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Make time for yourself and a friend and head to Horn Field Campus next month for the sixth annual Wellness Weekend, slated for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 22-24. Full of activities to nourish the mind, body and spirit, the weekend package is only $55 per person, and if you bring a friend or loved one, the cost is $100 (for both participants).
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Horn Field Campus Wellness Weekend Feb. 22-24

January 28, 2014

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MACOMB, IL – Make time for yourself and a friend and head to Horn Field Campus next month for the sixth annual Wellness Weekend, slated for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 22-24. Full of activities to nourish the mind, body and spirit, the weekend package is only $55 per person, and if you bring a friend or loved one, the cost is $100 (for both participants).

Wellness Weekend 2014, to be held at HFC's 92-acre retreat, will offer guided meditation, yoga, nature hikes and self-exploration sessions with certified instructors Karen Mauldin-Curtis, Kelley Quinn and Adam Chacksfield.

Registration cost will cover Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and lunch and shared lodging in on-site cabins. Registration is limited and is due on or before Tuesday, Feb. 18; checks should be made payable to "Horn Field Campus."

The schedule for the 2014 Wellness Weekend and information about each facilitator are listed below. To register, contact Horn Field Campus Program Manager Mindy Pheiffer at (309) 833-5798 or send an email to HF-Campus@wiu.edu.

Karen Mauldin-Curtis is the program manager for the WIU Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development. She has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and teaching yoga for more than 10 years. In 2011, Mauldin-Curtis completed a 200-hour intensive yoga teacher-training program through tapas yoga shala (Rock Island, IL) and is a registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance.

Kelley Quinn earned her master's degree in contemporary art history and criticism from Webster University (St. Louis, MO) and has received Illinois Arts Council teaching artist status since 2006. In that time, she has created mandalas and labyrinths with more than 2,000 individuals of all ages. Quinn is a certified labyrinth facilitator. She teaches Spanish and critical theory at Western.

Adam Chacksfield is a nondual teacher and coach and serves as the president of The Center for Nondual Awareness. At the age of 33, he left his job as a faculty member at WIU to devote himself to spiritual opening in community with others. Five years later, with the support and guidance of Peter Fenner, a pioneer in nondual psychology, Chacksfield began to publicly offer nondual teaching and coaching. He now facilitates people falling open to the liberating truth, by supporting the release of burdening beliefs and holding patterns in the body. He currently offers a four-month online course called, "Falling Open," The Macomb Nondual Dialogue Group, two Macomb meditation groups and works with individuals providing nondual transformation coaching and meditation coaching. He also regularly offers retreats and workshops in regional cities and on the west coast. More information is available at www.nondualcenter.org/adam-chacksfield.

Friday Schedule (early check-in optional)

  • 7-8 p.m. – Check in at the lodge

Saturday Schedule

  • 8-8:15 a.m. – Check-in at HFC Lodge
  • 8:30 a.m. – Welcome, Introductions and Overview
  • 9-10:30 a.m. – Cultivating Awareness through the Practice of Yoga with Mauldin-Curtis
  • 10:30-10:45 a.m. – Do as you please
  • 10:45 a.m.-noon – Meditation guidance with Chacksfield
  • noon-12:30 p.m. – Communal midday meal
  • 12:45-1:05 p.m. – After lunch walk
  • 1:15-3:15 p.m. – Self-Exploration Through the Labyrinth with Quinn
  • 3:15-3:30 p.m. – Do as you please
  • 3:30-5 p.m. – Heart and Mind Falling Open workshop with Chacksfield
  • 5-5:15 p.m. – Do as you please
  • 5:15 p.m. – Yoga with Mauldin-Curtis
  • 6 p.m. – Communal evening meal and open time
  • 7:15 p.m. – Introduction to Mandalas with Quinn
  • 8 p.m. – Make Your Own Mandala with Quinn

Sunday Schedule

  • 7 a.m. – Daybreak stroll on Lazy Creek
  • 7:30-8 a.m. – Sun salutations yoga with Mauldin-Curtis
  • 8 a.m. – Communal morning meal
  • 8:45-10:30 a.m. – Heart and Mind Falling Open workshop (continued) with Chacksfield
  • 10:30-11 a.m. – Do as you please
  • 11 a.m. – Reflections and feed forward
  • 12:30 p.m. – Communal meal and conversation

HFC is located south of Macomb on China Road. From South Johnson Street (past Macomb High School), turn right on China Road and follow the road one-quarter of a mile to the Horn Field Campus entrance. Parking is permitted on the HFC lot. Visit HFC online at www.wiu.edu/coehs/rpta/horn_field_campus.

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