Taking Me Time to a whole new level! Retreat: the act of moving back. During this video, Jean takes a few moments, while on a retreat in Sedona, AZ, to share the value and insights into withdrawing from our daily lives.
Jean Nichols talks about retreat, the act of taking a step back. A retreat can be as simple as going on an afternoon to an art museum all by yourself. She offers the invitation to try to find opportunities to take a retreat.
Hello, everybody. My name is Jean Nichols, and I am here today to talk to you about retreat. Retreat, the act of taking a step back. So when I think about a retreat, which is what I'm doing this weekend, I'm on a retreat. It's a breath, work, and meditation retreat in Sedona, Arizona. And I traveled by myself, and I took the opportunity to step out of my life at home, the person who I am at home, not a completely different person here, but on retreat, there's no expectation of you. If you go by yourself.
There's only the opportunity for you to step in and rediscover yourself. And so I offer the invitation to try to find opportunities to take a retreat. That doesn't mean that you have to travel anywhere, even though it's really fun. But a retreat can be as simple as going on an afternoon to an art museum all by yourself and having lunch all by yourself, enjoying the food, ordering what you want, viewing whatever exhibits you want. And even though I'm on a retreat, I still find time to step away from my housemates, to go on a hike in nature and rediscover the beauty that surrounds us every single day.
To rediscover a little piece of myself, to allow myself to work through a conversation in my head, a story I've been telling myself and see if I can come up with a different ending. So finding a few minutes, finding a half a day, taking a trip and saying yes to that retreat you've been eyeing up online or in a magazine or at the yoga studio and figuring out a way to make it work for you. Sometimes they have scholarships for retreats. Sometimes you can do payment plans. But finding that time for you to take.
Take a step back so you can go inside and rediscover the beauty that you have inside that's supported by the beauty that you see around you. So I hope you find time for a little retreat. I'd love to hear if you've taken a retreat and what your experience has been. And if you haven't, what questions do you have so that maybe you can gather enough information to consider taking a retreat yourself. I hope you all have a beautiful day and I'll see you online soon.
Reactions and comments are for members. Joining is free and takes a minute.
