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When:
November 6, 2020 – November 8, 2020 all-day
2020-11-06T00:00:00-05:00
2020-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Virtual Women’s Retreat

The Annual Women’s Retreat at Murray Grove will be November 6-8, 2020.  The leaders will be Rev. Craig Hirshberg, whom you know and love, and Dr. Carol Penn, new to many of us.  Both have extensive experience leading retreats.

The theme will be Balance – We are all dealing with Hard Stuff right now, diving into it.  This retreat will offer some tools to help you manage your life.  The weekend will follow the November election by 3 days – regardless of the outcome we will be exhausted.  We will all need to find grounding, to return to home base, to make time for retreat and renewal.

Let’s see if we can find Balance between caring for ourselves and saving the world.

Weekend Details:

Concern about the continued risk of COVID 19 dictates that we must connect virtually. We imagine 5 short sessions spread over the 3 days.   Some materials will be recorded so registrants can revisit at their convenience. Here is how the weekend is shaping up:

  • We will gather on Friday evening at 7:30 to meet one another, connect and explore the strengths that help to keep our lives balanced.
  • We will spend Saturday morning 10-12 exploring The Mindful Genogram: The Examination of Ancestral Bias or “Where did that thought come from?” led by Drs. Carol Penn and Kathy Farah. Participants will be guided in mindful examination of generational family history to identify patterns of racism.
  • Saturday afternoon 1-3 women’s retreat current plan will offer opportunities to create a paper labyrinth, to learn and practice QiGong and experience a guided meditation on balance.
  • Saturday evening 7:30 we’ll be treated to Carol Simon Levin’s performance: Reclaiming Our Voice: NJ’s Role in the Fight for Woman Suffrage. We’ll be able to consider some common questions such as “how the suffragettes felt in 1918 compared with us now?”
  • And then around 9:30 some informal breakout time: games, singing, chat – continuing the connections made in the past 24 hours.
  • We will conclude on Sunday morning 10am with blessings and music and balance in all its challenges and beauty.

Cost

The cost for the weekend will be $99 per person.

Meet Dr. Carol

Dr. Carol Penn, DO, Dipl. ABOM, FACOFP is doubly board-certified in family medicine and obesity medicine and a master Mindset, Meditation, and Movement Coach. Dr. Penn is CEO and founder of Penn Global Vis

ions, LLC; of New Jersey; medical correspondent for WURD Radio Station in Philadelphia; certified health, wellness, and fitness coach; as well as founder/artistic director of Core of Fire Interfaith Dance Ministry. Additionally, Dr. Carol is a graduate of Medical Moguls Academy (2019) and serves on the faculty of Medical Moguls University, clinical faculty for Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine as well as faculty member for the Center for Mind Body Medicine and is a Staff Physician in Family Medicine at CentraState Healthcare System.

Prior to becoming a doctor, Dr. Carol danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company & School, served as a teaching fellow and consultant to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as well as tenured fine arts faculty for DC public schools. Dr. Carol has toured internationally as a dancer and speaker.

Reach her online – @drcarolpenn, email – drcarol@drcarolpenn.com, or www.drcarolpenn.com

Rev. Craig Hirshberg

Rev. Craig Hirshberg is a UU minister who retired after serving for five years as the Executive Director of UU Faith Action NJ (formerly the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (UULMNJ), Rev. Craig Hirshberg has a wealth of experience in the pulpit and in the community. She is Minister Emerita of the UU Congregation of Somerset Hills where she served as the founding minister. She brought to her ministry extensive non-profit experience including training, planning, community organizing and program development. She is a spiritual director and hosts meditation classes, retreats and other spiritual development activities. She is a graduate of Drew Theological School, and a lifelong student at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. She received her spiritual direction training at Shalem in Washington DC and from the Rowe Spiritual Direction Program. Rev. Hirshberg also serves on the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Trauma Response Team, being deployed in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.  She currently lives in Easton, PA with her husband, Dominick De Pinto, and has three children.