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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 12-14, 2017 The Park Record C-3 Mindful movement guide Lentz will facilitate retreat in Molokai KJEMPE STORT SALG!! (that’s Norwegian for super big sale) ALL SKI WEAR 1/2 PRICE! 435-649-2787 7700 Stein Way, Park City, Utah (Located at Stein Eriksen Lodge, In Deer Valley) Open Daily 8:30am-8pm Courtesy of Elisabeth Lentz Mindful Movement guide Elisabeth Lentz gently assists students through a session in her home studio in Park City. Lentz is facilitating a “Who Am I” retreat that will be hosted by the Hui Ho’olana resort in Molokai in the fall. She will hold a meeting about the retreat on April 19. Free meeting about the event is set for April 19 By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Imagine spending six days and seven nights participating in a mindfulness retreat on a remote resort in Molokai, Hawaii. Picture spending time in daily meditations, movement and yoga lessons, journaling and deep relaxation, all guided by the Chakra system. Elisabeth Lentz, a Park Citybased mindful movement guide, will facilitate such a retreat, titled “Who Am I,” hosted by the Hui Ho’olana resort from on Oct. 1421. “The intent of the retreat is to give participants an opportunity to step back from the course of their daily lives and reconnect with their true nature,” said Lentz, a certified yoga instructor and Ayurvedic yoga therapist who has a degree in child development and social work. “It’s not a tour. It’s all about finding oneself. It’s about being your true self and facing yourself.” The idea for the retreat stemmed from a meditative pilgrimage Lentz embarked on with her husband two years ago. “I heard about this trail in Bavaria, where I’m from, and wanted to hiked the trail with my husband,” she said. “When I came home to Park City, I told some people about it.” One of Lentz students urged her to lead a group on the trail, so Lentz did it, twice. “While we walked, I taught the Chakra system, breathing and movement,” Lentz said. “We did this for 14 days and it was so successful that we did it again last year.” After last year’s session, Lentz decided she wasn’t going to do it again, but happenstance led her to organize the retreat in Molokai. “It started when my son was It’s not a tour. It’s all about finding oneself. It’s about being your true self and facing yourself...” Elisabeth Lentz Mindful movement guide selling his car,” Lentz said. “A woman and her daughter came to buy the car and the mother and I talked about the Bavarian retreat.” Lentz told the woman that she would be interested in facilitating a retreat in one place, rather than on a trail. “That’s when the woman told me she owned the Hui Ho’olana Retreat Center in Molokai,” Lentz said. Hui Ho’olana is a nonprofit, tax exempt organization that is “dedicated to the fine art of teaching,” according to its mission statement. It’s goal is to “provide an envi- ronment for inspiration, a safe haven for the growth and nurturing of the creative spirit,” the statement said. For information about the resort, visit huiho.org/index.php. “We will be on the middle of the hill on this tiny little island,” Lentz said. “It’s simple, but not primitive.” The cost for Lentz’s “Who Am I” retreat is $2,300 and the price includes seven nights accommodation (two people per cabin), three balanced meals a day, workshops, use of the lodge, teaching facilities, pool and grounds. The cost, however, does not include airfare and transportation from the airport to the retreat center. A $500 deposit will reserve the space. Reservations can be made by calling 435-640-4885, by emailing Elisabeth@RestoreBalanceToday.com or by visiting restorebalancetoday.com. A free informational meeting for those who want to learn more about the retreat will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at Lentz’s home studio, 4950 E. Meadows Drive. Lentz got into mindful movement through yoga. “I got into yoga because my body wanted to do more than what it was doing,” she said. “After I had been practicing yoga for a while I had a knee replacement and during that time, I came across the chakras system.” The chakras spoke to Lentz. “Since I have a background in child psychology, social work and child development, I got into the psychology of the chakras that went along with the different stages of child development,” she said. The chakras led Lentz to a yoga teachers training. FREE LOCAL DELIVERY & VALIDATED PARKING WWW.STEINERIKSEN.COM Please see Retreat, C-7 Local Park City news every Wednesday and Saturday Call 435–649–9014 to subscribe today! |