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SUMMARY:Fall Healing Nest Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Forever Healing Grief Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with other bereaved families and experience fall on the farm in Maine.\n\n\n\nIn Collaboration with:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealing Nest Retreats bring together three families that have been impacted by childhood cancer and child loss\, but do not incorporate the jam-packed schedule we offer at our larger family retreat in the summer. You’ll have more time to explore the local area and choose your own adventure. \n\n\n\nEach family will have their own meticulously decorated bedroom and bathroom. We will offer optional activities to connect with each other and to heal within–such as yoga\, meditation\, parent massage\, an individual family grief session\, farm animals\, and other fun activities. \n\n\n\nDoes my family qualify? For this retreat\, we can accept 3 families that have lost a child to cancer or similar pediatric illness. You must live within the 6 New England states or NY or NJ to apply. If you have attended our Open to Healing\, Forever Healing\, or Caring for the Caring Retreats in the past\, you still qualify to attend a Healing Nest Retreat. Ideally we hope to find three families that have met because of their child’s illness\, but would like to connect more deeply by spending a weekend together. \n\n\n\nRett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act\, and ask our participants to act\, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race\, age\, nationality\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or religious belief. \n\n\n\nNote: This is a working farm with cats\, a large dog\, chickens\, and goats. It is not recommended for families that have severe allergies or fears to animals. \n\n\n\nCheck out photos from a past retreat at Shilo Farm: 2023More Shilo Farm Photos from their website \n\n\n\n\n\nApply Today!
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/healing-nest-retreat-bereaved/
LOCATION:Shilo Farm\, 88 Beech Rd\, Eliot\, ME\, 03903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bereaved,Families,Healing Nest,Retreat
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SUMMARY:One Mission Open to Healing Family Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Forever Healing Grief Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience a meaningful week with other families that understand your loss. \n\n\n\nOpen yourself and your family up to healing grief in new ways. \n\n\n\nSponsored by:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt Rett’s Roost\, we show people ways to experience moments of joy & gratitude amidst their grief.  \n\n\n\nWhile we cannot hope to relieve your grief in just a few days\, our goal is to change your course toward healing even if you cannot yet see how that might be possible. We hope you leave feeling less alone in this lonely world of child loss\, with tools in your back pocket and friends to call on for when you enter those dark spaces of grief. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect: Rett’s Roost will be hosting up to 8 families at Rolling Ridge Retreat Center from Sunday through Thursday\, providing nearly four full days of therapeutic support and connecting with others. \n\n\n\nPrior to the retreat\, parents will meet on zoom for a story-sharing session in June or July. This allows people to feel more comfortable coming together in-person in the summer already having met online. \n\n\n\nAt Rolling Ridge\, each family will have their own bedroom and bathroom. A handicap-accessible room is available–please request early. The Rolling Ridge staff will be providing delicious\, healthy meals & snacks in their dining room. \n\n\n\nBesides plenty of time to relax at the retreat\, we offer activities that allow you to share with others and heal within. The agenda will include grief support\, yoga\, art\, and music for both parents and children. Also\, get a massage\, energy treatment\, and have professional family portraits taken. Kids activities are provided by Sage’s Entertainment\, Curious Creatures\, Ironstone Farm\, and other wonderful collaborators. \n\n\n\nDoes my family qualify?  For this retreat\, we will accept up to 8 families that have lost a child to pediatric cancer or other chronic medical illness. There is no restriction on the amount of time since your child’s death or where you live. Our retreats are best suited for children between the ages of 4-16\, however\, we do welcome families with older and younger children. Unfortunately\, we cannot accept parents that lost their only child or only have surviving children older than 18 at this retreat (please see our parent only retreats in April and November). Due to the recent increased interest in our retreats\, after attending a specific type of retreat\, you must wait 3 years to attend that same retreat again. Limited travel scholarships are available by request. \n\n\n\nRett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act\, and ask our participants to act\, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race\, age\, nationality\, gender\, sexual orientation\, political\, or religious belief. \n\n\n\nCheck out more pictures from last year’s retreat at Rolling Ridge: 2025 \n\n\n\nLast year’s agenda: 2025 \n\n\n\nDeadline to apply: May 15th\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nApply Today!
