EXPRESSIVE ARTS RETREAT AT HOT SPRINGS CANYON, CASCABEL -- April 7-9, 2006

"...high wisdom is rooted in wildland stillness. One must cease searching for human guidance and listen to the earth." --from Jim Corbett's Sanctuary for All Life

We offer you a second opportunity to rediscover your connection to the natural world in this beautiful desert canyon. As our human species has done across cultures throughout time, we will use music, movement, creative language and image-making to explore and express our relationship to the land. Not an artist, musician, poet,dancer? Don't be concerned. Just be willing to let yourself play in new ways. The retreat will include both solitary and group times. We will camp out near the windmill ramada, cook our meals together outside, and share an evening campfire. Participants need to be prepared to camp in Sonoran desert springweather, which can hot during the day and cold at night.You will bring your own lunch food and we will share planned potluckmeals for breakfasts and Saturday dinner.Group Retreat activities will start at 10:00 am Saturday, April 8,and end at 2:00 pm Sunday the 9th. Participants are invited to arrive on Friday afternoon, for more extensive personal outdoor time, to help us slow down from our busy lives and center into a quieter place. Friday arrivals will need to show up well before sunset, to find camping sites and set up tents, etc. Saturday arrivals will have time to set up camp before dinner.

Retreat leader: Eleanor Dart. Eleanor is an artist, musician and poet who uses the Expressive Arts in her work as both a counselor and leader of retreats and playshops. Cost: $60 (scholarships available) Maximum enrollment: 12 Registration: Contact David or Pearl at: cascabelhermitage@yahoo.com,or call 520-212-462 Registration and payment deadline is April 3.

Directions and further details about what to bring will be provided on registration.Come and be still, and create out of the stilllness.