Hi babes. It’s almost time; our Destin Florida Retreat is just around the corner! While the nights are getting longer and the days starting much earlier for our Mind & Body Complete (MBC) planning team, I’m not gonna lie, we’re all pretty damn pumped about it! It’s like I can literally feel the soft whispers of the sea breeze through my hair. The rich Vitamin D being absorbed in my body from the sun. My toes squishing in the soft sand and the water lapping at my feet. I wonder if it’s too early to start packing my bag, hmmm? I’ve realized a few of you are unfamiliar with our previous MBC retreats. I’ve used today’s blog to talk about you, me and our Destin Florida Retreat!
How and Why Did MBC Retreats Get Started?
A few years ago, I was working with clients as a mental health therapist and overtime, I started to realize that there was a serious deficit for safe (but fun!) events where women could go to focus on self-rejuvenation. Despite all the work they did in therapy, their schedule didn’t facilitate down time to fully grasp the tools needed to improve their lives. Many worked, were parents, married or just a little too focused on everything and everybody else (sound familiar?).
So, I said heck, if I want this and so do a good amount of my clients, maybe I can do something about it. My ultimate goal was to provide a comfortable and uplifting environment for women to go beyond the standard therapy model, aka me, you and chair (or couch). By planning the retreat in ‘the real world’, surrounded by people facing similar challenges, I knew we could all experience a little bit of magic.
A plan came to fruition, our team plans relaxing getaways for women that included spiritually, mentally, and emotionally enriching activities. Above all, we focused on creating an itinerary that is less, go, go, go, and more thoughtfully paced and reflectively tailored. Over the years, we’ve established a framework that’s centered around replenishing oneself. We strive for you to attain this through yoga, healthy, delicious, and nourishing meals, and meditations. Of course, we also build in time for stress reduction workshops and a few exploratory activities. The latter dependents where we hold the retreat. Let’s talk about that some more.
Where in the World is Team MBC?
Our retreat format offers a break from everyday stressors. We want your newly learned coping skills to be fully absorbed. A space like this will allow for a full reset to take place. With this in mind, we view our beautiful country (and the world!) as our personal playground. We’ve host retreats all over the world including our very own retreat center in Marble Falls just outside of Austin, Texas.
Our retreats in Florida always receive great feedback from our attendees (who wouldn’t want to sink their toes into white soft sands while breathing in fresh salty air?). There is magic and healing that happens when you play and relax by the beach. There are studies and science that shows moving water creates ions in the air that improve our overall health and helps to cultivate the FEEL GOOD hormonal release in our bodies. Have you ever been cranky at the beach? If you started cranky it usually doesn’t last because the waves and ions and nature helps your body to unwind and decompress. Over the last six years, we’ve held our Florida events in Destin, Seaside, Rosemary Beach and Santa Rosa Beach, just to name a few locations.
What Else Does an MBC Retreat Entail?
Of course, we want our attendees to be fully immersed in their temporary locale. We plan location-based activities like wine tasting, snorkeling and even ziplining. The latter activities depend on where we go, for example, when we went to Costa Rica in November 2021, snorkeling and ziplining was a MUST!
For this upcoming Destin Florida Retreat, we’ve created a pretty balanced itinerary that balances fun, laughter, and down time. We’ll have yoga, nourishing meals, wine with dinner, champagne brunch, sound bath, snorkeling and more. Naturally, we’ll be staying in a luxurious waterfront home.
The biggest takeaways from all of our retreats are the bonds that are formed among our group. Even more important, is facilitating a space where you can achieve peace of mind within yourself. We never lose sight that our guests are there to learn tools, reduce stress and create more joyful moments in their lives.
Here’s another interesting fact, our YTT students participating in the retreat can further their studies by also practice teaching within the group. Not to point out the obvious, but this is also the perfect opportunity to get some one-on-one face time with lead instructors.
Wait, Where’s My Invite to the Destin Florida Retreat and When Did You Say It’ll Be?
Our MBC family is all about inclusive, aka you can sit with us! EVERYONE and ANYONE who’s interested in replenishing their soul, dedicating extra time to themselves, and building strong bonds while making amazing memories are welcome to attend. There’s absolutely no special invitation, just sign-up!
Our Destin Florida Retreat will take place from September 29 to October 2, 2022. It’s just around the corner, so guess what? We’ve just got three spots left for attendees. If you’ve not done so already, register now to secure your space. This special time is an invest in you, by you, for you, from us, because you deserve it! Our goal is to create an environment and experience that promises to elevate your mind and body, completely. And yes, you deserve it.
