Turn Intentions into Action

Everyone has great intentions to accomplish something. However, too many intentions don’t translate into action. Come learn how to make your intentions become reality! This presentation can be tailored to the specific needs and interests of the audience. Topics include:
Defining your Intentions
The Power of Choice
Setting Goals to Succeed
Developing SMART Goals
Using Supports
Maintaining Motivation
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Identify and prioritize their goals and intentions
Develop a plan to activating their intentions
Utilize steps for success

Gayle LaSalle, President and owner of LaSalle Consulting and Training and Living Lily, is a professional trainer, teacher and former clinician, holding a BS in Psychology and an MS in Education.

July 6 & 7
Dream Well: A Workshop for Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers
Sunday, 7pm at House of Trix

Participants will learn to use the rich tapestry of creative visualization, dreams and personal images for healing and for connecting with the deeper story of their lives. Classes are open to survivors, caregivers, and anyone on a healing journey. From journaling, writing, and poetry, to collage and drawing, participants will discover their own abilities to listen to their bodies and mine their dreams and imagination for healing imagery.

Wanda Burch is an 18 year breast cancer survivor whose book, She Who Dreams, describes how working with dreams and dream imagery saved her life. She is a graduate of Robert Moss' school for teachers of Active Dreaming, co-presents at Great Camp Sagamore Arts and Healing retreats and is co-founder of Taproot Healing NetWorks™. Wanda is a National Breast Cancer Coalition LEAD graduate, speaker's bureau participant, CRAAB! [Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer!] Board member and a consumer reviewer for a government board that determines how Congress will spend medical science research monies on future breast cancer research. Visit her website at www.wandaburch.com. Pre-registration is required.

Call CRAAB! at 435-1055
Funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health

July 9
Watercolor painting workshop with artist Barbara Widmann
9:00 to noon, House of Trix

Spend the morning exploring watercolor basics, color theory, and watercolor painting techniques. There will be free painting time to explore and enjoy painting in watercolors. In the spirit of capturing the essence of nature, artist may go outdoors to sketch in graphite and then paint indoors to create stylized individual interpretations. Artists may also choose to paint from an indoor set up arrangement of wildflowers.

This class is for beginners as well as accomplished artists that wish to spend the day painting within the peace and serenity of nature. $20 to cover cost of supplies: paper, brushes, palettes and paint. The fee will be waived for those that bring their own supplies.

Barbara Widmann is an artist from East Greenbush, New York. She has a graphics degree from Sage College, and an illustration degree from The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Barbara has exhibited at the Kentucky Derby, Saratoga, Emerald Downs and in local area art galleries throughout New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Her watercolors are detailed and expressive. www.barbarawidmann.com

July 11 & 12
Aunt Helen's Closet
Friday evening, 7pm in Fuller House

This is a hands on tour of the life and escapades of a dauntless, daring woman, the mysterious Aunt Helen. Experience a journey around the world as you try on costumes and artifacts from her travels, while storyteller Ellen Mnich weaves stories from distant lands.

For a preview visit my web site at www.aunthelenscloset.com and see the real Aunt Helen riding on a camel!

Saturday, 2pm
Enjoy A Lesson From the Collection

View fiber arts from various cultures; a Korogo from Africa, a Hmong Quilt, a Peruvian wall hanging, an embroidered Palestinian shawl, and last but not least a trousseau from Greece dating to 1910. These items speak to our own imagination and nourish our spirit. Explore, investigate, and examine the collection . Hear the stories of an ordinary woman having an extraordinary life.

July 10 & 11
The Story Walker

Hear the story of the Cohoes and Troy mill workers world before they arrived at Camp Wiawaka and the world to which they returned. The history of the mill workers, in their own words, tells of the work done, the times in which they lived and the need for Unions so they could make a living wage.

This workshop offers the rare opportunity to learn the process of a traditional Adirondack craft, called an end of the day mill piece, using authentic Cluett & Peabody shirt pieces. Due to the limited availability of the shirt pieces a craft packet fee of $12.00 is charged.

