"Finding Your Inner Joy" Weekend ReTreat SEPTEMBER 19-22, 2025

Welcome to the "Finding Your Inner Joy" ReTreat!

Join us at THE HISTORIC HOTEL MACOMBER located at 727 Beach Ave, Cape May, NJ for a weekend filled with self-discovery and positivity. This event is designed to help you reconnect with your Inner Joy and learn techniques to maintain this newfound joyful mindset.

During the retreat, you will participate in meditation sessions, mindfulness exercises, and group discussions to explore what brings you true Joy. Our experienced Team of Instructors will guide you through various activities to help you uncover your inner peace and happiness.

Don't miss this opportunity to invest in yourself and prioritize your well-being. Let's embark on this journey together to find your inner joy and embrace a more fulfilling life!

Info: Settle into your room, open the windows and be envolped by the crisp salt-water aroma as it wraps around your Being and your Mind.

Info: Spend a few hours of casual conversation with Us as we ease into the weekend and get to know one another. Heavy Hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Info: We will gather on the beach located directly across from The Historic Macomber Hotel to bring to a close our day with the Awareness Exercise, grounding meditation, to prepare Us for a rest-filled night of sleep.

Info: Let's start our Day on the beach located directed across from The Historic Hotel Macomber with a Mindful Meditation, The Awareness Exercise, to welcome the Joy we'll experience in our two immersive WorkShops set for today.

Info: Enjoy both savoy breakfast sandwiches and sweet fresh-baked goodies to start your day. accompanied by Coffee, Tea, juices; Fresh fruit and yogurt will round out the selections.

Info: Thought Leader and Transformational Coach, thom mason will take you on a journey of understanding WHY we have lost touch with our Inner Joy. Sharing stories that will engage and inspire you to reflect upon your own Life's journey to start you on your path to find your Inner Joy.

Info: Lunch is served in the sun-light enclosed side porch just off the main lobby. Varied sandwiches including vegitarian options will be on the menu. Coffee, Tea and asorted beverages are available. A sweet tray will offer goodies for afternoon snacking.

Info: Hosts LaVerne Saunders & thom mason will facilitate an interactive WorkShop through audio, visual as well as hands-on immersive learning. Discovering together how to "Find Our Inner Joy"; compassionately, lovingly and with Grace for OurSelves as we journey together to this sacred desitination of Love.

Info: End a Day of Interactive discovery by spending a few hours of casual conversation with Us as we close out the first full day of our weekend and get to know one another a bit better, strengthening new found Friendships. Heavy Hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Info: We will gather on the beach located directly across from The Historic Macomber Hotel to bring to a close our second day with the Awareness Exercise, grounding meditation, to prepare Us for a rest-filled night of sleep.

Info: Let's start our third Day on the beach located directed across from The Historic Hotel Macomber with a Mindful Meditation: The Awareness Exercise, to welcome the Joy we'll experience in our additonal two immersive WorkShops set for today.

Info: Sunday begins by enjoying both savoy breakfast sandwiches and sweet fresh-baked goodies to start your day; accompanied by Coffee, Tea, juices; Fresh fruit and yogurt will round out the selections.

Info: This Workshop will be immersing OurSelves into creative poetry writing, even if you had never given yourself the opportunity to do so; this time, with Grace. Journaling prompts will be offered for you to lose yourself in provided custom Journals to take home with you. Open Mic for the last 20 minutes for those who wish to share their inspired work.

Info: Today's lunch offers a bright atmosphere once again in the sun-light enclosed side porch just off the main lobby. Varied sandwiches including vegitarian options will be on the menu. Coffee, Tea and asorted beverages are available. A sweet tray will offer goodies for afternoon snacking.

Info: This final workshop will teach you the meditative technique of being present right where the brush meets the canvas. Facilitated by recognized Artist, Kelly Ciesla, who has a calming presence. As Kelly so beautifully shares, "Art is my resource to process and connect my inner and outer worlds - a grounding free space where I explore the dance between ego and Spirit...all while navigating my neurodivergent mind." You will choose your available canvas; acrylics and brushes are provided. Light refreshments and beverages will be served.

Info: Bring this Day of Interactive discovery to a joyful close by spending a few more hours of casual conversation with one another as we draw near to the end of our weekend. Newly formed Friendships, a plethera of Wellness tools to talk about and solidify into our Beings, and shared self discovery that will last a Life Time. Heavy Hors d'oeuvres will be served to fuel our connections.

Info: Our final evening gathering on the beach directly across from The Historic Macomber Hotel to bring to a close our third day with the Awareness Exercise, grounding meditation, to prepare Us for a rest-filled night of sleep.

Info: Locking in all we have learned this Sacred weekend with mindful morning meditation on the beach directly across from The Historic Hotel Macomber. The Awareness Exercise we can now practice each and every day on our own to recall these magical moments and bring our senses back to the sounds of the waves any time we need.

Info: As we bid one another safe journeys home, we'll enjoy both savoy breakfast sandwiches and sweet fresh-baked goodies accompanied by Coffee, Tea, juices; Fresh fruit and yogurt will round out the selections.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hotel Macomber, 727 Beach Avenue, Cape May, United States