WITH OPEN HANDS

A Sacred Weekend Retreat for mothers navigating the waters of grief and love

APRIL 30-MAY 2

Catskill Mountains, NY

Come away for a weekend of rest, embodied healing, honest conversation, spiritual grounding, grief-tending ceremony, and deep community.

With Open Hands

is a 3-day, in-person sacred retreat in the Catskill Mountains created specifically for mothers who carry more than most people see.

This is a safe and prayerfully held space where you can finally exhale.

FOR ONE WEEKEND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ONE HOLDING EVERYTHING.

Meals are prepared.
The space is held.
The schedule has been thoughtfully created.
The conversations are facilitated.
You don't have to explain your story.
You don't have to take care of anyone else.

You get to receive.

A space where your story is honored.
Your grief is witnessed.
And your heart is gently tended to.

Together, we will create room for God to meet us in the tender places.

To bring beauty from ashes.
To allow God to breathe new life into our weary souls.

What You’ll Experience

This retreat gently weaves together Christian spiritual formation, nervous system support, and embodied restoration.

Over our time together, we'll move slowly and with intention.

Woven throughout the weekend are

Gentle, embodied practices — breathwork, grounding, simple body-based rhythms that help your nervous system remember how to rest.

Nourishing meals and snacks made for you! You don’t have to worry about a thing- it’s taken care of for you!

Sacred circles: A space to honor what we’ve experienced. A faith-rooted conversation where grief is named, trauma is held with care, and God's presence is invited into the places that have felt too tender to touch. A guided space for your story to be spoken aloud and witnessed by women who understand what it cost you.

Community / Kinship: An intimate circle of mothers who don't need you to explain the hard parts. Together we can hold the complexity of this life- the grief, the love, the joys and the sacrifices. Presence is so healing and helps remind us that we are not alone and that our unique stories matter.

Creation and Nourishment : Quiet mornings. Sauna or hot tub time. Gathering around a fire under the stars. Resting however and whenever you want to.

This Retreat Is For You If…

• You are a mother carrying grief, loss, or a weary body/soul/heart/nervous system

• You feel emotionally exhausted but keep pushing through

• You long to feel grounded, present, and whole again

• You’ve lost parts of yourself in caring for everyone else

• You want to reconnect with God in a deeper, more embodied way

• You crave community with women who truly understand
  
  

WHATEVER YOU’VE LOST, IT DEEPLY MATTERS. 

AND YOUR WELL-BEING DEEPLY MATTERS, TOO.

What Makes This Different?

This is not a conference.
This is not a place where you have to be strong or a caretaker.

With Open Hands Retreat is a sacred container.

You are welcome to move at your own pace.

Come tired.
Come grieving.
Come joyful.
Come uncertain.
Come as you are.

There is nothing you have to prove and you don’t have to hold yourself together.

You are allowed to come exactly as you are. You’ll be witnessed, held, and gently reminded that you are seen and supported.

MY HOPE…

is that you may leave with a deeper peace in your body. Grief that has been witnessed, honored, and held. That you may leave with practices that help you return to yourself when the overwhelm returns. With the knowing that you are not alone in it. That your story matters. That your well-being matters. That there is a God who meets us in the tender, broken places — and that He longs to be with us through it all.

Retreat Details

Location: New Kingston, New York
Dates: APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2027
Length: 3 days / 2 nights
Group Size: Limited to an intimate group of mothers

Cost: $825 includes lodging, all meals and snacks, along with all the goodness I have planned for the weekend!

2 nights lodging
All nourishing meals + snacks
Guided circles + facilitated conversations
Embodied/nervous-system practices
Christian spiritual support
Sauna/hot tub + restorative time
A small, intimate group of foster/adoptive mothers
And three days where you don't have to take care of anyone else.

A deposit of $225 will hold your spot. If you are in need of financial support, you can apply for a scholarship here or reach out to me.

Mama,

You carry so much that MANY MAY NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND.

You carry their stories, and your own.
You carry the love, the heartache, the joy, and the struggles that are unique to motherhood.
Maybe you hold the dreams that didn’t unfold the way you thought they would.

Maybe you carry the grief of what was, the grief of what never was. And the grief of what still might be.

Like a devoted mother, you learned to keep going- even through the complexity and the kaleidoscope of emotions. You’ve committed to be strong and keep caring for everyone else. Even as parts of your own heart shattered. Even as the exhaustion and the grief became too much. This challenging journey can lead us to feeling burned out (disconnected from our bodies, from felt safety, and rest). It can even feel like we’ve become disconnected from God and our community.

Sometimes it feels safer to push it down. To numb it. To tell yourself you should be grateful…

But a heart that closes to pain also closes to JOY.

I’ve learned over time (and always still learning) that there can be another way.

A way to hold both grief and hope. Both sorrow and joy. Both death and resurrection. And that we need to do this TOGETHER.

Imagine This SPRING…

You step away from the daily overwhelm. You get to JUST BE. Everything is taken care of for you.
You breathe deeply.

You feel God’s presence in places that may have felt numb.

You feel witnessed and held without judgement.

If your heart is stirring, I invite you to reserve your spot or send me a message if you have any questions.

You don’t have to carry this alone.

Come with open hands.

Leave with a more nourished heart, mind, body, and soul.