"The Sacred Pause" Meditation Retreat

My first meditation retreat was a week of silence in 2004.  I was exhausted, burnt-out, and overwhelmed with the loudness of life that I thought was normal.  I just wanted a moment to “pause” - make the loudness and busyness of my own life stop.  My initial draw to the retreat was to stop, to hide, to find an escape.  I had no idea that my life - and leadership - would change forever.  I had no idea that the foundation of that retreat would anchor me more deeply to myself and a commitment to live a lifestyle with greater presence and authenticity - a life that I would not need to hide or escape from.

I could go on, yet since then, my work and life speak to the power of this practice more fully than I could ever describe here. All because I got quiet, got still, slowed…