For those ready to step into a new place in their lives, who left their dreams behind and are ready to find them again, who feel it's too late. Let us find the path together.
Join the waitlistAn all-inclusive, fully immersive experience that allows you
to see and be seen.
To know and be known.
Five days among the red rocks, held by one facilitator, six women, and a place that has never once let me down.
In a circle of six, there's no one to perform for. You come to know the women beside you, and you let yourself be known, maybe for the first time in a long time.
Several women have contacted me over the years to ask about hosting a retreat here in Sedona, where I now live - such a land of beauty, mystery, and magic. And so, a few times a year, I open the doors.
It's my privilege to have been practicing as a psychotherapist for over 30 years now, primarily working with women. That way of being with people never really leaves me, and it never will. It just changes shape. I began painting in 2008 because I had the sense that I could, and the feminine figure, in human form and in nature, has been my subject ever since. The retreat is the same instinct in a different room: creating a space where women can see themselves and one another clearly, without an audience to perform for.
We begin with a conversation, just you and me. I meet with each of you one-on-one online, to help you name what you're coming here to do. Then we all meet together as a group online, each of us naming why we've come. Then we gather in Sedona, and something else takes over - the energetics of realization, of understanding, of true change, rising together in a small, supportive, tender space of trust and love.
People say I'm fast and furious, with great portions of love, support, humor, and acceptance. If there is one ounce of a "yes" in you, that's enough to begin.
"The women from my last retreat still meet every other week to maintain what they built here. Our conversations and growth keep deepening. I'm transformed as well - it's not I who do all this. It's the group."
Mardi has been part of my world for years: a retreat guest, a longtime client, someone who keeps coming back to do this work in different forms. Here she is, in conversation, on what it's actually given her.
A clip from a longer conversation.
"Ché has this beautiful balance of support and loving challenge. I feel held and invited to look honestly at myself - never fixed, never managed."On working with Ché
"I have realized I will not be who I'm not. I will be true to myself, not tempted to live as the people-pleaser I was before."On who she's become
"It was the body, the natural world, ritual, connection, reflection. A lot of work was done in a short period of time."On the retreat
"If you're on the fence about doing a retreat with Ché, do it. It is life transforming - a safe, sacred spot to explore."On deciding to go
From a conversation with Mardi, a longtime client.
A rhythm of deep work, followed always by rest and integration - never one without the other.
We open the circle. Arrive to the home that holds us for the week - red rock views on every side. We gather that evening for our first meal together and begin, gently, to say why we've come.
Mornings begin with guided group process - the real work of naming what you're ready to step into, and what you're ready to step away from.
Afternoons open outward: a yoga session among the Red Rocks, a heart-opening adventure out on the land, and time simply to rest.
Evenings bring sound healing, ritual, music, creative expression, opportunities for reflection and realization, and an optional à la carte menu of state-of-the-art healing modalities in the privacy of your room.
We close as we opened - together. A final morning to integrate, to say what needs saying, and to carry the "scope of expansion" you've named back out into your life.
Inevitably you will know what needs to go, what you need to release and let go of.
We let go together, holding witness for one another…
…and for the treasures that we call in.
This isn't just where the immersion happens. The space is part of the immersion. It's where we convene, roam, soak in the magic, rest, integrate, and restore.
All organic gourmet meals are personally prepared by a local chef and caterer.
We only leave to go deeper into the land, where the wonder and the deepest discovery happen. The land does that for you.
All you have to do is get here.
There's time to be within the group, and time to be within yourself.
There's nowhere to commute, and no ordinary life to go back to each night. For these five days, we get to see the inside, together.
All this for $4,200.*
*Spring dates coming soon. Every woman has her own private room, and the waitlist gets first pick.
Sedona has a way of helping you see the knowing that's already inside you.
The atmosphere here is amplified. I have my own way of describing how this land gives such support, so watch below and hear it from me: the magic of this place, and why every retreat I hold happens right here and nowhere else.
I've never fit neatly into one label, and I've stopped trying to. What I bring into the retreat room is everything I am outside of it.
Self-taught since 2008. Bold color, raw texture, the feminine figure as my recurring subject. Shown in New York, Atlanta, Nashville, and Asheville.
Some nights you'll find me with a guitar and a microphone, singing in Sedona rooms that smell like good wine and craft beer.
Keynotes, readings, evenings at the mic. Same presence that holds the retreat room, just turned toward an audience instead of a circle.
"Don't mistake my stillness or inaction for weakness, complicity, or ignorance. I wisely wait for the right moment to open. And it will."
Sedona is about a two-hour drive north of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Arrive Monday at 4:00 PM. We close Friday at 12:00 PM. Spring dates are coming soon.
Your own private room in the retreat home, all organic gourmet meals prepared by a local chef and caterer, and every circle, session, and ritual. Everything but getting here. Also available: an optional à la carte menu of state-of-the-art healing modalities.
First, I meet with each of you one-on-one online, to help you name what you're coming here to do. Then we all meet together as a group online, before we gather in Sedona.
$4,200 per person, all-inclusive. No shared rooms: every woman has her own private bedroom (two rooms share a bathroom). All are spectacular, all have amazing views, and the waitlist gets first pick of rooms.
I read every message myself and reach out directly. Before anything else, we talk, so you know it's right, and so do I.
The next circle gathers this spring. Dates are coming soon. Join the waitlist below and you'll hear first, before anything goes public.