About The Retreat
To reclaim who we are as Black Women from a mind, body, and soul perspective using the vehicles of Retreat (withdraw & step away), Respite (rest) and Recreation (play) through healing circles and adjacent therapeutic activities in sacred space communally.
To work somatically, deeply in the nervous system, while setting the conditions and intentions, as an invitation to the Black Women’s system/body to do the work of healing.
Thank you for respecting this sacred space for Black, African-American, Caribbean, African, Bi-Racial women of Black descent, Black women of the Diaspora worldwide. Limited space available. Must be 18-years old+ to attend.
These 4-days of retreat, respite, and recreation are designed to increase your sense of self energy, connect with ancestors/group members, unburden wounds, lean into emotional injuries, increase personal power, and set the intention of wholeness while engaging psychotherapy modalities in healing circles/group context.
The idea of healing in community is ancient, we are going back to our roots, core and leaning into our ability to heal ourselves.
Retreat Schedule
Thursday, July 20, 2023
5 pm – 7pm Welcome Reception (coming together)
Meet & Greet Evening with the Group (cocktails will be served)
Friday, July 21, 2023
9am – 12 pm (Opening session/Introduction and overview of the itinerary & Group development)
12 pm – 1 pm Lunch
1 pm – (Pathway of Feelings activity)
6 pm – return to the hotel for end of the day/dinner
Connection Healing Circle/Lay your burdens down (Womanhood/Motherhood)
Group experience/field trip off site: adventure through 3/4 eco systems (assimilation of Diaspora experience around how far we have come to this place and the often unacknowledged stress in the body/brain experienced by Black women consistent with systemic oppression, The Angry Black Woman trope, The Strong Black Woman trope)
Reactivation to Stabilization Experience in the Body beginning the journey of reclaiming “All of you” serving as (Rejuvenation entry, we will be going deeply into your system, your Autonomous Nervous System with Intention)
Saturday, July 22, 2023
9 am – 12pm (process group circles/gatherings)
12 pm – Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm (prepare for purification ceremony)
Travel to purification destination
Debrief and integrate Experience
7pm – closeout
Healing Circles around topics to include: Trauma (recalibrate), Anger (recognition/affirmation), Abandonment (retrieval with support from the group/ancestors).
Purification/Ancestral ceremony on the Beach (dress in white–I am not trying to mess with your theology or Christianity…I identify as “Christian” with spiritual embodiment)
Healing Circles, Healing Circles, Healing Circles…they are ancient.
Sunday, July 23, 2023
9am – 12pm (healing circles/group gathering/processing session)
12 pm – 1 pm Lunch
1 pm – 4 pm (retrieval/rebirth)
5 pm – 10 pm (Yacht experience to complete release/rebirth process Caribbean Sea)
Healing Circles around topics: Forgiveness (release) and Integration (rebirth)
Exclusive Yacht Party for My Sistahs Only (we have a chartered yacht): demonstration and experience to support retrieval and release. It’s party time! You know how we do!!
Monday, July 24, 2023
Return to Home Base!
Departure from Cancun, Mexico to your home destination. Should you decide to remain after the close of UnBound Black Women Healing Retreat, additional day rates have been contracted with Hard Rock Riviera Maya hotel at the group rate. Please advise the travel agent your number of extended-stay, days planned to continue your stay at the time of securing your room for the retreat.
Teachers / instructors
Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, PhD candidate, first Black female Brainspotting trainer in the world, will utilize the tools of the trade on this 4-day experiential journey through your system.
As the group facilitator, my team and I, will engage Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) modalities as a framework to invite your brain, body, and nervous system to do the work of healing.
Food / Cuisine
All inclusive food and alcohol at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. Dietary specifications are available.
Retreat Price
Prices are in US Dollars
$777 Early bird retreat ticket rate until 12/25/2022
$888 Standard retreat ticket rate starts 12/26/22
What’s included
- 5-days/4-night retreat includes adjacent activities
- All inclusive (food/alcohol)
- All retreat activities/transportation provided
- Path of feelings activity, Mayan Clay Ceremony on the beach, Yacht party and healing circles
- Airport transfers included in Hard Rock Hotel accommodation price
Not included
- Hotel accommodation (Double occupancy rooms are $1085 per person – 2 persons per room)
- Airfare
- Insurance
How to get here
You are responsible for arrangement of your flights to/from Cancun, Mexico. Please recognize sources such as booking.com, kayak, spirit airlines, etc. to get the best rates. Airport transfers included in room rate/hotel accommodations
How to Book
Visit the website and register. Upon receipt of retreat registration, link to purchase room accommodation will be emailed. Payment plans are available for the retreat rate and hotel accommodation.
Hotel and airlines flight is not included in retreat rate, there will be a link you will receive by email to secure your hotel room once your retreat registration is accepted. Our travel agent/group coordinator is Monica Grundy and she is excited to provide support with your hotel room in the group block at Hard Rock Riviera Maya, Cancun, Mexico for the retreat.
Disclosure
IMPORTANT: UnBound Black Women Healing Retreat is NOT individual/therapy and we do not provide Substance Abuse support. Individual therapy is not offered at this event, we will follow a group/communal frame for “gatherings”.
**Mental Health: If you have experienced a mental health break in the past year that required hospitalization, Please check with your mental health provider to ensure suitability for this retreat.
It is necessary to arrive regulated/stabilized understanding your resiliency and window of tolerance throughout group work and adjacent activities as outlined for the purpose of spiritual growth and personal healing. You will be engaged in a group dynamic with women worldwide of Black descent. This is not the space for Individual Therapy.
