Brrrr...!

Our intrepid newsletter editor, John #5, sent over this picture to make us

eternally grateful that we are here...not there!

Remember these moments? I don't miss 'em at all! **********

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If you came to the community building on Monday afternoon, you'd have seen some people on the floor, others sitting quietly with their eyes closed, people drawing and writing with the hand they don't usually use for those tasks, music, quiet conversation: it was a workshop presented by Marsha Nelson (and arranged by Sue Ross) to help Sandpipers put the joy back in the holidays.

It is easy, oh so easy for us, particularly the female ones of us, get caught up in hundreds of old "have to" ideas around the holidays. Marsha guided us through an hour and a half allowing us to catch our breath (and learn to breath deeply), to explore the creative side of our brains that get little workouts in the time of lists and obligations, and to check in with our bodies about where it hurts and how we might heal. She also encouraged this female audience to support one another, to treasure friendships, and to be kind, gentle, tender with ourselves.

Marsha will return on January 19th to create a workshop that uses images in new relationships to tap into our deepest desires and anxieties, our hopes and fears for the new year. All her work (and her life's work) harnesses deep creative impulses to heal ourselves and the world. She says she loves to come to Sandpipers because as nudists we are already open to integrating our bodies and our minds and living healthily.

Everyone is welcome to to her next free workshop.

It is a mind expanding experience.
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Thanks Toni, for the report.