Dancing Mindfulness Facilitators and Friends
Expressive Arts Intensive Retreat

April 28-30, 2023
Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center
Villa Maria, PA

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Registration deadline: April 13, 2023

Join us for our 10th Annual Expressive Arts Retreat!

We are thrilled to be back in our retreat home at Villa Maria Education & Spirituality Retreat Center in Western Pennsylvania for the Dancing Mindfulness Facilitators and Friends Annual Retreat. This year, we will once again offer a HYBRID retreat, with an option to attend in-person under COVID-19 protocols established by the state of Pennsylvania. An ONLINE option is also available just as we offered last year. Join us for this retreat, which also counts as Expressive Arts Module D, for our Certificate of Expressive Arts program. This year, we are happy to be joining up virtually with Irene Rodriguez and our Dancing Mindfulness community friends in Puerto Rico who will be holding their retreat activities near San Juan.
 
Scheduled Special Guests include Spiral Rhythms Ensemble, Dr. Orixa Bowers, Erica Hornthal, Dr. Kellie Kirksey, John Michael Thornton, Garrett La Valley and Julianne Roshan Dow.
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Jamie Marich playfully dancing and posing for the camera

Pre-Retreat Workshops

April 28, 2023 - In-Person Only

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The Ethics of Self-Care and Nourishment: Strategies and Imperatives for Professionals

PRESENTED BY Dr. Jamie Marich
& Dr. Kellie Kirksey

In this full-day CE workshop, Dr. Jamie and Dr. Kellie reflect on the reasons that we neglect to nourish ourselves fully as they familiarize us with the ethical implications involved.

9:00am-4:30pm, April 28, 2023
Cost: $60.00 (if attending main retreat)
Cost: $95.00 (as stand-alone course)
Lunch is included for in-person attendees
6 CE credit hours available
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Enhancing Your Practice by Connecting Intuitively with Others

PRESENTED BY Rev. John Michael Thornton

In this workshop we will explore ways to tap into your intuitive abilities to quickly form a connection with clients and then release that connection when it is no longer useful. We will explore how to perceive an aura and how it changes with a person’s emotional state. 

9:00am-4:30pm, April 28, 2023
Cost: $50.00 (if attending main retreat)
Cost: $75.00 (as stand-alone course)
Lunch is included for in-person attendees
No CE credit hours available
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Feeling the Call to Facilitate?

We are now accepting proposals!

Have you been thinking about crafting your own retreat session, leading a dance chapel or yoga session?  If so, submit your proposal! 

 With this being the tenth anniversary of the retreat, we are especially interested in proposals and presentations that can show the evolution of Dancing Mindfulness as a practice and as a complete expressive arts therapy approach.

 

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Pictured: Dr. Jamie Marich & Irene Rodriguez

Retreat Package Options (April 28 - 30, 2023)

Extra Night Stay (April 27, 2023)

For those attending the retreat in-person, meals are included from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast. If you are adding the extra night Thursday breakfast and lunch are also included. We ask you to disclose any special dietary requests or accessibility accommodations requests in the registration form.

Registration deadline: April 13, 2023

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Preliminary Retreat Agenda

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Dr. Jamie Marich leading a session during an Expressive Arts Therapy training

Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator and Friends 2023

DaySessionTimeLocation
Thursday, April 27Early Arrival for Those Who
Purchased an Extra Night		5:30pm-9:30pmBegel Hall West
Friday, April 28Breakfast (for Thursday overnight guests)8:15am-9:00am
Pre-Retreat Workshops (Optional)9:00am-4:30pmBegel Hall West
In-Person Retreat Arrivals4:00pm-7:00pmBegel Hall West
Dinner5:25pm-6:00pm
Free Time6:00pm-7:30pm
Opening Orientation & Dance with Dr. Jamie Marich7:30pm-9:30pmMother Madeline
Saturday, April 29Morning Yoga with Julianne Roshan Dow7:30am-8:30amMother Madeline
Breakfast8:15am-9:00am
Morning Session 1
Exploring the Intersections of Expressive Arts and Reproductive Justice(Dr. Orixa Bowers)
All Participants		9:00am-10:30amMother Madeline
*Dr. Orixa will be available in Begel West from 10:45-11:45am for all participants wanting to take part in some extra process time.10:45-11:45amBegel West
Morning Session 2:
A Body Aware Approach to Emotional Well-Being (Erica Hornthal, LCPC, BC-DMT)
All Participants		10:30am-11:45amMother Madeline
Lunch Break12:00am-1:00pm
Wellness Services Available TBA (Extra Fee Applies)1:00pm-7:00pm Begel Hall West
Afternoon Session 1
Working Through Emotions with Stand Up Comedy(Shannon Dillon, LPCC-S)
All Participants		1:30pm-2:45pmMother Madeline
Afternoon Session 1
Embracing Limitations: Embodying Empathy and Understanding (Destiny Aspen Mowadeng, CTRC)
All Participants 		3:00-4:00pmMother Madeline
Yoga Nidra with Garrett La Valley4:15pm-5:00pmMother Madeline
Dinner5:25pm-6:00pm
Free Time6:00pm-7:30pm
Evening Program with Spiral Rhythms Ensemble (In-Person) or Free Time7:30-9:00pmMother Madeline
Sunday, April 30Dance Chapel (Instructor TBA)7:30am-8:30amMother Madeline
Breakfast8:15am-9:30am
Body Aware/ Movement Therapy Demo with Erica Hornthal9:30am-10:00amMother Madeline
Share Your Practice: Closing Program Led by Dr. Jamie Marich & Participating Facilitators10:00am-12:00pmMother Madeline
Departure

Testimonials

What people are saying

"With the EMDR training scholarship discount I was able to help my therapy scholarship clients and even got to support Iranian therapists who are holding so much for their clients these days."
Dr. Hannah Alla Joharchi
Dr. Hannah Alla JoharchiFounder, Soft Heart Psychology
"ICM was one of the most well organized and engaging training platforms I have utilized. It allowed me to obtain a basic foundation in EMDR Therapy and bring the modality to a population of clients that otherwise wouldn’t have access to."
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Katelyn JakubovicClinical Therapist
For the first time, I met trainers who teach EMDR Therapy while integrating embodiment, creative techniques, mindfulness meditations, and all on TeleHealth!! I had transforming experiences personally during my own EMDR processing and learned how to utilize the standard EMDR protocol. Now, I am using EMDR Therapy with Sandtray Therapy and reaching new goals in my business!
Thank you Jamie & ICM!
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Thank you ICM for sharing the remarkable, life-changing gift of EMDR therapy! I can't emphasize enough how my learning through ICM (trainings, Jamie's webinars, videos, etc.), and its incredibly supportive community, has been a complete game changer for me both personally and professionally. Truly grateful, and as we often say in EMDR sessions, I'll "just go with that!".
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Elyan RosenbaumMHC-LP, NCC
The ability to learn EMDR virtually was truly a transformative process. Through ICM, I have developed needed clinical skills and gained a network of amazing, trauma-informed clinicians that are passionate about providing top-notch care. The combination of mindfulness techniques with the standard EMDR protocol has been a game changer in my practice, providing much needed healing for those in which I serve. Thank you, Dr. Marich and Staff!
David Likens
David LikensM.S., LPC-S
Dr. Jamie Marich has designed an EMDR training that is nothing shy of AMAZING! As the Founder of the "only" Therapist of Color Collaborative in the State of Colorado, being trained by someone who could help digest what is a very scripted protocol, and make it more culturally relevant was imperative. She did so with ease, patience, AND a bang up team of EMDR Trainers!
Rossina Schroeer-Santiago
Rossina Schroeer-SantiagoMA, LPC, NCC, GCDF, CIGT
The Institute for Creative Mindfulness' trainings have been pivotal in my career and my personal healing and growth path. EMDR therapy training has equipped me to be a competent trauma therapist - something that, in my opinion, is an ethical imperative for anyone working in the mental health field. The ICM consultants and practitioner community keeps me growing in my skills and knowledge, as well as supported by a vast and diverse community of professionals.
Paula Soto
Paula SotoLCSW, ERYT, YACEP
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