What kind of rest?

Not the kind where you collapse from exhaustion.  

The kind where you actually come back to yourself — and discover what your body has been asking for all along.

The radical kind.

Someone who came to our last retreat put it this way:

Maybe you know that feeling.
Your days are spent giving.
Tending, holding, anticipating what everyone needs before they ask. And rest sounds nice the way a vacation sounds nice. Lovely, and not really for you.

Underneath, a quieter doubt: what would resting even change? If you stopped, the list would still be there when you got back.  

Here is what the people I work with find: Rest is connected to everything.  
To whether you actually sleep when you finally lie down.  
To whether you meet the people you love the way you want to, or the way exhaustion makes you.  
To knowing what you need, and where you are headed.  
Even to the reach for something sweet or salty when the day has worn you thin.  

None of those patterns shift while everything stays the same.

The pace that is wearing you down cannot also be the thing that mends it. The way through is the one nobody taught us.
Slowing down.

It runs against everything we absorbed: hurry up, push through, you'll sleep when you're dead.

That is exactly why it is radical.  This is not "invest in yourself."
It is whether you sleep.
Whether you snap.
Whether the people who watch how you live ever learn that a person can stop, and the world does not end.  

And the timing matters. This is solstice weekend, the light turning toward the second half of the year.
A natural place to ask how the direction of your life is going, and what wants to shift before the year tips over.
That only happens when you slow down enough to look.  

One thing, plainly, because it stops most people. You do not have to clear the whole weekend. 
You do not have to vanish, or hand off everything.
Come hold the intention of rest, and just see what happens.
Join us when you can.
Take the pieces that fit the life you actually have.  
Only you know what you need.
This weekend is here for you if you're curious to discover if the answer is rest.  

What the weekend together looks like.

The retreat is solstice weekend, June 19-21, 2026. The shape of it is intentional. Not packed. Not empty. Held.

Friday at noon Eastern Daylight Time, the weekend opens. (9am PDT, 9:30pm IST) We gather on Zoom for our first live call together. This is where we meet each other, set the intention for the weekend, and begin to land in the container we'll share for the next three days. The call is recorded for anyone who can't be there live.

Throughout the weekend, you're supported without interruption. We use Voxer (a free voice-and-text app, like a walkie-talkie that also holds written messages) to stay in touch. You can reach out when you need support, check in if something surfaces, or rest entirely in your own quiet. The Voxer space is held by Rebecca and Meredith. You're never on your own, and you're never required to engage.

Saturday is unstructured. This is the day you rest without interruptions. You decide what that looks like. You might use the content library. You might nap. You might walk. You might cry. You might do nothing at all. There's no schedule to follow and nothing you're supposed to accomplish. The whole day is yours.

Sunday at noon Eastern, the weekend closes. We gather again on Zoom for our final live call. This is where we integrate what surfaced, share what we're taking with us, and complete the experience together. Like Friday, the call is recorded.

After Sunday, the library stays with you. What you learned and what you set up doesn't disappear at the end of the weekend. You keep access to all the course materials for as long as the course exists. Many people use the materials to do their own self-directed retreats in their own time later. The guidance is still there for you.

What's in the course library?

Your registration includes access to a content library that supports your weekend and stays with you after it ends.

Preparation video with Rebecca and Meredith. A conversation about what real rest is, what gets in the way for most of us, and how to approach the weekend.

Preparing Your Space with Kristy Iris. A practical guide to setting up the physical environment where your rest will happen. Includes a video, a written transcript for those who'd rather read, and a downloadable PDF guide.

How to Choose Your Rest. Two frameworks for figuring out what kind of rest you actually need. Ways to Rest is a practical list of activities sorted by energy level, co-created with the first retreat group. Kinds of Rest uses Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's framework of seven types of rest, plus two more we've added.

Art Therapy Practices with Susan Stroemel. Doodle-based exercises that help you drop out of your spinning head and back into your body. No artistic skill required. These work whether you do them once or come back to them again and again.

Writing Down Your Soul with Janet Conner. A writing practice from the author of the book by the same name. One of the most powerful tools for hearing what your body and your deeper knowing have been trying to tell you.

Some of this is meant for before the weekend. Some is for during. Some you'll return to long after. It's yours to use however and whenever you need it.