our SPECIAL SABBATICAL WEEKS
Learn from nature’s changing moons and seasons to become a master of change in your own life and in service of the collective!
Fall & Winter Writing Sabbaticals
Oct- Dec 2024
hosted by the Hestia Team
Immerse yourself in wild, sacred nature to incubate your visions and fertilize your creativity. We’ve created an inspired space for you to rest, write, create and vision. Your Hestia support team is here to help you get creatively unstuck and keep your wellness in check with onsite energy healing, massage, movement classes, and nourishing food delivered to your doorstep!
Sacred Conversations with Land
April 25-28 in-person retreat + 3 weekly live online sessions
hosted by Belinda Liu (Hestia co-founder) & Liz Kelly (Home to Her Academy)
Cultures around the world have known and honored the Sacred Feminine as Sacred Earth for thousands of years. But what does it really mean to be in conversation with the land? More importantly, how does it feel? And how do we establish and cultivate a lasting connection to the earth - one based on the principles of respect, reciprocity and deep listening?
Fall Equinox 2024
September 19-25, 2024
with Dr. Paul Wang, doctor of Chinese Medicine
What aspects of your life need balance and restoration?
Join us during Fall Equinox for a deeply restorative sabbatical week to slow down, reset and come back into balance with your body, mind and spirit. We seek to shift our mindsets with refined intention. We inquire into our beliefs with open hearts. We dissolve habitual patterns with dynamic embodiment.
Samhain 2024
Oct 28-Nov 3, 2024
with Joy Evans, sound healer & forest therapy guide
Samhain is a Celtic cross-quarter celebration at the midpoint between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, marking the beginning of the dark half of the year. This descent into the longer nights is acknowledged in many cultural traditions by honoring the cycle of death and rebirth. Release ancestral trauma, tend to your grief, and connect with ancestral healing with sacred sound healing and special rituals on the land.
OUR VISION
In these times of great political, environmental and economic instability, humankind is being tested to evolve. Hestia is where we can listen to Mother Earth for clues to navigate our way forward.
We are a spiritual playground for practicing new ways of being, living, working and communing— starting with a reverent relationship with sacred land.
We are kind, caring, spiritually grounded people committed to doing our inner work in order to birth a beautiful new world for future generations to flourish.
Our Sacred Land in Mount Shasta, CALIFORNIA
Hestia Retreat Center is our 10-acre sanctuary located near Mount Shasta, California—one of the most potent healing vortexes on earth.
We are on the sacred land of the Karuk and Shasta tribes. Our flowing creek hosts a rare convergence of purifying red and white minerals symbolizing the union of the masculine and feminine energies within each of us.
Our sanctuary is just a 5-hour drive from Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. We are just 1.5 hours ways from two airports (RDD and MFR) and easily accessible by train and bus.
OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
SABBATICALS
to Regenerate with Nature
CUSTOM SOLO RETREATS
to Accelerate Your Transformation
IMMERSIONS
to Incubate, Vision & Create
BECOME a Hestia MEMBER
Inspired by our vision and feel the call to grow in community & support sacred land? Sign up and enjoy our special member perks!
OUR ONLINE GATHERINGS
Living in alignment with the seasons and cultivating awareness of our body's natural cycles is how our ancestors survived and even thrived. In all our offerings, we integrate ancient healing traditions with more emergent, modern day practices for fostering holistic wellness.
Maintain a healthy seasonal flow by pausing with us for the new and full moons each month online!
JOIN US EVERY MONTH!
ONLINE SOUND HEALING
May 7 | Jun 6 | July 5
New Moon Intention Setting & Sound Healing Circle
with Joy Evans
ONLINE MEDITATION
April 23 | May 23 | Jun 21
Full Moon Dao Meditation & Energy Alchemy
with Dr. Paul Wang
OUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO LAND STEWARDSHIP
Becoming a Land Steward with Belinda Liu
Home to Her Podcast with Liz Kelly
What does it mean to be a steward of land - not just taking responsibility for its preservation but also listening to the wisdom it offers?
Land-Care as Self-Care
(Daologos on Stewardship)
Daology Podcast with Paul C. Wang
Watch us discuss awakening inspiration from deepening connection to nature, land, community.
your hosts
BELINDA LIU
HESTIA STEWARD, COMMUNITY WEAVER & CULTIVATOR
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary and community cultivator.
She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her superpowers are shining a light on people’s strengths, bringing them out into the world, and creating life-changing tools and experiences for deep growth. She co-founded Gratitude Blooming and Hestia Retreat Center to lead new paradigms for personal and group transformation using nature, art and self-inquiry. She is also a level 3 reiki healer of people, land and spaces.
PETER COOPER
HESTIA STEWARD & CULINARY ARTIST
Peter is an artisanal chef, educator, adventure-seeker, and storyteller.
He has spent most of his professional career supporting education initiatives around the globe, with a focus on increasing the educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities. He enjoys exploring and sharing his love for the outdoors with others. He also takes pride in his ability to entertain and take care of those around him with his delicious food and storytelling.