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The Sara
Leah Center is a community collaboration of individuals, wellness
practitioners and organizations. It will be a place to get away,
for respite from our overly busy days. Grounding ourselves in small
sustainable beginnings, we envision a retreat building with space
to facilitate a variety of group activities surrounded by sustainably
managed green space for as many as fifty people. Common and private
spaces will accommodate activities that will include Reiki, Reflexology,
massage Yoga and Pilates, writing, storytellying, maskmaking, drumming,
book arts, quilting and related fiber arts, dance, acupuncture,
sound therapies, and a variety other wellness modalities and activities.
Further down
the road, we envision rustic style green built retreat living spaces
to accommodate visitors for a night or a week. Visitors will be
welcome to relax and write, create art or simply be quiet and listen.
The Sara Lea
will be manifest with the cooperation of others. Partners who see
the value in having a wellness center focused on stress reduction
within minutes from downtown Bloomington, in beautiful wooded countryside
near two thriving vineyards and a wetland being restored
The benefits
of reducing stress through enjoyable activities at Sara Leah would
radiate out to the larger community. Imagine a place to retreat
to and while relaxing learn how to live more sustainably as you
are helping to build a pond, or learning to make blueberry jam.
As you work, you will know that your efforts contribute to the mutual
unfolding of this sustainable retreat.
Our plan and
vision sees the grounds developed using edible and sustainable permacultural
design elements with green building projects and renewable energy
applications as key design elements. Many of our building and design
projects will occuring through community workshop opportunities.
Some of our goals are simple and will be accomplished with much
good work; other projects will require a prolonged effort to accomplish.
Established,
Sara Leah will provide facilities for retreat staff, visitors and
workshop participants in cozy green building spaces and natural
spaces for increased opportunities to joyfuly reduce stress.
Why
is Sara Leah focused on stress reduction and wellness support services?
Individuals
and business are turning to alternative wellness support, intuitive
practices and spiritual healing services including exploration of
creative arts to assist in stress reduction and to acquire personal
tools for dealing with stress levels.
The American
Institute of Stress estimates that 75-95% of visits to doctors can
be attributed to bodily stress. Continual stress blocks the body's
natural ability to repair, regenerate and protect itself, and the
effects of unresolved stress range from minor aches to major health
concerns such as heart disease, digestive disorders, depression,
respiratory and skin problems.
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At the Sara Leah Center
our mission is to create a space designed with sustainable
principles and in line with the four system conditions of the
Natural Step. Our retreat space will be accessable to the local
and to the geographically extended community.
Our goal is to assist
individuals and groups in stress reduction through participation
in healthy lifestyle workshops, classes, retreats and conferences
promoting self-discovery, stress reduction, relaxation and self-renewal
through bodywork, meditation, energy healing, creative arts, spiritual
workshops, gardening, writing, explorations in nature, green building
and other wellness and sustainable living practices and events
throughout the year.
The Sara
Leah Center will be developed within 20 minutes of downtown
Bloomington, Indiana, in Monroe County.
The Sara
Leah Center will network with individuals, local community organizations
and practitioners to provide collaborative programs for the business
community, organizations and individuals with a common goal to support
health, wellness and sustainability using an economial and accessible
model.
Meals at Sara Leah
Center will be as local as possible; providing a variety
of meals to suit a variety of palates. Our goal will be to offer
organic products whenever possible.
Sara Leah
Center programing will recognize that personal resources vary
amoung members within our larger community; therefore, we will offer
a sliding scale as well as scholarship programs and work study opportunities
for most of our programs and services.
If the idea
and goals of the Sara Leah Center resonates with your heart
and your life goals, then make a donation and help make this place
a reality!
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