Rest, Reflect, Renew Retreat
A Weekend Retreat Exploring the Question, "WHO AM I?"
June 6 - 8, 2025
Our Common Conundrums
- Feeling like there's never enough time
- Finding balance between our work, social, and spiritual lives
- Spending our precious time with whom and what we truly value
- Cultivating Community
So, how about you take a breath and make time to reconnect with life, nature, and yourself?
A Weekend
For The Rest Of Your Life
RETREAT FOCUS
Forest Bathing
A calming, 2.5 hour guided meditative experience that helps participants to re-center themselves via a connection with nature through the senses, rather than the intellect. This method has proven effective at reducing stress, fostering attention restoration, & delivering deep personal insights.
Enneagram Workshops
The Enneagram is an ancient symbol, said to explain the entire universe. For our purposes we will focus on the structures of the Enneagram that foster a better understanding of oneself, our core motivators and what habits and tendencies might be holding us back.
We'll offer a basic Enneagram Introductory workshop, as well as a more advanced course.
Labyrinth Work
Labyrinth Work
The labyrinth is found in ancient cultures all over the globe, and has been in use for at least 4,000 years. The labyrinth can be a mirror as to where we are in our lives. Everyone's experience is different. For some it is profound, for others a pleasant stroll. Many enter with a question, others leave with one. Walking the labyrinth is path to healing.
A WEEKEND OF EXPLORING THE QUESTION,"WHO AM I?"
RETREAT ITINERARY
The schedule will proved ample personal time for participants to explore the surrounding forest and grounds, or to find a quiet nook from which to consider the questions that will arise over the course of the weekend.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
The retreat is being hosted at Saint Marguerite's Retreat House located at 82 West Main Street in Mendham, New Jersey.
REGISTRATION IS $775.00 PER PERSON
Incudes an all inclusive 2 night, 3 day weekend retreat including meals.and with a weekend full of forest bathing, Enneagram workshops and guided presence meditations.
ACCOMMODATIONS
All rooms are single occupancy, private bedroom with a sink and shared bathroom between two rooms. Double occupancy is available but on a limited basis.
Reserve Your Spot Now
Rest, Reflect, Renew Retreat
US$775.00
A weekend of self care dedicated to both a group and individual exploration of the question - Who Am I?
Our cancellation policy: For in-person retreats that are registered and managed through Friendly Territory LLC., a full refund cancellation in honored up to 60 days prior to the start of the retreat. Within 30-59 days prior to the start of the retreat, a 50% refund is available upon cancellation in writing. Within 29 days any refund will be at our discretion and predicated on whether we can find a suitable replacement or pull someone from the waiting list.
Retreat Facilitators
Richard Collins
Rich is a Certified Guide for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs (ANFT), based in Morristown, New Jersey. Rich has personally guided almost 500 Forest Bathing retreats since 2019. His company, Friendly Territory, specializes in Forest Bathing retreats, Nature Therapy walks, embodied meditation, and Labyrinth work.
This question, "Who Am I?", is of vital importance to anyone wishing to deepen their connection to all of life. It is a big question, and therefore merely a starting point. It is not something that can be answered in a weekend, and possibly not a lifetime. Still, some part within calls us to try. Luckily, we have some tools at our disposal. Our ancient ancestors have gifted us two powerful symbols for understanding ourselves and the universe in the Enneagram and the Labyrinth. These ancient symbols are not merely intellectual, but meant to be incarnated through understanding of their deeper meaning and how to best utilize them. Additionally, we have the practice of Forest Bathing. Although it has its current iteration in 1980's Japan, its roots go much further back, with fragments of this practice being found in Druidic, Shinto, Native American and other indigenous belief systems. Over the weekend, we'll employ each of the symbols and the magic of Forest Bathing to breathe life into the question of Who We Are.
Retreat Facilitators
Megan Knight
Megan is passionate about the enneagram, helping people create meaning out of suffering and bringing an awareness that we are inter-connected. She began her journey toward a deep understanding in the enneagram while working for a hospice on an inter-disciplinary team. Megan serves on the board for the Northeast Chapter of the International Enneagram Association.
When I first learned about the Enneagram it felt very overwhelming to me but yet so simple. The system broke down ego structures into an easy to follow guide for me to understand myself and others. The reality is that we all embody most "types" and it helps us navigate interpersonal relationships with compassion and a new perspective about why we are the way we are. The true gift of learning the Enneagram is to develop compassion and patience for yourself so you can detach from your auto-pilot mode and go back to the very essence in which you were created. You are not your personality; you are a complete, loving human being who is inter-connected with all things within universe.
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”— Eckhart Tolle
— ECKHART TOLLE
