Women's Retreat Day changed to March 2, 2008

Friends, We are pleased to offer this popular day again for March!
*Notice: We have decided to reschedule the women's retreat for Sunday because there is a substantial snow storm predicted for Saturday.


Women’s Retreat Day
March 2 , 2008

Please consider joining us at Pompanuck for our first Women’s Retreat Day of 2008 on Sunday, March 2nd. We follow with a general description to guide you in getting the greatest benefits from your retreat day at Pompanuck.

Begin by asking yourself what kind of day you really want. Do you want to bring a friend or do you need to be nurtured in solitude? You can design a day that best suits your needs and time frame.

There is a cover charge of $50 per person for the day. This includes the Tai Ji class, lunch and beverages, art class, all-day use of the sauna, the grounds, the art studio and the Round House. In addition to these activities you may schedule a massage, a pedicure, or a facial, or any combination thereof. For those of you who cannot spend the entire day there is a $30 fee for a half day. Between scheduled activities you are free to sauna, walk the trails, breathe the mountain air, knit and drink tea in the upstairs great room, or take a nap.

Schedule

9:30 - Arrival: Participants arrive and gather in the Round House to check in and enjoy a hot beverage.
10:00 – 11:00 Gentle Tai Ji class with Scott Carrino - appropriate for beginners.
10:00 – 4:00 Body work appointments. Call 677–5552.
12:00 – 2:00 Lunch in the Round House Kitchen.
4:00 – 5:00 Moving and Painting to Music in the art studio.
6:00 – Closing. Enjoy a beverage and some nibbles as you wind down the day. Sense the feeling of relaxation and rejuvenation you have experienced. Ah.


Spa Treatments

Massage - $75 full body massage
Pedicure - $50 includes salt scrub, herbal soak, foot and leg massage, nail polish and finisher.
Facial - $40 includes mud mask, herbal rinse, face, head and neck massage.

Therapists:
Ashley Bridge, Lisa Carrino, Mandy Hill, Charlene Pray, Scott Carrino
Please call ahead, 518-677-5552, to reserve appointment times.


Lunch Menu

Mushroom Bisque

Hearth Baked Rosemary Bread

Wings of Life Salad Bar – Assorted Greens, sprouts, peppers, carrots, crumbled feta,
marinated roasted tofu, chicken, and delicious homemade dressings.

Triple Chocolate cake with Kahlua laced whipped cream
or Greek Honey Walnut cake with Orange Lemon Honey Syrup. Yum...

Come and Hear Live Original Music!

"Many of the emotional experiences to which we aspire we only know from songs. Many things which we have been capable of doing and coping with as a society we might not have been able to do without songs.”
~From “Songwriting and The Creative Process” by Steve Gillette


Dear Friends,

Pompanuck Farm is hosting a monthly Songwriters Exchange beginning on Sunday, February 10 from 7-10pm.

Come and hear live, original music from area singer/songwriters and participate in discussion on the creative process. Hosted by Scott Carrino and Ferrilyn Sourdiffe, the Exchanges will be held at the Round House at Pompanuck, 494 Chestnut Hill Road, Cambridge, NY.

February 10 performers will be:
Stephen Alcorn, Deena Smith Chappell, David Lawlor, Bruce Wheat, Scott and Ferrilyn.

Admission is $5. Desserts, coffee and tea will be available for purchase.

Come and be a part of our local creative community- it is our hope to bring together a diverse group of area musicians- the songwriting process often happens as a solitary endeavor and we feel it will be beneficial to our communities of both creators and listeners of music to delve into this process together.

If you are a singer/songwriter and would like to participate in these monthly exchanges, please contact Scott or Ferrilyn.

Enrichment Program for the Kids in your Life!

Pompanuck Farm invites children of elementary and middle school age for a week (February18-22) filled with art, music, nature studies and play, led by artist and educator, Lisa Carrino and the Pompanuck Staff, Kids will leave the program with beautiful artwork and new and exciting physical skills. Tuition is $180. Register with a 50% deposit by February 1st and tuition is discounted to $165.

Massage Workshop for Couples and Friends

Massage... Ahhh.

