The Creative Entrepreneur reTREAT in Mexico

A Mixed-Media Creativity Retreat to Jumpstart or Restart your Creative Dream (in the Lap of Luxury)

led by Lisa Sonora Beam

January 15 - 21, 2012

in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

What if you could use your creativity to build a roadmap to where your dreams want to take you?

What if it were easy and fun to remember, reclaim and recognize your particular gifts (also known as your thing),

and

translate that knowledge into tangible, practical, ideas and plans that get you doing your thing that you are dreaming of doing.

At The Creative Entrepreneur reTreat in Mexico, I experienced Lisa as a gifted workshop leader, committed to each participant, that each of us would receive the guidance she/he needed.

Our needs/intentions were SO DIVERSE! I witnessed her repeatedly going the distance with individuals…guiding, facilitating breakthrough experiences. No one got left behind.

Lisa's visual journaling process taps in to so many levels of expression…the intuitive, the creative, the pragmatic for moving visions and goals/objectives into action and outcomes. I left the workshop LOVING my journal and wanting more!

an outline of what you'll learn:

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• How to find and follow your bliss
• How to turn your passion into a profitable enterprise: the two key questions you need to answer
• How to creating a visual road map of what it is you want to accomplish
• How to approach your thing with love, and transmute fear (yes, you can!)
• How to develop a positive and productive relationship to your creative process   
• How to harness the power of difficult (and commonly experienced) emotions that can sabotage your ideas (such as envy, jealousy and feeling overwhelmed) to make them work for you, rather than against you
• All about art supplies: the best, cheapest, funnest—and most meaningful—ways to incorporate imagery into your visual journal roadmap
• Ways of dealing with procrastination, self-criticism, judgments and other emotions that keep us from not working
• Taming Sketchy ideas: How deal with wanting your work to look "artistic" and still get your rough ideas down. Yes, you can have both!
• How to return to a creative project after an absence
• Concerns of privacy: Surprising and fun ways of getting your ideas out without fear of prying eyes. Concerns about publishing and blogging.
• The magic of mixed-media: How to integrate writing, painting, collage, photography, and the kitchen sink into your visual journals
• How to build and maintain a creative support system to prevent isolation and burnout
• Critical information on how to take what you learn at the retreat and consistently apply it long after our time together
• Practical tools that bolster courage and confidence designed to help you move forward on your creative dreams—whatever they may be

the setting: does a private tropical paradise work for you?

I am taking you on retreat in the most nourishing environment I have ever been. It’s a place I go, over and over again, to fill my own creative well, get inspired, and just deeply, deeply rest. To retreat.

That place is, Mexico, where I have been traveling and teaching and mingling with the local artists and culture for the past decade.

Our retreat is held in the most unique of environments, a private hacienda designed by a creative entrepreneur especially for creative entrepreneurs. It's a three-dimensional experience of creativity made real. It is the living dream of artist and artist-nurturer Sandra "Sam" Leonard, who followed her creative dream to build the ultimate artistic retreat for herself and other artists.

You experience art everywhere from the moment you walk up to the walled garden and ring the bell to be let in. Sam expresses her creativity in everything from the funky, colorful interior design, to the lush gardens filled with intimate private spaces for relaxation and reflection, to the abundant, delicious meals, all prepared with ingredients fresh from the farmer’s market and artfully presented.

at The Creative Entrepreneur ReTREAT in Mexico you will find:

* A colorful, stimulating environment created by artists for artists inside the walls of a restored private hacienda where the cooking and cleaning is done for you, and you get to just lay back, relax, have fun and create!

* Private gardens and patios surrounding a swimming pool where you can rest and recharge

* Gorgeous studio spaces overlooking the gardens where you can work indoors or outdoors in the perfect Puerto Vallarta weather

* Space and time just for you and your creative ideas

* On-the-spot coaching when you have questions or hit snags as you work

* A group of fun, courageous, and creative kindred spirits

* Time to explore the Puerto Vallarta boardwalk, galleries, shops and amazing restaurants to gather even more inspiration and recharge your batteries

registration and what's included
Retreat registration is $2175.00 based on double occupancy.

Registration includes:
    * 5 full days of workshop sessions
    * 6 nights lodging
    * delicious full breakfasts & lunches served poolside
    * unlimited studio time
    * welcome reception with cocktails & traditional Mexican appetizers

to register

Upon receipt of deposit, you'll receive a confirmation email with workshop preparation info and all the details on getting to the location, as well and information on paying the balance of the registration fee.