“Eight Offerings” Day Retreat

Eight Offerings Day Retreat

Come experience a day retreat at Woodside Farms focused on self care practices that help you holistically! Dive deep into eight mindfulness practices through a tea service, gua sha, meditation, eating with intention, nature walk, conversation about our connection to spirit through nature, beading activity, and aromatherapy. Register today to join us in a day of connecting, healing, and growing.

Info: We will start our experience with a tea service offering nurturing herbal blends while we meet and create our sacred circle together.

Info: Gua sha for face and neck

Gua sha is an ancient technique that is used to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage, release muscle tension, and promote the body's natural healing process. This technique can be used at home to treat sinus congestion, neck and shoulder tension, and added to a daily cleansing routine for facial rejuvenation.

Info: Bring a yoga mat or blanket and get grounded and centered with Charlene through a combination of moving and passive meditation. We will focus on breath work, chanting through the mantras of our chakras, and visualization practices.

Info: We will share a nourishing meal made from whole ingredients by your hosts that is vegan based with optional protein add-ons.

Info: As we take a contemplative walk around the farm, you will be invited to take note of what catches your eye and resonates. Make a mental list, take photos, or whatever is your method. Afterwards we will come together to discuss the symbolism and properties of what struck you and why you may have connected to that object in that moment.

Afterwards look into the symbolism of the elements that struck you. If plants look into not only the symbolism, but also their properties. Are they medicinal and if so do they align with some ailment you are currently affected by? If animal/bird- how many are there, what are they doing, what direction are they going? Pay attention to what seems significant to you in that moment.

Info: We will be making ready-to-wear bracelets with a combination of lava stones, semi precious stones and beads of your choosing.

Corrine will demonstrate how to mix essential oils in a carrier oil to make your own blend which can be applied to certain acupuncture points or rolled onto the lava stones for long lasting aromatherapy benefits.

Each participant will leave with one bracelet and one essential oil blend that they have mindfully created.

Info: Corrine holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida and a masters in Oriental Medicine from SW Acupuncture School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The program consists of over 2,200 hours in acupuncture, herbal medicine, dietary therapy and western medicine. She was licensed by the board of Medicine in Virginia in 2004 and is nationally certified by the NCCAOM.

Info: For Charlene connecting with her intuition has been a survival tool that has helped navigate her life. She took up learning esoteric arts at fifteen and has been studying astrology and practicing divination for the past 30 years. She gained certification as a Reiki Teaching Master in 2019 and her energy art incorporates various techniques including mediumship card readings, shamanic Reiki, astrological birth chart interpretations, and guided meditation.

Host or Publisher Charlene Shriver