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10.12.2006

Women’s Retreat at Turtle Cove Spa Celebrates Community, Elegance, and Joyful Fitness

Contact: Holly Krepps
Phone: (501) 607. 0773
E-Mail: Hollykrepps@comcast.net

MOUNT IDA, AR. – Women In Balance Weekend (WIB), to be held at Turtle Cove Spa at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita, near Hot Spings, Ar, on October 27, 28, and 29. The retreat will feature gourmet cuisine and Spa services, as well as classes and activities designed to explore and enhance mental tranquility and clarity, joyful movement and fitness, and spiritual introspection. The WIB weekend will be facilitated by Holly Krepps, co-owner of Barefoot Yoga studio and Sacred Spaces Design company, Katherine Shoulders, owner of the Fayetteville Athletic club, and creator and teacher of Mind/Body ExpressionsTM, and Dr. Louanne Lawson, editor of the Journal of Forensic Nursing and professor of nursing at U.A.M.S. college of medicine in Little Rock.

Holly Krepps has been practicing meditation and Yoga for more than 12 years. She co-owns Barefoot Studio in Little Rock, AR with her husband, Matthew. Her investigations into the nature of the mind and the body have given her profound insight into the nature of health and healthy living. Holly has taught yoga at local Montessori Schools, and in the public school environment. She has also worked with Baptist Hospital’s Women’s Resource Center and Integrative Medicine Center. Most recently she was appointed to teach Yoga at Hall high school to students and teachers seeking ways to investigate character development and vibrant health. Her classes are accessible to all, and they are exciting explorations into the inherent power of the human spirit and its expression in real life.

Katherine Shoulders has a Masters Degree in Health and Fitness management, and is an actress, guest lecturer, model, and mother. Having spent more than 25 years in the Health and Wellness industry, Katherine has seen fads come and go. Her creative insight and experience as a practitioner and teacher have helped her to realize that a balanced, healthy lifestyle is a combination of an individual’s uniqueness, freedom and creativity. She created Mind/Body ExpressionsTM combining simple dance moves, traditional aerobics, funk and great music to ignite and inspire participants, and to connect them with the pure joy of movement while tapping into awareness of ones self.

Dr. Louanne Lawson has been a practitioner of Yoga and Meditation for more than twenty Years. Dr. Lawson’s work as a nurse, and as a teacher of nursing students has honed her inherent, intuitive understanding of the nature of relationship in life, both with others and ourselves. Her classes will explore meditation as a means of facilitating health and spiritual growth, and she will teach a form of introspective journaling as a method of recording meditative insight. Her ability to help individuals feel at home in any setting makes her classes deeply centering restorative.

The cuisine for the WIB weekend will be prepared by Chef, Matthew Krepps and his assistant, Wesley Pilcher, both of Little Rock Arkansas. Matthew was trained in Austin, Texas as the apprentice for Chef Paul Day at Martin Brother’s Café. His training combines classical techniques and presentation, with a personal, lifelong investigation into food preparation and cultivation as a healing element and ancient expression of wisdom in the cultures of the world. Wesley Pilcher is a Naturopathic student and Herbalist who specializes in individual consultations in the area of natural healing and lifestyle change. The menu will consist of delicious, elegant, meals designed to demonstrate how food can help transition the body from one season to the next and maintain balance.

The WIB retreat will begin on Friday evening, October 27th and includes a full schedule of outdoor and indoor activities at the resort spa and the surrounding wilderness areas of Lake Ouachita and the Ouachita national forest. The weekend will focus on the issues most women deal with in the areas of menopause, nutrition and weight loss, cardiovascular and strength fitness, and stress management and relaxation. The retreat ends at noon on Sunday October 29th. There are “early bird” activities planned for those who wish to come early.

The cost of attending the retreat is $479, and includes all meals, a $100 spa credit to be used at the event, all lectures, classes, a WIB t-shirt, Spa Goodie Bag, and all other retreat activities. Discounted Lodging is available at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa. There will also be a drawing for a $1000 Spa Vacation at Mountain harbor and Turtle Cove.

Space for the event will be limited, so those want to participate should register early. For more information or to register for the event, go to Barefootstudio.com and click on Workshops, then Scroll to the WIB icon and choose it to download a registration form. To make lodging reservations contact Mountain Harbor resort at (870) 867. 2191, or e-mail: harbor@mountainharborresort.com.

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