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Rediscovering Joy In- Person Retreats
How the Retreats Work:
“We felt so much love and healing throughout the retreat and the weight it lifted from us to go home, feeling lighter and refreshed from our troubles and sadness! You all are amazing!”
Weeklong Rediscovering Joy retreats progress through three over arching themes: Honoring the Past, Living in the Moment, and Embracing the Future. A thought for the day kicks off breakfast, followed by a morning activity eliciting further reflection and discussion.
Coming back together for dinner is family time. Each dinner is created to be light hearted and natural with room for spontaneous and authentic sharing.
Each retreat includes:
Exercises and activities parents place in their personal toolbox for future use
Facilitation of individualized activities fitting each parent’s interests, whether it’s relaxing on the grounds or venturing out to explore the surroundings
Memorable and meaningful group outings provide parents the opportunity to honor their children together
Family style breakfast and dinners
A safe place reminiscing about a deceased child, discuss situations, and gain insight from other parents who “get it”, and most importantly a chance to laugh at the small things again
Our retreats aren't a vacation. Before placing you on our waiting list, please take a look at our blog where you’ll get an idea of what you’d getting yourself into as well as some immediate tools. Click here to apply.
What’s Included:
“We are now ready to go home and make a fresh start to a great life”
Each retreat healing and joy filled experience for parents that’s not clouded by financial concerns. We are committed to making ‘Ohana Oasis available virtually free of charge to participants including:
Accommodations for seven nights
All meals
Daily activities and several group outings
The Cost
“The generosity of those who donated their time, talents, and services was ASTOUNDING. Every day we were surprised. Every detail was thought of, every need provided for and we didn’t have to spend a dime if we didn’t want to.”
The average cost of a retreat experience per participant is $1,750. We’re committed to making retreats available to participants almost completely free of charge. Each parent only pays $125 as a commitment to investing in themselves and the process.
Facing the death of a child is often an isolating experience. Even for those fortunate enough to have a network of support, it is an overwhelming and life changing event, forcing parents to re-evaluate their lives, their identities, and what’s important.
Releasing all expectations, worries and burdens and feeling the loving support of a greater community is an integral part of the retreat experience. We understand many parents struggle financially as a result of the death of their child (medical bills, loss of wages, job loss, etc). Our objective is to create a healing and joy filled week for parents not clouded by financial concerns.
Let’s Talk Grief.
Watch this library of enlightening, vulnerable, and encouraging interviews with bereaved parents.
Grief’s a topic we shy away from, especially when it comes to the death of a child. There’s no one "right" way to grieve or support those grieving.
We crack this topic wide open through conversations showing other grieving parents they aren't alone. Your thoughts and experiences are normal.
Interviews can be found on our YouTube Channel,
Sibling Support.
Check out our web page and section on our YouTube Channel dedicated to supporting surviving siblings. The topics include:
Navigating Family Decisions - Many decisions need to be made, some fairly quickly, after the death of child. Navigating through them all is often hard for grieving parents, let alone consider the impacts to surviving siblings. Suggestions are based on the feedback of now adult siblings reflecting back on their childhood experiences.
Items to Consider - Ideas parents, other family members, and friends may consider in providing on going support for the surviving siblings.