Constructing Your Creative Kickass Retreat
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This is great!
My 1st retreat is on the beautiful island of Maui focusing on connecting with spirit/Angels, using Feng Shui elements for balance and living a more vacation-like lifestyle.
Some of the unique activities include a Full Moon Maui mythology bonfire and ‘ava ceremony, Road to Hana hikes to waterfalls and sacred places, and connecting physically with the elements of earth, water, fire, metal and wood.
Very nice Kim – I can see that you are giving this some good thought. Keep thinking out of the box – that’s the key!
Hi Sheri,
Great video with lots of food for thought. I have a cruise going out in September to the Bahamas for 4 nights. We have one whole day on the boat where I plan on doing my wellness Qi Gong Empowerment breathing and I use a group EMDR technique to “shed your secret contracts”. I would like to do this as a couples retreat. However, you are definitely giving me food for thought about creating something much better.
Awesome Karin – that’s the whole idea!! <3
Pys Par Bay of Plenty New Zealand.
Creative activities: Yoga, meditation, drumming in nature. Glow worm walk, geothermal pools, spiritual cultural walk through the Redwood forests, basket weaving, surf beaches and natural feature coastal walks, collecting tital shell fish, learning to dance and ceremonial empowerment ritual.
I would love to host a women’s only kayaking retreat in the Bahamas and the twist would be that we would be camping and preparing our own meals. I have done this myself years ago with a boyfriend who owns an adventure outfitting company.
Another idea I have is chartering a large sailboat somewhere off the coast of BC where aspiring authors & artists stay for a week. There would be guest authors, hopefully Canadian and inspiring local artists to run sessions to help clients with their craft. I could also work it in that there would be chefs Making fabulous food for the clients who are aspiring chefs themselves.
Nice Allie! Make it experiential and find clever ways to teach your material not just with words but with activities.:)
As world traveler I want to give other women the opportunity to see first hand what solo traveling is about by spending a couple of weeks exploring a country. The intention is not only to teach them about logistics and how to go about moving around in a different country but empower them to take the risk and go for it after they go home. Having them interact with locals, sharing their culture, opening their minds and heart to respect and appreciate diversity instead of being scared of the unknown.
This is a great concept Ana – make sure you get clear on your target audience and whether or not they can travel for a couple of weeks!
I am a visual, and equally as rewarding I teach painting. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to some amazing awe-inspiring places and always invision taking students to these places (France/Italy for example). Your video and passion has awoken more in me to that dream. Lately I have been in collaboration with a friend whereby we are introducing Music with Painting in different aspects. Why not a place of music as well as painting beauty. Awaken the right side of the brain for a full, creative and healthy life. Vienna perhaps could be spot.
Very nice Kim – I can see that you are really dreaming into this and adding some usual magic into your concept. Keep going! You’ll get lots more ideas from the webinar for sure. 🙂
Good Day!
I Am Sohaila, my ideal location is international. Panama City Panama. We may begin with the Panama Canal … Then go to where I was originally born Colon, Panama. Then where my spouse was born in Bocas del Toro an island where you are able to see the blue see and become part of it. Fun! Restful! More Fun! Relaxing!
That sounds like an amazing location Sohalia. Now you’d want to start thinking about your ideal client and how to market to them. I hope you come on the webinar where we’ll discuss this more!
this was our first Holistic Wellness Retreat in India
https://youtu.be/E3ejEaLZ2P8
The more heart-based and relaxing your retreat is and the less like a workshop – the better it will sell. At least to westerners. 🙂
Hi,
Very good information! I am hosting a Women’s Leadership Retreat cruise to the Bahamas. I am offering a spiritual growth and empowerment experience along with much needed fun, rest, and relaxation for ministers, missionaries, pastors, and preachers.
From Burnout & Brokenness to Balance and Brilliance. I will definitely taking your ideas into account for my retreat!
Thank you Robin! Make sure you add in lots of experiential activities and not just sitting in a classroom love. For sure you can get creative and have fun with this! Whoot!
