PUBLIC RETREATS
REGISTRATION
If you have any questions we can be reached
by email at info@shimmeringlight.info
or by phone, 585-394-7610.
GUIDES
All programs are led by professional educators with passion for people and our planet! They will inform and inspire you to deepen your relationship with the natural world and with one another.
LOCATION
All programs take place at Shimmering Light
Renewal Center
6143 Hicks Road
Naples, NY 14512
Autumnal
Quieting
Retreat
November 12th, 10am - 5pm
(and optional overnight!)
Shimmering Light Farm
Naples, NY
Sink into the slowing, releasing, rooting, listening energy of the late Fall.
Join us as the sun circles lower in the sky,
plants send their energy deep into their roots,
and trees let go of their leaves.
The veil between the worlds is thin
and autumn winds clear space and time for us to listen...
to ourselves...to the Earth…to our ancestors.
What it is calling to be let go,
like the leaves?
What is calling to be quietly nurtured during the colder months,
like wild seeds that are scattering under leaf cover,
soon to be nestled under a blanket of snow?
Join us for this spacious, relaxed retreat day including:
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Handcrafting with Herbal Allies that help us to Hear our Guidance:
Smoke Sticks or Dream Pillows with Mugwort, Sweetgrass,
Cedar, Sage, Lavender
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A warm fire and Savory Harvest Lunch
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Receiving guidance from the Earth while Forest Bathing on the land
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Sitting in Circle, with hot tea or cocoa around the fire, sharing and witnessing each others wisdom received.
RETREAT INVESTMENT: $125 per person includes lunch and all supplies
OPTIONAL OVERNIGHT! Extend your Quiet in the peace of our Renewal House Saturday night. Invitations and tools for continued inspiration will be provided. Or simply REST! Overnight also includes a warm, plant-based breakfast.
Overnight Lodging Cost: $90 for a private room
$60/per person for a shared room
Space is limited to 6 overnight guests so Register Soon!
YOUR GUIDE:
Deb Denome
Deb Denome is an Educator, Registered Horticultural Therapist, Herbalist and Certified Forest Therapy Guide. She is passionate about the expansion of human consciousness as it informs our Interdependence with All Things. Deb's greatest joy is in helping individuals to deepen their own relationship with the Earth, each other, and our own true nature.
Deb has been reveling in her relationship with the natural world since she was a very young child…the field and forest, lakes and streams, all a source of sanctuary, wisdom and livelihood. Over the course of her adult life she has been blessed to study with many Native and non-Native teachers and learn/remember philosophy and practices for living in greater harmony with all life.
Since 1997 Deb has served as Director of Shimmering Light Farm & Renewal Center, a non-profit educational organization that explores, models and inspires more conscious and restorative ways of life. She is also founder of Finger Lakes Forest Immersion. Her previous corporate career was in international training and publishing and she was the 2008 Canandaigua Athena Award recipient for her work promoting women in leadership. Deb is blessed to live and play at Shimmering Light Farm in South Bristol, NY. Here, overlooking Canandaigua Lake, she raised three fascinating young adults, tends abundant herb gardens, and dances as often as possible.
Previous 2022 Retreats...
Spring Revival!
Retreat Day
Saturday, March 26th, 2022
10am – 4:00pm
Shimmering Light Farm & Renewal Center
Naples, NY
By late March, even if it's cold, the call of spring is unmistakable!
Come ease out of the constricted winter chill and stretch/open into invigorating HEALTH AND VITALITY! This will be a day of remembering how and why our relationship with the wider-than-human world (aka the rest of nature) is a radiant path to living a life of wholeness.
Evidence-Based Nature Connection Practices
Together we will learn no-cost or low-cost, evidence-based practices that lower blood pressure and stress hormone levels, reduce nervous system arousal, reduce anxiety, and improve mood and sleep. They can also enhance immune system function, accelerate recovery from surgery or illness, increase heart rate variability and boost energy. Many also report feeling a new sense of belonging and purpose. Nature connection is not a nice-to-have, its a need-to-have for a healthy human.
Fascinating Theory/Science as well as Sensory Exploration
First we’ll take a peek at the science. We may explore Biophilia, Earthing, Schumann Resonance, Phytoncides, Geosmin, Fractals, Negative Ions, and more. Then we'll sink into embodied experiences that feed our senses, drawing us into the richness of our environment and the Present Moment. Whether the scientific terms excite or bore you, we promise that the experience of them will be enlivening!
Community, Fun, Nature Connection, and Luxurious Herbal Delights
We’ll be both indoors, learning and sharing in our warm, spacious Gathery - and outdoors, taking in the emerging spring world through Shinrin-Yoku/Forest Bathing. We'll wrap up the day with some bodily delights crafted with our plant kin (stay tuned for your choices!).
Registration
$95 includes Lunch, Lively Discussion, Shinrin-Yoku/Forest Bathing, Bodily Delights, Fine Company and a revitalized You!
Register HERE
Space is limited. Registration is requested by March 19th
Guides for the Day
Barb Monsour
Certified through the Association of Nature and Forest Guides and Programs, Barb recently returned to the Rochester area after 22 years living and raising children in the Syracuse area.
Barb connected with Forest Therapy about five years ago through a newspaper article shared by a friend. She had recently journeyed through some particularly difficult life events and found the woods of Central New York and the Finger Lakes region very healing—as significantly healing as her supportive community of family and friends. It felt like perfect timing to have been trained during the pandemic, as the program kept her focused on heart-centered nature connection practices.
Trained also as a health and medical professional, Barb has been encouraged to see the growing body of scientific evidence to support what we forest lovers have always known—spending time in and with the natural world is simply OUTSTANDING for our overall well-being!
Deb Denome
Deb Denome is an Educator, Horticultural Therapist, Herbalist and Certified Forest Therapy Guide. She is passionate about the expansion of human consciousness as it informs our Interdependence with All Things. Deb's greatest joy is in helping individuals to deepen their own relationship with the Earth, each other, and our own true nature. She finds Forest Bathing/Shinrin-Yoku to be a profound yet simple and accessible path to expanding these connections.
Since 1997 Deb has served as Director of Shimmering Light Farm & Renewal Center. Her previous corporate career was in international training and publishing and she was the 2008 Canandaigua Athena Award recipient for her work promoting women in leadership. Deb is blessed to live and play at Shimmering Light Farm in South Bristol, NY. Here, overlooking Canandaigua Lake, she raised three fascinating young adults, tends abundant herb gardens, and dances as often as possible.