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Experiencing Life Creatively: Journey to Inner Healing
Sat 25 - Mon 27 April 2015 (3 days) 
with Joy and Leela


Experiencing your Life Creatively and understanding your unique journey will gift you with serene acceptance of what has been, and the ability to live in present awareness with the light-hearted joy of Being. This process is the gift we give ourselves - to make sense of this Amazing Life! Revive body, mind and soul as you work in alignment with your inner compass. This work is transformational and inspiring. We bring this retreat workshop to you with great love and humility for the benefit that it allows.  

This Life Journey is filled with experiences - some that we cherish and some that leave us feeling overwhelmed, depressed, in pain and doubt. No life is without aspects that challenge us, yet there are those that survive,  and even seem to thrive amidst the many pressures and life stresses. How is it that some people manage their life, despite adversity and challenges? Our uniqueness, ingenuity and creativeness allows us to interpret the meaning of our Life Journey. When we learn how to tap into our Inner Resources we find the Resiliency of our Soul.

If you are ready to untangle your life and make sense of the journey, de-stress and re-align with your life purpose, then you are invited to this special workshop. You will find many answers and you will learn skills that will give you the confidence to manage your life in a more pleasing way. This weekend will empower you to begin making changes that will enable you to live a more relaxed, happy, authentic and fulfilled life, regardless of your life situation. 


Retreat Leaders:

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Joy Truscott is skilled in guiding participants towards higher self-awareness and release from the trauma and stress of everyday living.  Joy has a teaching background and lived in Colorado, USA for a few years where she gained her Master’s Degree in Social Work, Clinical Counselling, and studied Integrated Health Care and Healing Therapy at Mercy Medical, Durango, Colorado.  Joy worked with Hospice and continues to study and work in the field of Energy Therapy, Energy Alignment and Trauma Release. Joy has presented this course to both American and South African participants, all of whom have benefited from and delighted in the process of transformation.

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Leela Verity has degrees in Psychology and Law from Wits University, and practiced as an attorney in Johannesburg. In her mid 30’s she resigned from her professional career to follow a spiritual calling. She spent several years travelling in India, studying Eastern religion and philosophy, and doing retreat. She has over 10 years of meditation experience, in the Zen, Vipassana and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, and is a qualified Hatha Yoga teacher. In 2000, she founded SAT CHIT ANAND Spiritual Retreat Centre in Plettenberg Bay, and has been Director and Manager since then. In 2014, the name was changed to BENEDICTUS DEUS Retreat Centre. Leela continues to host teachings, meditations, workshops and retreats. With extensive knowledge and understanding of both Buddhism and Christianity, it is her joy to help and guide others on the Spiritual Path. It is her passion to help people grow spiritually, and to enjoy a fuller and richer spiritual life that is grounded in meditation, prayer, love, worship and personal experience of God, with whom we are united in Love.


Why not begin your gentle journey back to you:
  • Gain insight into your incredible Being
  • Begin to understand the rhythms and patterns that often block progress and limit our sense of inner peace 
  • Learn to trust your inner guide – your intuition
  • Find the Bliss that empowers us to be the best we can be in all life situations
  • This is a workshop that you do not want to miss 
  • The number of participants will be limited

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:

FRIDAY
Arrival anytime and settle in
Eve: Welcome supper for those staying here 

SATURDAY
Breakfast in cottages
9.30am: Prayers and Morning Meditation to start the day
10am: Session 1 with Joy: Beginning the Journey of the Inner Child

            Connecting with the insight and authenticity of the inner child
            A glimpse into our inner soul-self
            Sensing the rhythm and patterns of our life

Tea break and time for exercises and reflection
12.30pm: Light lunch provided
2pm: Session 2 with Leela: Picking up the Pieces 

            Restoring “broken-ness” to whole-ness
            Bringing awareness to emotional and physical burdens that hold us back
            Connecting with the Power of Spirit when we feel overwhelmed and powerless 
            Insight into our mind and how we can align our thoughts and intentions with Spirit

