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Expand your awareness of the rhythm of life as you embrace a…
24-Hour Reset with Michele Fife And Marro Spehar

Pierce Cedar Creek Institute . 701 West Cloverdale Road . Hastings . MI 49058

YOGA . HIKING . DRUMMING . VEGETARIAN MEALS

Exhale at PCC with Michele and Marro for a 24-Hour Reset designed to calm the mind, open the body and relax the spirit.

Arrive at Pierce Cedar Creek in the mid afternoon and let the journey begin as you drop your bags in your room and allow yourself to unwind at the 661 acre nature facility. We’ll begin the guided activities at 5:00 PM. Marro will lead an afternoon Yoga (Sadhana) before sitting down for dinner at 6:30 PM. Saturday evening finds us exploring our innate relationship to rhythm. We will be led in an experiential drumming workshop – weather permitting, around a fire pit at 7:30. After finding our rhythm, unwind with a restorative Pranayama and Yoga Nidra session with Michele and Marro, 9:30pm.

Sunday morning brings an inspiring Yoga session with Michele at 8am before enjoying breakfast observed in Loving Silence at 9:15AM. Sunday morning is yours to explore the forests, fields and wetlands. Our closing lunch will be at 1pm.

June 4 & 5
Cost: $180 single, $160 double

Includes:
Overnight Accommodations
3-Vegetarian Meals
2-Yoga Classes
Drum Circle

Participation is limited. Register now!

*cancelled reservations subject to $50 cancellation fee.

Spring has been slowly revealing itself to us. This weekend my husband and I made our way to one of our favorite hiking spots in West Michigan to enjoy the weather and woods. Hitting this trail for the first time this year, even though we have walked this way more times than I can count, all seemed new and different somehow. The water levels were higher in the lake areas, and lower in the marshy areas. New trees had fallen and above me bare branches were showing off new buds. And more ubiquitous than the visible signs of Spring’s imminent arrival were the audible signs. We could hear bugs, frogs, and birds everywhere loudly heralding the new season.

We walked together, without talking much. There was no need. We were here to escape the sounds of our urban lives. I even attempted to walk with the softest of steps, hoping for a glimpse of some forest resident enjoying this day with me.

We missed our trail turn on the way back and ended up a little lost. We back tracked to the missed turn and laughed at ourselves for missing the markings. We got back into town late, too late to make it to our planned Yoga practice at Seva.

Riding home I was feeling a little pouty about missing my Sunday practice, but I think that the hike was my Yoga today. It was my union with something much larger than myself, and just like an asana practice or meditation, the quieter you are and the greater the stillness of the mind, the more that is revealed to you.

-michele