FIRST RETREAT of 2025, Women's Weekend Mindfulness Circle: Relax, Reconnect & Restore, January 17-19th
January 17th-19th, 2025, 4-6 p.m. Friday – 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday
Start the year centered, in touch with your intuition, and inspired for the year ahead.
Enjoy meditation, sound baths, yoga, massage, and expertly facilitated mindfulness exercises to bring you into alignment with your best and highest good.
Enjoy a private bedroom (bathroom shared with one other), massage, jacuzzi, and most importantly time to reconnect with yourself and breathe in the company of wonderful women.
Registration and Deposit of 130.00 Due by January 3rd.
Total, All-Inclusive Cost: $444.00 for lodging, food, materials, welcome gift bag, and facilitation. 10% off if you register by December 20th. Register here.
Call Jess 508 963-3133 with questions.
HOLIDAY SALE: The Gift of Sound, Sound Bath
Grab our Sound Bath Sale until December 2oth. $60.00 for an hour sound bath journey for up to FIVE people. Give yourself a gift or give this experience as a gift to others. Register & Purchase here.
This immersive sound bath journey is fun, relaxing and has many benefits like stress reduction, improved sleep and immune function, pain reduction, boosted creativity and intuition, and more.
Just be, breathe, and ride the vibrations…buy by 12/20; use withing 6 months. Flexible scheduling and gift certificates available.
Sound baths are held at the Barred Owl Retreat, 88 Marshall Street in Leciester, MA.
Call Jess 508 963-3133 with questions.
Want to personalize your own retreat at the Barred Owl for a select group of friends and family? A bookclub? A painting or writing group? Just you and your best mates?
With over 10 years of retreat experience, I will help you curate a memorable and meaningful retreat.
Throughout the weekend you will be renewed and restored through a variety of practices designed for reflection and a deeper connection to yourself. Give yourself the gift of a fresh perspective, time, and space. Use the beautiful natural setting at the Barred Owl to your advantage, and allow me to help you choose activities and exercises to create a personalized experience from a menu of Barred Owl Retreat offerings from meditations, yoga, reiki, massage, arts, writing and outdoor exploration. Some past themes included: self-love and care, self-awakening, memoir writing, arts exploration, mindfulness sampler, nature play and forest bathing, etc…
Call Jess at 508 963-3133 for a consultation.
What you can expect: Seasoned and Expert Facilitation by a Mindfulness Professor, Sound Healer, and Forest Bathing Guide
- Just Some Activities to Choose From
- Guided Visualizations and Meditation
- Journaling and Reflective Writing
- Yoga
- Sound Therapy, Group or Individual
- Massage
- Fun Expressive Arts Activities
- A private bedroom, bath shared with one other
- Healthy Meals, Farm Fresh Eggs & Produce
- TLC
- Gifts and Surprises
- Some Down Time to Hike, Kayak, Enjoy a Spa, or Receive a Massage
I wanted to thank you again for an absolutely perfect weekend. We enjoyed everthing immensely, and felt inspired, invigorated and peaceful. You truly open your heart and soul to people who stay with you. Ever so grateful to have had the opportunity to spend time in your beautiful home. Can’t wait to retrurn…
Private, Small Group, or Corporate Sound Bath Sessions
Experience a sound bath where you are enveloped and held in a magical realm of profound relaxation in which soul, mind, and body harmoniously become one. As a sound healing practitioner and meditation instructor, I invite you to experience the transformative power of private, individual or small group sessions tailored just for you.
Imagine immersing yourself in the soothing vibrations from crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, chimes, the sounds of nature, and resonant gongs that take you to a transcendent state. Each session is carefully crafted to guide you through a meditative experience that awakens your senses, calms your mind, and so much more.
A sound bath washes away tension and stress, leaving you deeply refreshed and rejuvenated. Through gentle chakra and energy balancing techniques, harmony is restored in your body’s energy centers, promoting a sense of well-being that resonates long after the session ends.
Whether you seek relief from physical and emotional discomfort, daily pressures, a deeper connection with your inner self, or simply a sanctuary in which you can unwind and recharge, the Barred Owl’s sun room set in nature just outside of Worcester offers the perfect sanctuary.
Each session is a personalized journey towards relaxation, relief, and inner peace, where the healing power of sound meets the tranquility of nature. Some of the benefits of sound therapy:
- relaxation
- lessen chronic pain
- improves sleep & blood pressure
- reduced anxiety & depression
- mood balance, regulation
$80.00 1 – 3 people, $15.00 pp thereafter for small groups up to 10 people. Surprise Free gifts included. 1 hour, sit or lie down
Book your session today and let the journey begin. jess@barredowlretreat.com or 508 963-3133
Sound Bath/Yoga Testimonials
Jessica and Polly from Barred Owl Retreat were just what the Karmic Doctors ordered! Our Employee Resource Group hosted a self-care workshop, just in time, to support staff with the transition of summer to fall and help prepare them for a tireless fall aiding our members and their patients. Jessica was a joy to communicate with and work with throughout the entire process. She operated within our budget and to meet our staff needs above and beyond what I ever could have anticipated. Jessica and Polly traveled to our space, further supporting our staff and creating a relaxing and welcoming environment for the workshop. Barred Owl Retreat helped me build a soulful experience for the employees that they haven’t stopped talking about! I can’t wait to plan something with them again.
“The practitioners are of the highest caliber in doing this amazing new combination of work. Sound healing and yoga combined was such a wonderful experience, each enhancing the other under the guidance of these women. I have raved about Jessica before in regard to everything I have attended with her. Now she has paired with the best yoga teacher, such a gentle spirit who allows the most space for you to do yoga wherever you are at. I’m very much a rookie and she just gives me a smile that tells me I am doing just fine. Her touch and the added tools (beautiful weight bags, blocks) help you in different ways. They cue off on another in this process beautifully. It is a new experience not to be missed.”
“My baby did Yoga and Sound Bath with me. She loved it! We worked for an hour and it honestly seemed like less than 1/2 because it was so wonderful. She was content the whole time, smiled at Jess when the healing energy was just right for her, and has woken up a beaming, happy, smiling baby this morning with no tooth pain!”
What People Are Saying About Barred Owl Retreats...
I had the best time! I needed to get away from all of my responsibilities. I needed the time to reflect on my life. The activities were thoughtful and thought-provoking in a way that I needed them to be. The women in the group were open and vulnerable. I felt safe to share what was on my heart and I believe everyone else did too. Thank you, Jessica, for providing this experience for us. It was a magical time and place.
This women’s circle retreat was all nourishment and healing. An experience that made it easy to practice self-compassion and manage vulnerability in the company of fellow women and at the hands of a gifted facilitator. The time together and pacing of activities was ideal to foster connections and share a broad range of thoughts and feelings with comfort. The setting and conditions were gorgeous with nature hugging our circle at all times, while being nourished with delicious food and having all the comfort of a heartwarming and placid space indoors.
I really appreciate the balance of writing, art, music and movement, as well as the guided meditation selections. Truly grateful for the experience.
I left Sunday knowing that it was a transformative experience. Felt some shifts and some growing going on inside and what else could one ask for? Thanks to you for being an amazing facilitator…
For you, about you and facilitated by a knowledgeable women’s health expert. Wonderful day of filling your cup with positive energy.
Jess is a remarkable facilitator and an incredibly generous person…her beautiful home is a
special place and she gives off amazingly good vibes. All the women I have met at the
Barred Owl have been filled with grace and shared so beautifully with Jess guiding us in
journaling, flower arranging, meditation and “playing”…