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/open-to-healing-26/
LOCATION:Rolling Ridge Retreat Center\, 660 Great Pond Rd\, North Andover\, MA\, 01845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bereaved,Families,Open to Healing
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SUMMARY:Surf & SUP Yoga Lesson with Liquid Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Forever Healing Grief Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA morning on the water to find your balance in nature.\n\n\n\nWe are adding to our SUP Yoga event this year by teaming up with Liquid Dreams. Now you can choose SUP Yoga or a Surf Lesson for you and your teens. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRett’s Roost and Liquid Dreams invite you to join us on the morning of July 25th to take a SUP yoga lesson at Wells Harbor or a Surf lesson at Footbridge Beach in Ogunquit. We will meet at Liquid Dreams in Ogunquit and one group will go to SUP while the other goes to Surf. Then we’ll meet back there to have lunch at Hooks restaurant. \n\n\n\nCome connect with other parents and teens that have experienced childhood cancer and child loss. Let the water soothe your soul\, take some deep\, long breaths of salt air\, and feel your strength and confidence grow. This is a beautiful experience that you and your teen will not forget. If you don’t have a teen child\, you can still attend! \n\n\n\nWe’ll spend about an hour on the water\, then meet up at Hooks for lunch. \n\n\n\nSign up soon\, space is limited for both sessions!\n\n\n\nDeadline to Apply: July 17th\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nApply Today!
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/sup-26/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Adults,Bereaved,Community Gathering,Families,Kids,Survivors
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SUMMARY:Forever Healing Grief Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Forever Healing Grief Retreat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with a community of bereaved parents.Share your child’s story and learn new healthy ways to grieve.\n\n\n\nThis weekend retreat will offer both reflective release and hopeful perspective to parents that have lost a child to illness.\n\n\n\nOur vision at Rett’s Roost is to cultivate a community of families pursuing a path of healing through shared experiences of connection\, joy\, and reflection. The goal of this retreat is to bring together a group that understands the plight of being a bereaved parent and to provide them with a toolbox of healing modalities to ease their emotional burden. \n\n\n\nOur hope is that you leave feeling like you took some time to honor your child\, while at the same time taking care of your broken heart. \n\n\n\nThis in-person retreat runs from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon at a beautiful farmstead in Saco\, ME. All lodging\, food\, and activities once you arrive will be paid for by Rett’s Roost. Each couple will have their own bedroom (some single moms may have to share a large room) and bathrooms are shared. Rett’s Roost staff and volunteers will be providing delicious\, healthy meals and snacks. Grief support\, yoga\, art\, massage\, and sound therapy will be offered. Most importantly\, you’ll have time to connect over your loss. \n\n\n\nParents will meet on zoom ahead of the retreat to share their children’s stories. After the retreat\, this cohort of parents has the opportunity to attend a year of monthly online grief support sessions together. We hope that strong bonds will be developed between parents through this year-long experience. \n\n\n\nRett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act\, and ask our participants to act\, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race\, age\, nationality\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or religious belief. \n\n\n\nDo we qualify? To attend this retreat\, your child must have died of pediatric cancer or a similar childhood-related illness. There is no restriction for time from your loss or where you live. \n\n\n\nLast year’s agenda: 2025 \n\n\n\nCheck out photo albums from previous retreats at River Winds: 2023\, 2024\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nApply Today!
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/forever-healing-26/
LOCATION:River Winds Estate\, 121 Louden Road\, Saco\, ME\, 04072\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bereaved,Families,Forever Healing,Retreat
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SUMMARY:Winter Blues Bereavement Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Now on February 8th\, due to the predicted snow storm on 1/25\, we’ll be gathering for our 4th annual Winter Blues Bereavement Luncheon back at the Union Bluff Meetinghouse in York\, ME (same place as last year) from 11am – 3pm. \n\n\n\nVolunteers will be on hand to lead children in activities. We’ll have music and crafts and a memorial table to our beloved children that have passed. After lunch\, if the weather is decent\, we’ll take a walk onto Short Sands Beach (optional to jump in the ocean with Deana and Leigh). \n\n\n\nHotel rooms are available at a discounted rate. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to all families who have lost a child to a life-threatening pediatric illness. We hope to see you there.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that space for this event is limited. Sign up today and please let us know if you have to cancel. \n\n\n\n\nSign up Today
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/winter-blues-bereavement-luncheon/
LOCATION:Union Bluff\, 8 Beach Street\, York\, Maine\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Bereaved,Community Gathering,Families,Kids
