Workshop Participant Comments - October 2021

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What is different now for you?

• I have a feeling of awareness I didn't have before the retreat. An awareness I shall use to focus on my journey.

• I can make conscious changes myself. 

• I have a renewed energy to make impactful change at work and a home, I've let go of a lot of guilt I've been holding on to. 

• An even greater determination to be at peace with being authentic 

• I still feel rejuvenated; when I think about the retreat, there is a calmness that settles over me.

• After the retreat I felt that many people are secretly struggling with similar issues 

• I felt much calmer and with greater sense of priorities

• I felt very uplifted after the retreat, felt an energy shift 

• I felt like I had a great opportunity to meet new people in a super comfortable setting. I think the combination of movement and meditation helped to ground me so that I could center myself to really listen to the insights shared. 

What worked well?

• A fantastic setting, beautiful decor, presence of

historical and cultural objects, peacefulness, spaciousness. 

• The location was beautiful and peaceful! I was able 

to really focus on digging deep inside myself when I was in 

such a serene setting.

• Beautiful place, great location, nice 

accommodations.

• The venue was in a nice location among the hills in 

West Virginia. There were beautiful views complimented 

with the crisp smells of fresh air. 

• The beauty of the location and the 

hotel. The customer service of the workers and owner. 

The cleanliness. 

• Casa Om is beautifully set; the vegetarian/vegan 

meals were delicious and filling.

What have you learned about yourself?

• I learned there is more to me than I knew.

•  I realize 

that how I seem to myself is not always how I seem to others.

• The hike was a highlight for me, retaught me that I 

am stronger than I know and that I love moving and feel 

blessed to do so. 

• I have and I am benefiting from what I learned and 

received during the retreat. 

I learned that I connected with everyone’s experience, a human one. I learned and explored greater levels of self-compassion.

• I learned that caring for myself is a good thing to do. I learned that I am worthy of taking in help from others. I learned that putting myself out into the world adds value and does not make me a selfish person. 

• I am who I am and I love that. 

• My search for spirituality is within myself.

What are some tools you are taking away?

• I'm leaving with more confidence to be me and not worry

what other people may think. I've silently said "Here I Am" 

to myself numerous times since returning! It's helped as a 

reminder that I'm aloud to take up space and provide 

value.

• I received tools and techniques to assist me on my journey of discovering a purposeful life. 

• The answers are there already I just need to keep asking questions to get to them.

• A better way to lead is to ask curious questions and to gain an understanding of the other person's perspective.

• Talking to people always helps, community support is invaluable

• I don't need all of my goals and plans to be centered around work and my career; I can foster myself, my family, relationships, and fun.

• I am not alone in consideration of embodied leadership