My first retreat wil be a sequence to 4 yearly retreats, all teaching people to connect with God, scripture. To operate from hope, faith and most importantly love. Israel would be a spot, Florida,Maui, California, Arizona, Italy, France, Greece, China. The guests will have healthy and fun activities, good/healthy food and some pampering
Awesome Ashleigh!!!
I’m a Yoga teacher so I would love to do Yoga by the sacred Ganges River, in an Ashram in Rishikesh the birth place of Yoga.
Awesome Wendy! That would be a powerful place if you combine the yoga with spiritual teachings. 🙂
There are numerous hotels walking distance from the Ganges. I was in Rishikesh 2017 find more information on my Trip Advisor Upekkhapr Sylvia Fernandez
Tuscany food retreat in a hillside chateau with celeb chef!
I like that Jason – taking them on a very unusual outing – something a normal tourist would not have access to would be awesome!
Thanks for the video
My parklike home is is located in beautiful B.C. and is on the way to becoming a wellness retreat and I would like to extend out into the world as well
Our pleasure Joanne@ BC is a stunning place for retreats – I love the idea of heli-hiking there….
I would love to organize a women empowerment/overcoming your fears retreat in a treehouse location in the jungles of Costa Rica as well as a retreat to local organic/permaculture farms with lots of exotic fruits, a raw food chef that would teach a small workshop on how to prepare delicious healthy dishes.
Very nice Agnes. I think that would be quite lovely – think out of the box!
We would be happy to host you! Please visit our webite at http://www.twocanretreats.come. We are hosting someting just like that in November (planning it now with a hostess like you…Daisy Swan. Let us know if you’d like us to help you handle the details so you can focus on the retreat. We are also hosting a culinary retreat, and want to do on just like the one you suggest. Message us! 🙂
Quilting retreat on the Murray River. I could offer a minibus tour of river floodplain with professional tour guide, to first get inspiration and take photos. I can have a range of artists and quilters guest speak about river inspiration and their art. Followed by two days of working on our designs and quilt construction under my teaching. All the while staying on the river and enjoying our food/wine which our town is known for.
Finding a way to tie in quilting with the location would make this powerful. Is there a location known for quilting and a history of it?
I am a Psychic Empath, Medium & Life/ Soul Coach and Reiki Master who also sees Auras and Chakras as well offering Aura & Chakra Imaging & graphing. This is applicable to both private and corporate groups on multiple levels, as I may incorporate many different modalities based on individual client requirements.
I had the joy of living in South East Asia for the better part of 12 years. I owned and ran a Travel agency in Canada from 1995 to 2002. After that I worked as an executive Travel Division manager & Branch Manager
two large Multi national Yravel companies for another 4 years. Then I leaned in into my passion to heal & teach.
I would like to lead and facilitate a retreat for participants in a very spiritual place m, with a series activities and exercises to continuous cleanse, strengthen, heal and balance energy while learning the history of it with the bonus earning a Reiki certification in the process.
Thinking Kyoto Japan. ????⚡️
I like the idea of Kyoto because very few people run retreats there. It is out of the box, very spiritual, and stunningly beautiful (with tons of wonderful temples and cultural places to visit).
I believe the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico would be the perfect place for a retreat of this kind! I’ve lived there for 4 years and would be willing and able to help you http://www.planforamiracle.com Sylvia
Peaceful farm in the mountains for stress management self care retreat
Nice Sybil – I would think carefully about how your location would make your retreat different from all the other self care retreats out there!
Sybil, my daughter owns a Horse Therapy Barn on the outskirts of Lexington, KY. She’s setting it up as a Retreat Center- it might be PERFECT for your clients! She & her husband are San Diego natives so it’ll be set up with SoCal standards. =)
How about a tea tasting retreat to China/ceylon/India during harvest time to explore the medicinal and health benefits of green tea etc.?
