Write Like A Scholar Writing Retreat:
A Transformative Journey
Join us October 3-8, 2018 for the "Soulful Bodies" 5-day Transformative Journey in Miami, Florida!
Are you finally ready to heal and reclaim your body and nourish your soul?
Yes, I know you want to indulge in fun, food, and fabulousness! On this soulful journey into Caribbean and African Dance Culture, you will nourish your soul and reclaim your mind, body, and spirit with African American and Caribbean cuisines, movement, and sounds that will energize your body and soul!
Would you like to break out of your protective shell and cultivate healthy, supportive friendships?
On this transformational journey, through group meditation and healing circles, cultural activities, and group dance classes, you’ll experience a feeling of sisterhood and support. We will break bread over "real talk" with real sisters who are also ready to let go and release the judgment, pain, and trauma trapped in our minds and bodies. Discover your spirit in community and collective joy! Let's dance the day and night away!
Are you ready to get physical, reclaim and heal your body, and celebrate the goddess within you?
Right now is your turn to reclaim your time! On this cultural and soulful journey, through guided meditation and mindfulness, dance, and other physical activities, you’ll immediately begin to feel better about your body and personal beauty. These five days will be your jumpstart to a more active lifestyle and you will go home with a stronger, flexible, and resilient body.
How would it feel to engage in radical self-love for a week with others who are ready to affirm your beauty and celebrate body diversity in the backdrop of African movement, and spirit-filled joy?
Real talk! It would be absolutely liberating to engage in a full cultural immersion into African American and Caribbean culture! You are worth five days of self-love practices like mindfulness and meditation, dance, the cultural arts, and reflection time. You will return home feeling like a new woman with the confidence to implement a new vision for your overall fitness and body goals.
How would it feel to participate in transformative spiritual and cultural activities that serve to center and nourish your soul?
It will be a once in a life time transformative experience to get a personal tour into the history, culture, and African and Caribbean tradition of Carnival! Your 5 day exclusive introduction into Carnival culture is meant to help you rejuvenate the habits of mind necessary for personal and professional growth in the days beyond this once in a lifetime experience!
Instead of simply watching others enjoy life, wouldn't you like to focus on your own happiness and share your experiences with others?
During this transformative journey, you will spend time dancing, laughing, and creating your own memories. We will learn traditional African and Caribbean dance with rhythmic music, participate in J'Ouvert, and "play" in Carnival. Reclaim and heal the body through adult culturally infused fun in a safe environment that brings you joy!!
THE 2018 SOULFUL BODIES: A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY INTO CARIBBEAN & AFRICAN DANCE CULTURE IS FOR YOU IF:
- You are ready to heal and reclaim your body from personal judgment and social constraints
- You genuinely enjoy a good time with fun and culturally aware people
- You enjoy learning about different cultural groups, people, ways of life, and traditions
- You desire to personally learn about African, African American, and Caribbean dance and music
- You have a natural appetite for travel, the good life, self-indulgence, and collective joy
- You intuitively understand that sisterhood brings forth the feminine divine and positive release of energy
- You are bored with sitting back and watching others live their lives to the fullest
- You yearn for relaxation and spiritual routines that you can practice in the comfort of your own home
- You crave physical activities that are fun but also reflective of your culture and natural body movements
- You have an appetite for sensual experiences that awaken all of your senses and are sensual
DURING THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY YOU WILL:
- Learn how to use mediation and mindfulness to reduce stress and improve concentration
- Engage in self-reflection and discuss openly and honestly the strengths and resilience of the body
- Learn how to incorporate dance, movement, and music into your daily fitness and healing routine
- Begin to love and accept the body that you're in while designing your own physical fitness routine
- Establish a spiritual practice that is more in alignment with your personality and life purpose
- Gain insider knowledge about African, African American, and Caribbean liberation and freedom struggles
- Experience a sense of sisterhood that serves to empower you to manifest your destiny
- Shed feelings of self-doubt and begin to embrace a new you, new attitude and rejuvenated spirit
- Realize that you a part of a larger social and cultural tradition steeped in African and African American tradition
- Make history carrying the African American flag across the Carnival stage in your section
- Gain access to an all-inclusive Carnival experience where you will "play" and be liberated through Fun Generation & Delou Africa's Masqueradology
What’s Included:
- 5- night accommodations at double occupancy (yes, there are 2 beds in the rooms) with Breakfast!
- A "Welcome to Miami" dinner at a nearby local restaurant
- The Miami Broward One Carnival is included in the trip pricing, so you will have a personal journey and cultural immersion into African American and Caribbean Carnival Culture throughout the week!
- All-inclusive "play" in the Fun Generation and Delou Africa's Masqueradology band
- Your Carnival Costume + African American flag is included in the pricing! We arrange pick up! Yes, ladies!
- Participation and personal introduction to J'Overt day!
- Soca, Whining, and African Dance Lessons! Come on, ladies!! Don't hurt nobody!
- Transport to and from all cultural and Carnival events (at the designated times only!)
- Payment Plans Available! Options:
- 1 Payment* of $1299 due on or before August 1st 2018
- 2 Payments* of $99 Deposit + $700 due on or before July 1st and August 1st
- 4 Payments* of $99 Deposit + $350 due on or before May 1st, June 1st, July 1st, August 1st 2018
**CANCELLATION POLICY: Payments are refundable for up to ten days. Any cancellation after ten days of payment will result in a total loss of the $500 USD. Cancellations after August 10, 2018 will result in the loss of 50% of total payment. The $99 deposit is an administrative cost and is non-refundable! We reserve the right to cancel the trip if it is not meeting the trip minimum (if we do so your payment is refunded in full). Payment of your deposit confirms your understanding and agreement with the cancellation policy.
FLIGHTS NOT INCLUDED: But, we are partnering with EvokeTravel for discounts for Dr. V's Players!
LIMITED SPACES FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY!! RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!!
