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FOUNDER'S CORNER /
founder
&
president
Mariska Hargitay
executive
director
Maile Zambuto
e d i t o r i a l
managing
editor
Nathan Richards
editorial
director
Meaghan Morelli
editor
-
at
-
large
Peter Hermann
d e s i g n
&
a r t
d i r e c t i o n
Motofumi Okumura
Design & Concept Company
www.dandcco.com
c o n t r i b u t o r s
Kara Greenspun
www.karagreenspun.com
Lisa Denning
www.oceaneyesphotography.com
Zoe Hersey
www.zoehersey.com
JHF Founder & president, Mariska
Hargitay, participating in creative
arts therapy. Art therapy is one part
of JHF's larger model of alternative
healing modalities; programs
that are designed to offer trauma
survivors an intuitive, organic path
to healing and complement the
traditional therapeutic process.
Says Hargitay of JHF's processes,
"
we try to get in differently; to
reopen hearts and minds to the
possibility of joy.
"
PHOTOGRAPHY: SABRINA WARD HARRISON
PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER HERMANN
I LOOK AT THIS pAINTING EvERY
morning. Its serenity, its powerful
stillness, reminds me that I am con-
tinuously being invited on a journey--
what the artist, Zoe Hersey, calls the
"pilgrimage into one's self".
Anyone who has ever felt the
distance between herself and her true
self--and who has looked for a way
back--knows that the awe and humility
that come from recognizing her place
in nature can point the way. No matter
how long the journey, when we return to
our essence--our self--we are met with
compassion, gentleness and love. And
from here, hope and healing take flight.
Much of Joyful Heart's programming
is nature-based. Whether we take our
retreat participants into the water, onto
the sand or under the sun, we are tak-
ing them out of their familiar surround-
ings and into themselves.
We have witnessed the reward of
the journey time and time again: a
courageous, joyful, inner reunion.
Welcome, friends, supporters,
champions and joyful hearts to
Reunion. May you find hope, healing
and empowerment within these pages.
You are invited to a glorious encounter
--with your potential, your joy, your
self. And with letting the earth feel your
feet and the wind play with your hair...
xo,
In times of difficulty and awkwardness, one should
always endeavor to stay close to something in nature.
-- Elena Hull
Referencing German poet Rainer Maria Rilke
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REUNION