Across these retreats, we create spaces where insight can emerge, connection can deepen, and new possibilities can take root. Our work is guided by clinical care, intention, and a deep respect for each person’s unfolding process.
Retreats we’ve facilitated
Reawaken
May 2026 | Plainfield, MA
There are moments in life when something within us begins to stir — a quiet knowing that we are meant to live more fully, more openly, more in contact with what is alive inside us. And yet many of us have learned to move carefully through our days, protecting ourselves from disappointment, from vulnerability, from the intensity of feeling deeply.
This retreat was an invitation to gently loosen those protections and rediscover what it means to be fully here. To focus on allowing the natural unfolding of our true selves.
Held in the season of spring, when the natural world reminds us that growth emerges from dormancy, this retreat centered on awakening, on coming back into relationship with joy, vitality, and possibility. Through two ketamine journeys and reflective and expressive practices held in community we created space to explore what wants to open.
Hope in the Darkness
February 2026 | Arlington, MA
This winter intensive invited participants inward — into a season of stillness, reflection, and tending the embers within. It offered a sanctuary for calm, reconnection, and the quiet rediscovery of hope that often shines most clearly in the dark. The day centered on nurturing the inner fire that supports healing, growth, and what comes next.
As snow fell outside the cozy Arlington Center, this gathering wove together gentle movement and meditation, supportive community, and the expansive inner space opened through ketamine assisted therapy. Inspired by the wisdom of wintering — the understanding that periods of quiet or loss can be landscapes of repair rather than failure — participants were invited not to push forward, but to listen more closely. Together we explored what it means to meet darkness with honesty and courage, and to tend what is alive within us.
Holding the spirit of Active Hope, as articulated by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, we approached hope as a practice rather than a feeling — a way of seeing clearly, honoring what we love, and choosing to take part in our lives with intention. Participants left with a renewed sense of warmth, belonging, and a small, steady flame to carry forward into the new year.
Diastole: Midlife Women’s Retreat
October 2025 | Grafton, VT
Within the ever-present rhythm of our heartbeats there is an essential pause–called diastole–when the heart rests, expands, and refills. Our fall weekend retreat in Vermont embraced this frame, bringing together midlife women for rest, reflection, and renewal.
Over the course of our time together, participants engaged in two ketamine journeys, alongside movement, meditation, writing, and shared community. Held amid the turning foliage, the retreat created space to reflect on this sacred stage of life and to explore how to move forward with intention.
The retreat acknowledged how often women are asked to give without being replenished. Midlife was honored as a time to pause and recognize both what has been accomplished and the wisdom gained, while also making room to grieve the losses that can accompany this transition—including physical changes and doors that have closed.
Together, participants explored what they need to live fuller, more authentic lives, and how to step more consciously into ownership of their futures.
The Sacred Work of Grief
May 2025 | Grafton, VT
This retreat invited participants to turn toward grief as a natural and meaningful response to love, loss, and belonging. Inspired by The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, the day explored the Five Gates of Grief—including the sorrow of loving and losing, the parts of ourselves that have not known love, collective and ecological grief, unmet longings, and ancestral grief carried across generations.
Together, we created space to gently reckon with what has been held, hidden, or silenced, and to open toward greater wholeness.
Through yoga, shared reflection, and a ketamine journey, participants engaged grief as an embodied and relational experience. The day also included listening to Wails by Ahlay Blakely, exploring the myth of Inanna, and ritual release into fire and water, supporting connection, integration, and renewed belonging.
“The journeys themselves were amazing...but part of what made them so amazing was the safety, warmth, and love the facilitators cultivated during our time together. You all did such a good job preparing us for what would/could happen, you set expectations very well, and you helped us integrate afterwards.”
-Reawaken participant
“I have been to many retreats over the course of the last 20 years, at locations such as Kripalu and Omega, and this was one of the best, most thoughtful, and most healing retreats I have ever attended. The three of you created a cocoon of safety, warmth, and love in which so much healing was possible. The weekend also included time for art to help with processing and integration, and the song circle was so helpful for building community, along with space for play and celebration. The number of participants felt just right for the work we did. The retreat center was lovely, with plenty of space inside and outside, and the food was nourishing and delicious. I have already recommended Luminous Collaborative to friends for personal and professional referrals!”
-Reawaken participant
“Thank you so much for holding the intensive yesterday. I am feeling so full of gratitude and peace.”
“The retreat was wonderful. The facilitators were warm, open-hearted, and knowledgeable. The setting was beautiful. The food was delicious and plentiful. Honestly, everything was great.”
“The experience on the medicine I had on this retreat was one of the most profound experiences I have had in my life, and the healing was incredibly deep and needed far more than I knew...I’ll cherish it and always have the deepest respect for you all, and the other participants.”