The theme would be medicinal and health benefits of green tea and how to buy quality chinese/green tea.
Or Travel to China and visit the Wudang Mountains stay in a monastery overnight and hear the monks speak about consciousness and Wu Wei the art of being. Meditation retreat theme
Or Experiential natural dyes trip to Vietnam…. Theme natural dyes. /visit and participate in 1-2 day class.
All are awesome ideas Raewyn. I love the tea idea – you have a creative mind angel! 🙂
First, I love your examples and the way you described them…immensely appealing. My goal is to find a way to “electrify” hosting retreats on my gorgeous, peaceful “land” ranch…which is 10 acres of pines, oaks & hills in the middle of hundreds of acres of wilderness. Where women will become part of ritual, ceremony, community…all mixed with laughter, relaxation and great food.
Sounds like a beautiful location Snow! Do your best to add in unusual experiences to make your retreat stand out and be highly desirable.
I think Costa Rica would make an excellent location for a transformational/experiential retreat. Struggling with a subject for it though.
There are many retreats in Costa Rica Karen so I would think carefully about how you can make yours very different and special. 🙂 That’s the challenge!
We could let them dip and make chocolate items themselves instead of just watching us.
Doing is ALWAYS more powerful than watching any day Holly!!
yoga retreat and farm retreat
farm to table
Think how you can make farm to table unusual Mary….what would you do to make your retreat uncommon?
Very thoughtful and useful information. The combining of your retreat location with your topic seems obvious but probably often overlooked. I appreciate the positive reminder.
Thanks David! I appreciate you posting – and yes I agree – it is way overlooked! 🙂
I take Magdalene pilgrimage/retreats to amazing sacred places in the south of France. We engage in activities from singing with monks to dancing in the ancient wild forest.
That sounds beautiful FY!
I really don’t know all that is out there in the world and available to my fingertips, however I have been on a retreat and would love to offer this one: swimming with wild dolphins (involves spending days on a catamaran). I also thought of something similar with wild whales, bathing elephants, close encounters with wildlife. These different ideas might be geared to photographers (a hobby of mine), or those wishing to commune with nature, who might not have the opportunity otherwise (because of where they live)
The more experiential the better Jennifer. Keep thinking and dreaming about this and the perfect idea will come to you love. 🙂
Hi Sheri!
My partner and I have designed our first transform-your-life retreat in magical Scotland which takes place in May.
Sounds delicious Darcy! Make sure your retreat really stands out so it can sell out love!
QiGong training in a ‘Temple-Palace’ style resort on the borders of Cambodia and Thailand offering Thai-Massage therapy to compliment the QiGong practice. Visits to the Buddhist Nature reserve, local markets and villages, excursions to the casino complex on the border and Optional tours across the border into Cambodia. Concept is to balance the Yin & Yang within the body and the activities to be enjoyed.
That sounds quite interesting Raja. The more the activities align with what you are sharing on your retreats the more powerful they will be.
Thanks for expanding on the examples you have given. Very good
I didn’t come up with any great ideas yet tho LOL
I do a couple different retreats
1) design your life
2) SWAG single Women Achieving Goals
3) Spiritual healing
No worries BrendaLee – it will come to you. Keep being open to ideas and experiences and you would be surprised. 🙂
Sol Duc Resort in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, USA.
That sounds like a very rustic retreat in nature Vyctoria!
I believe Morocco would be a Fabulous destination.
Yes Dee, Morocco is a wonderful place for a retreat – go for it! I’m having mine there in May so I am very familiar: https://retreatmastermindmorocco.com
I am hosting my retreat in Costa Rica with a special focus on sacred cacao. Divine feminine chocolate for menopause.
Very nice Heather! Think about what you can do that would be very out of the box too.
Consciousness Retreat
Mind, Body, Exercise & Nutrition Coaching Retreat in Spiritual Bali
There are many health conscious & spiritual places to stay in the beautiful tropical island of Bali + Thailand my uncle has a location in the countryside in Thailand.
