Wild Women Hawai'i retreats are safe havens from the daily stresses of life, offering a stress-free, work-free, debate-free, network-free environment.
The United States thrives on free enterprise, which is powerful and positive for women in business. However, we have been conditioned to be a consumerist society, which can cast a dark shadow on free enterprise. We lose connection when we see each other as potential customers and opportunities to make money rather than bonding as kindred spirits. This is largely an American problem. Elsewhere in the world, I haven't experienced the woes of capitalism as aggressively as in the U.S., including in Hawaii. As a result, Wild Women Hawai'i retreats are an invitation to not identify ourselves by the work we do, or the money we make, but by the women we are. The purpose of Wild Women Hawai’i is to create a relaxed space that nurtures positive, trusting, open-hearted energy. It is a safe space where we leave solicitation, work, stress, conflict, capitalism, and commercialism behind for a few days and just let go.
We do, however, support women empowering women. As a compromise for those who would like to support one another's endeavors while maintaining the integrity of the retreat, guests will have the opportunity to share what they do by directly contributing to a Sisterhood-Sharing Bag which will be given to each guest at the end of the retreat to open once they are home. This allows us the choice to support one another once the retreat has ended and everyone has gone home without taking energy from our purpose or disrupting the trusting, relaxed flow collectively created during the retreat.
The Sharing Bag can also be used for gifting. Many women like to bring a small token of friendship to gift their retreat sisters. This is intended as a community bag to provide everyone with the opportunity to not only gift but also share what they do while allowing each sister the space to choose whether or not to support our businesses, all without changing the trusting energy of the retreat.
Thank you for helping to create a relaxed space that nurtures positive, trusting, open-hearted energy and a safe space where we leave solicitation behind and just let go. If only for a few days, it's a unique opportunity to disconnect from consumerism and reconnect with our roots as women who see each other through empathetic eyes.
-Michelle
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