Happy Mother’s Day!
This year as Mother’s Day has been approaching I have been reflecting a lot on motherhood. Wow, what a journey.
I have also made a point of no longer neglecting my own needs. I have started investing in my own health, and really working on finding a balance in my life so I no longer feel so depleted. My Mother’s Day gift to myself is renewal of self.
As a result of this reflection, I was thinking about all the other women and mother’s who also drive themselves to the point of exhaustion and burn-out. Women in general have a habit of putting everyone else’s needs before their own. This led me to another idea…
To host a Mother’s Day Retreat. I collaborated with a dear friend, also a natural health therapist, who owns a small and lovely piece of property in the country. We decided to give this day-retreat idea a try.
MOTHER’S RETREAT
Sunday, May 19th, 2013
10am – 4pm
Hosted by Alison Clarke and Jenni Burke.
Mothers and women alike treat yourself to a day for YOU!
Held in a small country home in Colborne, ON.
For $80 our day will include gentle yoga, guided meditation, learning self-reflexology, making your own essential oil blend, reflective writing and sharing our wisdom! You will go home with a package of resources you can use daily in your life for self-care and nurturing.
Please bring a lunch, we will supply tea and snacks!
Email gentle_hatha@live.com to register.
SHARE YOUR WISDOM
For all the moms reading this blog, what advice or wisdom do you have to share with us on Mother’s Day?
Hi Jennie
Don’t forget to mention those mother’s who didn’t give birth to you !
There are a lot of women who end up mothering you a little bit here & there. Sometimes you don’t notice it until later – when you think back over what they did for you !
I was telling my kids last night – there are 2 ways of being a mother – 1 you give birth to someone & 2 you love & care for & teach someone. Some women choose only one of these ways to mother, while others choose both !
E
That is so true!! I am lucky to have many mothers in my life 🙂