The words of the mill workers are based on oral interviews done by Mrs. Marcotte and the papers and oral tradition of Maggie Sheridan Harrigan. New York State Achieves states that Maggie may be the only mill hand who wrote of the mills. We are planning on interweaving the voices to set the stage for why vacations were needed. The second part will be hands on activities, one on union and one on the end of the day mill pieces.

Presenters Ruby Marcotte and Kathleen Gill Material fee of $12.00

July 12 & 13
Writing workshop with poet & playwright Joan Murray in residence at Wiawaka July 12 & 13
Rise-up Writing Workshop: Writing from Our History
Saturday July 12th: 9:30 to 11:30 am

A hands-on, technique-oriented writing workshop focusing on women's history (personal, family, local, or world). Following Joan's instructions and examples, each participant will complete an individual poem or essay and receive comments from Joan. Those who are willing will read theirs for the group. (Joan has taught writing workshops in hundreds of community settings for both beginning and professional writers.)

Queen of the Mist: The Forgotten Heroine of Niagara (A dramatic presentation) Saturday July 12th: After Dinner, 45-minute reading plus Q&A

A riveting, poetic one-woman presentation about the destitute, 63-year-old teacher who, in 1901, became the first person to go over Niagara in a barrel. Joan's verse-novel Queen of the Mist was published by Beacon Press and featured on NPR's Morning Edition. She was commissioned by the Jujamcyn Theaters (owners of five Broadway Theaters), to adapt it for the stage. Joan has presented it at the Chautauqua Institution, the Lark Theater in Manhattan, the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh, the Niagara Falls Wintergarden, and more than a hundred other venues.

This reading is open to the public. A donation to Wiawaka is all that is needed to attend.

Lakeside Sunday Morning Poetry Service: Poems to Live By

Sunday July 13th: After Breakfast, 9:30 to 10:30 AM (Lakeside Dock)

Bring a lap robe and a cup of coffee and listen as Joan presents an inspiring and meditative sampler of poems about courage, solace, war, peace, politics and prayer from her best-selling anthologies, Poems to Live By in Uncertain Times and Poems to Live By in Troubling Times (both published by Beacon Press).

Joan Murray is a poet and writer whose eight books include Dancing on the Edge and Looking for the Parade. She is editor of the Poems to Live By anthology series from Beacon, and The Pushcart Book of Poetry: Best Poems from 30 Years of the Pushcart Prize. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Ms., The Nation, The New York Times and The Best American Poetry. Former Poet in Residence at the New York State Writers Institute and a repeat guest on NPR's Morning Edition, she has won awards and fellowships from the National Poetry Series Competition, The National Endowment for the Arts, and Poetry Society of America.

July 14th
Joe’s Boat and BBQ

A boat ride and barbecue with our beloved caretaker, Joe Wylie Limit 5 guests

July 15-17
A Writing Retreat


Waters that ripple, waters that roil, relax and renew. Water is a symbol of emotions, and of the unconscious, the inner place that gives birth to creativity and art. Each of us is a treasure house of experiences, feelings, thoughts and ideas, but they need time, space, and encouragement to emerge into consciousness, and be formed into works of art-memoirs, poems, stories and essays. A writing retreat is a place for this to happen in a beautiful, inspiring and supportive environment.

Facilitated by Jeanne Heiberg MFA, published author/artist. Jeanne Heiberg has a published works record of 15 books, in over 200 magazine/newspaper articles and media kits. She is a contributing editor and writes features and the column Symbol Talk for a Peter Li magazine for teachers. A seasoned provider for workshops funded by Poets & Writers Inc. and the NYS Council on the Arts, she helps both beginners and experienced writers find their writing voice, get writing juices flowing, and overcome writer's blocks. Beginning and experience writers will find enjoyable, fun ways to tap their memories and get into the flow of writing. Pens, pencils and paper are all you need, along with casual clothing and a bathing suit for a dip in the lake.