Guided Connection: Breathing to Bring Balance 
Tea break and time for exercises and reflection
Suggested walk on beach followed by supper in cottages
Eve: Private rest and reflection: library and spiritual DVDs available in chapel


SUNDAY
Breakfast in cottages
9.30am: Prayers and Morning Meditation to start the day
10am: Session 3 with Joy: Honoring the Journey and Letting Go of Pain
            Setting sail for your destination – steering to alignment of soul’s purpose 
            Mapping the life path to find perspective and meaning
            Recognising the patterns and awakening our resiliency and inner strength.
            The ability to see our lives in a more creative way, even in the “menial”.
            Honoring the journey of pain and disappointment 
            Learning to give ourselves the gift of release
            Guidance on how to use energy to release blockages so the system can flow

Tea break and time for exercises and reflection
12.30pm: Light lunch provided
2pm: Session 4 with Leela: Healing Emotional Obstacles
            Honoring our emotions with discriminating wisdom
            Overcoming hurt, rejection, loss, disappointment, failure, and redeeming our lives
            Dealing with negative thoughts and emotions, doubts and fears that do not serve us
            Letting go and forgiveness, and moving into the future with hope
            Steps to emotional health and healing

Guided Connection: Breathing to Bring Balance 
Tea break and time for exercises and reflection
Suggested walk on beach followed by supper in cottages
Eve: Private rest and reflection: library and spiritual DVDs available in chapel


MONDAY
Breakfast in cottages
9.30am: Session 5 with Joy: Finding Balance and Accessing our Inner Genius
            How to utilize our brain to bring us to balance 
            How to remain emotionally in control, and to view from enlightened perspective
            Methods to use left / right brain functioning to stabilize emotions
            How to work with the mind to set positive thought processes in motion
Tea break
11.30pm: Concluding Session with Leela: Alignment of Mind Body & Soul
            How to harness thought processes and make positive changes that bring harmony 
            Seeing from a worldly egoistic perspective vs seeing with Spiritual vision
            Connecting our walk through this life to our authentic guiding Light and aligning with Spirit
            Living in the Love and Freedom of Spirit, the goal of Spiritual life
            Stepping into your true identity as beloved Child of God and sharing this with others

Final sharing, farewell lunch, and send-off in de-light!

WORKSHOP INVESTMENT:  R2 000
PLUS ACCOMMODATION: R1 000


This is a workshop that will change your life! 
Three days of Deep Inner Healing which includes:
  • Welcome Dinner
  • Teas and Treats over the weekend
  • Lunch on Saturday, Sunday, Monday
  • Workshop Handouts 
  • Guided Connection CD 
  • Surprise Gift
  • Plus 6 Amazing Workshop Sessions
  • Plus 3 nights accommodation at beautiful BENEDICTUS DEUS RETREAT CENTRE in beautiful Plettenberg Bay!

FOR WORKSHOP BOOKINGS:
please contact JOY TRUSCOTT 

tel: 044 533 3040
cell: 079 180 7639
email: joytruscott@gmail.com
FOR ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS: 
at BENEDICTUS DEUS RETREAT CENTRE 
please contact LEELA VERITY

tel: 044 533 0453
cell: 082 410 4916
email: benedictusdeus@global.co.za

Chorus:
Though I may not know the answers
I can finally say I am free.
If the questions led me here then
I am who I was born to be ...
When I was a child
I could see the wind in the trees
and I heard a song in the breeze
it was there singing out my name.
     But I'm not a girl anymore
I've known the taste of defeat
I've finally grown to believe
it will all come around again.
     Chorus ... 
So here am I, 
open arms and ready to stand
I've got the world in my hands
And it feels like my turn to fly.
     Chorus ...
When I was a child 
there were flowers that bloomed in the night 
unafraid to take in the light 
unashamed to have braved the dark.
     Chorus ... 

see Oct 2013 retreat
see june 2014 retreat
Love and Light and Blessings
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