This past weekend, we had our annual spiritual retreat. Friday evening after dinner we talked with Sky Schultz, or I should say Professor Oops, about the dark and light sides of our spiritual journeys on this cosmic floating planet. Then thanks to Rob Jacoby, we had a luminary lit labyrinth walk. Saturday morning we got up bright and early and did some yoga with Lucy Lynch from Ireland. Then we talked with Rob about love and the law of attraction, and did a breath of fire meditation that was out of this world. Afterwards, we hiked the T-trails with Tom and made our way back to his writing cabin for some tea and poetry. Saturday evening everyone got a chance to reflect and express on the day as Whitney led a Tibetan prayer flag making skillshare. Saturday night we had a bumpin’ dance party up in the common room, as DJ Rob pulled out the turntables and strobe lights and mixed up some jams.

We were all taught a lesson or two on break dancing by Max, age 8, who made sure to let us know that “Man, breakin’ it down is hard!” Sunday morning we began again with yoga with Lucy, and once we were warmed up we did some sacred dance with Shakti Rowan. The last workshop of the day was Practical Spirituality 101 with Jonna Rae, where we explored our own psychic capabilities. Eric from Savannah made a wonderful brunch for the group on both days.

Everyone enjoyed themselves and truly opened up to the experiences, and we all were left feeling a little bit lighter with the spirit of the forest. If you missed out on the fun, just remember, there’s always next year….

May The Forest Be With You…