Love heals.<\/p>\n
That is the foundational belief behind Destination Healing retreats, founded and ran by Michelle Tambaoan of La Mesa, Peggy Hamerly of Poway, and Deane Vallejo of southern San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we do is bathed in love,\u201d Tambaoan said. \u201cIt\u2019s the healing balm.\u201d<\/p>\n
The retreats are three days long and seek to offer refreshment, renewal and restoration for all areas of life. Stretch and nourish your physical body with yoga and healthy meals. Nurture your soul with therapeutic workshops and deep conversation. Invest in your spiritual health with mindfulness and prayer.<\/p>\n \u201cOur heart is for women to experience breakthrough,\u201d Vallejo said.<\/p>\n All three founders have had their own stories of breakthrough and healing, and each is eager to bring her skill set to the table.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the gifts we have, we want to pour into the (women),\u201d Vallejo explained.<\/p>\n It started with Tambaoan, a self-care specialist working through Revive Spa in La Mesa. She offers her clients both skin care services and relationship healing therapy. Tambaoan is a firm believer in connecting mind, body and spirit \u2014 taking care of her clients from the inside out.<\/p>\n It was through one of those skin care sessions, actually, that Tambaoan first connected with Hamerly. They had met at a \u201cMoms Helping Moms\u201d group, and Hamerly decided to drive all the way from Poway to La Mesa to receive a facial.<\/p>\n But what she really got was a new mission. Tambaoan had the vision of a destination retreat, but was having difficulty working out the logistics.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, I own a place (we could use),\u201d Hamerly said, referring to a house in Palomar Mountain. \u201cWe just clicked. Michelle\u2019s a go-getter, and we had our first retreat a month later.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamerly is a health coach with a background of 42 years in teaching French and English as a Second Language. She dived into coaching after losing 60 pounds for health reasons and discovering a new outlook on life. Hamerly provides nutritional counseling and is the chef for the weekends. Both the founders and attendees noted her food is both beautiful and delicious!<\/p>\n There was still one more piece missing, however. Tambaoan first met Vallejo\u2019s husband, Angel, at a business function. Always networking, she started talking about Hamerly and her\u2019s vision for a retreat, and Angel said, \u201cyou should talk to my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n Vallejo is a certified fitness instructor and the founder of \u201cHealing in Stretching,\u201d an exercise program combining the physical and spiritual through yoga moves. Vallejo refers to it as an \u201copportunity for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy life mission, with and through His strength, is to bring spiritual, emotional and physical freedom through a guided stretch along with scripture and prayer,\u201d she described.<\/p>\n That\u2019s how each morning of the retreat starts: with an optional (at the retreats, it\u2019s always your choice how you want to spend your time) stretching session. The sessions are often accompanied with affirmations, healing words, essential oils, and meditation.<\/p>\n Incorporating the whole body, mind and soul is a running theme throughout the weekend. There are opportunities for nature walks, spa services, and time for reflection.<\/p>\n \u201cAs women, we seem to take on the world,\u201d attendee Jennifer Cassel, a nurse from Ocean Beach, said. \u201cThis is a good space for me. A way to bring back healthy balance.\u201d<\/p>\n Each retreat also includes an art or craft project designed to explore your heart. Destination Healing groups have done vision boards, flower plaques, and even a \u201cHealer Fine Art Therapy\u201d workshop that required a lot of tissues as the women went deep.<\/p>\n Attendees can also go deep through one-on-one sessions with the founders. Again, it\u2019s the attendee\u2019s choice to sign up for who they would really like to work with and where they would like to spend their time.<\/p>\n \u201cThose are really powerful times,\u201d Hamerly said of the individual counseling.<\/p>\n Meal times are full of colorful foods designed to bring life to the body, served family style. Conversation is encouraged throughout the retreat.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a really good sense of community \u2014 everyone\u2019s open,\u201d Tracy Duhs said. Duhs is the owner of Sanctuary Wellness Experience.<\/p>\n That sense of community and creating a safe space is very important to the founders. They set the stage and provide the tools, but expect the healing to come from the women themselves.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of breakthrough comes in the women talking,\u201d Vallejo said.<\/p>\n Hamerly added, \u201cIt\u2019s always a surprise, isn\u2019t it, which people bond with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n Because aside from everyone being female, the attendees comprise an eclectic group of backgrounds and interests. Mothers, grandmothers, business women, singles, married, seniors, millennials, from North County to Ocean Beach, they are all invited to come. And come back.<\/p>\n As attendee and art therapist Bri Atterberry said, \u201cWhen you get a taste of this, you want more.\u201d<\/p>\n The next Destination Healing retreat is on the theme of \u201cgratitude.\u201d It will be held Oct. 20-22 in Palomar Mountain. For more information or to register, call 858-472-3798, email dhretreat@gmail.com<\/a>, o visitar destinationhealing.strikingly.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014La escritora independiente Joyell Nevins puede ser contactada en <\/em>joellc@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>. 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