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September 23-27, 2026

A sanctuary for women

4-Day Healing Retreat: in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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About the retreat

A Sacred Space to Come Home to Yourself.

Somewhere beneath the noise, the obligations, the endless giving - there is a version of you that remembers what peace feels like.

She hasn't disappeared.

She's just been waiting.

This retreat is an invitation to find her again. To step away from the roles you carry. To let the mountains hold what you've been holding alone.

To finally exhale.

Here, in the sacred landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains, we slow down long enough to hear what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

This is for the woman who has spent years tending to everyone else's healing — and is now, quietly, courageously, ready to tend to her own.

Join Leslie Slemmons, LISW-CP, CYT200, founder of Peace by Piece Therapy, for four days of intentional rest, somatic healing, and genuine connection nestled in the sacred landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Moon Rising Retreat Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Moon Rising is a nonprofit sanctuary — 22 acres of forest, mountain trails, and river — built for exactly this kind of slowing down.

It's the kind of place where your nervous system exhales just by arriving.

This retreat is for you if...

→You're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix

→You've been in survival mode and don't know how to get out

→You're healing from trauma, anxiety, or chronic pain

→You're craving community but haven't been able to find your people

→You know you need something, and this feels like it

What you'll experience

Somatic yoga and trauma-informed movement

Gentle, body-led practices designed to help you reconnect with yourself — not perform.

IFS-informed group sessions

Facilitated conversations rooted in Internal Family Systems — a space to hear and be heard without judgment.

Breathwork and nervous system regulation

Practical tools you can take home and actually use when life gets heavy again.

Rest, nature, and unstructured time

Forest trails, mountain air, and the Yadkin River running through the property. Your nervous system will know what to do.

Community with other women

Real connection with women who get it — the kind that's hard to find but easy to recognize when it's there.

What this space is built on.

The land holds us.

Nature is not just the backdrop here — it is part of the healing itself. We move through the mountains, the trails, and the river with reverence and care, honoring the land that holds us as we do our work.

You are your own healer.

We honor every woman as the expert of her own life. You are not here to be fixed — you are here to be empowered. That means taking ownership of your emotions, your choices, your boundaries, and your process. We will walk alongside you. The work is yours.

Honoring each other in community.

What happens in this circle, stays in this circle. We create a space where women are truly seen — without competition, without comparison, without masks. Only honest connection, real support, and the quiet power of women who choose to show up for each other.

Rooted and alive

Healing doesn't have to be heavy every moment. Yes, we go deep. And we also laugh, move, explore, and make space for the part of you that just wants to breathe and be silly and feel free. Your inner child is welcome here. Play is part of the process.

Moon Retreat Rising Center

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Moon Rising Retreat Center is a sacred 22-acre sanctuary built for one purpose — to hold people while they heal.

This is not a hotel. It is not a spa. It is something far more rare.

The mountains wrap around you from the moment you arrive. The Yadkin River runs through the property. The air is slower here, and your nervous system will notice.

During our time together you'll have access to a dedicated yoga shala, forest trails, a fire pit, cozy communal spaces, and nourishing meals crafted with the same intentionality we bring to everything else.

Women who have been here describe it as a place that changed them — not because of anything dramatic, but because of what happens when you finally give yourself four days in a space designed entirely for your healing.

Your nervous system already knows it needs it.

A note before you register.

This retreat is a healing container — a intentional, immersive space for women who are ready to show up fully for themselves. Not halfway. Not with one foot out the door.

We ask that you come substance-free, including no plant medicine, so that your nervous system can do what it actually knows how to do — heal, feel, and integrate — without interference. We also invite you to minimize phone use as much as possible. The mountains will have more to offer you than your screen, we promise.

This space is built on honesty, somatics, and the kind of connection that only happens when women stop performing and start being. We come here not to escape our lives, but to remember who we are beneath them.

This retreat isn't for everyone — and that's okay.

It is for the woman who is tired of shrinking. Who is ready to feel at home in her body again. Who knows, somewhere deep down, that she is worth the time, the investment, and the four days away.

What your body gets to receive.

5 days and 4 nights held in the mountains — away from the noise, the roles, and the relentless pace of your everyday life.

One group call in the month before we arrive to answer any questions and help prepare your nervous system, and so we can begin dropping in together before we even get there.

1:1 integration call with me after you return home — because the real work of a retreat often begins the moment you walk back through your own front door.

1:1 healing therapy session and 1:1 birthchart reading- optional but included ($600 value)

Meals that nourish you from the inside out. Organic, thoughtfully prepared brunch and dinner every day — because how we feed ourselves is part of how we heal.

Daily yoga in a dedicated shala surrounded by mountains — slow flow, restorative, and somatic practices that speak directly to your nervous system. All mats and props provided. All levels welcome. No performance required.

Evenings around the fire under the stars — the kind of unscripted, unhurried time where something in you quietly lets go.

Guided workshops and somatic practices woven throughout our days — gentle, embodied, and designed to help you come back to yourself piece by piece.

Real rest. Sauna time. A cold plunge in the river. Hours in nature with nowhere to be and nothing to prove.

A therapeutic creative evening — because your expression is part of your healing, and she deserves space too.

A full day in the mountains — hiking, waterfalls, and optional apple picking. Because joy and wonder are medicine too.

Curated retreat gifts made with you in mind.

And something you can't put a price on — a deeper relationship with your own body, your own voice, and your own knowing.

Day Two

Set Intentions & Reflect

Together, we pause to consider our goals, hopes, and direction. This is about aligning with ourselves and with the journey ahead. This is a chance to reconnect with what brought you here—your questions, your hopes, your turning points—and consider how they’ve shifted or deepened.

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Group Activity

11:00am

Lunch Break

12:30pm

Creative Workshop

2:00pm

Dinner

6:30pm

Day Three

Look Forward & Wrap Up

We explore the possibilities beyond this moment, making space for growth, action, and forward momentum. As we end our time together, we honor the experience, the growth, and the connections made along the way.

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