Retreating to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit.

A "Rooting Retreat" covering the basics of building a life balanced with the mind, spirit, and body.

Keynote: When Yin and Yang come together, the right stuff happens.

Taken from a paper written on the I-Hsing by David Scott which describes using the basic 8 changes as a guide for physical, mental, and spiritual changes.

Keynote: Disney the Man, the Dream, the Vision.

The life experience of a corporate trainer for Disney World in Florida -- DeLynne Merrill.

Keynote: Education today and tomorrow -- a vision.

The life experience of a Catherine Hills struggling with the difficulties of education today in America's cities.

Possible topics - discussions

Nourishing the mind

Functions of the Mind
The Spectrum of Emotions
Mental Disorders - sampling the extreme
Etiology of Mental Disorders - an ancient perspective
Herbs to Treat Mental Disorders
Readings from the 7 Affects
The magic square applied to the functions of the mind
The Body Electric, how is it one can recover?
Creativity, following the path of least resistance

Nourishing the spirit

The benefits of Mediation
3 foundations of Meditation
Breathing
Flowing
Quieting the Mind
The 5 Minds and their interaction
Readings from the spirit-that-moves-thru-all-things by Tom Brown
Truth as a pursuit of happiness
Let's do some inner searching.
What do we really want to do with the rest of our lives?
What have we always wanted to know more about?
Let's dig and find the good stuff inside.
the child inside.
the magic inside.
Honesty - Love - Family
In the what and not the who, includes our faith

Nourishing the body

Using Mirrors to Balance
The Great Meridians
The Great Divide
The Great Reservoirs
Great Points along the way
Readings from The Web that has No Weaver
endless views; strong believers
The Basics of the Word of Wisdom (Dr. John Christopher)
Burning Fat (Jay Robb)
Alkaline verses Acidic (Dr. Robert O. Young)
The Tao of Food

Favorite Recipes:

We share them and pick and choose
guidelines:
easy to fix
healthy
nourish the body inside ...
And let's eat good stuff.

Samplers of bodily exercise

e.g. martial arts
Hsing-I Chuan - mind intent movement
Pa Kua Chang - a pole with guided movement
Tai Chi Chuan - moving as a string of pearls
12 Animals - animal madness at its best (monkey, tiger, bear)
Sticks - sticking to it

like Truth, can it be cornered and packaged like wheat or straw?

Retreat Format

arrival day
preparation for week
evening keynotes
retreat days
5:30 - 8:30
morning meditation
morning walk
morning workout
breakfast
9-12
Events Mind, Spirit, Body
Lunch
1-5
Events Fun and Sports
Dinner
7-9
evening yoga
evening walk
evening qi qong
we must look around for a dancing spot or too!
bonfire, cookout on the beach
ocean swim
tennis
swimming
literature reading
scriptures
sunrises ... sunsets, let's watch sunrises and sunsets.
inner searching

places, ideas

Carlsbad Caverns
DelMar Inn, Old Town Hacienda Inn
The Sequioias
dance, sing, and play -- be silly and have fun
San Diego Natural History Museum
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