Light on the Hill Retreat
Women's Spring Retreat 2025
Light on the Hill Retreat Center
located at 209 Blake Hill Road
Van Etten, New York 14889.
May 30th through June 1st
Scroll down to bottom for videos and testimonials for this mind/body reset adventure
Embracing our Humanness/ Embracing our Divinity
We have many aspects to our humanness.
Much of my life I have rejected or criticized parts of me that are just my human parts like insecurities and things I called flaws and imperfections like having a terrible sense of direction and having a hard time remembering people’s names.
Since the beginning of my spiritual journey, I have heard how important it is to love ourselves. I have worked on that, ……… yet honestly not really sure how exactly to do that?!
I have come to a new conclusion about this!
It is that acceptance of ourselves and our humanness is loving ourselves!
We ARE love. We can’t not be love but we can block it when we judge ourselves. Any time we do not accept any aspect of ourselves or are critical of it, we block the love for ourselves. We just made our love conditional, which it cannot be.
There is conditional acceptance, but conditional love is not love at all.
What IS our Divinity?!
Most of us were raised believing God was outside of ourselves. Somewhere far off in a place called Heaven. There may have seemed to be a lot of distance at times between us with God feeling so far away. Could my prayers make it all the way UP to heaven?
If this Divine Consciousness we call God is Omnipresent, there is nowhere that it is not. That means everywhere! Like Everywhere! In you and in me and in everyone and all around us.
Here is an example of our Divinity at work…..We’re going along through our day and we feel this nudge or idea to call or reach out to someone. Or perhaps to send someone something. No reason, they just pop into your mind. You follow that nudge and they express how meaningful that was to them. Bam! That’s Divinity at work in you!
Another example, you are just relaxing, perhaps taking a walk in nature or meditating and this great idea pops into your head or the solution to a problem! You weren’t trying to think of something, it just came! That’s Divinity at work in you!
We all have SO much untapped potential! Embracing our humanness AND our Divinity aligns us with our highest potential!
This is the theme of the Spring Women’s Retreat the May 30th weekend in Van Etten NY! Are you ready to love yourself more than ever before? Are you ready to step more fully into your divinity and learn what that means?
Yoga
I will be leading Yoga classes throughout the weekend and will be offering modifications for people newer to the practice and also extensions for those who are more experienced for a complete mind/body reset at this Women's Retreat March 2025
Forest Bathing
The term "forest bathing" emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere”). The purpose is twofold: to offer an eco-antidote to tech-boom burnout and to allow participants to reconnect with the natural design of nature.
The Healing Benefits of Nature
We will have opportunities each day to enjoy the beautiful 236 acres of woods, streams, gorges, and walking paths. It offers a panoramic views as distant as Pennsylvania.
Researchers are now amassing a body of evidence, proving what we all know to be true: nature is good for us and has both long and short term mental and physical health benefits.
JourneyDance™
JourneyDance™ is a transformational dance form that combines freestyle and structured movement to inspire you to get out of your mind and into your body.
The JourneyDance™ Transformational Dance Movement Flow leads participants on a ritual journey of physical and emotional transformation .
There is no previous dance experience necessary!
Circle Work
Circle Work is a nurturing and spacious practice that honors the feminine spirit. Women sit in a circle and hold sacred space to listen deeply, both to their own hearts and souls and to one another. These circles create ripples of healing and transformation and foster inner and outer peace.
Transformation and Connection
You will experience a transformation through all of our rejuvenating practices, Mindful Yoga, Meditation, Gatherings, along with free time for reflection, connection with nature, Journeydance and more.
Amenities
Unwind and Relax
The comfortable rooms have excellent soundproofing with a large window in each overlooking the beautiful grounds.
We will be staying at the Light on the Hill Lodge where there are 18 single rooms.
There are also 4 double rooms where if you choose to room with a friend!
Delicious Gormet & Vegetarian Food
Light on the Hill’s cooks prepare meals in the lodge’s commercial kitchen. Meals at Light on the Hill are gourmet vegetarian with many vegan options. They use organic ingredients wherever possible. The cooks receive high praise about the food that is served.
Light On The Hill cooks are able to accommodate simple dietary restrictions such as gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan. However, if a person has a more restrictive diet than this, they suggest that the person bring their own food. Those wanting meat may bring cold cuts and cans of tuna, etc. but no meat is allowed to be cooked on the premises.