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Workshops from our 2023 retreat:

Join Bess Lovec for a slow, deep, calm, centering yoga physical practice which develops groundedness, strength, balance, and yes, stretch. Via clear, compassionate directions, participants will experience grounding breath, power in their own strength, centering balance & stress-busting quiet muscle release. Goals include but not limited to (internal) physical joy & (external) communal celebration! I hope we recognize & appreciate our powers to use wisely beyond yoga, both as individuals and through partnerships. 

Please bring: A yoga mat, comfortable clothing, and any props you may want. Bess brings 10 blocks & 10 straps. 

Bess Lovec: Her yoga experience can be found on the Yoga Alliance website. She has taught yoga in Billings since 2010, although her practice began in 1973. Her Master's in Education emphasized Health & Wellness. Bess also teaches fitness for seniors. Previous careers: professional modern dancer & high school English teacher. She serves on boards for an art museum and dance company, and cherish friendships within 3 book clubs. 

Empowerment Self-Defense
with Charissa Crayton

In this approach to self-defense there is an emphasis on creating clear, unequivocal boundaries in one's everyday life as well as in unwanted situations, violent or otherwise.

Through games, activities and open discussion you are invited to explore your relationship to your personal boundaries in a safe space and are encouraged to try approaches and techniques that suit your unique needs and comfort level. Empowerment self-defense uses a five-step system to address the various tools and techniques that you can use to foster an experience of personal safety and empowerment. They are always taught in an accessible and often fun manner. Classes focus on combining mental, verbal, emotional, and physical self-defense techniques with accessible instruction and practical application. No level of physical fitness or experience is required and participation by observation is always an option.  

Please bring: A water bottle. Wear comfortable clothes.

Charissa Crayton is a native Montanan who has lived in the Gallatin Valley for the past 16 years and has been practicing martial arts for just as long. She holds a 3rd degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate and a 2nd degree black belt in Ryu Kyu Kobudo, traditional Okinawan weapons. Her journey of the past few years has led to teaching self-defense to young women in the Bozeman community and to connect with the organization ESD Global through which she has received Level I ESD Training. Charissa also holds a Level I certification in ASSERT Self-Defense, an Empowerment self-defense training system based in Nashville, Tennessee. You can find Charissa on Instagram as @wildinside.welllness 

Ritual: Discovering the Power of Meaningful Practices
with Erin Duffy Osswald

Rituals are powerful tools that help us connect with ourselves, others, and the world around us. They provide us with a sense of structure and meaning and can help us navigate life's transitions and challenges. In this workshop, we will explore the basics of ritual and how to create meaningful practices that can enhance our well-being and sense of purpose.

Please bring a journal, a pen, and a stone (or crystal).

Erin Duffy Osswald is an earth medicine practitioner, professional astrologer, and fine artist residing in Great Falls, Montana. With over a decade of experience working in the esoteric field, Erin is committed to helping others connect with nature and find their spiritual path. Erin's art is often inspired by the natural world and incorporates elements of earth-based spirituality and astrology. When not practicing healing or fine arts, Erin can be found exploring the outdoors, gardening, or spending time with loved ones. 

Awaken YOUR Soul with Soul Collage
with Jill Davis

Join us for this fun and rewarding SoulCollage® card-making workshop and let the intuitive spirit express itself with heart and soul.
SoulCollage® is a contemplative practice founded by Seena B. Frost. The method develops creativity and intuition, encourages self-discovery, and provides personal guidance. Each participant will create unique SoulCollage® cards and then learn a method for consulting the cards to discover answers to life’s questions. Anyone can enjoy this fun, powerful and satisfying way to tap into the inner phoenix spirit rising. 

All supplies provided. Please bring your spirited self!

Jill Davis is a fun-loving and thoughtful workshop facilitator and a long-time Celebrating Women participant. When she took a SoulCollage® workshop in Seattle in 2005 and discovered the power of the cards she created, she had to become a facilitator to share this wondrous experience with others. She has created her own personal Tarot deck and when she pulls up a card or does a spread searching for answers and insights, it never ceases to amaze her how the card offers just the right wisdom needed in that given moment. She became a certified SoulCollage® facilitator in 2010 and loves sharing the process. Jill is also an author, teacher, and life coach. She plays with her soul collage deck almost daily as part of her meditation practice. 

