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The eighth annual Wellness Weekend at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus (HFC) is set for Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 20-21. The weekend retreat will be full of activities to nourish the mind, body and spirit and is $65 per person.
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Wellness Weekend 2016, held at the HFC 92-acre campus, will offer guided meditation, yoga, nature hikes and self-exploration sessions with certified instructors Karen Mauldin-Curtis, Kelley Quinn and Adam Chacksfield.
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Wellness Weekend at WIU's Horn Field Campus Set for Feb. 20-21; Register by Feb. 12

February 8, 2016

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MACOMB, IL – The eighth annual Wellness Weekend at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus (HFC) is set for Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 20-21. The weekend retreat will be full of activities to nourish the mind, body and spirit and is $65 per person.

Wellness Weekend 2016, held at the HFC 92-acre campus, 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 Friday, Feb. 12; checks should be made payable to "Horn Field Campus." The schedule for the 2016 Wellness Weekend and information about each facilitator are listed below. To register, contact Horn Field Campus Program Manager Mindy Pheiffer at (309) 298-HORN (4676) or send an email to HF-Campus@wiu.edu.

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.

Yoga

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 in the Macomb area since 2003. In 2011, Mauldin-Curtis completed a 200-hour intensive yoga teacher-training program through tapas yoga shala (Rock Island, IL) and is a nationally registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance. Throughout the weekend's yoga sessions, Mauldin-Curtis will integrate a variety of yoga styles, including Kripalu, Ashtanga and Iyengar.

Labyrinths and Despachos

Kelley Quinn earned her master's degree in contemporary art history and criticism from Webster University (St. Louis, MO) and is a certified labyrinth facilitator. She has received Illinois Arts Council teaching artist status since 2006. Quinn has created mandalas and labyrinths with more than 2,000 individuals of all ages, as well as created numerous public and private designs in the area and has been invited to present at conferences and retreats both nationally and internationally. Quinn teaches Spanish and critical theory at Western Illinois University.

Meditation

Adam Chacksfield is the creator of "Falling Open," a transformative four-month online course. At 33, Chacksfield left his career as a faculty member atWIU 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, he 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. In addition to the "Falling Open" course, Chacksfield offers public meetings, workshops and retreats in the San Francisco Bay Area, Macomb, numerous other cities and online. He also works with individuals providing nondual spiritual coaching.

Friday Schedule*

*Early check-in optional

  • 7-8 p.m. – Check in at the Horn Field Campus lodge

Saturday Schedule

  • 8-8:15 a.m. – Check-in at HFC Lodge
  • 8:15 a.m. – Welcome, introductions and overview
  • 9-10:30 a.m. – "Cultivating Awareness through the Practice of Yoga," Mauldin-Curtis
  • 10:30-10:45 a.m. – Do as you please
  • 10:45 a.m.-noon – "Exploring Meditation," 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," Quinn
  • 3:15-3:30 p.m. – Do as you please
  • 3:30-5 p.m. – "Heart and Mind Falling Open Workshop," Chacksfield
  • 5-5:15 p.m. – Do as you please
  • 5:15 p.m. – Yoga, Mauldin-Curtis
  • 6 p.m. – Communal evening meal and open time
  • 7:15 p.m. – "Introduction to Despachos," Quinn (see youtu.be/2kmhZmkBVtY for more information about despachos)
  • 8 p.m. – "Make Your Own Despachos," Quinn

Sunday Schedule

  • 7 a.m. – Daybreak stroll on Lazy Creek
  • 7:30-8 a.m. – "Sun Salutations" (Yoga), Mauldin-Curtis
  • 8 a.m. – Communal morning meal
  • 8:45-10:30 a.m. – "Heart and Mind Falling Open Workshop" (continued), Chacksfield
  • 10:30-10:45 a.m. – Do as you please
  • 10:45-11:30 a.m. – "Authentic Movement," Chacksfield
  • 11:30-12:30 p.m. "Reflections and Feed Forward"
  • 12:30 p.m. – Communal meal and conversation
  • 1:30 p.m. – "Lift Off in Peace"

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