About Dian Packer

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 Dian has always been a seeker of spirituality, as a small child she always was speaking to her higher self and to divine source. She always had a knowing that she was more than a body, and earth was not her permanent home. She was very shy as a child and  was an observer of her surroundings. Many times she felt alone on earth and that she didn't belong there. But always knew that she was never alone as she always had conversation with God and that spirit world was here home and has always felt support by the divine world. She married her soulmate in 1971. Her husband and her 5 children and 21 grandchildren and one great grand baby have come into her life. They were guided to the Paso Robles area to raise there family, and most of the family lives in the area. She felt the call to buy property to build a  home and raise here children surrounded by nature. They purchased there 5 acre property in 1976. They began designing and building there home. Which is now the Serenity Yoga Wellness Retreat Center. She always knew she wanted to have a large family and a forever partner in life. She grew up loving to sew her own clothes as a teenager and baking goodies, singing in choir and loved being in nature climbing trees, skate boarding, swimming, and doing diving tricks, and was always seen  doing cartwheels rumbling tricks that were all self taught. As she looks back on here life she sees how guided her life as been. She was always conscientious what to put in her body/mind.  She chose to have all here children naturally and had the last two children born at home. As a young mother she sewed most of the children's clothes, and made all the meals from scratch grinding her own wheat, and making here own bread... See has served in her community, church, and owned a retail store that brought out her creativity side. Her Craft Store “Chantilly Lace” is one of here highlights, being a  youth leading, spending time with family and friends. She has always treasured her home and has loved offering events on here property. She loves gardening, serving, food, and entertaining parties and has even offered weddings on her property. Her five children all have had wedding receptions on the grounds. She enjoyed making flower arrangements, and all the details  for weddings. Now enjoys hosting High Teas 5 course meals on the retreat grounds. Dian states "I feel that I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none/, and I will forever be a learner”.  In 2002 She began offering yoga classes on here property and begin developing her property into a yoga retreat center. She continued to get certification at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, Ca  as well as many online course training.... She purchased a Building on main street  in 2007 to open a yoga studio. That was called   Serenity Natural Living. Where yoga classes were offered daily and yoga workshop occasionally.  A second  building was purchased on Park street in Paso Robles, a beautiful Victorian home to start offering Yoga Retreats. This was the Serenity Wellness Inn. Later was Changed to the Serenity Tea House Inn. As the 2008 crash made it not sustainable to only offer yoga retreats.   Dian had to come up with a new plan to move forward and in meditation was given the new name and was inspired to take things she learned from Chantilly Lace and doing weddings and incorporate it into the new concept of offering the home as a bed and breakfast with yoga and spa as an add on. The High Tea were opened  to the public as well  to have tea party events, and  community events like mothers day high tea, children high tea parties... There was a spa room built on the grounds and massages were offered there. Both buildings sold so that grounds now have spa treatment rooms, yoga Temple for sound healing. Out door bathroom by the swimming pool with showers for day guest and those coming in for retreats. A Tiki hut house's a large infrared sauna with salt walls & color therapy. Two outdoor kitchens, one by the Neptune salt water swimming pool, and one in the courtyard by the creek. Called the creek side dining room. The hot tub is in a private enclosure by the pool. Dian is a avid gardener and has enjoyed designing healing gardens through out the five acre property estate.   The guest farmhouse has been receiving guest since about two 2009.   Dian has been offering day retreats and private groups for many years on  the retreat  grounds.   The goal has been to offer group retreats once everything was built out, and finding the right partners to work with to make this happen. We are now at that stage in the plan. 

A new addition was started in September 2024 The Grandroom This large room will be a multipurpose, space for indoor conference room, workshops, indoor yoga. We will call it the grand dining room when needing to feed a large group. It will be the  grand yoga room when needing a large indoor space to hold yoga... Dian states “We are very exited about this new addition it will open to the main kitchen of the facility. The kitchen is being renovated and is projected to be finished by early spring. Along with this project coming soon is more overnight options some grand Tepees will be installed by a partnership soon, for a fun overnight stay and some meditation, and ceremonial  usages. Dian was told by divine in 2003 that she was being released from calling in church and was called to serve in healing the world. 

She has had private individuals come from all over the world to her healing private retreats, and now is opening the doors for group retreats as well for those wanting to expand there consciousness, and heal from the past.
 Dian started doing yoga  five years before she got her first certification in 2002 and in 2003 dove deeper in her yoga training as she packed her bags and lived at the  Sivananda Ashram yoga  Farm  for a deep classical yoga training. She returned for several years to study Ayurveda, and has a Yoga wellness Ayurveda certification, sound healing courses, and has taking some on line courses the study of  herbs, and High Priesthood course, as well as her and her husband took a course together Vaastu  (like Feng this is the Vedic science of  breathing life into spaces. A deep understanding of energy and placement. Both Dian and her husband have a love of architectural design, color and placement. They designed there own home, and gardens and this course was a nice validation that they were in touch with where things should be place for the highest potential.  

 Services  Dian offers , private/group Yoga, private /group Sound Healing, color therapy. Ayurveda seasonal retreats, Healing retreat private Ayurveda consultations, private lifestyle coaching. Meditation, Intuitive Readings retreats.  Dian intuitively works with the energetic body known as the Chakra's this science of color sound and frequency is incorporated   into everything at the center from yoga class to meals...