July 19th
Finding Thinner Peace and Ending Your Diet Dilemma

Kristen will be presenting a 3 hour workshop at Wiawaka Holiday House called “Finding Thinner Peace and Ending Your Dieting Dilemma”. This workshop will provide you with science-based thought and behavior strategies that will help you develop new habits to achieve and sustain healthy eating. We will focus on how changing your thinking can change your body. This workshop will be based on “The Four Day Win” by Martha Beck, New York Times Best-Selling Author.

One of Kristen’s passions is to help women treat their bodies as loyally and compassionately as they treat their best friends (and we all know what wonderful and powerful friends women can be). Kristen helps women to end their diet war and to change their bodies from the inside out. She has been working with women and the emotional components of weight loss and gain for over ten years.

August 1st
Move to the Rhythm
Friday evening 7:15 to 8:30, House of Trix

Isolation warm ups, then you'll do the mamba, samba and other rhythms with across the floor work. A fun way to move… laughter guaranteed!

Diana M. Tranter: A lifelong dancer beginning with Orlando School of Dance & danced professionally with ESIPA on tour. Skidmore graduate with a degree in choreography. Owner & operator of Dancenastics LLC @ YWCA Schenectady.


August 2nd
Energy Medicine via Sharyn Flesher

Energy Medicine is an ancient Eastern modality for healing gaining popularity throughout the Western World. It is our birthright to be well, but when we do not listen to our body's signals, dis-ease occurs. The Energy Medicine Practitioner is trained to gently re-align and balance the body's systems in order to restore health. Healers work through chakras (Sanskrit for wheel), energy centers which absorb Universal Energy surrounding all of life on Earth.

An energy session includes the initial interview, grounding and centering, assessment, treatment and ending the session.

In our time together we will discuss different modalities including Reiki, Therapeitic Touch, Pranic Healing and Shamanic Healing. This will include how these modalities are similar and yet different. Each modality will be demonstrated and volunteers are welcome. I have been studying energy and its gifts for healing for more than twenty years. I began as a way to find answers to the questions in my life. I learned ways to help myself to heal and thus was able to extend the knowledge in my work as a registered nurse. This curiosity became my life and I have studied numerous systems and worked with all of them.

Sharyn Ann Flesher R.N.
August 2nd
Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard

Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard will play an evening concert at Wiawaka on Saturday August 2nd. The group’s eclectic repertoire includes pieces by pianist Kasius and guitarist/mandolinist John Ehlis, whose influences span a spectrum of Brazilian, Tango, jazz and African musical traditions. Jonathan Greene will be featured on woodwinds and Lou Smaldone on bass.

Performance will run from 7:30-8:30 and is open to the public. Suggested donation is $ 5.

August 4 & 5
Wiawaka Weed Walk

Join Herbalist and Plant Intuitive, Margo Mullein Feron for a walk on Wiawaka property to visit the wild medicinal and edible plants that are native to the area. Our work during this two day workshop will be in the spirit of *Woman/Earth: Give/Receive.

We'll begin after lunch on the 4th with a wild weed walk; engaging our 6 senses to identify some plants, their qualities, signatures, and gifts for nutrition and healing. Then we'll branch out in a collective harvest of wild food, which we will offer to the kitchen as a contribution to the evening salad. While there's still light, we'll get out the pencils and paper, engage the Goddess within, and sketch plant portraits and chat about benefits the plants present specifically to women.

On the 5th, after breakfast, we'll begin our work with a Native American custom of honoring the spirit in all of life with a simple four direction ceremony. Then we'll take another walk, silently this time, focusing our attention to gather a single plant to be used in making an herbal vinegar preparation. Our imaginations will run wild as we discuss the many beneficial uses of herbal vinegars and the ways in which we'll apply them when we get home. We'll complete our work with the plants, after lunch. Using paint as medium we'll create Plant Identification Markers which will become a permanent installation throughout the Wiawaka property.

