Hestia Retreat offers Women Retreats

Hestia Retreat (hestiaretreat.org) is a Vashon group dedicated to the support of women’s emergence. We offer day retreats and monthly gatherings that allow women to learn about themselves and live more whole, fulfilling lives. And we are working to create a retreat center for women housed on our beautiful island. Here is our mission:
Hestia Retreat Center offers space, education, and support for women and girls to be in solitude or to connect with others so that they may tend their inner flame, discover what is emerging within them, and more powerfully influence our world.

For 2015, we have a wonderful new set of retreat events, set to a seasonal calendar, offered by leaders in their areas and tied to what the time of year most encourages us to explore. On February 21 from 10-5 we offer a Winter retreat that allows attendees to use the darker days to explore and emerge from their own shadows. It is called “From Hustling for Worthiness to Dancing with Self-Compassion,” and is a Daring WayTM one day event led by Seattle-based Kay Duncan and Lailey Jenkins and based on the work of Brene Brown and Kristin Neff. The cost is $150 ($125 before January 31st), including snacks and a healthy lunch, with partial scholarships available (go to hestiaretreat.org/events/daring-way-retreat for more information and to register). In May, we offer a workshop that allows women to burst forth, as do the buds of Spring, with Judith Waldman, co-author of Stand, Flow, Shine. And in late June, our first Summer event will be a Walk in the Woods, with Vashon’s own Erin Kenny, the founder of Cedarsong Nature School (cedarsongnatureschool.org). We have three more retreat events planned for later in the year. Check our website soon for more on these wonderful offerings.

Our first two monthly groups are an engaged, much-fun book club and what we call a “Sister Circle.” This circle, led by Hestia Retreat Circle of Director member and life coach Catherina Willard, gathers to allow women to form ongoing connection and support for one another. You can find out more on our events page about when these groups meet (hestiaretreat.org/events/).

We welcome your involvement in what we are creating. For more information, to sign up for our email list, or to apply for a scholarship for an event, contact info@hestiaretreat.org. We are here for you! We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.