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Live for Your Dreams: A Women's Retreat


Friday, April 20 to Sunday, April 22, 2012

We invite you for a weekend getaway in beautiful Magnolia, for a retreat designed to help you awaken to and live for your dreams. This retreat is a combination of workshops and bodywork, as well as personalized coaching and yoga sessions, to help you step into the person you've always wanted to be. 

Friday night, following a meet & greet with light snacks and beverages, we will kick off the retreat with a relaxing and renewing yoga class with our favorite local yoga teacher, Kelley Annese.  

Saturday morning, you will awaken to an invigorating two-hour Yoga Dance workshop hosted by Kripalu teacher and successful life coach Pamela Pinter Parsons.  

Saturday from late morning until evening is all about you as you design your day. Grace Humphrey, accomplished healer, will be doing Polarity sessions, along with two other specialized massage therapists, who will be there to help you relax your body, mind, and spirit. You can choose between personal coaching sessions, personal yoga sessions, or healing sessions. It's all up to you!  

Lunch and dinner on Saturday will feature the amazing concoctions of J.J. Gonson's Cuisine en Locale.  JJ is a creative and accomplished gourmet chef who specializes in locavore cuisine, and loves to share the stories of local farmers.

Saturday evening we will have the theme workshop : "Live for your Dreams: Awakening the Inner Goddess," in which we explore your dreams and teach you  to create the life you've always wanted. 

Sunday morning will feature a music meditation in which we teach you how to center and keep your fantastic new enthusiasm.  

Elective coaching, massage, and Polarity sessions will be offered between 11am-2pm on Sunday.

All meals are provided, including light snacks on Friday evening, the inn's special continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and coffee, tea, hot chocolate and water anytime you want them. Everything is included!  

If there's any time left over (or if you should choose to come a few days early or stay a few days late), we are within easy walking distance of a private beach and some of the most beautiful conservation land on the New England shore, and within driving distance to America's oldest fishing port, maritime and cultural activities, and the best antiquing in the region.

Magnolia Harbor and Coolidge Point conservation land

So come, and bring a friend! Get away and honor yourself.

Early bird rates (by April 1) for this weekend retreat range from $300 for shared rooms with shared baths to $420 for private rooms with private baths.  After April 1 rates increase to $350-$470. Please phone or email for more details.

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Practitioner Bios:

Grace Humphrey (organizer and Polarity and RYSE therapist), has been involved in the healing arts since 2006. She graduated from Spa Tech Institute with certifications in Polarity therapy and RYSE (Realizing Your Sublime Energies). Her true gifts of counseling and healing grew as she worked for five years in the mental health field. Here she brought her compassionate care and focus to empowering each person to see their inner light. As she pursued studies in natural healing, she quickly became impressed with the body's natural abilities to heal. Grace started her practice in 2009 and has inspired many people to change their lives and heal their bodies. She has a natural gift of intuitive knowledge and can read and shift the state of people's energy systems. Currently Grace is developing a series of classes and corresponding books for children to teach them to empower and care for themselves.  She is passionate about seeing everyone in their ultimate state of health -- vibrant and in their joy.  She often quotes her favorite mentor's motto: "Your only job in life is to have fun."

Kelley Annese (yoga) has been teaching yoga since 2006. She is a certified Beginner and Intermediate Integral Yoga teacher from the Satchidananda Ashram in Virginia. She is also a certifed Senior Yoga Teacher and certified Chair Yoga Teacher. Classes are influenced by the Integral Yoga tradition as well as teachers such as Barbara Benagh, Michael Carroll, Ana Forest, and Swami Ashokananda. Her intention is to assist students on their journey to empowerment and self descovery. Kelley believes in the power of practicing yoga to balance and heal the physical body, enhance and balance life force energy, calm the mind, and uplift the spirit. These powerful tools and techniques continue to assist her on her personal yoga journey to live a balanced and peaceful life while living in an ever-changing and often chaotic world. Every class is a celebration and an offering to the peace, joy, love and strength within every individual.

Pamela Pinter Parsons (yoga dance instructor) has taught music and movement for over 12 years and is a certified Kripalu YogaDance Instructor as well as a health and wellness coach. She uses her background in psychology, theatre, team building, and energy healing to help people uncover their true essence.

For additional information on all events or to make reservations, please contact Amanda at InnMagnolia@gmail.com, 978-525-3642.


  spacer18 Norman Ave., Magnolia (Gloucester), MA 01930    978-525-3642