A Retreat for
Breast Cancer Survivors
Northern California • Fall 2027
A weekend to rest, nourish, and honor yourself.
The Empress Retreat is an annual gathering for breast cancer survivors to step away from the demands of everyday life and into a weekend created entirely for them: to rest deeply, connect with women who understand, and make space for the healing and transformation that continue long after treatment.
Set in Northern California, the weekend is an invitation to slow down. To calm your nervous system. To reconnect with your body and yourself. To share, laugh, move, eat well, and simply be.
At the heart of the weekend is joy. Through nourishing food, restorative movement, time in nature, rest, and meaningful connection, we’ll create space to reflect on what joy looks like after treatment. We’ll acknowledge changed perspectives, social triggers, fears of recurrence, and the anxieties that can linger, while exploring how to navigate it all and practice joy and gratitude more intentionally in our everyday lives.
Because healing doesn’t end when treatment does.
The Weekend
A gentle rhythm of movement, nourishment, connection, and rest, with plenty of space to make the weekend your own.
Friday | Arrive + Settle In
Late Afternoon | Check-In
Arrive, settle into your room, explore the property, and take some time for yourself.
Early Evening | Welcome Gathering + Dinner
We’ll come together for the first time to meet one another and officially open the weekend with a grounding welcome and blessing followed by a nourishing dinner together to ease into the weekend.
Before Bed | Candlelight Gentle Yin Yoga
Close the first evening with a slow, restorative yin practice to help settle the body and nervous system.
Saturday | Explore + Restore
Morning | Local Hike
Begin the day outside with a beginner friendly local hike and time in nature led by one of our hostesses.
Breakfast
Return to a energizing breakfast together.
Late Morning + Afternoon | Your Time
This part of the day is intentionally left open. Book a treatment at the hotel spa, relax by the pool, explore, nap, read, or spend time connecting with the other women. There is nowhere else you need to be.
Lunch | On Your Own
Make lunch your own. Explore one of the nearby restaurants or stay close and enjoy lunch poolside or at the hotel’s Michelin-rated restaurant.
Evening | Connection + Conversation
We’ll gather again for a thoughtfully guided experience centered around reflection, connection, and meaningful conversation, followed be a relaxed dinner together.
Before Bed | Candlelight Gentle Yin Yoga
Close the day with a slow, restorative practice designed to quiet the body and nervous system before sleep.
Sunday | Rise + Carry It Forward
Sunrise | Morning Movement
A gentle sunrise movement practice to welcome our final morning together.
Breakfast
Our last meal together before heading home.
Late Morning | Check-Out
Leave rested, nourished, and carrying a little of the weekend with you.
Date & Location
Our inaugural Empress Retreat is planned for Fall 2027 in Northern California. We’re thoughtfully bringing the first weekend to life and would love to keep you in the loop as details unfold. Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates, announcements, and first access to retreat information.
The Hostess
Hi! I’m Christine. At 40, after my very first mammogram, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer.
After finishing chemotherapy, I found myself in a place I wasn’t prepared for. I thought I would feel relieved and ready to celebrate, but instead I felt isolated, depressed, and unsure of how to move forward. The people around me were ready to celebrate being “done,” but I didn’t quite feel done.
I kept thinking about what I needed in that moment. I wanted a weekend away, but not just a girls’ weekend with my best friends. I wanted to honor what I had been through with women who could truly relate, without having to explain any of it.
I wanted to rest. To be in nature. To eat nourishing food, move my body, have honest conversations, laugh, connect, and start making space for joy again.
I realized the weekend I was looking for didn’t exist, at least not in the way I imagined it.
So I decided to create it.
The Empress Retreat is the weekend I wish I’d had, and I hope it can be that weekend for you, too.
xoxo,
Christine