The Power of a Retreat to Heal your Weary Soul

‘The Soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished or the lustre of it will never appear’   (Daniel Defoe)

I remember this expression being used (at least within my family circle) ‘I am a weary, old soul’.  Are you a weary soul?  If so, I wonder how you handle this situation when it arises.

One of the many ways to deal with this inner weariness, is to attend a Retreat.  Why?  Because this gives you time for yourself, and away from the many commitments in your life in order to feed your Soul.

Your Soul

The Soul hungers for meaning and purpose, a spiritual life.   It wants:

Awareness, experience, depth and realisation

To rest and ‘be’

To be free from the illusion that this is all there is

To love freely, no pressure, generosity, acceptance and courage

To be compassionate towards you and others.

To understand the Divine, and its place in the Universe

Your job then is to help feed your Soul and fulfil its desires e.g. through meditation, prayer, travel, writing, dancing, singing, solitude, nature, companionship, art, music, stillness  ……………………… and deepening your own personal development.  You can ask your Soul what it needs from you and you will then be caring for your Soul when you give it what it wants.

Retreat

On a Retreat, you can have space for reflection, renewal, re-connection and re-discovery.  Also there is that feeling of being able to rest in you with a big sigh, relax and enjoy the simple things in life – being taken care of, feeling free to be (or to learn) who you are whilst in a safe environment.   You are able to laugh, cry and share with other women without judgement so can let go of some of the protective armour you’ve built up around you over the years.

Being in a small and supportive group of women can be such an enriching and enlivening experience for your Soul to relax into the safe and warm holding provided perhaps for the first time which enables that re-connection with yourself.

Re-connection

When you re-connect with yourself, you are aligned with your Soul and you can come from that deep well of Love inside you.   As you love, nourish and accept yourself from this place, you can include all your imperfections as well as how perfect you are in your uniqueness.  You are then able to accept and connect with others from being at home in yourself.

You see, Love is the Beauty of your Soul and your Soul needs this to be expressed in the world.  There is so much abundance – no lack – when you are expressing the best you can be in life.

Flaws

Remember, we are all flawed and are going to make mistakes and get life wrong.  We will all experience pain, uncertainty, loneliness and fear in our life.  When we stop denying our flaws and imperfections and own them, you can then shift your focus to all that’s good and growing in you.   You can then commit to nurturing your talents, skills and abilities.    Remember you are also compassionate, loving, creative, talented and unique – you are all of that.   Both-And.   On a Retreat you can allow your vulnerability to be seen.

Rut

If your intention is to begin to change your life, my Retreats for Women can help you to break out of the rut (did you know that rut = a shallow grave?) you’re in while you’re focussing totally on you.  You will be nurtured, challenged and supported by someone (me) who has already been through this struggle themselves and found the courage to break free.

I will be enabling you to make changes from the inside out, and helping you to come out of the box you have kept yourself in.    By turning inwards, the loving, creative, talented and specialness of you can be allowed to be seen.

Remember you only have one life to live and what better way than to come on my Residential Retreats.   My retreat will enable you to start making your forgotten dreams a reality.  It is never too late to find the courage to do something for yourself – nurture your weary soul.

As You grow and become aware, you feed your Soul as you acknowledge that we are all miracles just as life itself is truly a miracle.  It is a wonderful world we are part of regardless of some of the cruel happenings in it.

Being on your Soul Journey is a very long process and it’s not about getting somewhere.  It’s about re-connecting with You.  Therefore, I salute you – you are more than enough – you are wonderful for simply being YOU.

 I am a mature, well experienced facilitator, who will give you time for quiet reflection, personal growth learning, laughter and time for what women do best – sharing their stories with other women.

Contact me for further information on my work on irene@irenebrankin.co.uk , see more about me on www.thevisiblewoman.com for my future dates.   This month, I am in Majorca and my next Retreats will be in the U.K.