July 12, 2010

Dear Annat,

Thank you for sharing and providing me with a very meaningful weekend. 

I have always wanted to treat myself to a spa retreat.  My stepdaughter recently went to the Oaks and showed me the website.  When I saw the A.N.A.T. theme for this past weekend, I immediately decided that now was the time to finally treat myself and booked right away.

When I look at both the Oaks comment card and your workshop feedback sheet, it is a bit hard to answer whether the experience of staying at the Oaks and your workshop met my expectations as I tried my best to go with an open mind and few expectations.  My main focus was on needing a break from work and having space to sort out my next steps.  I thought I would end up having great clarity about my next set of goals for the future.

What I found was that the entire experience of staying a weekend at the Oaks with its graceful, calm energy and the internal work as a result of your workshops was akin to spending two weeks in Kauai.  I almost immediately decompressed.  Instead of having new goals all laid out I realized how much I need to listen to the music of my own soul every day and incorporate a spiritual practice into my daily life.  Your workshop nicely dovetailed and reinforced exploration I have been doing in earnest in the same vein.  I have already embraced healthy nutrition and exercise into my daily life so the programs and food at the Oaks made my stay very comfortable.  Having a wonderful teacher and facilitator like you, Annat, along with the community of women greatly enhanced my journey along this spiritual path.  There are many tools that I took from the workshop that I have already started incorporating into my daily life.

My recommendation is that the Oaks offer more of this type of workshop and I would highly recommend it to others.  I could even see this as a week-long theme with some materials and optional recommended readings sent out in advance so that attendees would have a better understanding of what to expect and could schedule their activities more effectively around your program.  Today I ordered several of the books you mentioned during the workshop.  There is no question I would go back to the Oaks, especially if you offer similar workshops to the one this past weekend.  Keep this up and as word spreads, I would not be surprised if in the not too distant future there is a waiting list!

I hope our paths cross again.

Best wishes, K.B.

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