Couples

Couple and Marriage Retreats

Upcoming Retreats:

The Magic of Love – A Couples Retreat – on Whidbey Island, WA  July 17 & 18, 2010

With Annika Hurwitt Schahn, Ph.D.

There is a magic to falling in love which seems  to have a life of its own.   We bring out the best in each other, and connect without effort.   Sadly, for most couples this passes and your relationship becomes a challenge.   Intimacy is easy when you understand the natural mental/feeling states that foster it, and those that get in the way.    Using the three spiritual principles of Sydney Banks, This Couples Retreat Weekend is a powerful opportunity to learn:

1. How to re-connect after periods of distance
2. How to resolve differences without fighting or using techniques
3. How to communicate so you get on the same page, without compromise
4. How your relationship can grow and deepen over  time

Times:  9 AM – 4  PM Saturday & Sunday

Place:   Whidbey island, WA.

This seminar is limited to 6 couples and is a group intensive retreat.

Cost:  $300 per couple, includes seminar and workbook; $450 per couple includes lodging at The North House, Aldermarsh Retreat Center (www.marshhouse.com).  These are simple lodgings in the Retreat Center, with double or King size beds and shared bath.  If you would prefer to stay at a hotel or bed and breakfast, a list of recommended lodgings will be sent upon registration.   To Register: You may pay by paypal, or  Call 508-560-3206 with credit card information, or send a check to:  Annika Schahn, Po box 1495, Langley WA  98260.

The Facilitator:  Annika Hurwitt Schahn, Ph.D. is a counselor who specializes in Relationship Counseling, with couples and within Organizations.    She has a passion for helping couples have relationships that live up to their potential, to the spiritual promise of love and connection that is our birthright.  Dr. Schahn has helped hundreds of couples enrich the quality of their intimacy and connection, while couples on the verge of divorce have re-discovered  their love and are thriving together many years later.

The Relationship Intensive Retreat

Overview

Intimacy occurs naturally when people are together, unless their minds are filled with thoughts about work, or mental habits of distraction, worry, anxiety or drivenness. If your mind falls into habits of busyness and distraction when you’re around your partner, you will feel as though your intimacy and connection is slipping away. If your mind has a tendency toward stress or anxiety, you may begin to see your partner as a source of these uncomfortable mental habits.

Many couples fall in love because they naturally are present to the new experience of getting to know another person, and that mental presence brings out the best in each other. As people begin to understand the implications of the Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought, they begin to understand what allows for connection between themselves and others, and what they might do that gets in the way of it. It then becomes natural to look towards states of mind that allow for more frequent, deeper and more satisfying connections with your partner and the other people in your life.

Takeaways

• Understanding the true basis for intimacy

• Rediscovering how easily and naturally connecting with your partner and others can be

• Learning how to distinguish between imaginary and real issues

• How to recognize and leverage easy ways for coming to a meeting of the minds (and hearts)

• Discovering the no-maintenance route to healthy, thriving relationships.