Braithe Retreats

How beautiful is this thought 🙏

To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be. The people they're too exhausted to be any longer. The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into. We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out, to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be. It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way. Sometimes it will be an even more luminescent flame. Sometimes it will be a flicker that temporarily floods the room with a perfect and necessary darkness. ~Heidi Priebe

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(Art: Painting by Kayoon Anderson)

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Tomorrow we are off to our beautiful Château in the South of France. 🇫🇷 I confess that I am sooo ready for a lovely warm retreat, with some like minded women.

Our theme this year is “Cherish”, and we will be exploring through a lens of Nature - as it presents itself in abundance in this part of the world.

Taking time to rest… to step away from daily routines and familiar places, to reflect, to reboost my mindfulness practices is something I sincerely cherish - not just for the benefit I find for myself but for the ripples that it sends out to the people around me.

This year we have gentle dance, qi gong and yoga to feed the body; mindfulness and creative practices for artistry and delicious food from a macrobiotic chef.

How blessed we are …

Now… just the packing… ☀️ ☔️ 🌬️

Not sure she’s got the chest for it 😝

Flo has been away for a few years but I’m sooo happy to welcome her home…. and we will get your own clothes soon ❤️