Healing Alongside Grief Day-Retreat

Schedule

Sun Oct 02 2022 at 08:45 am

Location

14 Camino Tortuga,San Juan,00926,PR | San Juan, PR

Healing Alongside Grief Retreat: A Day of Healing and Remembrance
Our intention behind this retreat is to help you come back to your higher self by addressing and honoring your pain and connecting with others. We cannot release pain until it has moved through us. There are common misconceptions about grief and pain. The pain is not our enemy, it is our friend, it is our biggest teacher and requires to be met with love in order to be released, in order for us to heal. Dance with your grief!
This deeply healing inner journey sets out to release pain stored in both your body and mind, recharge your soul batteries and replenish your heart with peace, joy, and love. We will pull out a chair for our grief at the dinner table and hear what it has to say and send it all of our love before we go our separate ways, until we meet with it again.
This day-retreat will provide a space where people can gain tools to cope with their pain, heal and find light again, to live a peaceful life alongside their grief. At a time when there is a tendency for people to isolate themselves, this retreat offers an opportunity to heal in community – a place to encourage, support, and inspire one another.
This will be a day of self-care, community, and remembrance. We will practice yoga, meditation, breathwork, journaling, and poetry writing and remember and honor our grief and loved ones. We will share nourishing vegetarian meals together and there will be time to swim, reflect, and breathe in a beautiful environment.
Please note that this retreat is open to everyone regardless of flexibility or yoga experience. Lunch, dinner, coffee, and tea are included. Part-scholarships are available, so please do reach out to apply.
Retreat Agenda
8:45 AM - Arrival
9 AM-12 PM - Morning Session
-Opening Circle
-Breathwork & Guided Meditation
-Workshop with Writing
-Story Sharing
12 PM - 2 PM - Lunch, Relaxation, Reflection
2 PM - 4 PM - Afternoon Session
-Gentle Yoga
-Walking Meditation and Poetry Writing
5 PM - 6 PM - Dinner
6 PM - 8 PM - Evening Session
-Remembrance Ceremony
-Closing Circle
THE SPACE
This luxurious property, located in a gated community called Beverly Hills, conveniently situated just minutes away from San Juan, has many spectacular amenities.
The space was designed with so much nature surrounding it and built into the architecture. There are many small ponds and spaces around the property for contemplation and a roof terrace for stargazing.
There are plenty of beautiful views of the surrounding hills and forest, and a lovely path down to the basketball court with wonderful tropical plants, fruit trees, and lots of lizards. The property is surrounded by 1.4 acres of gardens full of lush vegetation and paths perfect for walking or practicing meditation.
The private pool area is wonderful, with a large outdoor area adjoining it (tons of COVID friendly spaces) including a covered outdoor space where you can eat meals, practice yoga, or just relax and join our workshops. There are also multiple common spaces around the house with some beautiful artwork.
YOUR RETREAT LEADERS:
Jillian Stella is a certified, trauma-sensitive yoga instructor and grief facilitator with offerings in New York, Puerto Rico, and other parts of the world, and online. Her love for yoga grew while losing her Mom to cancer. It was a turning point in her young adult life and she fixated on her spirituality in order to navigate through the grief. Losing her mother was quite literally like losing a part of herself. The only way she could begin to identify as Jillian rather than Jillian, daughter of Elona, was through all the work she did on her mat. She found herself on her mat.
Today, she utilizes twenty-six years of wisdom as a guiding healer in the yoga world. She is trauma-sensitive focused with deep knowledge in alignment and grief work. Her lineage of training stems from the late Maty Ezraty at Yoga Works and is a blend of Hatha and Iyengar. Jillian is RYT 200 Yoga Alliance Certified and plans to be reiki certified before the end of 2022.

Daniella Gould is the owner and instructor of Santosa Yoga and Health, based in San Juan. She offers retreats, workshops, and classes mostly in beautiful outdoor spaces. Six years ago, she lost her father to a brain tumor. Her mother has also been suffering from dementia for over two years. Daniella loves to offer safe spaces for students who are experiencing challenges in life and to share tools to help surf the waves of life with more ease.
Daniella holds a Master's in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley, and she is RYT 200, Y12SR (addiction recovery), and breathwork certified. She has also completed multiple trainings, including on trauma, resilience, self-regulation, parenting, social justice, meditation, and mindfulness.

REFUND POLICY
Tickets are transferable to someone else, but not refundable.

Where is it happening?

14 Camino Tortuga,San Juan,00926,PR, Puerto Rico

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Tickets

USD 187.29 to USD 293.38

Host or Publisher Santosa Yoga and Health

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