August 9th
Yoga Program / Hike

Join us for early morning yoga, a Salute to the Sun, where we'll work up an appetite for breakfast. Following breakfast we'll gather to hike to the lean to overlooking Lake George from Clay Meadows, a few miles up the road.

The hike is moderate and about 6 miles total distance, start to finish. We'll take time at the top to have lunch and relax, enjoying the view of the lake. Upon return, we'll continue our yoga practice with emphasis on stretching and relaxing muscles, concluding with a meditative and relaxing rest (savasana).

Should the weather prove unfit for a hike, Nola will present: "Climbing and Trekking in High Cold Places", a potpourri of her many climbing experiences on 7 continents.

August 11th
Joe’s Boat Ride and BBQ

A boat ride and barbecue with our beloved caretaker, Joe Wylie
Limit 5 guests

August 12 & 13
Wrapped wire necklace

Wrapped wire necklace and matching bracelet. Students will have a choice of gold or silver and a variety of stones. Class fee for gold is $100 for both days and for silver $75. Material costs may change. Preference given to those who stay overnight at Wiawaka. Chris Drosky is your instructor and has her own business in wrapped wire jewelry. Matching rings will be available if interested. Class size limited to 15 and preregistration and advance payment required by August 1st.

August 15 & 16
Dream Well: A Workshop for Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers

Participants will learn to use the rich tapestry of creative visualization, dreams and personal images for healing and for connecting with the deeper story of their lives. Classes are open to survivors, caregivers, and anyone on a healing journey. From journaling, writing, and poetry, to collage and drawing, participants will discover their own abilities to listen to their bodies and mine their dreams and imagination for healing imagery.

Wanda Burch is an 18 year breast cancer survivor whose book, She Who Dreams, describes how working with dreams and dream imagery saved her life. She is a graduate of Robert Moss' school for teachers of Active Dreaming, co-presents at Great Camp Sagamore Arts and Healing retreats and is co-founder of Taproot Healing NetWorks™. Wanda is a National Breast Cancer Coalition LEAD graduate, speaker's bureau participant, CRAAB! [Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer!] board member, and a consumer reviewer for a government board that determines how Congress will spend medical science research monies on future breast cancer research. Visit her website at www.wandaburch.com. Pre-registration is required.
Call CRAAB! at 435-1055
Funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health

August 16
Sound Foundation Drumming Workshop

Sound Foundation will be conducting a drumming workshop from 10 AM to 11:30 AM on Saturday, August 16, 2008. They will be supplying 11 drums for participant use. If you have a djembe, ashiko, or conga drum (not a hand drum such as a tamborine), please bring your drum to the workshop, which is geared toward beginning drummers, or those with limited drumming experience. For women without drums, participation will be limited to the first 12 who sign up. All are welcome; including experienced drummers-- we always have fun at this workshop!

August 17
Luncheon and Historical tour of Wiawaka
Noon to 2:30

Sue McLane, historian, will lead visitors around the property giving insight into our mission, history and traditions. Join us for lunch in Fuller House at noon, followed by the one hour tour.

Reservations required; $17 fee includes lunch. Proceeds benefit Wiawaka. Call 668-9690 after June 25th.

August 17
Chico's Summer Fundraiser, Saratoga Springs

This is the first of four days this year that Chico's is donating 10% of their sales to Wiawaka! If you cannot make it to Chico's on these 4 days, but would like to participate, Chico's will accept phone orders or catalog orders if you mention you are supporting the Wiawaka fundraiser.

Other fundraising shopping dates at Chico's:
September 13th and 14th in Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany
December 6th in downtown Saratoga Springs

We are grateful to Chico's for continuing to support Wiawaka.

August 19 & 20
Pierced lampshades

Instructor, Mari Tetler, owner of Shades of the Past is a member of the Early American Decoration and is doing this seminar at no cost other than materials to promote this beautiful art form. Class limited to 15 with preference given to those who stay overnight at Wiawaka. Fee is $15 to $25 per lamp shade dependent on size. Students must preregister and prepay to ensure adequate materials.

