Serenity On The River Holistic Retreat Centre

09/06/2026

09/04/2026

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09/03/2026

Our emotions give color and meaning to our experiences, making our lives feel richer.
But strong emotions can sometimes cloud our perspective, making it difficult to see a situation clearly.
They can keep us focused on what’s not working or what’s missing, preventing us from seeing the bigger picture.
It’s important to remember that the stories we create around difficult emotions aren’t always accurate.
It can be helpful to reflect on the narratives that arise alongside those feelings.
Pause before reacting to an intense emotion.
Even a little space can reduce the intensity of your emotions, help you consider the context and gain a clearer perspective.
When we balance our emotions with thoughtful reflection, we can experience their richness without letting temporary feelings control our choices.

09/02/2026

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08/19/2026

Been such a wonderful synchronicitic day...✨️🙏✨️ Love is the wisdom our hearts crave.💞
I pray more awaken to that truth soon.

08/19/2026

The energy of Gratitude is Divine and bring so much goodness into life❣️

08/18/2026

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08/13/2026

If you can’t sit with yourself, you can’t hear yourself.

If you can’t hear yourself, you can’t know yourself.

If you can’t know yourself, you can’t speak from your heart and direct your life in a way that feels aligned with the youest-you possible.

There has never been a time in history where there has been more pleasurable ways to avoid sitting with uncomfortable feelings… Your lack of relationship with yourself is worth a lot of money to Meta and TikTok and Youtube. (messages there can remind you of this.)

Our society is a reflection of this… we are dancing around the emotional responses of others, because we don’t know how to sit within them ourselves.

When you learn to be quiet, you create a space within you that becomes a light house to others. You’re not just a monk on a mountain… you become the mountain.

Of course, we have bills to pay and things to do… and do those things.

But while you’re on the journey to checking all the boxes in your life, don’t forget to actually live your life.

When we awaken to this automation that has us living on autopilot, we start to feel that the longing we’ve always had was within ourselves.

Maybe it started with a mother and/or father who was not present to us, but it almost always continues with us not being present to ourselves.

This lack of intentional-attention has us making choices that create a future that is not aligned...

✨️Mark Groves ✨️