Sammasati Seminars

unique experiences in awareness & personal growth

presents

BEING MORE ALIVE AND LOVING

a Spa Retreat in Mexico

with Sarah Fleury and Ashanti Fraser

Longer residential groups such as this are a wonderful opportunity to relax into yourself, go to another level and find a different kind of personal truth and freedom within the loving “bubble” of this temporary intentional community. This is an ideal experience for anyone (including couples) who wishes a deeper connection with themselves and others and a greater state of clarity and awareness.

The Setting

SAN JUAN COSALA, JALISCO, MEXICO is one of several lovely and interesting small towns on the north shore of Lake Chapala, the largest lake in Mexico, located just south of Guadalajara. The lakeside area combines incredible physical beauty with a warm and balanced climate and an authentic experience of central Mexico. It is a very special place to just "be" and enjoy. Sarah and Ashanti have lived in this area previously, have knowledge of it and a deep appreciation for its joys and wonders.

The gathering is held in the wonderful HOTEL BALNEARIO SAN JUAN COSALA which is a well known hot spring spa located right on the lake in the heart of the village and will offer a totally private setting for the group in the midst of the colour and hustle of a lively authentic Mexican experience.
You will have unlimited access to the healing hot mineral waters in pools, saunas and steams to complement your group experiences.
Check out the facility at http://www.hotelspacosala.com/English/index.html

Here is how a recent participant described the experience at the Balneario:

"The Balneario is like coming home to an amazing, nurturing environment that your heart always knew existed. The beautiful facilities consisting of gardens, pools, steam rooms, and spa services are far above the quality found in many resorts in the tourist centers on the coast at a fraction of the cost. The food sevice in the hotel consists of well prepared Mexican dishes at reasonable prices. My room was spacious and comfortable and wonderfully clean at all times. Having my own refrigerator was an appreciated bonus. Most impressive was the friendly, attentive, caring staff. These people from the manager, Edgar, to gardeners, chamber maids, receptionists, the lady making tacos --- EVERYONE really care about making your stay the best it can possibly be. They are proud of their hotel and it shows. I am already eagerly ancicipating next year at the Balnerio and plan to spend an extra week there before or after the course."

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This is not just another "holiday in the sun" nor another meditation workshop. The experience is different each time and intended to nourish you and challenge you at many levels of your being. The primary focus of this gathering will be on being as awake and alive as you can possibly be in each moment. Every aspect of the gathering will be in support of you freeing yourself. These longer events are amazing opportunities and a lot of fun.

Many workshops offer to teach you skills, to develop your mind and to change your behaviours so you can manage and control your life more effectively. This one does not.

You do not require any more training on how to make your life ‘work’. In fact, you could benefit from some ‘untraining’. You are not meant to ‘fit in’, to be ‘normal’, to have ‘successful’ relationships.

Most of the discomfort and distress that you feel is the direct result of working against yourself and your life force. So, there is really nothing to do except stop fighting yourself and become available to the unfolding of life.

Being totally available means ‘knowing’ without a doubt that you are free and living your life accordingly.

There are many things you can stop doing and few simple things you can do and you will create space for your spirit and increase your enjoyment and appreciation of life.

These gatherings offer you experiences, techniques, information and encouragement to help you set your spirit free. The particular content or focus will depend to a large degree on what you bring to it and how willing you are to share what is actually going on for you and the risks that you are willing to take.

Far from being a passive life philosophy, being available is an ongoing, active adventure. Fortunately, the extent of your availability has nothing to do with anyone else. You cannot be controlled or limited by anyone but yourself. You can, however, be supported and encouraged to live fully and joyously.

This workshop is an invitation to unclutter your life, to untrain yourself and to experience the inexplicable wonder of you.

Some recent participants describe it like this:

"Going to this intentional community can be as gentle as being touched by the Divine and as tramatic as having a stick of dynamite lodged in your belief system. Sometimes both occur within minutes of each other. You will not return the same person you were went you went. Being totally honest with all the other people and with yourself (someone will let you know when you are not) for two weeks rocked my world. It needed rocking."

"I thought I'd drop you a line to say how much I loved the workshop and appreciate your ongoing love and support. The experience is never what I think it will be (it was my third time) and usually much more.  Much more learning and loving and opening.  Being in the warmth of the people and the water and the sun makes it seem easy to do that and the encouragement to try new ways of being and the connections that I made with the participants there help to bring that warmth home with me. 
 
Places of not knowing seem easier.  Love and help from others seems more acceptable. Sometimes just walking down the street I will pay attention to my heart and wide spaces open up just like that. I find it freeing and energizing when I let myself experience a whole range of emotions around situations and people especially opposing ones all at the same time. One thing I experienced deeply at the workshop this year was that I want it all. Life. All of it.  Every crazy bit of it.  When I encounter particularly difficult situations or find myself resisting things or not liking it when I'm angry or sad or critical I think of that (when I remember).  I tell myself that this is part of the all that I said I wanted.  What a great thing that was. "
 

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Access to the spa is quite simple. Routings into the Guadalajara airport are available from many major North American airlines. Then you are a 45 minute, reasonably priced taxi ride away from the hotel. All the accommodation choices are very clean, secure and private, making the opportunity to travel into Mexico very safe and available even to single travelers of either sex and people with children. Child care may be arranged in certain circumstances at an extra cost.

In the month of March the weather will be nothing short of spectacular for anyone who likes warm, sunny weather. Enjoying the local arts, the shopping and the excitement of being in another culture will combine a relaxing, warm weather holiday with an expanded sense of self and personal growth.

Dates

March 12-26, 2011

Costs

The fee for the experience is $1500.00 USD (this includes 14 nights of double accommodation) Transportation and food costs are extra.
EARLY REGISTRATION SAVINGS:
Register before November 1, 2008 - $1200.00 USD
Register before December 15, 2008 - $1300.00 USD
Register after December 15, 2008 - $1500.00 USD

Join us if you can for what will be an extraordinary experience.

Sarah Fleury, B.Comm., Dip.C. and Ashanti Fraser, M.Ed., Dip.C., C.C.C. have been working with people throughout North America for a combined total of 50 years. They have diverse backgrounds in business, education, public service and a wide variety of healing and spiritual traditions. This breadth and depth of expertise allows them to work creatively and spontaneously, effectively assisting and supporting others in being more alive, more aware and much more loving. They are dedicated to bringing awareness to each moment of their everyday lives and to living truthfully and totally from no fixed position. Through this ongoing and ever evolving process they have discovered an immense gratitude for everything life offers. They specialize in assisting people to see possibility rather than limits, truth rather than illusion and allowing that fresh perspective to create movement, change and a deep ease of being into their lives.

 

For registration information contact:
Sammasati Seminars
1412 BROAD STREET
Victoria, B.C. V8W 2B1
Canada
Telephone: 250-298-8270
Email: sammasati@sammasati.com