2014 Spring Conference
56th Annual Spring Conference
Pilgrim Park Conference Center, Princeton, IL
June 6-8, 2014
Featured keynote speaker Chariti Gent
presented
ALL HANDS ON DECK!
Calling forth Your Divine Feminine Captain
Even in the toughest of circumstances, learn how to tap the strength of your wise inner leader so that you can move forward in your life's work with strength, confidence, and power.
(Visit Charity Gent's website for more information.)
Join us at Pilgrim Park, near Princeton, Illinois
Also Enjoy:
Open Mic Night • Games • Group Activities • Crafting • Writing Rituals • Vision Boarding
The Fine Company of Women
And YOURSELF
Pilgrim Park is located in north central Illinois, approximately two hours southwest of Chicago, one hour east of Moline, and one hour north of Peoria. We are just south of Interstate 80, and can be reached from either Highway #6 or Highway #29 (main entrance).
2013 Fall Conference
Singing in Sacred Circle
October 18-20
DeKoven Retreat Center -- 600 - 21st Street, Racine, WI 53403
The weekend of October 18-20 we gathered for our annual Women's Connection Fall Conference at the DeKoven Center in Racine Wisconsin. The Center is within walking distance of Lake Michigan. The lodging, dining hall and most of the workshops are all located in the same comfortable building. Our opening and closing ceremonies, keynote address, several workshops and our vendor area took place a short, well-lit walk across the beautiful quad.
The Keynote speaker was Shelley Graff - feminist singer, songwriter, guitarist and Singing in Sacred Circle facilitator.
We are fortunate to have Shelley Graff among us. She is generous of heart and skill -- infused with love for the promise that comes when women sing together. - Carolyn McDade
In the fall of the year we join together and connect to gather inner warmth for the winter to come. We CONNECT with other like minded women, see old friends and make new ones. This was our 31st Fall retreat.
2013 Spring Conference
55th Annual Spring Conference
June 7-9, 2013
Pilgrim Park Retreat Center, Princeton, IL
The Fabulous Face of the Divine Feminine
Embracing the Goddess Within
Teressena Bakens is a spiritual midwife helping people heal and transform through shamanic ceremony. Her path of shamanic study began with Ojibwe Grandmother, Woman of the Four Skies and Oneida Grandmother, Bright Day Star Woman, who shared their Native American wisdom with her. Teressena passes on the wisdom shared with her by conducting women's circles, shamanic ceremony, and facilitating workshops. She is also a full-mesa carrier in a Peruvian lineage of shaman and a graduate of the Healing the Light Body School. Over the past 13 years, she and her husband, Martien, have studied and received initiations with Mayan and Olmec elders. Together they facilitate sacred journeys to the Mayan lands. She is also the guardian of the crystal skull, Opheleah.
Teressena is a visionary artist and published author. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at several conferences and symposiums in the United States and abroad. Teressena is a mother and grandmother and resides with her husband in Hot Springs, Arkansas.