Your Creative Self Retreat

Bring your own creative project:

• Art
• Writing
• Handwork
• Crafts
• Music
• Fiber Arts
• Calligraphy
• Origami
• Photography
• Videography

Practice techniques that focus your creativity. Learn skills that free your inner self, then have a space of working on the project you brought, either with others or on your own.

Learn how to diminish the forces that prevent you from expressing your artistic nature. Work back and forth between the group and your project and notice how you open inside.

We creative people all have a certain fear that makes us avoid making space for our expressiveness. Learn how to dissolve that fear. Discover how free you feel without it.

Amaze yourself. Discover that you really do have a gift. Feel wonder.

Chef: Christine Lockhart
For Women Only.

Anne is retiring.
This is the last retreat she will personally lead.

Scenes from Coupeville

You can walk to every scene on this page from the retreat place (except the ones in the left, orange column).

Here's your chance to discover the magic of Anne Katherine's warm leadership.

• You'll discover ways to quickly touch into the part of you that is uniquely creative, smart, and artistic.
• You'll learn how to melt the restraining forces that interrupt your creative focus.
• You'll get rid of the fears that keep you from doing what you want to do.
• You'll fortify the part of you that hears a call and wants to respond to it.
• You'll learn easy ways to solve annoying daily problems.
• You'll enjoy gourmet abstinent food that can reset your appetite switch.
• You'll join a group of women who will quickly become a well-functioning community. You will belong. Yes, you will.
• You'll have the option--given only to retreat members--of joining a weekly 12-session telephone support group, led by Anne herself, for only $5 per session (to commence following the retreat).

FAQ

I don't have a skill or art project. I just want to attend the retreat. Is that OK?

Of course. When others are focusing on their craft or art form, you can journal, walk, rest, or read.

 

Will I need to rent a car?

No. You can take a shuttle to Coupeville, stay in a Coupeville B & B or inn, and walk to the retreat location, restaurants, and stores.

 

(Note: only lodging in the town of Coupeville is close enough to walk to the retreat. Be sure to ask innkeeper how far it is to the town hall.)

 

What is the cost of lodging?

That's up to you. There are a variety of places to stay at varying prices.

Local Lodging

What if I don't want to pay with Paypal?

Not a problem. Fax or phone your credit card info, or mail a check. Your payment information must arrive within the deadline in order to get the discount.

Register Here: (Use this only if you are not paying with Paypal).

Register with a check or credit card

Last time I traveled from the east coast, I had trouble with jet lag. If I come a couple days early, what else is there to do in the area?

Lots. You can still get by without a car. Within Coupeville are art galleries, restaurants, a spa, shops, museum, national park. Island bus service is free so you can bus to the lighthouse, Ft. Casey, the ferry to the Olympic Peninsula and Port Townsend, to other quaint Island seaside towns, to the movie in Oak Harbor, or rent a kayak. Coupeville Chamber of Commerce

 

Should I get my airline ticket right away?

No, wait till I'm sure we have enough for the retreat to go. We'll need a minimum of 10 registrants.

Dates: March 30-April 1

Location: Coupeville, Washington
(Whidbey Island)
Retreat Fee:

• $225

Cancellation Policy

• Friday Evening Session
• Saturday Sessions:

  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening
• Sunday Morning Session
• Saturday Lunch and Dinner
• Sunday Breakfast
• Snacks
• Non-alcoholic, non-cola beverages

Fee does not include lodging, transportation, travel, other meals or the materials you require for your own creative project.

Please wait to buy your plane ticket until Anne emails you that the retreat has enough participants to take place.

Anne will teach and lead the process skills, structure the retreat, and join in the creative process. She cannot advise you on the techniques of your specific creative project.

This is a different type of retreat. You will learn powerful skills that automatically improve communication, reduce frustration, resolve conflict, and release creative energy.

And you will also have time to work on your own creative project, noticing the difference it makes to be amidst a creative, vibrant, healthy community.

Walk away full, fulfilled, and peaceful inside.

Walk away with a community of wonderful women for future support.

Have new energy for your special creative gift.

Have brilliant skills to handle things that used to bother you.

Carry away the experience of opening your own creativity.

What people have said about Anne's Programs

Quotes from prior retreat participants:

1. MY biggest satisfaction was that I learned skills to notice my anxiety and depression and how to end it.
2. I learned that no one knows my body better than myself, and my body is talking to me through feelings.
3. I established a group of support that is invaluable to my mental health--no one knows me more than my support group and I truly feel heard and belonged.