Essential Retreat for Powerful Women
April 26-29, 2012
The Olive Branch Retreat, Grey Eagle, MN
The Story
Hello friends, it is spring… the time for growth. It is time to burst forth with new enthusiasm for life! Time to find new methods and tools to make everything we do more effective. It is time for a surge of creative energy and inspiration. It is time to revel and to delight.
The world relies on us to run the show day-in and day-out, because that is what we do well. We all work from a place of inner amazing. It is time to prime our inner amazing back to full force; it is time to become even better than our former best. We need nourishment, fresh ideas, opportunities, and encouragement.
So we consider the resources where we have formerly found these types of nourishment and assemble pieces together to create a weekend of growth. Growth for career, growth for business, but most importantly, growth for self.
The Wants
So here we are. We want to talk to people who not only understand the place we are in – but with people who seek growth too. We want logical advice focused specifically on our own careers and personal situation (perhaps even from a higher source than like-minded business professionals). We want insight. We want physical and mental relaxation (yes, a massage). We want to learn new useful techniques to take home and continue growth and renewed vigor for life. We want fun.
- Olive Branch Retreat
The Accommodations
The setting for this transformative escape is The Olive Branch Retreat, a resort that has an incredible, peaceful, sacred energy about it. The location is ideal, in rural Grey Eagle on a semi-private lake. As a former convent, it still retains the blessings of the nuns that resided there. The ambiance is vintage, old world: Comfortable and cozy, it wraps around you. There is a chicken barn (dubbed The Hen House on women’s weekends), a fire pit for social time, huge patio, massive yard, access to the lake via canoes or boat. The chapel remains as an inviting spiritual space. There is no question you will enjoy the digs.
The Agenda
What would a weekend like this look like? First of all, it would need to be three days long (yes, you can take that much time away from your responsibilities – you need to). We’ll give away one of the secrets being taught at this retreat. To be truly effective, a person needs to have fun. When you take time out for fun, you become inspired and motivated. Guaranteed, you will return to your business, family and social activities renewed, making the time you spend on these activities more productive. … Makes you want to do it more often, doesn’t it, the ‘fun’ thing?
Let’s start Thursday night for happy hour. 7:00 pm? Wine and appetizers. Don’t be late because you won’t want to miss this time. If wine isn’t your thing, let us know and we will provide. This is the time to meet your retreat comrades, learn about them, and tell them about your fabulous self.
Friday morning will dawn early. At 7:30 am, we will start the morning with qigong. This activity increases your clarity, ease and strength for the day ahead. Easily by 8:00 am, we will be eating a light breakfast with lively conversation included, and perhaps some thought-provoking questions. Throughout the day Friday, we will each work individually with a life coach, intuitive massage therapist, reiki healing therapist and have self-introspective journaling time. We will work hard! It will be oh, so good! These sessions will be totally specific to your needs and situation. Look for insights about yourself and your life path as well as both spiritual and physical body healing. An eat-as-you-can lunch will be provided throughout the day. By the evening, we will be happily exhausted and personally fulfilled and enjoying a catered meal together. No cooking or cleanup is allowed! The recommendation, but not requirement, is that we do not drink alcoholic beverages this evening. We want to flush our system and provide it only healthy nourishment which is so important after all of the mind/body work that will have been done.
Saturday morning starts with 7:30am qigong. We continue growing through individual business coach sessions to help you map out strategies to reach new goals from insights discovered the day before. Journaling, reflection, and thought-provoking conversation help make this day life changing. Lunch again is provided on an as-you-can-eat basis. Evening entertainment includes a belly-dancing lesson; express your inner goddess! And dinner becomes a treat thanks to our personal chef.
- Morning Coffee … Ahhh
As Sunday morning dawns brightly, you still have more to look forward to. After our daily qigong and breakfast, you will be treated to a group training session called “Intuitive Playground”. We will explore ways to effectively use intuition in your life. There is no way you will leave this weekend without some inspiration that you will need to write down! The transcendent closing ceremony will send you on your way with inspiration and the contacts of the new confidantes/friends that you have created over the course of the weekend.
Other Amenities
Networking: Optional, yet inevitable. You will be sharing this retreat with other female professionals that will have good connections, advice, ideas. If you come out of the weekend without a tidbit of logical, physical direction, we’ll be surprised.
Rest assured, throughout the weekend, there will be plentiful water, beverages and healthy snacking options.
Conversations by the fire: For some reason, it is easier to chat by the fireside. Depending on the weather, the fire pit will be employed or we will snuggle in next to the wood-burning fireplace in the Gathering Space.
Inspirational reading: The library at the Olive Branch is always stocked with great books for inspiration. Read for the weekend or just browse the titles to find a book you may wish to purchase and read at a later time.
Journals: These will be provided as part of your weekend reservation. This is where you can store the inspirational quotes, business cards, personal insights, positive affirmations and logical advice you gain all weekend long.
- Fuller Lake – Tranquility
Outcomes
Useful skills you will take home with you: (what you do with these skills is up to you)
· Understanding the importance of and how to meditate.
· Qigong knowledge & skills.
· Recognizing limiting beliefs.
· Realizing your skills and talents.
· Motivation for forward motion.
· Feeling refreshed and renewed.
· Personal intuitive knowledge.
· Personal goals and the next steps to take.
· A secret tool to use in your career of which few others are aware.
The Investment
The investment for this 3-night all inclusive weekend is $850 ($100 early-bird discount if registered before March 26) payable through cash, check, VISA or Mastercard. Payment plans and some scholarships also available.
Say Yes!
To register for the Female Entrepreneurs Inspirational Retreat call us at the Olive Branch Retreat at 320-393-7212 or email at info@olivebranchretreat.com.
For more information on the accommodations available at the Olive Branch see the website at www.olivebranchretreat.com
