Restore + Replenish: A Community-Based Self Care Retreat
With Cacky Mellor and Elana Kaufman
February 9 - 11, 2024
This is an opportunity to rest and nourish the depths of your mind, body, and soul in community. Join us on this retreat where we will cultivate a sacred space of nourishment and replenishment.
Together we will explore restorative self-care practices, such as; restorative yoga, self-massage, kirtan and sacred song, creative expression, introduction to medicinal tea ceremony, optional reiki, community conversation, and connection. We promise there will be lots of play and laughter along the way! Come fill your cup!
Together we will learn techniques including:
– Restorative Yoga
– Expressive Arts
– Somatic Experiencing techniques such as orientation, resourcing, titration, and pendulation
– Embodied Journaling practice
– Play!
– Tea Ceremony
Skills that we will develop together:
– The ongoing practice of rest -Releasing guilt and shame around self-care
– Holistic awareness of cultivating balance in your daily life
– Expanding our self-care skills and practices
About the Leaders
Cacky Mellor
Dr. Cacky Mellor, PhD is Visiting Assistant Professor at Lesley University and has a remote somatic private practice, Somatic Reclamation. She earned her PhD in depth psychology with an emphasis in somatic studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Cacky was awarded the 2022 Peter A. Levine Research Award for dissertation leadership for her doctoral work […]
Learn more about Cacky MellorElana Kaufman
Elana Kaufman (she/her) is a certified Yoga instructor, Usui Reiki II practitioner, space holder, and musician who is passionate about community, devotion, nervous system nourishment, healing, and self expression. She wears many hats in the world of work, including offering Yoga and therapeutic energy and body work, managing world music artist “Ajeet,” and holding space […]
Learn more about Elana KaufmanCategories : All Levels, Compassion, Mindfulness, Movement, Overnight Retreat, Retreat, Weekend Retreat, Yoga