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What Happens During a Retreat
A partner retreat is not a team-building day. It's not a motivational workshop or a productivity hack. It's a co-designed, immersive experience built specifically for your team—shaped by your mission, your culture, your needs, and the particular kind of stress your people carry.
Our facilitators work with you before, during, and after to create space for real connection: time in nature, practices that help people slow down and notice what they're feeling, opportunities to witness each other's humanity, and structured time to think collectively about how you want to work together moving forward.
The framework we use—Release, Connect, Restore, Create, Commit, Integrate—guides every retreat. But the experience itself is uniquely yours.
THIS RETREAT IS FOR YOU IF....
A partner retreat is a co-designed healing experience built specifically for your team.
Shaped by your mission, your culture, your needs, and the particular kind of stress your people carry — this is not a template. Our facilitators work with you before, during, and after to create space for real connection: time in nature, practices that help people slow down and notice what they're carrying, opportunities to witness each other's humanity, and intentional time to reimagine how you want to work together moving forward.
What makes an OFC retreat different is what happens between the activities. The meal where someone finally says what they've been holding for months. The silence walk where a team member realizes they haven't breathed deeply in years. The closing circle where people make commitments they actually keep. That is where the transformation lives — and it's what your team will carry back into the work.
“There was a sense of groundedness that came with all the practices. I was reminded how I get nourished by dance and music. it made me feel alive. It made me feel good in my skin.”
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— Retreat Participant
Identity: Person of color | Event: ~48-hour flagship retreat
Choose the Format That Works for Your Team
FULL DAY RETREAT (6-8 HRS)
Perfect for teams getting started.
Includes arrival and grounding, facilitated group work, time in nature, meals together, and a closing circle. Helps your team experience what's possible in a single day.
TWO DAYS / ONE NIGHT
The sweet spot. Overnight retreats go deeper.
Your team has time to actually relax, to show up differently when they're not rushing back to work. This format includes evening gatherings, more spacious facilitation, and real integration time.
THREE DAYS / TWO NIGHTS
For teams ready to go deep.
Multi-day retreats allow for genuine transformation. More time in nature, more room for processing, more opportunity to build the relationships and trust that last.
What's Included in Every Retreat
• Custom Co-Design Process — We learn your team's specific challenges, culture, and goals before the retreat even begins
• Expert Facilitation Team — Trained healing-centered practitioners with deep knowledge of trauma, somatic work, and group dynamics
• All Meals & Beverages — Thoughtfully prepared, nourishing food throughout the retreat (dietary accommodations honored)
• Diverse Healing Modalities — Movement, sound therapy, guided rest, storytelling, creative practice, ritual, and nature-based integration tailored to your group
• Intentional Spaces — Comfortable, carefully designed indoor and outdoor spaces that support deep work
• Guided Group Dialogue — Facilitated professional solidarity where your team is witnessed, named, and restored together
• Full Materials & Resources — Everything your team needs during the retreat, plus take-home practices and integration tools
• Post-Retreat Integration Options — Debrief sessions, group coaching circles, or 1:1 coaching to sustain the shifts that happened
• Alumni Community Access — Participants join OFC's ongoing network of aligned care workers for continued connection and learning
• Comprehensive Follow-Up Plan — So the shifts that happen during the retreat don't disappear when people return to work
