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On-Site Retreat Experiences
Feel rested, recentered, and renewed at the Chapel Hill Retreat Center. Enjoy peaceful, clean, and quiet accommodations in the Garden Ensuite at the Chapel Hill Retreat Center (booked separately through Airbnb or VRBO) and experience a self-guided or facilitated retreat with the Chapel Hill Retreat Center LLC.
Self-Guided Retreats
Guests registered for a Self-Guided Retreat receive a map and the "Self-Guided Reflection Journal: Invitations for a Transcendent Experience in Nature." The journal includes a reflection activity for each garden room, all thoughtfully developed according to the principles of permaculture and therapeutic horticulture, and the practice of Shinrin-yoku (Japanese forest bathing). Each reflection includes two invitations: the first for your senses and the second for your soul. The sensory prompt is designed to help you experience the pleasure of presence in nature (e.g., see, hear, touch, smell) and the soul prompt is designed to enrich your reflection with life lessons from the garden (e.g., mind, will, emotions, affections, and imagination). The self-guided program takes approximately two hours (~10 minutes per garden room), and provides a small taste of how deeply moving and energizing, nature-based personal development programming can be.
Facilitated Retreats
Guests registered for a Facilitated Retreat receive all the benefits of the self-guided retreat experience plus a professionally-guided, two-hour personal development session to deepen and enhance the overall retreat experience. Chapel Hill Retreat Center LLC Founder and Chief Facilitator, Katie Loovis, has developed an exciting new evidence-based personal development curriculum. The curriculum couples the principles of permaculture and therapeutic horticulture, and the practice of Shinrin-yoku, with life lessons from the forest garden. These elements weave together for a multi-sensory, multi-dimensional personal development experience that helps participants feel refreshed and refocused on what matters most to them, and move forward with soulful ease. Loovis conducts a consultation with each guest prior to arrival to customize their facilitated session.
preferred provider Services
In addition, Chapel Hill Retreat Center has an established relationship with several well-respected, licensed and/or credentialed counselors and service providers. These preferred providers address their client's vocational, relational, and/or spiritual goals through a range of modalities, including life coaching, grief counseling, and/or forest and art therapy. Clients of preferred providers may use the provider's special code to secure a discount on the Garden Ensuite at the Chapel Hill Retreat Center when booking. Further, clients may coordinate directly with the preferred provider to schedule a session to happen on-site during their stay at the Chapel Hill Retreat Center.