August 23rd
Abenaki Day at Wiawaka
FAMILY DAY AND FUND RAISER

Learn more about the traditions of the Abenaki people as well as their lives today. Join members of the Watso family for a day full of native craft demonstrations and historical presentations.

Watso is an old Abenaki family name with deep roots in the Adirondacks. Family patriarch Chief Louis Watso (ca. 1787 - 1883) was known throughout the Lake George region during the 2nd half of the 19th century, and many of his great grandchildren, nieces and nephews still live in the area. Members of this family were involved in the Indian Encampments at Lake George and Saratoga Springs. This program will allow the public to consider the continuing importance of this chapter in Abenaki history and the history of Lake George.

FEATURED PRESENTERS:
Master Basketmaker, Barbara Ann Watso*
Traditional Black Ash Splint Maker, John Watso*
A demonstration of basketmaking representing all aspects of the craft, from the production of ash splint to the completion of an Abenaki fancy basket.

[In 1873 "Seneca" Ray Stoddard visited with "Lewis Watsaw" at Lake George, where he was preparing ash splint with another ancestor of many members of the Watso family, Mary Jane (Benedict) Paquette, a granddaughter of Sabael, the famous Adirondack Abenaki.]

Master Woodcarver, Frederick Watso*
Apprentice Woodcarver, Denise Watso
Traditional Abenaki woodcarving of totem poles, cups, masks, bows, war clubs.

Traditional Bead Artist, Pricilla Watso
A demonstration of the art of traditional Abenaki beadwork.

Elected Councilor of the Odanak Abenaki First Nation, Jacques Watso
History and traditional Abenaki songs as well as perspectives on the future of the Abenaki Nation from one of its young leaders.

*Artists have been featured in film, print, and museums in the United States and/or Canada.

Anthropologist, Christopher Roy (non-native)
Presentation of research on the Abenaki presence in the Adirondack region.

Saturday August 23rd, 1pm-5pm.
Adults $25, kids under 12 $5, all proceeds benefit Wiawaka Holiday House, Inc.

All proceeds benefit Wiawaka Holiday House, Inc.

August 28
Adirondack Architectural Heritage Tour

AARCH is the private, nonprofit, historic preservation organization for the Adirondack park region. This year AARCH will gain hold its Spiritual retreat of Lake George. Participants in this tour will rendezvous in front of Fuller House at 10am. Reservations will be taken by AARCH. Please call Ellen Ryan of AARCH at 518-834-9328.

Open to the Public

August 31st
Wiawaka Closing Campfire

Songs, Skits & S’Mores with Joe Wylie

September 20th-21st
Women’s Wellness and Celebration Weekend

Calling all women who want to celebrate life, feel more energy, vitality and passion and learn to tap into your own inner wisdom and grace to create the life you desire. A safe haven will be provided to explore all possibilities for change.

Facilitators:

Carol Gardner: RN MS Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Tanya Rigney: Certified Message Therapist, Advanced Yoga Teacher, Dancer, Life Coach

Rev. Susan Schultz: Spiritual Teacher/Facilitator and an artist of Rituals

Elenie Tsarhopoulos: Integrative Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach

Cost: $299 per person includes room, meals, retreat program and use of lake and hiking.

To register call Carol Gardner at 518-312-8791.

September 27th - 28th
Opening the eyes of the Heart

As women we tend to define ourselves by the roles that we play. Whether it be mother, daughter, sister, friend, employee, care-giver or spouse we can get lost in these places. Who are we if we are not these things? This is the question we will ask ourselves as we look inside our hearts. Through the gentle practice of yoga, meditation, group discussion, painting and private journaling we will try to discover the quiet place inside us where peace has always been.

We will explore the place where we do not need to be anything but who we truly are.

Join me in a journey of self discovery, compassion and grace.

Cost: $140.00. This fee includes lodging, food and programming.

$50.00 deposit required. Please email KPanetta1@nycap.rr.com for registration forms and deposit information. This retreat is limited to 16 people.