“Keep close to Nature’s Heart …and break clear away once in awhile, and climb a
mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”
~John Muir
mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”
~John Muir
Set on 95 secluded acres of forest and pasture, the beauty and tranquility of Spirit Fire Retreat Center makes it the perfect place for us to relax, renew, play and connect. Undistracted by the hustle and bustle of daily life, we are more fully able to connect to nature, to one another and most importantly to our selves.
With an emphasis on opening your heart to life, our 4 day, 3 night retreat will include:
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Dates: June 29 - July 2, 2017.
Cost: $675 (double)/$625 (triple)
Price includes your double/triple-occupancy room, all meals, and full access to the grounds as a private group.
For any questions regarding the retreat please contact Colleen by phone at 617-688-4123 or email at colleen@breathinglotus.net.
For more details on where you will be staying visit: Spirit Fire Retreat Center
Cost: $675 (double)/$625 (triple)
Price includes your double/triple-occupancy room, all meals, and full access to the grounds as a private group.
For any questions regarding the retreat please contact Colleen by phone at 617-688-4123 or email at colleen@breathinglotus.net.
For more details on where you will be staying visit: Spirit Fire Retreat Center
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"With a healthy body, a tranquil mind and an open heart we can fully embrace life and all it has to offer. "
Working together as Breathing Lotus Living Arts, Colleen and Paul masterfully create classes, workshops and retreats designed create awareness and connection of body, mind and spirit.

Colleen Duggan-Cuomo E-RYT, RYT 500
Colleen has been practicing and studying yoga for over 25 years and holds a 500hr-advanced certification in Transformational Yoga. Colleen is a practitioner of Reiki and Thai Yoga Massage and is certified in several yoga modalities, including prenatal, yin, meridian and aerial yoga. Along with teaching yoga and mindfulness classes, workshops and retreats she also teaches 200hr transformational yoga teacher trainings.
Her classes weave together ancient yogic practices and philosophy with modern day knowledge of anatomy and alignment. She knows that yoga is a never-ending journey of self-discovery and continues her education on a regular basis. She has been influence by and had that privilege of studying with many world class teachers, including Michelle Fleming, Thadd Dudrey, Daniel Orlansky, Ray Crist, Chip Hartranft, and Carolyn Cohen. Colleen is a life long equestrian and horse lover and has been a MA certified riding instructor for over 17 years.

Paul David Shea RSMT, OBT
Paul has been a practitioner, student and teacher of the Asian healing and contemplative movement arts for the past 30 years. He has studied in China, Los Angeles and New York. He has taught and lectured at various locations throughout the greater South Shore and Cape Cod, Florida and Los Angeles. Paul also founded and developed the Tai Qi program for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and has taught Tai Qi, Qi Qong and Mindfulness Meditation to MS Patients and caregivers at the Hanover YMCA and Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, MA.
He is currently working with Compassionate Care ALS in developing a similar program for caregivers of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He is a practitioner of Oriental Bodywork Therapy specializing in Shiatsu, Thai and acupressure and is an enthusiast of herbal medicine. In addition, Paul is also an internationally registered Somatic Movement Therapist, certified in SomaSoul Somatic Expressive therapy and Shake Your Soul: The yoga of dance. He presently has a private bodywork and teaching practice in the greater Plymouth area and is the cofounder of Breathing Lotus Living Arts.
Paul David Shea RSMT, OBT
Paul has been a practitioner, student and teacher of the Asian healing and contemplative movement arts for the past 30 years. He has studied in China, Los Angeles and New York. He has taught and lectured at various locations throughout the greater South Shore and Cape Cod, Florida and Los Angeles. Paul also founded and developed the Tai Qi program for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and has taught Tai Qi, Qi Qong and Mindfulness Meditation to MS Patients and caregivers at the Hanover YMCA and Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, MA.
He is currently working with Compassionate Care ALS in developing a similar program for caregivers of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He is a practitioner of Oriental Bodywork Therapy specializing in Shiatsu, Thai and acupressure and is an enthusiast of herbal medicine. In addition, Paul is also an internationally registered Somatic Movement Therapist, certified in SomaSoul Somatic Expressive therapy and Shake Your Soul: The yoga of dance. He presently has a private bodywork and teaching practice in the greater Plymouth area and is the cofounder of Breathing Lotus Living Arts.
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