ORIONWOMEN TRAVEL

Always wanted to travel overseas, but dont have anyone to go with? This is a tour with a difference. Small numbers, for women only, with time to sit in cafes, relax and soak up the magnificent ambiance of Europe. All the worry and stress is taken out of travel on this fully escorted tour.

Mary Hamilton-Smith and Sandy Walker, your guides, have been running tours since 2005 as an extension to their ground-breaking Personal Development Workshops for women. Passionate about supporting woman, the trips are another avenue in this support, offering the opportunity to travel the world. Many women may not wish to do this on their own, or in a large group. Often widowed, divorced, single or sometimes in a relationship with someone who isnt interested in traveling, this tour provides companionship, travel experience and FUN!

More and more women are taking control of their lives and fulfilling their lifetime dreams, with or without a partner. This trip is a wondrous growing experience which broadens horizons, and opens the mind. As one participant says A trip of a lifetime and not to be missed. The 2008 trip was an amazing experience. Travelling with the group gave me the support and companionship to fully experience the joy of seeing the world with like minded people.                               

This is a chance to see and do things only previously learnt at school, read about in books or seen on TV. It is also an opportunity to have fun with a small group and to be fully supported  -  living life NOT just reading about it.

Highlights of the tour include bathing in the sacred waters in Lourdes in the South France. As demonstrated by Dr. Masuro Emoto in his book the Messages in Water, this water is filled with fervent prayer and love and has a very powerful healing energy.                                                       An after-hours access visit to Stonehenge is breathtaking and provides never to be forgotten memories as the sun sets over the Salisbury Plains, draping the magnificent stones in light and colour. Stay in Glastonbury, steeped in Goddess culture, with its intriguing metaphysical shops. Climb to the top of the mystical Glastonbury Tor, the ancient Isle of Avalon and drink the healing waters from Chalice Wells.

This is just a taste of the abundant treats in store for travelers on this tour. Other highlights include a visit to the London Mind, Body and Spirit Festival, a Gondola ride through the magnificent city of Venice, a visit to the Ritz Hotel in Paris for an exotic cocktail and much more.

Fully escorted tour departs Australia April 30th  2010 for 21 days to Singapore-Rome-Florence-Venice-Paris-Lourdes-London-South West England -Glastonbury-Stonehenge- with an optional side tour to Morocco.

 To register your interest or to book , go to our website www.orionwomentravel.com or phone us- Sandy and Mary on 08)83740579 or 0405 228 560 We love talking about it!

ADVERTORIAL INNER SELF MAGAZINE 2009

Always wanted to travel overseas but don't have anyone to go with?

With Sandy Walker and Mary Hamilton- Smith

The happy, excited faces of the six women as they embarked on the Sacred Feminine Tour of Europe 2008 were a familiar sight to us. As guides on our fourth European tour seeing their   anticipation of visiting some of the most spectacular places on Earth, to experience things only previously, read about in books or seen on TV was tangible.  An opportunity to have fun with a small group and to be fully supported, living life NOT just reading about it, was about to begin.

There was a sense of excitement about visiting some of the most magnificent healing places, such as bathing in the sacred waters at Lourdes in southern France.Dr. Masuro Emoto in his book 'the Messages in Water' says this water is filled with fervent prayer and love and has a very powerful healing energy. We remembered from previous visits the sensations of the energy, the cleansing and the opening of our hearts, the experience profound and life changing The after-hours access visit to Stonehenge, where we sent our love into the Earth and experience a clean powerful feminine energy. Visiting Glastonbury, steeped in Goddess culture, climbing the Tor , the ancient isle of Avalon, drinking from the healing waters of Chalice Wells and the possibility of discovering a crop circle. We had been very fortunate in both previous tours to sit in the very centre. 2007's circle had been very fresh only 2 days old.

There was also a sense of uncertainty from some of women. Many had not been outside Australia, whilst others had traveled extensively. However we trusted from experience that after a short time they would bond and become comfortable with the traveling process. They had all come together under one common theme, they wanted to travel the world yet didn't want to go by themselves and the thought of joining a huge bus tour and being dragged around like sheep didn't appeal .Some  divorced, others widowed, some with partners who never wanted to travel. Fortunately women are taking control of their lives and fulfilling their lifetime dreams, with or without a partner.. We also knew that this tour was a very empowering and wondrous growing experience which broadened horizons, and opened minds.  We had received amazing positive feedback from our previous travelers.

We knew that delights awaited them in the great cities of the world and because we were such a small group, even though there were some sights we didn't want to miss, we could go with the flow of the moment and sit and soak up the atmosphere and energies of wherever we were.