10 Reasons Black Women Need to Retreat
#10 - Appoint Time To Self & Pause
Taking TIMEOUT for intentional care is one of the greatest gifts that you can give to Self. Appointing time and space is essential if you are to make SELF LOVE a priority among the other pressing matters in your life. RETREATING from being a warrior on the defensive, undertaking battles as a superwoman is not only smart but necessary in a world that wants to tell you who you are.
#9 - Overwrite Old Habits & Create New Habits
Simply asking your self “what is it time to stop” and what is it time to start?” and working trough a plan to support the initiation and establishment of new habits is a great focus for black women on retreat. The world is changing and how we live in it and contribute has changed but all success is based on our habits so changing habits during a 4 or 6 day retreat is a powerful reason to retreat.
#8 - Healing the Gut With Natural & Raw Foods
Most dis-ease begins in the gut and based on what we put into our mouths. Over the last 2 generations foods in the Western Hemisphere have become less and less natural and increasingly - giving our guts time to heal with the aid of natural foods, juices and herbs can be the relief needed to begin a new journey back to balance and greater strength
#7 - Celebrate Self & Other SiStars
Celebrating ourselves is crucial in a world that wants to denigrate those who are melanated. Thankfully the tide has begun to change in how it sees us but only because we first had to change how we see ourselves. Retreating with sisters who are ready to heal their wounds is one of the most powerful focus for a Black Woman’s Retreat.
#6 - Digital Detox
Counterbalance. We need it. Our bodies, minds and creativity needs it. Our digital lives are important but we need to remember to balance and find pleasure, power and balance in the analogue.
#5 - Practice Healing Modalities
A RETREAT is a great place to practice the Explore the hundreds / dozens of gentle and powerful healing modalities. Reiki, Tapping, Massage, Sungazing, Breathwork, Herbal and Plant Medicine, Tai Chi, Yoga, Chi Gung, Meditation, BioFeedback, Homeopathy. There is so much good stuff to tap into!
#4 - Reimagine & Explore New Horizons
Opening to new possibilities is how we move into the life. We have the opportunity everyday to co-create but sometimes escaping from the day to day and your current environment is the easiest way to give yourself the opportunity to reIMAGINE
#3 - Commune with Nature (Get Out of Your Head & Into Your Body)
Retreats are the perfect time for Black Women to tap into the healing and energising power of the Nature that resides within us and all around us allowing waiting for us to tap in, be more energised, bigger and stronger than
# 2 - Play
Play is one of the most important energies that we can align. It is energetically electrifying and opens healing modalities that align us with joy and creativity. Placing play at the top of your agenda for your reTREAT objectives and feel the immediate benefits.
#1 - Practice Black Girl Magic
Aaaaa BLACK GIRL MAGIC - the world knows and benefits from it. Is it time for you to align and activate your magic. Could a reTREAT be the perfect place for you to start your journey?
Caring for self is not self-indulgence it is self preservation and that is an act of political warfare - Audre Lourde