Thailand is beautiful Nick! Make sure you add in wonderful activities and great food – along with something extra and unusual.
I could plan a trip to a Small Business Incubator and participants could see first-hand the many process of starting a business. This would be a Small Business Startup Retreat.
That’s a clever idea Allison and it would be very experiential!
Morocco…women’s retreat in an exotic location, bead making, eating with local family and exploring the desert.
Rebecca I am running my third retreat to Morocco this year and it is a wonderful place with special people. I like your idea – this is what we are doing: https://retreatmastermindmorocco.com
A breath-taking chalet in Costa Rica. A group of women empowering each other with a new vision towards redefining self.
Nice Jody! I encourage you to add in some different activities so that it stands out from all the other retreats in Costa Rica.
Hey Jody, I kind of think in the same direction and thought maybe we can hook up?
Foraging in Bulgarian Wilderness. Feeling the connection of the plants. Using the energetics of each. Making your very own tincture, tea and oil. Awaken and excite all your senses, and imagination to create your own signature dish from all free ingredient.
Now that’s a great idea Jo! I love the location – it is not common but it is a stunning beautiful area. Good job.
Thank you Sheri. I have been devising retreats in my head for a few years and haven’t made any steps. You gave me courage to do so. A health coaching retreat to address nutrition and mind-body, including grief, as well as an Essential Oil retreat were on the top of my list. Now have to find the location where as you say it can be different and powerful
My pleasure love! Thanks for joining us in the training. 🙂
I am a psychotherapist and zestful living CEO of a company committed to the wellness of business and the business of a life lived well as an integrative approach. I have only just THIS VERY year decided to actively pursue organizing and running retreats on an ongoing basis. Earlier thoughts have been in the guise of guided shopping excursions/retreats to Italy. Your brief appetizer video sparked further excitement and commitment to go forth and feel the zeal!!!
Wonderful Judith! What you do would make a beautiful retreat – lets add in some out of the box activities to get folks out of their heads and into their hearts.
I am a psychotherapist and zestful living CEO of a company committed to the wellness of business and the business of a life lived well as an integrative approach. I have only just THIS VERY year decided to actively pursue organizing and running retreats on an ongoing basis. Earlier thoughts have been in the guise of guided shopping excursions/retreats to Italy. Your brief appetizer video sparked further excitement and commitment to go forth and feel the zeal!!!
This was awesome and it gave me the ideas for not only my own retreats but showing other how my services can help them create their own.
Excellent, Serrell — so glad you found it useful!
This year will see me completing 2 different trauma healing modalities and I’m also a Family Constellations Facilitator. I have a deep and beautiful retreat planned where I have a Hawaiian Bodywork last coming who also cooks the most amazing soul food. My participants will experience a shamanic drum healing, a family constellations afternoon looking at the divine feminine/masculine balance, a Hawaiian bodywork session, and a guided meditation called “Remember Me” around reconnecting with your body. Also a trauma release exercise session, so lots of somatic healing. Inside this 4 day retreat there is one day of silence also where participants go about their experiences but do not talk.
I’d like to hold the first couple of retreats here in New Zealand in a rented air bnb beautiful quite location and then look to take it abroad. I’m not sure how location would enhance these retreats other than being somewhere very quiet or a deeply spiritual place such as a Buddhist monastery or a temple connected to higher self persuits. We have a Buddhist monastery in a main centre, however I think it’s more important to be able to hold the space as it needs to be rather than be shaped by the requirements of the in-house Buddhist monks.
I feel I have a really awesome retreat planned however I’m wide open to tweak it and look at how to make it AMAZING AMAZING which is why I’m looking forward to your webinars.
Warm regards
Rachelle
Wonderful Rachelle! I’m glad to see that you have thought about this carefully and that is the perfect start!!
Aaah….you confirmed what I’ve always known!!!!! Paris will teach about a woman about style just by being there!!! Thank you so much! This was wonderful!