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SUMMARY:One Mission Caring for the Caregiver Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Emery Farm – Durham\, NH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA unique weekend of self-care for parents. Create space for yourself and find community amongst people who have been in your shoes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt this retreat\, we will bring together parents of children with cancer and other chronic illnesses to recharge their spirits and dive into a few deep healing techniques. Psychosocial support\, that given to help meet the mental\, emotional\, social\, and spiritual needs of patients and their families is shown to be one of the most effective strategies for processing the trauma of raising a child with cancer or other similarly treated illness. Coming together\, we will foster a community of parents who are medical caregivers for their child and individually work through emotions in ways other than traditional talk therapy. \n\n\n\nYou may attend as a single parent or couple. Single people may need to share a room with another person of the same gender if not attending with their spouse. The lodging and grounds at Emery Farm is exquisite\, although you may also choose to attend this event just for the day. We also will offer overflow rooms at the equally beautiful Shilo Farm that weekend.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to welcome back Justin Wilfordfrom MaxLove Project and the Yes Collective!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, dads will meet with Justin to participate in a day of therapeutic healing techniques including Internal Family Systems and Psychedelic breathwork. Moms will get their chance on Sunday to work with Justin. You can read more about these well-researched\, innovative modalities below.  On the opposite days\, parents will have the opportunity to get a massage\, take a hike at the beautiful Wagon Hill trails across the street\, and participate in a yoga class. \n\n\n\nA group dinner will be offered on Saturday night\, and light breakfast and lunch is provided on the day you work with Justin. You can also purchase food at Emery Farm’s farmstand\, each participant will receive a gift card. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBereaved Parents – Apply Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParents of Survivors – Apply Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Facilitator\n\n\n\nWe are so excited to have Justin Wilford join us again for this retreat. Justin is the father of Max\, a 15-year survivor of Glioblastoma\, and Maesie. He holds doctorates in public health (UC Irvine) and cultural geography (UCLA). He co-founded the childhood cancer nonprofit MaxLove Project with his wife Audra. He is also a cofounder of an emotional health platform called Yes Collective that focuses on Internal Family Systems-based therapeutic programming. He is a health program designer\, Internal Family Systems practitioner\, psychedelic medicine guide\, and conscious dance DJ.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInternal Family Systems is an evidence-based\, paradigm-shifting psychotherapeutic approach that today is practiced by thousands of therapists\, psychologists\, and psychiatrists around the world. IFS sees our minds as a system of various parts\, or sub-personalities\, each with its own unique perspective\, emotions\, and role to play in our lives. The goal of IFS is to foster harmony and healing within this internal system by establishing a compassionate and curious relationship with each part. By understanding and engaging with our internal parts\, we can improve our mental\, emotional\, and spiritual health in profound ways. \n\n\n\nPsychedelic breathwork (which does not use psychedelic substances) is a unique practice based in holotropic-style breathing. It opens up the body\, heart\, and mind to help us witness what we’ve been holding on to\, compassionately release what is not ours to hold\, and open us to our deeper wisdom and clarity inside. Justin will help you do this by first guiding you through meditation practices inspired by an Internal Family Systems framework. He’ll then lead you into the psychedelic breathwork\, followed by an integrative journaling and processing session to close the experience. Psychedelic breathwork sessions are safe but powerful experiences for individuals who are ready for breakthroughs of greater clarity\, self-compassion\, and self-expression. 
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/caring-for-the-caregiver/
LOCATION:Emery Farm\, Durham\, NH\, 147 Piscataqua Rd\, Durham\, Maine\, 03824\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bereaved,Caring for the Caregiver,Retreat,Survivors
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SUMMARY:Healing Nest Retreat for Bereaved Families
DESCRIPTION:Shilo Farm Eco-Retreat – Eliot\, ME\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpend the long weekend at Shilo Farm with your family! Connect with other bereaved families and experience fall on the farm in Maine.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Collaboration with:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are introducing a new style of retreat this year that still brings families that have been impacted by childhood cancer and child loss together\, but does not incorporate the jam-packed schedule we offer at our larger family retreat in the summer. You’ll have more time to explore the seacoast area and choose your own adventure.  \n\n\n\nThere is only space for three families to stay at Shilo Farm so we encourage you to apply early. Each family will have their own beautifully decorated bedroom and bathroom. We will offer optional activities to connect with others and to heal within–such as yoga\, meditation\, parent massage\, a pizza party\, an individual family therapy session\, farm animals\, and other fun activities. \n\n\n\nDoes my family qualify? For this retreat\, we can accept 3 families that have lost a child to cancer. You must live within the 6 New England states or NY or NJ to apply. We cannot offer travel scholarships for this retreat. If you have attended one of our Open to Healing  or Forever Retreats or the Caring for the Caring Retreat in the past\, you may still qualify to attend\, however\, we will give priority to families that are new to Rett’s Roost. \n\n\n\nDEI:  Rett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act\, and ask our participants to act\, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race\, age\, nationality\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or religious belief. \n\n\n\nNote: This is a working farm with cats\, a large dog\, chickens\, and goats. It is not recommended for families that have severe allergies or fears to animals. \n\n\n\nCheck out photos from our last mini-retreat at Shilo Farm: \n\n\n\n2023 PhotosMore Shilo Farm Photos \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHIS RETREAT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. APPLY TO BE PUT ON THE WAITLIST… \n\n\n\n\nAPPLY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral info about our retreats \n\n\n\nGet in touch for more details or sign up to volunteer for this retreat! \n\n\n\nFamilies with childhood cancer survivors can apply to this retreat in May.
URL:https://rettsroost.org/event/healing-nest-retreat-for-bereaved/
LOCATION:Shilo Farm\, 88 Beech Rd\, Eliot\, ME\, 03903\, United States
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