissa has been married for seven years to Aaron and they have three kids! They love playing with their animals, hiking, swimming and watching movies together.