An Integral Retreat for Women
with Dr Sarah Nicholson and Tina Nance
Experience deep, energising, rest and nurturance,
Engage your consciounesss of mind, body and spirit,
Explore the path of womens sprituality…
through yoga, meditation,
journaling, dream work, dance
women’s history and Integral theory
Yoga
Stretch and strengthen each morning with daily yoga practice in Honeymoon Guesthouse’s yoga room.
Meditation
Lie down and let go. Come back to yourself with deep rest meditation in the style of Open Dharma.
Journalling
Beginning with presence, in the body, this free writing technique will open the gateway to creative expression, intention and insight.
Explore and hone your intent
Work with extending conscious awareness into the realm of sleep through recording, remembering, and naming your dreams, and dialoguing with your dream self.
Dance
Experience Alchemystical Yoga Dance. Focusing on dance, movement and meditation practices drawn from ancient and contemporay yogic and tantric principles of the body we will connect with intimate sensory awareness to the vast openness, receptivity, surrender, and radiance that is the divine feminine aspect of ourselves.
Womens Spiritual History
Beginning in ancient Sumerian myth, learn about women who have walked the path before us. Join in story with the lineage of spiritual heroines who have embodied the divine in flesh as women. Understand women’s spirituality in the context of Integral theory’s evolutionary unfolding.
Integral Theory
Explore and understand the pathways of women’s development to the embodiment of the divine: Unitive development through Integral theory, as drawn from the work of Ken Wilber, Carol Gilligan, Susanne Cook Greuter, Jenny Wade and others.
What hurdles might there be on the path to embodying the archetype of the Self as woman? How might our relationship to the social and cultural world as women affect our personal development?
About the teachers:
Dr Sarah Nicholson
Dr Sarah Nicholson’s PhD “In the footsteps of the heroine: the journey to Integral Feminism” followed the figure of woman as heroine from the ancient Archaic stage of human history to the burgeoning Integral stage; exploring the development of feminist spirituality from within the context of Integral theory and human evolutionary development.
Presently an associate of Sydney University’s Department of Studies in Religion, she has been a Visiting Scholar at York University (Canada) and the Australian National University, and has been a faculty member of Integral Institute’s Women’s Integral Life Practice seminar. She was an invited speaker on Integral Feminism at JFK University’s Integral Theory Conference in both 2008 and 2010.
As well as publishing and presenting research both nationally and internationally, Sarah has been a published poet for over ten years and was awarded the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Fellowship for Literature in 2004. She has studied and practiced extensively in the traditions of Zen and western Vipassana, and has taught contemplative writing practice and meditation. She currently teaches in the field of religion and culture at University of Western Sydney, and is an editor of a forthcoming anthology on Integral perspectives on sex, gender and sexuality through SUNY Press.
TINA NANCE
Tina Nance is an Australian yoga/dance meditation teacher and the director of Alchemystic YogaDance. Tina has spent well over a decade exploring spiritual traditions, practices and healing arts around the globe. Deeply passionate about creating opportunities for people to connect directly and experientially with their body-mind-spirit, she has trained in Taoist and Classical Indian Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Dance and Movement Meditation, Kinesiology, Shiatsu, Remedial, Thai and Chinese Massage, Vibrational Healing and Reiki. Tina has been teaching yoga and movement meditation throughout Australia, Europe, America & Asia for the past 7 years
Alchemystic YogaDance utilises techniques to both reveal and release the unconscious patterns within the bodymind, and to connect through and beyond them to Spirit. AYD directly explores the map of the energy system within our bodyminds, through the ancient tools of Yoga, Sacred Dance, Meditation Practices and Vibrational Energy Techniques.
Tina has travelled & taught throughout Australia, Europe, America & Asia, & is currently living & teaching in Taiwan.
About the venue:
The beautiful Honeymoon Guesthouse is perfect for relaxation. Elegant Balinese style guest rooms with private balconies are set amidst a lush tropical garden complete with beautifully carved stone statues, carp ponds and a grand salt water pool for relaxing.
Massage and beauty therapy is available onsite. Daily breakfast includes fresh tropical fruit, homemade yoghurt, and freshly baked pastries and bread from The Honeymoon Bakery.
Honeymoon Guesthouse is also situated only a five-minute walk away from the heart of Ubud’s shopping, eating, art and performance hub.