On Saturday, January 23rd from 9:30am - 4pm, Pompanuck Farm will offer a Couples and Friends Massage Workshop taught by Lisa and Scott Carrino. The Carrinos have been licensed as Massage Therapists since 1986 and have taught popular massage workshops and retreats over the years. Their teaching style is relaxed, informative and fun. They will be assisted by Ashley Bridge, a graduate of the Finger Lakes School of Massage and a Licensed Massage Therapist. Participants will learn to give and receive a simple, relaxing massage with an emphasis on general techniques for sore muscles and joint flexibility.

Learn how giving a massage can be as relaxing and rewarding as receiving one. Participants can discover new ways to care for a partner and find greater understanding of their own and a partner’s physical bodies by communicating through touch.

The tuition for the day is $75 per person and includes a sumptuous vegetarian lunch and refreshments and a take-home massage handout. Participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a robe, a towel, loose shorts and a tank top or sports bra (for women).

Please contact Pompanuck Farm if a partner is needed to work with. For more information and to register for this workshop, call Scott and Lisa Carrino at 518.677.5552 or email info@pompanuck.org

Looking for a new and unusual valentine gift? Visit the Pompanuck store where many gifts are available, featuring the heart: Coeur de chocolat – layers of alternating black chocolate cake and creamy French chocolate buttercream enrobed in maple syrup laced dark chocolate ganache, colorful corazones –hand painted Mexican tin heart ornaments and, hefty, heart-shaped potholders just to name a few, or, how about a gift certificate for two to Pompanuck’s Couples and Friends Massage workshop?

The Circular Calendar - with Jessica Howard

The Circular Calendar

Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:00-4:00pm

Artist and Educator, Jessica Howard began making circular calendars many years ago, to show the children at Hiland Hall School that the year is actually round, that seasons of the year have definite relationships with each other. In the circular calendar you can see the solstices crossing the diameter with each other and you notice the important days in each. People of many cultures have used the circular calendar to show the cycles and rhythms of the year and it offers us a different view of time passing. We started the tradition of round calendars at Pompanuck a few years ago when we recognized that the blue prints of our Round House reflected the radial nature of the circular calendar. We love to look back at past years and see what has happened in 1/365^th of the Pompanuck pie.

Please join us for this day of looking differently at a year of time.

The tuition for this workshop is $25, which includes materials and refreshemnts. You will leave with your own 2008 circular calendar and have fun with this creative play on time. Also, please visit www.hilandhallschool.org

Two days of Tai Ji Learning at Pompanuck

Sundays, January 13 and 20, 2008 from 10am –2pm
with Scott Carrino

Tai Ji as a Path to Centered Living and Sustainability

Tai Ji is an ancient martial art and philosophy rooted in Chinese Taoism. It is practiced in slow and graceful forms using gentle movements and relaxed breathing. It is effective in developing strength, balance and flexibility in the body, mind and heart. Daily practice of Tai Ji promotes improved health by lubricating joints, lowering blood pressure, deepening the breath, increasing the flow of chi throughout the body and instilling serenity and well-being.

The sages of ancient China considered the Five Elements - Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, Earth to be at the heart of health, philosophy, sciences, poetry, environmental design, arts and culture. For thousands of years this has remained so.

In his teaching, Scott focuses on Tai Ji principles of the Five Elements, yin/yang balance, rooting, centering, alignment, and communication. He explores the connections between the yielding, nurturing, quiet and reflective energies of yin energy and the active, creative, outwardly moving energy of yang energy.

Combining exercises and metaphors from the ancient Tai Ji classics with contemporary interpretations, participants in his classes, workshops and retreats discover the relationships of steadiness/unevenness, giving/receiving, and action/inaction. He works with a variety of exercises from Tui Shou, the Tai Ji art of relating and working with others and with the concepts and practice living and relating through the Tao.

Tuition for these workshops is $55 per person, per day and includes a light lunch.

Also…

Starting January 8^th, Scott is teaching a six-week beginner Tai Ji class on Tuesdays
from 9:00 –10:30am at Hubbard Hall, 25 East Main Street in Cambridge.

Call 518-677-2495 to register. Also visit www.hubbardhall.org

upcoming events and workshops at pompanuck