Thank you Shirley! Glad you enjoyed and that you got some good ideas!
I would like to create a small women’s retreat focused on Self, with workshops on goals, boundaries and values in the mornings and the afternoons to include group coaching, sourcing a local chef to share a local food making and coloring for relaxation. I’m looking at Malaga Spain.
Beautiful Lynne! If you can add in some really experiential activities that would add a lot!
What a fantastic experience to manifest running retreats! I’ve had many hints and requests and suggestions over the years…it must be time to start planning and getting them on the calendar.
Japan – temples sacred ceremonies shrines food nature the art of attention to detail flea market HOT SPRINGS
And
Maui – Yoga lomilomi whales
For the first 2 to go on the books
I like the idea of Japan – there aren’t many retreats going there right now Mimi.
Thank you – many of my friends want to go with me on a trip since I’m half japanese and have lived there in the past and still do business there & family is there. So your webinar made me think – perfect! I’ll do a retreat! I’m stoked to fine tune with your training, the why and how and who – especially what people will take away from the experience. Key point! I would’ve missed it. I am very excited to create this now! Sounds like it’s good timing.
I agree – thinking always show up at the perfect time in our lives! <3
I am leading a Martial Arts Retreat to Maui in 3 days.. Them ‘off the mats and onto the beach’ .. we will be learning and working on Martial Art Forms/ Katas … this will be the 5th retreat to the islands I will have led
Sounds fun Shayne! Having that really great location and wonderful activities that align with what you are teaching is going to make them sell out faster for sure!
Food and Wine Retreat in Napa Valley
Napa is a stunning place – if you do some research you will be able to find some different experiences to offer that will make your retreat stand out!
Let me know Claudia! My husband & I would LOVE to join you…and I’m sure many of our friends would too. We’re in SoCal.
My retreat would be “The Practice of Stillness”, a retreat with group sharing and learning interspersed with guided experiences to help the participant fall in love with “stillness” as a spiritual discipline and fountain of knowledge. Group meals and physical exercises like short hikes would add balance and build comrade. Location has so much flexibility that I do not have a focus at this time.
Sounds beautiful, Wayne! It also sounds like you’re building in varied activities for a well-rounded experience. Just be sure to match your location with with your theme and activities!
A five day retreat in my beautiful contemporary home in the Okanagan Valley in beautiful British Columbia. Each day comes with guided mediation, massage therapy and whole, local, organic food freshly prepared. Options within the week are hiking, SUP’ing, farmers market and a class on skin care + rest time by the pool. The welcome evening opens with refreshing moctails, a welcome package of treats that includes a beautiful – soon to be released- seasonal journal.
This sounds nice Judie (beautiful location) – make sure it is unique and different from all the retreats out there. 🙂
As a holistic lifestyle coach we would learn how to cook healthy foods, different ways to de stress like meditation, dancing, knitting, and using essential oils by making different blends. Also we would design our own journals to use. Bali or Tulum would be my location.
That would be lovely Lynn – the more experiential and different the better! 🙂
I’m interested in doing luxury cannibis and wine retreats in California and the Canada area where it has been legalized. I have been researching and there’s a huge audience out there. I want to make my groups VIP exclusive to protect the attendees privacy.
You have given some great tips on how to specialize and educate during my retreats. I’m looking forward to learning more.
Cannabis trips are already popular – so if you great a truly beautiful retreat around it – I think you will have a winner Valerie. See you on the webinar this week!
I intend to include meal preparation, health and beauty treatments and yoga. Making it educational using trained professionals in this niche. Making it a mind, body and soul experience. With an excursion to the distillery.
A retreat for the foodie in Cuba! We would visit an organic farm, coffee plantation, culinary school an abandoned sugar mill, and paladares (privately owned restaurants) some which would include cooking lessons. We would also stop at some roadside food carts when available.
The more out of the box the better – especially if they cannot get that experience on their own or with another company Deidre!
