i wrote last year about the life{dot}next retreat i attend annually. well we just wrapped up another successful extended weekend and are all now working on our re-entry to the real world. it can be hard to come away from a weekend of feeling propped up and full of hope and ambition to then re-enter the everyday landscape of obstacles, schedules and valid constraints.

i feel this last weekend was very sacred to me. last year i wrote a pretty gushy post and even though i still feel that way, i feel like keeping this last experience closer and intimate. i had an absolutely wonderful time. i know i owe a good deal of my growth to these retreats. i would like to share a few pictures from the retreat to highlight some very good times with some incredible women:

^^^ a goddess welcome to Anahata Spa & Resort in Desert Hot Springs ^^^

^^^ and rainbow blessings, too ^^^

^^^ set up for a calligraphy exercise ^^^

^^^ calligraphy invocation ^^^

^^^ stereotypical southwestern karaoke bar, complete with fried food and champagne bucket ^^^

^^^ the lovely lady-blur of 25 females enjoying themselves at dinner ^^^

^^^ our only sunny opening circle of the retreat ^^^

^^^ saying good-bye to a view that left me feeling majestic and charged all weekend ^^^