The Well Retreat at Doe Bay Resort
May 1-5
2024
The Well Retreat 2024 is a four night, five day immersive experience at the mystical Doe Bay Resort on Orcas Island centered around connecting to your sensual aliveness and cultivating erotic and creative lifeforce. Through somatic practices, soulful and accessible yoga + dance, therapeutic inquiry, pelvic floor energetics, and group authentic relating, this retreat creates space and experiences to come home to yourself.
Our unique leadership team of Jen Oato Bennett (yoga teacher, dance healer) Jenny Wade (therapist and yoga teacher) and myself create a powerful container for you to go deeper into your body, mind and soul work. Imagine the most indulgent, connecting, therapeutic, creatively alive summer camp for adults—this is it.
Your payment includes:
8 communal nutrient-rich meals (breakfast + dinner each day)
Daily yoga + dance + somatic experientials
Daily group connection and optional break out workshops
Daily (optional!) Cold plunge with water ritual
Soul care curriculum
Individual check in with Julie, Jen, or Jenny
Optional a la cart additions available only to retreat guests:
Private additional bodywork sessions from our experienced body workers Ren Ceruilli and Em Boardway
Flash or custom tattoo with artist Misha Gunderson
Boudoir or portrait session with photographer Sharis Rose
Cost : $1200
Accommodation and food : Retreat price does not include accommodation. You can either book directly through the Doe Bay website, or we have a few one bedroom cabins reserved for our group at 30% off regular pricing ($670 for all four nights). Each cabin sleeps 2 comfortably, 4 for a tight squeeze! Please email us directly to reserve one of the cabins below. We will provide 8 meals (dinner our first day, breakfast and dinner the next three days, and breakfast on our last day. Lunches will be the responsibility of the attendee.
Cancellation Policy : Due to all the backend work we do to prepare, we are unable to offer refunds. However, should you need to cancel for some reason, you are welcome to gift your spot to someone else or transfer your deposit to a future event with The Well!
Sample Itinerary:
morning breathwork/cold plunge
breakfast with somatic mindfulness
opening circle + movement
creative exploration
lunch
free time
breakout workshops
dinner with somatic mindfulness
evening somatic healing circle
Meals are provided by my catering co: Meals by Jules
A Sample from Last Year’s Retreat Menu that I created and cooked:
Homemade granola with coconut, cinnamon, pecans, almonds, cashews, flax, hemp, chia, and sesame seeds
Roasted mushroom and spinach fritatta with mint, cilantro and dill
Spiced chickpea stew with tumeric, coconut and mint
Warm kale salad with garlic, sultanas, pickled beets and feta
Wine braised roast with creamy rosemary polenta
Fennel and carrots with harissa and yogurt
Creamy sausage soup with sweet potato, sage, rosemary, red onion and kale
Lettuces with lemon, roasted pistachio, pecorino, and dill
Space is limited to 15 participants! If you would like to attend, please fill out our application and intake form HERE. Once we have received this you may submit your $600 deposit to hold your spot. If you are an alumni of The Well series or previous retreats, you do not need to fill out the application!
THE well winter retreat in leavenworTH (full)
March 2-5
2023
Calling all people who identify as mother! Step away from the stress in your life and into a weekend of healing body, mind, and soul. Jenny Wade, Julie Davidson, and Jen Oato Bennett will host you at a beautiful cabin near Leavenworth for a weekend full of feminine community.
Through somatic experiencing practices, soulful and accessible yoga + dance, therapeutic inquiry, and creative expression, you will leave renewed and inspired.
Activities will include: 8 communal nutrient-rich meals, 3 Facilitated Morning Circles, Yoga + Breathwork + Authentic Movement, Dance, Somatic Nervous System Regulation Practices, Writing and Reflection, Partner and Group Sharing, 2 Facilitated Evening Circles.
Optional Offerings: 1:1 Somatic Touch Sessions, Morning Cold Plunge, Creative Art Playtime, Hot Tub, "Tiktok" Dance Choreography Session, Spa Care Time.
Accommodations include access to everything listed above and a shared King bed with either a forest or river view.