Create Your Manifesting Altar
with Jo Flagg

Do you have a little place in your home to offer your spirit allies as a workspace to manifest the dreams and changes you would like to see in your life? All you need is a small tabletop or shelf. In this workshop we will enter the sacred portal that is an altar to connect with our own soul-field allies, as well as the greater forces that have consistently guided us to times and places of power and joy. These beings then commence working in their own ways to elicit the changes needed in our lives, our jobs, and our relationships, while we go about our lives.
A manifesting altar never sleeps, but oh, how it dreams! And these dreams do come true. 

Jo Flagg has studied shamanism since 1991 and is a graduate of the Michael Harner Foundation for Shamanic Studies Three-Year Program in Shamanic Healing. You may know her through her Madrona Alliance and the teachings of Black Rowan, her Spirit Teacher. She is retired from the rat race now and is happy to concentrate on shamanic services, such as rune divination, curse unraveling, compassionate spirit release, and the like. She is a long-running attendee and enthusiast of Celebrating Women. She has also created stunning artwork (shown) for our sacred 4 corners in the ballroom!

You can contact her by the old-school methods: call 406-586-3972, or email aweblingjo@aol.com. 

Embodiment for Phoenixes – Shift from Reacting to Awareness
with Julia Yanker

Come explore your embodiment in this interactive space. We'll explore answers to questions like: how do we interact, react, or respond to the world through the lens of our body? How does our nervous system automatically influence our day-to-day, moment-to-moment experience of the world? How can we feel safe enough to be our bright, beautiful, boundless selves? How can we break our cycle of reaction vs. responsiveness? And how can we tend and befriend the body to help us walk through life in a balanced way? Participants will leave with useful tools for our lifelong exploration of all these questions. 

Please bring journal/paper and something to write with - bring coloring utensils if you're into that and it's easy, but not required. 

Julia Yanker (she/her), adventurer and transformational coach, specializes in the trauma resolution modality Somatic Experiencing®. She helps her clients reclaim their vitality so they can thrive, using her body-based approach to resolve life's challenges at the root level. High stress, trauma, unfulfilling relationships, and unhappiness do not have to be a life sentence.

She lives with her husband in Bozeman, Montana, and jokes that she has participated in every adventure sport at least once (besides the ones that involve jumping off or out of things). When not resting or serving her community, she can be found packrafting, horseback riding, camping, foraging, and skiing. You can learn more about her work on her website or follow her on Instagram or Facebook.

www.juliayanker.com
https://www.facebook.com/julia.urbanski3
https://www.instagram.com/juliayankercoaching/ 

Encaustic Art Cards
with LeeAnn Galusha

I bet it has been awhile since you’ve played with crayons!. Well, in this session we will be doing just that by using melted wax crayons to create unique encaustic art. These personal art pieces will then be mounted onto cards to be shared with others. Join us and connect with your youthful, artful self. 

All materials supplied. $5 materials fee – please pay to Registrar at time of sign-up

LeeAnn Galusha is a retired teacher, but her first love is using a gift of nature - pine needles- to create utilitarian and decorative art. https://www.facebook.com/pineneedlebasketsbyLAG/ When she is not working on a piece, she is enjoying the company of friends, dancing, and taking walks with her husband. 

Organic Story-Telling
with Suzanne Reed 

Preparing our bodies with brief, yet effective, breathing and warm-up exercises, our creative juices will flow as we sit in a circle and create a unique group story inspired by the images we choose from the roll of the (story) dice.

Please bring reading glasses, if needed (for seeing the small images albeit on oversized dice). Anything needed to be comfortable sitting on the floor for about 45 minutes. 

About Suzanne Reed:
Relevant training: MA in Behavioral Science (Leadership Institute of Seattle), certified Change Agent in Appreciative Inquiry (Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve), certified
Agent of Conscious Evolution (with Barbara Marx Hubbard), weekly InterPlay practitioner.
Background in street theater as a performing artist and activist. Passionate about the power of
[personal] mythology and story telling.

