Leaders

Karen Rosenberg and Lisa Hernandez are the co-facilitators of the Bali retreat. They have been working together for 15 years doing Portals to the Self: A Women’s Circle by the Sea women’s retreats.

Karen Rosenberg, LISW, is one of the co-creators of Portals to the Self: A Women’s Circle by the Sea. She strongly believes in the healing power of community in women’s lives and is committed to the process of creating communities which encourage women’s growth, individually and collectively. Karen is a clinical social worker in private practice in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with a long history of being involved in multi-cultural and global social work. She is currently facilitating Diabetes Public Health Clinics and working with indigenous women to become more self-sufficient through a beading cooperative, both projects in Mexico. She also recently worked on a project providing technical assistance and clinical supervision in Adoption Mental Health in Romania. Karen has lead women’s retreats in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Crete and Bali.

Lisa Hernandez is a yoga therapist with a background in neurological rehabilitation as a licensed occupational therapist. Her teaching emphasizes the harmonic integration of body, mind, emotion and spirit resulting in healing on all levels. Lisa believes that yoga is not only about the physical asanas but it is about awakening and witnessing the consciousness and compassion in us which creates a safe environment for self-exploration and transformation. Her devotion is to help women inhabit their bodies with loving-attention and respect, inviting us to respond intuitively to our inner wisdom. Lisa is an Ayurvedic healer and does personal retreats focusing on one’s essential self and living in harmony. She lives in the Yucatan, Mexico at Luum Ayni, a center that embraces permaculture, sustainability and yoga. 

With gratitude and love to Ceci McDonnell, LISW, goddess, storyteller and co-creator of Portals to the Self: A Women’s Circle by the Sea. She has transformed and enriched so many women’s lives in her work facilitating sacred circles. Ceci will continue in new ways in her commitment to helping people ignite and bring forth their passion, personal power and creative self to transform themselves and the world.