September 21 Farm Day Retreat: Awakening Autumn

FARM TOUR w/Michele: We’ll start the day with introductions and a walk around the farm guided by Michele. The garden is beginning a transition into the fall, and you’ll have the opportunity to see how the garden begins to let go. Michele will also show you the animal residents and answer any questions you might have about the space. Be on the lookout for your favorite spot on this tour and enjoy some quiet time later in the day to journal or just be.

YOGA w/Melissa Anne: Melissa Anne will guide us in a rejuvenating yoga practice, aligning our bodies and minds with the changing energies of the season. This yoga practice is suitable for all levels, with modifications provided for beginners and variations for experienced practitioners.

LUNCH: Please bring your own lunch to enjoy.

PAINTING MANDALA PLATES w/Yulia: Yulia will gently guide us step-by-step in painting our very own mandala. You’re encouraged to get as creative as possible and enjoy this meditative activity, allowing you to slow down and appreciate the creative process.

Melissa Anne spent over 15 years working in Crisis and Disaster Management with a focus on post-trauma response following mass casualty disasters. She stepped away from her career in 2015 after severe burnout and a healing journey led her to explore Mindfulness Meditation, Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) and creative arts. In 2018 just after moving to Bainbridge Island she suffered a traumatic brain injury and found herself on a yoga mat at Dayaalu Center after months of physical and cognitive rehab.

Melissa Anne is now a certified teacher in Hatha Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, Raga Yoga and Yoga Nidra. She continues to take classes and teaches Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra and Pranayama classes at Dayaalu Center and online.

Melissa Anne is also a Fine Art Photographer with a unique style and loves to spend time tending the land, cultivating and harvesting crops and communing with animals, birds and plants. Her ideal day begins with her camera and a sunrise beach, mantra and hatha, opportunities to place seeds or plants in the earth, spending time with friends in community and conversation and ending the day with the sweet peace of a Yoga Nidra.

www.melissaannecolors.com

Yulia Drozdova currently lives in Poulsbo and has been making Mandala Plates professionally for over 8 years, producing over 150 items that can be purchased locally or online. She currently has a collection at the Angeline Spa at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort.

Yulia uses acrylic and enamel paints and the point-to-point technique to form her mandalas. A practice used hundreds of years ago, mandala making is currently undergoing a modern-day renaissance, and still demands respect and a great deal of patience and imagination.

From Yulia: “Within every plate lies the capacity to characterize an energy or feeling in time. My ideas arise from all that surrounds me: architecture, plants, events, museums, travel, people, etc. This is why I do not make copies of my work. Each design is a representation of a unique moment in my life. An expressive design will come to anyone who flows with their current mindset instead of against it. I tune-in, listen to myself, and simply trust my hands to create something beautiful.”

https://mandalas-art-class.com/

https://www.facebook.com/yulia.drozdova.art

Michele Muffoletto is the owner of The Wanderers' Nest Therapeutic Farm. In addition to Farm Day Retreats and Workshops, Michele also facilitates Individual Therapeutic Sessions with clients of all ages and backgrounds. As an educator and certified facilitator in animal-assisted interventions, Michele brings a unique approach to client sessions.

People reach out to Michele for a variety of reasons and support:

• understanding their anxiety & management

• boundary setting

• improving communication

• building confidence

• connecting with the self and others

• grief and loss

• establishing a gratitude and/or mindfulness practice

• a moment of self-care

With Michele, you’ll take a few sessions to explore together... maybe pet some goats, hug a dog, plant tomatoes, or just sit by the pond, soak up the sun, and talk. The goal is to support each client individually, which means no two sessions are ever the same. It’s whatever your heart needs that day.

We do not offer refunds, however, you are welcome to gift your event ticket to a friend or family member.

Please email Michele at michele@twnfarm.com if you decide to transfer your ticket so we can have an accurate headcount and open space to those on the wait list.