Sing-a-long with Edis Kittrell.

Music joyfully lifts our spirits and hearts and creates community. Join Edis for a fun-filled Sing-a-Long. Explore familiar and not so familiar songs. Allow your heart to be lifted. 

Feel free to bring instruments and percussion. No experience or skills necessary, just a willingness to have some fun.

No size limit.

Arising From the Ashes to Spread Our Wings, a dance workshop
with Ginny Watts

Together we will explore our soaring souls through dancing with veils, a
uniquely American style Belly Dance. Accessible to novice and
experienced dancers alike, as a group, we will develop or refine a small
vocabulary of movements and steps. Then, we will leap into the Ether on
chiffon wings, moving freely to a soundscape created just for us, led by
each dancer's unique intuition and our collective wisdom.

Please dress in comfortable clothes for moving. Veils will be provided, or bring your own cloth to use. 

Ginny Watts has been sharing her love of World Dance throughout Montana for over
40 years. Ginny has been fortunate to collaborate with other dancers,
musicians, artists, healers, educators, and innovators in an
ever-evolving process of creation, performance, healing, and spiritual
practice. She feels blessed to be a part of Yamama!, as well as carrying on
the legacy of The Caravan of Dreams World Dance Troupe. She is delighted
to be at Celebrating Women again this year and eager to dance in this
beautiful community!

A Movement Journey with the Goddess Inanna

with Dagny Deutchman

When it comes to Women's Rites of Passage work, few myths provide the depth and breath of deepening into sacred feminine wisdom more than the myth of Inanna, the Sumerian Goddess. In this 90-minute workshop you will become intimate with the beautiful tale of Inanna, be guided through intention setting, invited into 7-thresholds of freeform movement, and engage in art processing to harvest the medicine of your journey. The workshop will culminate in an opportunity to share and receive wisdom from the larger community.

All art supplies will be provided, however feel free to bring your own special journal.
Please wear something you feel comfortable moving in and bring a water bottle. 

Dagny Deutchman (she/they) is a mover, storyteller, guide, artist, scientist, and lover of all things creative. Although traditionally trained as a movement facilitator, backcountry whitewater guide and sleep scientist, she has spent the past several years deepening her relationship to women's rites of passage work, mythology, and trauma-informed movement facilitation. Her ultimate goal is to help invite women into movement that helps create brave spaces for discovery, delight, and discernment. She's excited to move with you. 

Whispers form the Ancestors – An Experience with Emergent Constellation Work with Ann Malabre

Emergent constellation practice works with the energies of archetypical relationships like mother, father, child, grandmother, grandfather, as well as energies such as birth and death.Starting from what is known, this form explores the unknown in the refractions, and the patterns that pass through family lines. In this workshop, there will be a short explanation of Constellation framework, then journaling will be used for exploring a moment that is energetically and emotionally stuck. In in small groups, we will work with this moment using each other as blind representatives in constellation. In this way we will seek understanding from the unknown and give it encouragement to be known. All will be able to share their experience in a final circle, but with no obligation. 

Please bring writing materials for journaling.

Ann Malabre is foremost a mother of four grown and almost grown children in Gallatin Gateway, Montana. Ann started taking courses with Sarah Peyton in inter-relational neuroscience and emergent constellation facilitation in 2015 and has been a part of the facilitating family constellation classes and master classes since. She is a lead support person in Sarah's resonance series and programs and has a busy one in one practice supporting those living with the after effects of childhood trauma. She has an avid interest in understanding the neuroscience of trauma with respects to its applications in addressing childhood abuse and neglect, as well as gender violence. She works with schools and organizations supporting restorative resolution and transformative justice. 

Isn’t that an amazing line up! Which are calling to your heart?

Note: Workshop sign-ups will take place at Registration desk as you check-in at Boulder Hot Springs. Sign up sheets will indicate workshop times (10 am, 1 pm, and 2:30 pm) and locations.