Weaving Unity Retreat Center
A destination for true relaxation & reclaiming one's essence 

Weaving Unity Retreat Center is an acre plus of sunny gardens surrounded by woodlands, located six miles from the small town of Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. The center is deep in the coastal redwoods, alive with wild animals and birds of the area. The land is known to have had a Native Californian village close by. Big Basin State Park, California's oldest and largest state park is a short 3 miles down the road. It is an hour drive from the Silicon Valley and less than two hours from most Bay Area Cities.

In the sanctuary of this quiet mountain getaway peace seeps into your being. The pace of life slows down, even stops, if you allow it. The deep roots of the ancient redwoods ground you. The land that is honored as sacred and alive nurtures you and helps you to become present to each moment of clean air, positive energy, and abundant life. Here you can truly relax, unwind, and rejuvenate your spirit.

Charlynn grew up in the area and feels this is her 'soul's' home. She is fulfilling her dreams in this retreat center of having a place where nurturing, healing and wholeness can occur while one reconnects to their Source. Here the Earth Mother is honored for her aliveness. The land is treated with respect, in harmony with all living things. Charlynn knows the land, the birds, animals, and plants of the area. She knows of quiet hiking trails, riverways and special sites that offer vistas for opening our views and re-aligning our spirits.

The Center offers three quiet rooms for overnight accommodations. Two rooms have double french doors that open to the private garden patio; complete with seating areas, fountain, hot tub/spa, and an old maple that shades the area in the warm summer sun. The rooms share a full bath with a half bath available. Our 'Zen Garden Room', with an oriental garden mural, is painted in pastel 'heart chakra' colors. Our 'Mountain Room' in warm woodsy colors and a view of the woods behind the center. Warm colors in both rooms embrace you, adding to your relaxation. Our third room, the 'Sun Room', aligns with the movement of the sun across the southern sky. In peach and blue it gives a southwest feel.

On the land you will find lovely gardens; floral, vegetable and an orchard of various fruit trees, grapes and berries. We organically grow as much as we can to offer to our guests. The Wedding Site (being developed) with its red roses over white arbor and trellis embraces couples uniting in love. Guests enjoy the shaded ceremonial site and the fun that the reception area offers. For our ceremonies we are creating the trinity of hoops or the three sacred circles; the Healing 'Sweat' Lodge (currently in use, see Sweat Lodge page for information and calendar), the Medicine Wheel, and the Labyrinth Walk (in planning stages). These three sacred circles have their origins in the spirituality of indigenous peoples from around the world. 

 Full Moon Wisdom Circles and Retreat Weekends
Open to women and men (except August)

Join us each month to honor our wisdom. You have the choice of joining in for the whole weekend retreat or just our Saturday night full moon circle. The full weekend retreat shares a full teaching around our subject matter. In the full moon circle we will share and enjoy the beauty of the moon with an evening fire when weather permits. The full weekend retreats are $75 (+lodging if you want to spend the night), the full moon circle is $10. For the weekend retreat you are welcome to come to the center on Friday night and stay through Sunday afternoon. For the full moon circle we meet from 6:30-9pm. Join us from 5:30 - 6:30m for a potluck meal.Please bring a drum, folding chair, and layered clothing for our outdoor night fires.

2011 dates and subjects:
January 14-16      Weekend Retreat:  The Art of Purposeful Creating: tools for getting what you want
January 15             Full Moon Circle: Manifesting My Heart's Desires
February 18-20   Weekend Retreat: The Spiritual Power of Love: the Isness that is the Center of All
February 19          Full Moon Circle: The Isness of Love
March 19-20         Spring Equinox Ceremony: Our Minds of Divinity with Artwork: Egg Soul Collage (this weekend additional $)
March 19                Full Moon Circle: Honoring our Divinity
April                        NO FULL MOON WEEKEND THIS MONTH
May 13-15               Weekend Retreat: The Art of Receiving: Mastering Our Yin Nature.
May 14                     Full Moon Circle: An Evening of Yin
June 11                    Full Moon Circle: An Evening of Balanced Yang
July 16    Full Moon Circle: TBA
August 13-14          Women In Celebration: Honoring the Stages of Womanhood
September 9-11    Weekend Retreat: Art Weekend: Goddess in the Garden, creating garden statuary
September 10        Full Moon Circle: My Inner God/ Goddess
October 7-9            Weekend Retreat: Creating Sacred Waters with full moon charged wate
October 8                Full Moon Circle: The Sacredness of Anointing   
November 12          Full Moon Circle: TBA
December 10          Full Moon Circle: The Art of Winter Relaxation

August 13-14 Women In Celebration:
Honoring our Stages of Womanhood

A ceremony that deeply honors women of all ages and stages.  Join us for a two day ceremony, August 13-14, when we will celebrate our stages of womanhood. From our young maidens just beginning their moontime, to our blessed matrons giving their time to the child-rearing years, on to our Matriarchs owning their power within and without, to our Madame Elders and the wisdom they share with us. This weekend will inspire, empower, and bless us all as we acknowledge and celebrate ourselves as women. Put it on your calendar now!!