I had planned to do a BEACH Retreat in Sept..as I live in San Diego= but I’m a Celebrity Maker- so after watching your video, I decided I’ll change my retreat to Hollywood! We’ll stay at the star-studded Biltmore & get tickets to a live taping and walk the walk of fame. I’ll end with a Red-Carpet Experience & photos to take home. Can’t believe I hadn’t thought of it!
That sounds much more creative Shell! Sometimes ideas are right in front of us but we don’t see them!
I am thinking in doing a local retreat where I am living Cayman Islands, one of the islands have rock climbing and I would love to combine that with yoga and acroyoga as a way to offer retreat about overcoming fears and getting out of the comfort zone to challenge ourself and realize what we are capable of.
Would that makes sense?
I like that your idea is not the typical yoga retreat Renee – those are getting really boring. So the fact that you are getting creative here is going to go a long way.
I was thinking of doing a “refresh/renew your marriage” retreat with couples. Not sure iof all the logistics but doing some couple based activities and maybe getting some vow renewals in there, not sure of a location yet. Will be looking forward to the webinar to learn more.
You are off to a good start Cheryl – at least you are thinking about some creative ideas – and that’s what counts. More on the webinar for sure!
Pregnancy couples retreats on the Big Island of Hawaii focusing on connecting to their unborn baby and preparing for a natural chiildbirth. Creating songs, poems, massaging one another, belly paintings, sound creations, swimming with wild dolphins and fun interactive tools like a balloon and ping pong ball to demonstrate effacement and dilation in childbirth.
This sounds very experiential Kim – I like the idea. The more tangible benefits the better it will sell. Good job angel!
Wow so many great ideas.
I’m looking at a retreat that would be a space for people to trust themselves to fully express their creativity.
Venue TBA and would be in a natural environment where there would be walking and being immersed in the natural environment, observational drawing and then make their own dry point etching to take home.
Having the theme being creativity I think incorporating a cooking experience and also environmental sculpture activity. seed has been planted and I’m sure I’ll have more to add.
Exactly Michelle – keep thinking experiential and out of the box!
I’m taking a group to Portugal in sept 2019. Finding their sacred self and visiting castles and sacred places! I’m just in the beginnings of the theme! Any thoughts to make it stand out?
Exciting, Stephanie! As for your theme, it should be something that’s focused on helping your ideal client solve her most pressing questions and problems. The more directly you can gear it toward specific and lasting, down-to-earth benefits, the more powerful it will be!
My retreat idea is more about healing. I am an energy worker who helps women heal from emotional blocks, negative thinking and limiting beliefs so that they have the health, build the relationships and find their passion.
I teach about the Chakras, meditation and numerous emotional hacks to help them speed through those blocks.
I have a hard time coming up with a location to match. What suggestions might you all have?
Jen it’s really about connecting with the mythologies of all the different locations worldwide and how what you are teaching can be supported by those mythologies. In the webinar I give an example of this – I think it will help you. Keep in mind that there are many spiritual locations worldwide that would work well with teaching about the chakras.
I’m a professional songwriter, artist manager, speaker/workshop presenter who authored a book about my journey from wife, mother & teacher to signing a publishing deal with one of the most successful record labels in the music industry. Have been doing workshops with songwriters for years but recently expanded my audience to include anyone who has dreams & goals they want to achieve. I teach the principals through my story and I’m looking to either branch out and do workshops with other retreat organizers or do small retreats on how to define and pursue what you want to transform your life. Would love any ideas for out of the box activities (besides writing songs and creating a journal which we do).
First step Julie is getting 100% clear on who you want to work with and how you want to help them. I sense that you are in the process of re-inventing yourself and what you do – let’s see where this all takes you!
We have a beautiful retreat center up in the Sequoia National Park area where our 2000 sq. ft. deck overlooks the forest. We want to do a yoga retreat out on the deck and experience the openness and beauty surrounding us. We will also include a nature hike to the Trail of 100 Giants to witness the majesty of these great trees. Included on the property is an awesome outdoor hot tub under the diamond lit night sky, a Finlandia Sauna and massage studio for the ultimate pampering and bonding time. Including a vegetarian menu with unlimited organic teas and fresh juices.
