Paradise
Found
Paradise
Found is a six and a half acre sanctuary on the Sunshine Coast co-created
by Penny and her husband John. It is a magical place of simple beauty. Surrounded
by cedars, alders, Douglas fir and holly, the inner sanctuary offers an
organic food and flower garden, apple and pear orchard, green meadows, deep
forests, a tree house, two equine guardians, an all season creek meandering
(sometimes roaring) through and the Eight Gates of Initiation (adapted from
Angeles Arrien's book, The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates
of Wisdom). see The Second
Half of Life offerings A Dream Lodge in the center offers a
space to move, breath, sound and dream new dreams.
Day and weekend
retreats are
offered as well as personal retreats for those who wish sacred time designed
to their individual needs. Penny offers retreats as Rites of Passage for
teens, Mother/Daughter transitions, Life passages (significant birthdays
and life transitions) and Artists retreats for artists wishing sanctuary
for inspiration and integration.
“Our
separation from the sacred, the pain of our isolation, may this be the
open door that leads us to the table of restoration. May we sit around
the table, may we break bread around the table, may we stand on top of
the table, may we turn the table over and dance, leap, leap for joy….
Conserving a spirit, our own spirits once lost, now found. Paradise found,
right here on this beautiful blue planet called earth.”
Terry Tempest Williams, Leap
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