I need SELF-CARE
Wellness Retreat anyone? For all of my self-care enthusiasts I would like to thank you for looking inward and honing in on the importance of self-care. Sometimes life has a way of sucking you in that day to day routine of career, or school, parenting, being a care taker for an aging parent, or being a significant other to a demanding spouse. Well it is time to take a step back, throw your hands up, unplug, decompress and break away from your day to day routine, and take some time to regroup, reflect and manifest your dreams.
First off let me thank Adrienne Carter @adventHERous30 and Tiffney Houston of @sunshine_fit_training for the Zenifest your Dreams Wellness Retreat. In honor of mental health awareness month I attended a wellness retreat, why did I attend a wellness retreat, “I work full time and run a small business part-time, now I have added blogging to my resume. On top of work I am involved with outside groups that require my time and attention as well. As a black girl under construction this 30-40+ year old working grind is real and I realized I needed some self-care.
On May 18-23, 2019 I attended the Zenifest your Dreams Wellness Retreat put on by Adzenture Retreats hosted by Adrienne Carter and Tiffney Houston.
Founder of Adzenture Retreats: Azma Ousmand and Daniela Babura
Website: www.adzentureretreatsyoga.com
Concept: Our mission is to create authentic and lively retreat experiences for like-minded individuals in a safe and healthy healing space to facilitate growth, community, inspiration and transformation.
True to our name, our mission is to blend equal parts adventure and Zen into each of our retreat experiences and this continues to be our philosophy.
With love at the core, we believe in creating inclusive and accessible retreat experiences for everyone – no matter your race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical ability. We invite you to leave behind any expectations and come with an open mind to immerse yourself into every moment.
Connect.
Our experiences allow you to meet like-minded individuals, make deep connections, build lifelong friendships and gain a sense of community.
Explore.
We immerse you into each of our destinations, giving you the opportunity to discover the local culture, indulge in traditional cuisine and explore beautiful surroundings.
Empower.
Together with our teachers, we create a safe space for you to come as you are, get out of your comfort zone and find your inner strength.
Next: Zenifest Your Dreams Retreat TBD
Cost: $1,795-$1,975 (excludes flight)
TIFFNEY HOUSTON
Tiffney Houston is a personal trainer and 200 RYT. At the age of 15 Tiffney was 5’9, 250
lbs and on her way to the grave if she didn’t make a change. Sounds dramatic but it was
true! She began taking nutrition and weight lifting courses in high school to educate
herself on living a well-rounded healthy lifestyle. While attending Arizona State University, Tiffney fell in love with group fitness and became an instructor. During her weight loss journey she realized how much she loved helping people change their life by creating a healthy lifestyle. Tiffney went onto start her own business Sunshine Fit Training and although this was a highlight she found that being a business owner was extremely time consuming and stressful. Within 6 months she gained 30 pounds and fell into depression while running a personal training business. One day, Tiffney started taking yoga classes again and found it to be her life saviour. With her practice, she was able to reduce her anxiety and relieve her depression by being present and living in gratitude for the things she had. Her thoughts became clearer, her focus stronger - she began manifesting the future she wanted! Tiffney furthered her practice by attaining her 200 hour teacher training in Costa Rica and now incorporates yoga in her personal training sessions. She’s lived through the physical and mental blocks one faces when drastically changing their life and is passionate to help and guide her students to do the same.
ADRIENNE CARTER
“Write the vision, make it plain.” Adrienne lives by that quote and has been seeing the manifestation of her vision since creating her first vision board in 2015. Working as a CPA in Corporate America, Adrienne saw the power of her vision board when she included “promotion to Controller” on her 2015 vision board and in May of that year, she received her promotion and was asked to move to beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona by her employer. Ever since, Adrienne has been hosting annual vision board parties to empower others with the ability to create the lives they want by creating visual plans of their dreams and watching how the Universe conspires to give you what you desire. Adrienne’s 2017 vision board included her solo travel desires and a yearning to break out on an adventure to backpack across the world for an extended period of time. In June of 2017, Adrienne resigned from her corporate job and embarked on the journey to travel across Central America, Europe and South East Asia. She believes there is power in seeing things that inspire you life dreams. Adrienne is now back state side working as a CPA and most recently started a venture in The law of attraction is real! Adrienne will be facilitating the vision board workshop with Tiffney.
After my experience with this wellness retreat, I felt relaxed and recharged. I know that everyone is on their on personal journey to manifest their dreams. Manifest is to speak it with your lips as well as writing it out and making it plan, setting your intentions for the day, year, or 5 year. Manifest what your heart desires what the mind thinks the heart is sure to follow.
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