Lovely Sandra. perhaps some ceremony or something unusual in the forest would add a special dimension to your retreat?
OMG – I love you!
One idea that I am noodling on – and not sure of the location would be to have women experience first-hand the 5 Elements of Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Spirit during a 7-day retreat. Earth would be working in the soil, Water would be visiting beautiful waterfalls and having a grief ceremony. Spirit would be a pampering spa day. There would also be a day for reflection and integration,and the last day would be brainstorming on ways to keep the insights and transformations alive day-to-day.
The other idea is to take a group to Namibia and experience conservation of animal species and healthy economics at the Cheetah Conservation Fund. There we would learn about endangered species, why they are important, how ecosystems need each and every little piece. Meeting orphaned and rehabilitating cheetahs, working on the small farm and goat-milk soap kitchen, visiting neighboring farmers, and experiencing how solving someone else’s problem could very well be the answer to solving your own. Seeing how one woman’s love and dedication was able to become the gold standard in species conservation amidst any obstacles would also give participants inspiration for their own dreams.
Hi, I have several ideas
Womens empowerment- Europe location focus on body image, self love and make overs
Digital nomad almost any location can work but most likely based in Asia and Europe
Solo travels
Nice Shannon! Now it’s time to focus on your target audience and figure out how you can serve them in the best way, what problems they have and how your retreat can solve them.
I would like to take a group of people to Cape Town and surrounds to experience the sights and sounds of the country whilst teaching them about cognitive decline, stress , anxiety. Remembering the beautiful things they have experienced one Table Mountain , at a vineyard in Stellenbosch, at an upmarket spa in Stellenbosch, getting up close and personal with rescued elephants.
Those are beautiful locations and Cape Town has so much to offer. Creating some activities at those sites would go a long way to making the retreat special!
Paris- I want to bring women to experience art- making processes amongst some of the world’s most famous works. This is to Support mental health and emotional Wellness.
Sounds lovely Michelle! Adding in some activities that the average traveler could not do alone would be wonderful!
I am thinking A Paris retreat would be excellent. I am still working out the details/plan as it is my first kickass retreat. Thank you for taking the time to plant seeds in my heard. All the gears are at work 😉
I love it Barbara! Keep dreaming big and let the ideas come forth! 🙂
We have purchased 20 acres of largely forest within a Caldera, Australia. Known as quite a spiritual area. Our idea is to create a space where people can reconnect with the simple life (get off the treadmill for a few days), nature, ourselves and our direction. I’d like to run retreats that promote reconnecting and transforming. This would likely include meditation, spiritual practices (including climbing the mountain), transformation activities and tools that the work through not simply are provided with, bushwalking, possibly dancing or drumming lessons. Would also offer coaching and group work. Early days, from your amazing wisdom and comments above – I think I need to connect content and property more. We have called the property “Yirah” – to be in awe and with the devine.
We also travel a lot to India, I’d love to do a retreat – to challenge how we live and our expectations, broaden perspectives, connect to life and spiritual practice.
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It sounds amazing Sharon – I’m sure you’ll get more ideas from the webinar training – glad you are with us angel! <3
Fitness retreat, I was thinkin Hawaii, it would be working out outdoors, learning how to eat properly, perhaps juicing, also include joga stretching oriented etc.
Nice Peggy! Make sure you add in some unique activities that are special and align with what you are teaching!
Thinking about doing an experiential retreat focusing on health and nutrition, with a gourmet cooking element, located on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina. I am a health and life coach, as well as a lover of good food, so want to show people you don’t need to sacrifice enjoyable eating to get healthy nutrition.
Very nice Charles! It is a lovely area – the key is to get creative with your activities while make sure there is a lesson in them so it aligns with what you are teaching. 🙂