RELEASE Lenten Retreat 2024

A last-week-of-lent-internal-spring-cleaning-omg-we’re-already-25%-into-this-year Virtual Retreat with Anna Saucier

Practical, spiritual, and playful steps to clearing space for more creation, creativity, and the Creator.

Thursday, March 21st

10am -3pm Central Time

on Zoom w/ lunch break in the middle

**For women of faith who want to open space for greater receptivity to self, God, and others in a curious, co-creative, playful way.**

This is for you if you:

Wonder if you've done enough during Lent
Want to prepare your heart more going into Holy Week and Easter
Feel shame, guilt, or exhaustion in your work, relationships, or inner life
Need a life raft for your to-do list, the heavy overwhelm of keeping up, and not sure what you can take off your plate
Find yourself going through the motions in prayer or feeling pressure in your spiritual life to do all the “right things” to be a “good enough” Catholic or Christian
Long for a deeper, more fulfilling, joyful relationship with the Lord and greater receptivity to His love, mercy, grace, and presence in daily life

Whether you’ve done all the things you set out to do for Lent, or nothing at all…

I want to invite you to an internal spring-cleaning of sorts.

To come as you are, in the mess and brokenness and not-enoughness, to be reminded you’re not alone.

To allow the Lord to help you release any shame and discouragement you’re carrying.

To engage in some practical space-clearing that’ll lighten your load and open space for rest, play, creativity, and more meaningful connection.

To be guided through some tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) and other somatic exercises to help your body and mind release the pressures, distractions, and extra clutter that’s weighing you down and blocking you from the presence, joy and intimacy you want to experience in relationship with God, your family, and others.

You can expect:

Grounding + Relaxation
Teaching on the spirituality of release + integration of body, mind, and soul
Practical space-clearing exercises
Emotional release + embodiment practices
Coaching with Anna Saucier
Prayer, reflection + journaling

We're able to just be who we are. No matter where I am, I'm not gonna be chastised or told that I'm making excuses or anything like that, that I should just suck it up. That's really valuable for me. Thank you.

When I looked at everything in front of me, I felt this really heavy weight, and then when we did the regulation and tapping and release, I could feel it leave. Such a great relief to have that sense of contentment right now, knowing I am right where I need to be.

Anna’s gentle, compassionate support has helped me cultivate a deep sense of interior peace. She’s helped me to learn to BE, and not just do. To open my heart to receiving, as I’m also pouring myself out for others.

Anna has taught me what it can look and feel like to slow down, to rest, to BE exactly as I am. To let the walls come down, the pressure release, the striving to cease, to know that I am a beloved daughter of God who is valuable and deeply loved NOT because of all that I do or how I perform, what I can produce and achieve, or how much I can please and live up to others’ expectations, but just because I am His and He created me.

Anna naturally invites you into change and to pursue your goals in a way that honors you as a whole person and brings you closer to the Lord.

Working with Anna has so deeply influenced my most important relationships and intimacy with God, my husband, my kids, my clients, my friendships.

I couldn’t have expected any of that. I didn’t know it’s what I needed. It’s like nothing I’ve experienced from anywhere and anyone else, and I am just so so grateful for the gift she is.

Questions + Answers

WHERE/WHEN is the retreat?

Thursday, March 21st starting at 8PT / 9MT / 10 CT / 11 ET
5 hours total, with a break for lunch in the middle.

All virtual, in a Zoom room

Will it be recorded if I can't attend live?

It will be recorded. However, to honor the privacy of those in attendance, the recording will only be sent to those who attend a portion of the live retreat, and will be available for 2 weeks.

What if I can only attend part of it?

That's fine. We understand that things come up and it's tough to be in one place for 5 hours. Even if you have to leave early or miss a portion in the middle, please come to what you can. The recording will only be available for 2 weeks to those who attend a portion of the Retreat live.

What if I just don't feel like I have space for something else?

I totally get it. You're carrying a lot. And, this will help. We are going to do some very practical exercises to help you clear some space, so that you have capacity for what's most important.

Will there be expectations to show up or interact in a certain way? I.E. video on, distraction-free, do I need to be at a certain place in my faith, or relationship with God?

You are invited to come as you are.

That means:

Don’t stress about making yourself distraction-free. If there are kids and dogs and birds in the background, that's okay.
I love seeing faces and connecting, but there is also no requirement to have your video on or to interact in any specific way.
Whatever thoughts, emotions, and level of connectedness with God you're experiencing is welcome. There is no right or wrong way to feel or be, as you enter into this retreat.
Each person speaks inarguably from their own experience. This means that anything shared during the retreat is valid as that person's experience. We are not here to judge, change, or fix each other or ourselves. We are here to expand our own capacity to love and receive more fully.
We will take bio-breaks throughout, because we honor human needs. Please have handy whatever will support you -- food, water, blanket, etc.

Hey, there. I'm Anna Saucier.

My most favorite thing in the world is connecting with other humans and holding space for their true self to come alive.

I also love cappuchinos, travel, tacos, the color orange, and sitting in silence and stillness with Jesus.

The "official" stuff:

Trauma-Informed Business, Mindset and Emotions Coach
Certified Online Business Consultant
Certified Energy Clearing Practitioner
Certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping) Practitioner.

I look forward to being with you on this retreat. 💕

"Anna, you always bring out the best in me. I really wish I could just save every chat that we have because you somehow draw it out of me. It's a deep felt sense of safety. I'm developing that with some people, but you create it."