Jennifer Louden is known as “The Comfort Queen” and featured on many globally recognised TV shows, including Oprah, with over 800,000 copies of her first book sold internationally. She is the world's leading authority on carving out the time and desire to look after your own well being and hence achieve more with less stress despite having a very busy life.
Long time amazingly intelligent and even more resourceful Helga sent me this story yesterday - I had to share it with you!
From Helga:
Tried hard to arrange to get to your most recent retreat, but couldn't get kid-care on short notice. Guess it wasn't meant to be. I know it'll happen when the time is right. Meanwhile, I had a different kind of retreat.
Knowing how much I wanted to go to your Sedona retreat, my daughter and one of our dear auntie friends gave me a "Tucson-Sedona" spa retreat as a b-day gift. They kicked me out of the house for an hour and by my return had the place transformed into paradise.
There were candles, white flowers, and pictures of Sedona everywhere. There were baskets of potpourri, and bowls of beautiful stones resting in clear water. Rose petals and little handmade foot signs on the floor guided me to my candle-lit bedroom, where I was made to slip into jammies and a soft robe. Vibrating slippers were put on my feet. Soft water sounds began in the background as I lay on my bed, auntie giving me a facial, my daughter rubbing my feet. All warm and relaxed, we all did a guided meditation together, after which I was fed pate and champagne in bed.
There were wonderful snafus: the slippers didn't fit; potions were knocked over; stuff sprayed on my feet was ice cold; stuff put on my face got into my eyes and made them swell up; the cat thought he needed to do his share by rubbing a generous portion of dander into my greasy face; and serenity was colored with many giggles from the "attendants," who were just pleased as punch with themselves.
Out of each and every detail, perfect and snafu, poured such fierce, unconditional love for me that I felt like the most blessed person on the planet. This is a gift I will draw from for a long time. Truly, I am fortunate!
Your retreat put the longing in my heart, put the idea in their minds, manifested their love to me, makes me share the story with you, ... Oh, we are all SO connected!"
Oh we are Helga!!!