Self Marriage Ceremonies
Self-Marriage: A Self-Love Weekend Retreat
New York, NY:? May 17-19, 2013? For Women Only
Before you dedicate your life
to a person, a marriage, a family;
to a corporation, a political party, a peace campaign;
to a religion, a revolution, a spiritual path;
make one other dedication first.
First dedicate yourself to LOVE.
Decide to let Love be your intention,
your purpose and your point.
And then let Love inspire you,
support you, and guide you
in every other dedication
you make thereafter.
~ Robert Holden
You are invited to dedicate yourself to Love at this Self-Marriage weekend retreat for women…
Within you is the seed of all life–the same force which casts brilliant azures and violets across the desert horizon at dawn. ?Within you is the strength of a mountain, the fragility of a snowflake, the passion of a volcano, the will of a tornado, the innocence of a child, the beauty of the Earth itself. ?Within you is love’s essence incarnated: A human body; a human heart; the gift of life and of awareness. ?Within you is all you seek: you are your own beloved.
This Self-Marriage retreat is about self-love, about honoring your deepest needs and listening to the voice of your heart, about being your own best lover and best friend. ?It is about embracing your inner child, seeing your inherent wholeness, and bringing forth your full potential. ?It is about remembering you are connected to all of life, and learning tools to live practically with this perspective every day.
This retreat is not?about self-improvement; it ?is about accepting yourself as you are and living authentically. This retreat is?not about forcing yourself to be loving or to love yourself; it is about nourishing yourself deeply so the love you naturally are may arise all on its own.
This Self-Marriage retreat is for women only and will hold a strong container of sisterhood as we delve deeply into our own hearts. ?The retreat will include special feminine embodiment practices and sacred, respectful touch–inspired by Awakening Women’s?Women’s Temple?practices. ?We will touch upon topics of self-love that specifically relate to women, and will be held by the powerful, nurturing, and nourishing energies of the feminine.
In this weekend retreat, you will be invited to dive into the depths of your own heart and commit the to the love within.
You will:
- Explore how to live your daily life from a place of love and in alignment with your deepest values
- Practice listening deeply to yourself–honoring the wisdom of your intuition and your body
- Learn self-love practices
- Connect with what matters to YOU
- Fall in love with your essence
- Step into your authentic voice and power
- Have the opportunity to commit to yourself and take vows in a Self-Marriage Ceremony
- Become part of a growing self-love community
This retreat is especially powerful for those who:
- are in transition (in/out of a relationship, job, living situation, or even simply into a greater version of themselves)
- are ready to live more deeply, authentically, and vibrantly
- are ready to let go of the things that hold them back
- are on the path?to embodying?their full potential
- feel a gap between the intellectual concept of self-love and what it looks like in daily practice
- know that self-love is the source of all love and changing the world starts from within
Whether you are ready to marry yourself, have already married yourself, plan to marry yourself in the future, or are not ready to marry yourself and are just curious to learn more about Self-Marriage and Self-Love, you are welcome to join us!
Retreat Information
Dates:
May 17-19, 2013
we will begin Friday at 6 pm and end Sunday at 5 pm
Location: New York, NY (venue will be shared upon registration)
Investment:
$225? Early Bird Price by May 1, 2013
$250? Full Price
+ $100 Food and Accommodations
Partial Scholarships available on a need-basis.
Due to a change in venue requirements, ticket price does not include meals or accommodations for those traveling from out of town. ?
To cover the cost of accommodations and healing meals made by our professional chef, we ask an additional $100 from our participants. ?We will send a separate invoice after registration with details.
**To maintain a sense of community, space is limited**
Tentative Schedule?(subject to change):
Friday
6 p.m. Doors and Registration
7-9 p.m. Opening Session
Saturday
8-9 a.m. Yoga/Morning Practice (optional)
9-10 a.m. Breakfast (optional)
10-1 p.m. Morning Session
1-3 p.m. Lunch and Free Time
3-6 p.m. Afternoon Session
6-8 p.m. Dinner and Free Time
8-9:30 p.m. Evening Session
Sunday
8-9 a.m. Yoga/Morning Practice (optional)
9-10 a.m. Breakfast (optional)
10-1 p.m. Self-Marriage Ceremony and Reception
1-2 p.m. Lunch
2-5 p.m. Integration and Closing Session
Registration
Register here?through eventbrite, and you will be contacted shortly after with our participant questionnaire. ?We are so glad to have you!
Contact
To inquire about this retreat, contact Alison at NY@SelfMarriageCeremonies.com.
More About Self-Marriage
In Self-Marriage, we live from the inside-out. ?We recognize that the world and our experiences do not come?at?us; they come?from?us.
Countless spiritual/religious traditions and texts tell us that?we are Love, that all we seek can be found within. ?It is one thing to know this intellectually, and another to know it in our bodies, in our bones–to truly live it. ?To embody love each and every day of our lives.
Experiences can build–or shatter–our beliefs. ?This retreat is an opportunity to experience the belief that we are truly all we seek in this world–that?we are, at the essence, Love.??That we can live all we long for if we stop seeking it in the wrong direction and instead look within and nurture the seed of truth that lives inside us. ?When we awaken this love within, we understand that love is right here in this moment, in this very experience, in this gift of life.
In Self-Marriage, we commit to love. ?We commit to our?truest Self. ?We commit to living our heart’s deepest?dreams and desires, and making the world a better place because of it. ?And through this commitment comes the greatest freedom–to live our full potential, every day.
To marry yourself is to take one step deeper into living authentically and proclaim that the love of your life is right here in these hands, breathing this breath. ?To marry yourself is to recognize that?you are your own beloved, first and foremost.
Self-Marriage is a practice. ?The love is already there. ?The commitment is a seed. ?Are you ready to cultivate it?
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Facilitator
This retreat will be facilitated by Dominique Youkhehpaz, founder of Self-Marriage Ceremonies. ?Read here about Dominique.