(Note - this is part of a paid ad campaign that I agreed to post.  Karen Rosenberg has advertised this retreat with DivaTribe for several years now.  -Jen)


Creative Energies: Renewing our Relationship with the Divine
Laguna Bacalar, Mexico
March 21 – 28, 2009

Portals to the Self: A Women’s Circle by the Sea
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
March 29 – April 5, 2009

Ceci McDonnell LISW and Karen Rosenberg, LISW, experienced therapists and guides, are offering their women’s retreats for the 9th year.

Joining Ceci and Karen will be Lisa Hernandez who lives on Isla Mujeres.  Lisa is a guide of sacred sites in Mexico and a teacher of the ancient Maya and their culture. As a Yoga teacher, her devotion is to help women inhabit their bodies with loving-attention and respect, inviting us to respond intuitively to our body’s wisdom.

The Laguna Bacalar, Mexico retreat is on the “lake of seven colors,” a natural sanctuary chosen by the sages of ancient Mayan people as a place of purification, healing and rebirth.  Participants will stay at Akalki, a beautiful resort that embraces the essence and purpose of this sacred land, with its crystalline blue/green waters, harmony and balance. 
Everywhere you put your feet at Akal-ki, the energy is about creation…quiet, reverent, holy.  We will journey one day to see the ancient Mayan city and temple of Kohunlich, which is known for its enormous stucco masks carved into the pyramid of the sun.

The Isla Mujeres, Mexico retreat is on a beautiful island, Isle of Women, in the turquoise blue Caribbean Sea.  This small island, sacred to Ixchel, the Mayan Moon Goddess, was historically a place for healing rituals among the Mayan people.  Participants will stay at the NaBalam, an intimate, informal hotel on the beach where landscaped trails, tropical gardens with hammocks hidden away and the beauty of the ocean will provide a perfect abode for the retreat.  We will create ritual at the ancient temple ruins of the Goddess Ixchel.

Yoga, storytelling, journaling, guided imagery, and creativity will serve as forms to access the myriad of blessings and beauty that flow freely in each of us.  We invite women to gather for a time of retreat and replenishment.  Together, we will create a circle of abundance, compassion and support as we weave together our stories and wisdom, becoming midwives of our dreams and visions.

Space is limited.  For a brochure or more information, visit our website at  www.islawomensretreat.com  or e-mail kfrlisw@aol.com  or call 440 779-6727.