Focus on your wellness and spend the day immersed in nature on the peaceful grounds of The Morton Arboretum. During this one-day retreat, attend to your mind and body with gentle movement, meditation, and reflection.
Research shows that time spent among the trees has clear benefits for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Set aside the rigors of your daily routine and take time for yourself with tai chi, meditation, yoga, and mindfulness workshops.
Light morning refreshments and lunch are included.
Retreat Sessions:
Arboretum Yoga
Yoga can help release stress and improve your health and well-being. Participants will practice poses, breathing, and meditation while connecting to nature in the tranquil setting of The Morton Arboretum.
Managing Anxiety with Mindful Practice
Work with a licensed clinical professional counselor to process how thoughts can manifest into anxiety and depression. Participants will explore how we manage our thoughts through an expressive activity, and leave with new skills you can use to navigate your internal dialogue for improved mental health.
Tai Chi
Move your body with the grace and confidence of the ancient Tai Chi masters who learned the secret of balancing yin and yang: strength with beauty, power with peace, endurance with flow. TaijiFit™ is a form of Tai Chi suitable for beginners. There is no routine or choreography to memorize or “get right.” Your instructor will lead you into flow using the Qi Cueing method developed by International Master David-Dorian Ross.
Writing W.I.L.D. Reflective Journaling for Wellness
We all hold within us the words to create, shape and live our life story. Too often, however, we fall into the role of characters. We respond to external processes, events and people, forgetting that we are capable of authoring our life narrative. In this outdoor session, participants are guided through a series of invitations to write W.I.L.D.–with wonder, intuition, love, and daring–to (re)discover the space where their life author resides. Invitations include contemplative practices, breathwork, and writing prompts that take place through a gentle journey on the Arboretum grounds.
Meditation with Essential Oils
Explore meditative and self-nurturing yoga poses with the use of plant-based essential oils to restore and rebalance the mind and body in the tranquil setting of The Morton Arboretum.
This program meets in person at the Arboretum.
Instructors: Natalie Schilke, Dawn Nader, Kristy Belton, Laura Jaramillo
Health and Safety: Program participants must abide by the Arboretum’s health and safety guidelines. Guidelines are subject to change, so please check back frequently.
Age: 16 and older
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