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To register for Wellness Weekend 2011 at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus, return the form to Horn Field Campus by fax at (309) 837-4676 or via email at HF-Campus@wiu.edu. You may also register by phone at (309) 833-5798. Registration ($30 per person) is limited and due by Wednesday, April 27.
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Wellness Weekend at Horn Field Campus April 30-May 1; Registration Due April 27

April 19, 2011

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MACOMB, IL -- Nourish your body, mind and spirit during Wellness Weekend, slated for 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, April 30 and 7 a.m.-noon Sunday, May 1, at Western Illinois University's Horn Field Campus (HFC).

The weekend event, to be held at HFC's 92-acre retreat, will include guided meditation, yoga, nature hikes and self-exploration sessions. Cost is $30 per person, which will cover meals and optional accommodations; vegetarian options will be provided. If you choose to stay in the Horn Field Campus cabins, please bring bedding.

Registration is limited and is due on or before Wednesday, April 27. Checks should be made payable to "Western Illinois University."

The 2011 Wellness Weekend will include:

Wellness Weekend 2011 Saturday Schedule

  • 8 a.m. — Check-in at HFC Lodge
  • 8:30 a.m. — Introductions and overview (Adam Chacksfield)
  • 9:00-10:30 a.m. - "Cultivating Awareness through the Practice of Yoga" (Karen Mauldin-Curtis)
  • 10:30-10:45 a.m. — Do as you please
  • 10:45-11:30 a.m. —"Guided Meditation: Effortless Opening" (Adam Chacksfield)
  • 11:30 a.m.-noon — Do as you please
  • noon-1 p.m. — Communal midday meal
  • 1-3 p.m. — "Self-Exploration through Labyrinths" (Kelley Quinn)
  • 3-3:15 p.m. — Do as you please
  • 3:15-4:30 p.m. — Guided nature hike (Emily Schoenfelder)
  • 4:30-5:30 p.m. — Journal reflections
  • 5:30-6:30 p.m. — Communal evening meal
  • 6:30-7 p.m. — "Guided Meditation: The Wisdom of No-Mind" (Adam Chacksfield)
  • 7-8 p.m. — "Make Your Own Mandala" (Kelley Quinn)
  • 9:00 p.m. — Optional night hike

Wellness Weekend 2011 Sunday Schedule

  • 7 a.m. — Daybreak stroll on Lazy Creek
  • 7:30-8 a.m. – Sun salutations (Karen Mauldin-Curtis)
  • 8-8:45 a.m. – Communal morning meal
  • 9-11 a.m. — "Falling into Nondual Awareness through Dialogue" (Adam Chacksfield)
  • 11:30-noon — Reflections (Adam Chacksfield)
  • Noon — Optional tea, miso soup and conversation

Participants are encouraged to dress appropriately for outdoor conditions

Presenter Information

Adam Chacksfield retired from the WIU faculty at age 33 to live simply and focus on spiritual development. He spends much of his time practicing at the spiritual retreats of varied Buddhist and Hindu traditions, and helping cultivate spiritual community here in Macomb. Chacksfield currently guides the weekly meditation group at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and coordinates The Macomb Meditation Group. He has also formed a Nondual Dialogue Group, at which the space of unconditioned awareness is opened through dialogue rather than the monologue of guided meditation.

Karen Mauldin-Curtis, program manager for the award-winning Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development, a unit of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at WIU, has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and has been teaching in Macomb for the last seven years. Mauldin-Curtis draws from a variety of yoga styles, including Kripalu, Ashtanga, Anusara and Iyengar, and she will integrate these into the Wellness Weekend sessions.

Emily Schoenfelder is a graduate student in WIU's recreation, park and tourism administration department. Having spent the majority of her life in Florida, Schoenfelder is a neophyte to the Midwest ecosystem; however, she learned a great deal about local flora and fauna while serving as an environmental educator at Horn Field Campus. Currently, Schoenfelder works for a non-profit community and economic development agency assisting small, rural villages in Fulton County.

Kelley Quinn is a local labyrinth builder and mandala artist. She earned a M.A. in contemporary art history from Webster University in St. Louis and is certified as a labyrinth facilitator by the International Labyrinth Society. Quinn is involved in multiple community art projects and is a board member of the West Central Illinois Arts Center. Her work is currently being shown at the Illinois State Museum in Chicago.

For more information about Wellness Weekend or about Horn Field Campus, contact HFC at (309) 833-5798 or HF-Campus@wiu.edu. Visit HFC online at www.wiu.edu/coehs/rpta/horn_field_campus.

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.

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