Be Well Be Here happily announces our first in-person Mindful BEtreat on the West Coast! Join BWBH founder Lara Wilson and collaborative guide Ruchika Sikri, co-creator and former executive leader of Google’s original Well-Being and Mindfulness Learning Program, for this intimate half-day mindful wellness retreat. Explore personalized wellBeing practices that soothe body, mind and spirit, such as meditation, Forest Bathing, journaling and mindful creativity. Take time to return home to your natural way of WellBeing!
BEtreat West Coast will be held in a peaceful private garden that overlooks a beautiful vineyard in the San Jose. Meditate beside the pool, pick fruit in the orchard, gather beneath the pergola and walk mindfully amongst mature plantings and trees. BEtreat to refresh your cells and sooth your soul!
Saturday, April 9 at 2:30 – 6:00 pm PDT
2:30 pm Mindful Arrival – Welcome to BWBH’s BEtreat in this glorious space
2:45 pm Mindful Meditation for WellBeing with Ruchika Sikri
Ruchika's mindful meditation practice is grounded in healing techniques that inspire clarity of mind, purity of heart, and sincerity in action. She believes these skills are increasingly needed to uplift humanity, build genuine connections and increase respect for our planet.
3:30 pm Mindful Refreshment - join us for tea under the pergola.
4:00 pm Mindful Walking & Journaling with Lara Wilson
After a nature walk based on the principles of Forest Bathing, the Japanese practice of shinrin yoku, gather to mindfully reflect and engage in mindful journaling exercises. Sense the magic as you discover a process that releases you from tired tropes, reframes old narratives and unfolds a new story of possibility.
5:00 pm Mindful Creativity
Express yourself through art! Explore creative possibilities through colors and form that reveal the beauty of your imagination.
5:45 Closing Mindful Meditation
6:00 pm Fond Farewell
Space is limited to 12 participants for greater wellBEing and to provide personalized attention.
BEtreat West Coast - $212 for the half-day program includes all creative materials and refreshments. More details provided after registration.
Be Well Be Here here offers scholarships and subsidies thanks to our generous donors. Apply HERE!
Ruchika Sikri is the founder of Mandala Ventures. After a successful corporate career of 25+ years at Google, Microsoft and Cisco she is following her life's purpose and mission to create a better world by supporting globally accessible mindfulness, compassion and wellness offerings. She is doing this by activating communities of wellness and mindfulness learning and practice in workplaces; by accelerating the growth of wellness innovation and good-for-humans technology; and cultivating physical and digital spaces for human flourishing and healing. Her inspiration comes from leading Well Being and Mindfulness Learning Programs & Strategy for 8+ years out of her 15 years career at Google. Ruchika successfully architected, facilitated, and curated several well-being and mindfulness programs for over 120,000 employees at Google. She helped establish a self-sustaining culture where tens of thousands of Googlers regularly practice mindfulness for better well-being, healthier interpersonal relationships, and sustainable high performance. For over 20 years, Ruchika's daily meditation and yoga practice has been grounded in increasing clarity in mind, purity in heart, and sincerity in action. She believes these skills are increasingly needed to uplift humanity, build genuine connections and increase respect for our planet.
