If you have heard about or read ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ and said ‘wow I wish I could do that!’ You can! And you don’t have to leave for a year, or sell your possessions to do it.
In May, I traveled to Prema Agni Creacon Lodge Healing Center in New Ross Ireland. I arrived with NO expectations: I had been ‘called’ there. I needed some direction and just had a feeling that I would find some answers there, by myself. This was new. I had never traveled without my family for pleasure. I had traveled to work, and of course I justified this trip, at first, as ‘time to work on my book’. It seemed I was not completely ready to let go of the guilt around ‘leaving my family to fend for themselves’ for a week.
All feelings of trepidation left when I crossed the threshold of Creacon. A unique cross-breed of retreat center, ashram, spa and bed-and-breakfast, the healing center offers: gourmet meals (a vegetarian and omnivorous option is offered for every meal), a café for a mid-morning Café Latte, afternoon snack or evening Guinness, various healing and energetic modalities, spiritual classes, wellness classes and private sessions, opportunities to teach, opportunities to play, plant and weed in the garden, thought-provoking dialogue, WiFi through out the main house and in guest quarters, and shared or private rooms. This is a space to heal and grow in your own way, while being nurtured, inspired and cared for.
Nearby are beaches, horseback riding, walking paths through lush, bucolic countryside and historic sites.
I returned home, having found more questions answered then I knew I had. My time at Creacon Lodge provided clarity, serenity and an experience I will not forget.
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