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What to expect:

Start they day with a yoga class led by Jill. Learn ways to use yoga during and after Menopause. Leave with a practice to help you connect with your body throughout your second half of life.

After a short break Pamela will talk about the value of Reiki during Menopause and teach some techniques you can use during Menopause.

Lorna will be highlighting ways that other cultures celebrate the transition of Menopause and provide insights on the way you can see the benefits of entering this stage of life.

Kara will use her expertise with herbs to teach about:

Herbal Supports Throughout Perimenopause

Approaches to commons experiences in Peri-menopause and Beyond

In this class we will discuss physiological hormone changes creating these experiences. She will briefly review hormone replacement options during this time and the hormonal supports offered by plant medicine. She will bring local teas to sample

After some time to wander the grounds, journal, or whatever you like we will have dinner and then sound healing from Bella Soul led by Tina.

Then we will have discussion and sharing in a group and a closing activity to end the day.

Meet the Presenters:

During this retreat you will have the opportunity to work with five women experienced in their fields of yoga, herbalism/medicine, spiritual guidance, energy healing, and sound healing.

Learn more about them below:

cost for the day is 250 (early bird is 200) and includes 2 meals (lunch/dinner) and all of the activities of the day.

Host:

Jill Covert, LMSW, C-IAYT

Jill is a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Licensed Social Worker, mother, wife and naturalist. She has been certified to teach yoga since 2003 and was certified as a yoga therapist in 2023. She is the owner of Closed Lotus Yoga and offers yoga therapy sessions, classes and retreats. She has also been in active menopause since April 2025. It is her hope that this retreat will offer solutions and a feeling of community around Menopause. This time can feel overwhelming and scary, but it can be a wonderful journey into a new part of life if we know how to move forward and can have guides helping us along the way.

Co-Host

Dr. Lorna Busch

Dr. Lorna Busch is a licensed psychologist with a passion for supporting people through transformational growth in the face of personal crises and life transitions. She specializes in ketamine assisted psychotherapy, helping clients go deep within to heal core wounds. Many of whom are women “returning to themselves” after living out of alignment with their true nature. Valuing the wisdom found in different cultures, Lorna recently traveled to Brazil to learn about psychiatric treatments at Spiritist Hospitals and Centers. She is a certified Spiritual Emergence Coach (through Integrative Mental Health University) and offers Quantum Healing Hypnosis to help people connect and align with the highest version of themselves.

Find out more: www.mindtrovehealing.com

Reiki Master

Pamela Hawkins

Pamela Hawkins, is committed to expanding joy, spiritual transformation and the creative living of everyday life. She is an Ordained Interfaith Minister, Spiritual Guide, Usui and Karuna® Reiki Master, energy worker, artist, non-violence activist, educator, addiction recovery facilitator and unabashed cook. Pamela has a 30 year practice as visual, poetic and community making artist. She has taught experimental time arts and ESL, worldwide. She is a trained Alternative to Violence Project facilitator.

Find out more: www.circleofspirit.com

Sound Healing

Tina Pierce

Meet Tina, an Intuitive Sound Practitioner, who will be providing a soul-nourishing sound journey at our [Insert Event name here]. With the ethereal tones of clay flute, resonant Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls, and shimmering chimes, Tina weaves a sacred space for vibrational energy alignment. Certified through the Complementary Therapists Accredited Association, and OneTone Alchemy Association, she channels her transformative journey through sound to guide you toward peace and inner wisdom. This immersive experience invites you to release stress, surrender to soothing vibrations, and rediscover your soul’s harmony. This sound journey is a heartwarming invitation to connect with yourself and others. No experience needed ~ just an open heart.

find out more: www.Bellasoulwellness.com

Herbal Solutions to Menopausal Symptoms

Kara Timmons

Kara is a Clinical Herbal Therapist (CHT) with a deep-rooted passion for working with herbs. She has studied under several renowned herbalists, including Tina Finneyfrock and Chanchal Cabrera. She also apprenticed with organic and biodynamic growers across the US and Canada, including the National Center for Preservation of Native Medicinal Herbs. She completed a four-year Clinical Herbal Therapy (CHT) program at Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, Canada. Currently, Kara works as a healthcare provider at Cornell University, where she created an herbal pharmacy for students in collaboration with Healing Spirits Herb Farm. In 2011, Kara founded ApotheKara, an herbal apothecary and integrative health clinic in Ithaca, NY. She is collaborating with Healing Spirits Herb Farm and other local herb growers in Upstate NY to source the highest quality herbs grown with eco-consciousness and love. She is a registered herbalist (RH) with the American Herbalist Guild. A lifelong learner of plant medicine and herbal abundance. She is currently studying under Dr. Aviva Romm in the Herbal Medicine for Women Program. She is also the co-creator of the annual Spirit Kindred Women's Medicine Gathering in the Finger Lakes Region of NY, where she offers in-person workshops

find out more at: http://www.herb-therapy.com

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