Art for Soul's Sake Retreats

These new offerings at Weaving Unity Retreat Center encourage the Creator/Creatress within us all. Some of these retreats are one day or two day, your choice, and others will be two day offerings with specific teachings. Charlynn co-teaches some of these retreats with artist woman; Laughing Flower who is currently devoting her life to "Creating up the wazoo."

January 29-30     Full Weekend Retreat:  Stained Glass Mandalas. In this retreat we will journey to discover our personal mandala; its design, colors, textures and create it in stained glass. You will go home with a finished stained glass window of your mandala. Cost $150, limited class size.
February 26/27    One or Two Day Retreat: Art for Soul's Sake Creativity. This weekend retreat will offer each participant the opportunity to spend blocks of time creating in different media.  No previous art study is necessary or recommended, these retreat days are meant to encourage our creative exploration.
April 30/ May 1    One or Two Day Retreat: Art for Soul's Sake Creativity. This weekend retreat will offer each participant the opportunity to spend blocks of time creating in different media.  No previous art study is necessary or recommended, these retreat days are meant to encourage our creative exploration.  
August 20-21         Full Weekend Retreat: Stained Glass and Stone Jewelry. In this two day retreat we will look at the energies of the stones from around the world and create jewelry with them and stained glass. These wearable empowerment objects will bring beauty to our wardrobe and energy to our days.
October 29/30      One or Two Day Retreat: Mask Making; honoring our inner persona. This fun one or two day retreat will have us looking within at our persona(s) and creating masks to honor who we are and perhaps who we are becoming.
  

The Inner Quest

The Inner Quest is our term for the Vision Quest of indigenous peoples. The traditional vision quest was set up for young boys so that they could find their life's mission, purpose or work. Today we offer Inner Questing for adults of all ages who seek to reconnect to Spirit, the living Earth, and their own inner wisdom. Taking time out of one's busy schedule to renew upon the Earth, rest in the natural rhythms of the day, and seek clarity in solitude and the company of Spirit is a gift not to be taken lightly. When sacred intention is created to take time for oneself in a time honored tradition, heaven is called to Earth that we may be rejuvenated. Each individual chooses questing for different reasons and that is why Charlynn works with each person to individually tailor their quest to meet their intentions and needs.

There are wilderness sites available close to the Weaving Unity Retreat Center. Places in the sacred redwood forests provide one with the closeness of the earth, ancient trees to connect to and peace that cannot be found in the high energy of city life.

We offer a unique Vision Quest Lodge that supports a person being in nature without the fears often associated with vision questing in remote areas. This lodge honors the teachings of the sacred Medicine Wheel. It is built of copper and like copper, serves as a conduit between heaven and earth.

This year July 24-31 is a Women's Inner Quest Week long Retreat. Women are welcome to plan their own personalized Vision/Inner Quest with Charlynn for any length of time that falls within this week. Quests can be done as silent retreats at Weaving Unity Retreat Center, as traditional 'Vision' Quests in a spot out in nature, as a modified traditional quest in the Weaving Unity Retreat Center Quest Lodge or Healing Lodge. The Center will be 'home base' for the nature quests. We will have a Women's Healing/ Sweat Lodge as conclusion to this Quest week and debriefing on Sunday for any of you who would like that before re-entering your 'other' life. This is a profound time to gain clarity, seek Divine guidance and vision, honor time for yourself/Self, and take that next giant step in your spiritual evolution. Plan ahead for this special time in your life and let Charlynn help you design your personal Inner Quest.

Manifestation Circles

Charlynn facilitates Manifestation Circles that work with the principles of the Law of Attraction. These principles can be found in the movie 'The Secret' and the teachings of 'Abraham'; a channeled message through Esther Hicks, as well as in many other arenas.  The Abraham teachings give us a solid foundation of focus to create a more conscious world before us. Each week we have a time of check-in, a focused time of listening to a teaching and a time where each person creates an intention or goal that the group gives their undivided attention to in helping that person to manifest their heart's desires. I have seen extraordinary changes come over people when working with these principles and miracles happen in unexpected ways. It is transformational co-creation at its best!

We gather in Boulder Creek two Mondays every month from 7-9pm at a private residence.  Love offerings are accepted to honor the space and Charlynn's time.

For more information,
reservations, or appointments
please call Charlynn @ 831-246-2996