About this Event

RE-TREAT / Re'TRET - Re +Treatment

Re - To visit again

Treatment- to take the cure

White Flag Recovery Retreats are like nectar to the soul. ✨

We MUST take time out of our regular daily life to gain space and perspective. To be re-energized and reinvigorated, reminded and realigned with our true nature so that we can re-enter our lives with a freshness that is so badly needed in our world today just to keep up keeping up.

The Pelican Inn ~ a unique History

Located on the “arrogantly shabby” Pawleys Island, the Pelican Inn is a charming bed and breakfast built in the 1840s. All guest rooms are air-conditioned, and are incredibly charming. This is true rustic elegance. As the owner say's, "There is just the right amount of patina." ✨. The house and grounds are perfect for our gathering and we will be spending lots of time outside and in nature. There is direct beach access, and a private dock over the salt marsh is perfect for viewing sunsets and morning and evening meditation.

Pawleys Island was recently rated in the top 15 beaches in the world..... SHHHHHHHH!🤫 .

Our Retreat

Think soft and slow moving with the tidetable. Rising for oceanside meditation and gentle movement , nourishing our bodies with delcious and nutritious foods.

Exploration of somatic movement practices inclusing a fusion of Yoga, Qigong, deep facial release and restorative practices.

A deep dive into developing you meditation practice. We will be meditating twice daily, as well as plenty of yoga and movement practices. Enough FREE time to take in the beautiful beach and surroundings.

Primordial Sound Meditation

Guest Teacher Chopra Meditation Coach and Expert Tom Taylor, will lead us through a Primordial Sound Meditation, where each participant will reieve a personalized mantra based on the vibration the universe was making at the exact date and time of your birth. (More details below)

Our Excusion~

Navigate The Cypress Forests Of Myrtle Beach

This kayak tour generally has slower currents and is usually the easiest tour from a physical perspective. This. tour is accessible for all skill levels. It is also much more shaded thanks to South Carolina’s beautiful cypress trees draped in Spanish moss.

On this two-hour Myrtle Beach kayak tour, your knowledgeable guide shares interesting information about the area, its plants, and its wildlife inhabitants. The river is home to several pairs of nesting osprey, as well as numerous other birds.

As we paddle the calm waters on this peaceful kayak tour, you may see birds, turtles, and sometimes even alligators!

MAY 17-21 2023.

4 nights and five days at the elegantly shabby Pelican Inn

Special gift bag and journal

A deep dive into Primordial Sound Meditation

Private Chef - Delicious meals /Break/lunch/Snacks/Dinner

Daily Certified {Y12SR} YOGA 12 step meetings

Daily Yoga/Meditation/ and Embodiment practices

Paddle Boarding/Kayak excursion

Music (Special Guest)

Beach Walking

Dharma (wisdom) talks/workshop on Meditattion

Fire Ritual on our last night together~

Saltwater floating (highly recommended)

Lodging

The rooms are all very elegantly and rustic shabby Chic. Immaculate and clean. Rooms are shared and although you may prefer your own "space," you will find that you have been placed in exactly the perfect and most divine place for you to grow in ways which you could not have imagined.

You will have much space and time to yourself.

T R US T

✨ In these few days we create a container of intimacy and shedding of layers. We get to re charge, re-new and re affirm our daily practice and also reaffirm our bearings to stay on, or get back on course. It is always about coming back to the midline, to the mat, to SOURCE. White Flag Retreats help us to stay true to the path and the practice. To get away from all of the noise, clutter, and confusion and come hOMe....✨

The eternal cycle of unbecoming to become ~ My hope is that you will allow yourself this experience and RE TREAT with us~

Come hOMe to that which was NEVER not there~

Om Shanti 🕉

Won't you give this to yourself....and join us..

What is Primordial Sound Meditation ?

“Based in the 5,000-year-old Vedic tradition, this meditation technique uses a personalized mantra based on the vibration the universe was making at the exact date and time of your birth. Repeating this mantra during meditation helps you slip into the silence between your thoughts, aka “the gap,” to help you quiet your mind, look past fear and anxiety, and react from a place of stillness and calm.

PSM (Primordial Sound Meditation) practiced consistently for twenty minutes each session, twice a day, will train the nervous system to experience periods of deep relaxation and transcendent states of consciousness.

Over time, this transcendent state of consciousness will permeate our Awareness during our waking periods of activity (performing action) so that we are able to intentionally “edit our lives” as they are happening.

We will begin to “perform action” based on our connection to Self (Consciousness) rather than as a “reaction” based on past impressions (samskara).

We will move from Karma to Dharma….from unconscious reaction to purposeful response.

We will move from fear and anxiety to peace and bliss….a state of contentment that will be at the base of all that we experience.

Your Retreat Leader

Kimberly Thompson

300 RYT Trauma Informed Yoga 12 Step Recovery leader and Space holder, Qi gong and Somatic experieced practitioner, and Way_ Shōwer.

Founder of White Flag Co. The Retreats, community and online meetings, special events and workshops.

Kimberly is a living example of NEVER NOT BROKEN. A self professed “lifelong learner.” Kimberly is in long term recovery. She believes that addiction just wants to live, and it does not really care how it manifests itself.

It was not until she began her own deep trauma work that she discovered the depth of resistance, stored trauma, and dissonance held in the body. Until the deregulation in the nervous system is addressed and moved, the likelihood of staying stuck in the frequency of addiction is probable.

Through a yoga (moving meditation) practice paired with the cognitive approach of the 12 steps, she has built a sustainable and long term platform for recovery. It is this practice and passion that she loves to share with others through her individual and group yoga sessions, classes, workshops, retreats and events. Above all, she loves to share this HOLISTIC approach to recovery with others.

Your Meditation Coach and Co-teacher

Tom Taylor

Dragonfly Rising Founder

Meditation Coach

Tom has meditated daily for over 47 years. He was initially trained in Transcendental Meditation and took up Primordial Sound Meditation as taught by Deepak Chopra nine years ago (2013). Tom became a Chopra Certified Meditation teacher in 2017 and has taught many students the art and skill of meditation since then. Tom has taught students how to meditate in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Tom is also a 200 hour certified yoga teacher having taken a month long intensive training in Rishikesh, India in 2018. Most recently, Tom has been certified as a Yoga Informed Recovery Coach to help people in recovery from drugs and alcohol.

In a “previous life,” Tom had a 40 year career in academic publishing selling, marketing and editing texts and journals in the college market. He was a vice president of sales and marketing for two different college publishers before creating his own sales and marketing service company from 2010 to 2018.

Daily Yoga on our wood plank wraparound porch is dreamy~

Morning meditation on our beachfront every morning. Rise with sun and head down to our own private beach with your favorite beverage.

Dharma and Meditation workshops will take place daily~