'Broken' & Beautiful Women's Retreat
Event description
‘There is a crack, a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in.’ Kia ora dear Women, we know you've been asking, and waiting patiently for an opportunity to take a break, relax, recharge, and renew. Well, this is it!! 'BROKEN' & BEAUTIFUL is an overnight women's retreat in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch, set in beautiful peaceful surroundings nestled away in tranquil Cashmere on the banks of the Heathcote River. This is your time to release, create, heal and show up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When? We will be coming together in Sacred Circle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What: This will be an intimate, fun, and bonding retreat for 20 women who are ready for a new lease on life! ~There will be opportunities to practice the Japanese art of Kintsugi* “Golden Joinery” where we will repair a piece of pottery and make it way more beautiful than it was when it was new. (You can finally repair that beloved china! Don't worry, we'll have extra pieces if you don't have something to repair.) ~There will be a clothing swap going on all weekend so you’ll be able to go home with a new wardrobe! So bring along any unwanted, but still wearable clothing, shoes, and accessories to pass onto your sisters. Sharing is caring! ~There will be opportunities to sew hems, buttons, embellishments, and make adjustments to your clothes, so they get a whole new lease on life. And who knows – maybe it will become your new, favourite it-piece. Upcycling at its best! ~There will be Morning Yoga, Some Downtime, a Cacao Ceremony, Ecstatic Dance, and even an Open Mic session!! (OMG so much time to simply be and express yourself!) ~There’ll be vegan kai lovingly prepared for you to feast like the Queens that you are, not just, but especially this weekend!! ~And of course there will be a fashion parade where we shine our light and strut our stuff to show off our new threads!! Sounds like fun? Do you think this weekend can’t get any better? Ummm yep, cause there are heaps more fun things that we want to keep as a special surprise for you! Your hosts are Jill Genet and Julia Graeter, and they are literally bursting at the seams to bring all this juicy goodness to light for you! Your investment: PRICE INCLUDES EVERYTHING: Accommodation, All your kai, Craft activities, Yoga, Cacao Ceremony, Ecstatic Dance, Sound Healing, and a CLOTHING SWAP!! The price is $310 P.s. there is a payment plan available at the full price, just click the $50 deposit ticket and we will be in contact to set up a payment plan. P.p.s If you'd prefer your own room grab a VIP upgrade! (only 3 available) Where? Cracroft Guiding Centre, This will be an overnight sleepover that you will never forget! Bring your sisters and come celebrate your Beautiful ‘Broken’ Self! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about your hosts: Jill Genet: Founder of Red Tent Aotearoa, and Red Tent Australia, Jill Genet is a vibrant, highly skilled facilitator. She is a Social Impact Entrepreneur, a colourful Changemaker, and visionary, with over 20 years of experience running women's circles. She has a strong passion for connecting women to make their dreams come true. Jill has trained over 100 women from all walks of life and age groups to run their own businesses using Graceful Leadership, a training she wrote in 2015, and has opened 60+ Red Tents to date. With qualifications in Business and Project Management, Counselling, Compassionate Communication, Meditation, Mediation, Red Tent Facilitation & Yoga Teaching her goal is to educate, awaken and enlighten women to their power, strength, and natural gifts. Jill recently moved home to Ōtautahi, Christchurch in 2020 and is excited to bring the Red Tent movement to Aotearoa. She has a consultancy business that offers Business Mentoring, Coaching, Holistic Counselling, Strategic Development, and Implementation. Her passion is Fearless Feminine Leadership Development. Julia Graeter: A wild woman, inspired by Mother Nature, led by her intuition. She canceled her 9-5 full-time job back in Germany to follow her instincts and create projects of the heart. She is a holistic yoga teacher, hosts women's circles, workshops, and retreats. She holds wisdom about sacred womanhood, sexuality, and the unlimited power of the wild woman. Aside from completing her training, her biggest teacher was and still is life. She made it her journey to share her experiences, learnings, and tools and to hold space for true expression and connection. Through journaling, pranayama, meditation, intuitive movement, mantras, and further techniques and sacred rituals she inspires people to live their life with more self-love, self-care and self-expression. Julia empowers women to unapologetically commit to their unique beauty & power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's called kintsugi (金継ぎ), or kintsukuroi (金繕い), literally golden (“kin”) and repair (“tsugi”). This traditional Japanese art uses precious metal – liquid gold, liquid silver, or lacquer dusted with powdered gold – to bring together the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks. |