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Hand-drawn botanical artwork symbolizing nature-centered spiritual retreats at Hestia Magic
 
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WEEKLONG SABBATICALS

A healing retreat for deep rest, burnout & renewal

 

Come back home to yourself with the enchanted forest, fertile farm lands and flowing waters of Hestia. Let Mother Earth and her changing moons and seasonal cycles be your guide.   

Slow down and unplug. Savor the silence. Hear the whispers of your wildest, truest desires calling you.

6 nights, because it often takes a few days just to exhale
Mount Shasta or Big Island · from $2,900
 

 
 
 
Nature-inspired illustrated icons symbolizing earth-centered spiritual and wellness sabbatical retreats at Hestia Magic

What is a sabbatical?

A sabbatical retreat is an intentional period of solo time away from daily life to rest, reflect, and recalibrate.

A vacation

Often centers on travel, activities, and recreational experiences.

A structured retreat

Asks you to follow a set schedule, participate in group activities, or focus on a particular practice that may or may not work for you.

A sabbatical

Gives you the spaciousness to pause and reimagine how you'd like your life to look and feel when you're free from external pressures and distractions.

A personal retreat designed specifically for you.

You choose what you want to explore, how you want to spend your days, and what style of guided support would be most meaningful and effective. At Hestia Magic, we combine the restorative power of nature with highly personalized coaching, cozy lodging, nourishing meals and sacred meditation spaces to create a holistic retreat designed around you.

You might be holding a question, a longing, or a life transition you're navigating. Or you might arrive burned out, depleted and craving deep rest and healing.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You don't have to know what you're looking for
to benefit from the space to find it.

 
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Botanical illustration framing a Mount Shasta forest cabin for spiritual and meditation sabbatical retreats in Northern California

Imagine a week of being instead of doing.

Awaken naturally to the sounds of Mother Earth.

Enjoy a nourishing breakfast at your own time without rushing.

Walk beneath ancient trees. Surround yourself with the beauty of blooming tropical flowers.

Read, write, dream, or do absolutely nothing.

Let your mind wander without needing to turn every thought into a plan.

Spend an afternoon creating, exploring or watching the day transition into night.

Receive personalized guidance to digest your experiences and grow your awareness of yourself, your patterns and what you wish to shift.

This is your time. Your rhythm. Your journey.

 
 
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CHOOSE THE SANCTUARY THAT ALIGNS
MOst WITH YOUR NEEDS & DESIRES

Our Hestia Sabbaticals are offered at our two nature sanctuaries, each with its own unique healing energy and medicine. Whether you come to Mount Shasta to receive clarity, insight and grounding or Hawai‘i to reconnect with joy and expanded possibility, your sabbatical is an invitation to step away and recommit to what matters most.

A-frame cabin among the pines at the Mount Shasta sanctuary
Aerial view of the Paliuli Farm sanctuary house surrounded by tropical gardens on the Big Island of Hawaii

MOUNT SHASTA, CALIFORNIA

Come Back Home to Yourself

Mount Shasta is known as the root chakra of the earth and a sacred place to reconnect to the calling of your soul.

We recommend this experience for those navigating change, seeking clarity, or longing to feel at home in themselves.

1.5 hours from Redding (RDD) & Medford (MFR)

BIG ISLAND, HAWAI’I

Open up to beauty, joy & expanded possibility

From volcanic earth to healing ocean waters, come home to a sanctuary for deep release, renewal and transformation.

We recommend this experience for those seeking to activate more joy, awe, wonder, beauty, creativity and aliveness.

25 miles south of Kona Airport (KOA)

 
 
 
 
 
 

“The smell of the earth, the bright starry nights, the sound of the flowing river… all contributed to an awakening of presence and gratitude in my heart.”

Namiko

 
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The sabbatical flow

You are held from the moment you begin to the moment you return home.

At Hestia Magic, we've spent more than 20 years cultivating an approach that brings together guided reflection and practice, ritual and sacred experiences in nature.

Tap each moon to walk through your journey.

Before you arrive

Your intention shapes your stay.

  • We begin with an inquiry form about your needs, the questions you're carrying, and what you hope to welcome or release during your time away.
  • From there, our team thoughtfully prepares your space, plans nourishing meals around your dietary preferences, and considers what kinds of coaching and wellness sessions might be most meaningful for your journey.

You don't need to have everything figured out. We begin by listening and adjusting as we get to know you better.

Day 1 > Arrival & Grounding

Settle in and find your own rhythm.

  • At the beginning of your nature sabbatical, you will be greeted by one of our land stewards to make sure you have everything you need to feel right at home.
  • You will receive journaling pages and a nature-inspired card deck to help clarify your intentions and capture the breadcrumbs that come your way.
  • Settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week.

Day 2 > Anchor Your Intentions With the Land

  • Clarify your sabbatical intentions with the Gratitude Blooming oracle deck (included in your toolkit).
  • Join your one-on-one guide for an experiential guided walk of the sacred spots on the land to accelerate your healing, insight and transformation.
  • Use the self-guided journaling tools and connect with the land to support your intentions.
  • Rest, reflect and daydream…
  • Receive a healing bodywork session to help release the tension from daily life and ground into your retreat experience.

Day 3 > Quieting

  • This day is left intentionally free of programming to help you integrate and deepen into spaciousness and quiet. Practice embodying and living your intentions while you're here by consciously choosing how you want to spend your time and energy.
  • Deepen your connection to the land by meditating on Hestia's energy spots or explore the areas listed in our visitor's guide customized for each of our nature sanctuary locations.

Between these moments, there is intentional spaciousness to find your flow each day. Rest, explore, create, dream, or just be. Release the pressure to produce or do anything.

Day 4 > Clarify & Deepen

  • Meet with your guide for a coaching session to regroup and illuminate any insights that have been coming up for you so far. Re-inspire your intentions together and co-create practices that will help you to navigate the waves.
  • Book add-on guided experiences to the mountain with our wellness partners or recommended tour operators.

Day 5 > Nourish

  • Book a second add-on healing bodywork session to help integrate all the insights and shedding that has brought you this far.
  • Practice the embodiment practices you created with your guide by re-visiting all the meditation spots on the land.
  • Begin to reflect on the things you are ready to let go of and the things you are wanting to embody more in your life to prepare for your release ritual the next day.

Day 6 > Releasing Ritual

  • Be guided in a personalized releasing ritual to make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life when you return home by letting go of what no longer serves you. Create more space for what matters most in your life!

Day 7 > Give Gratitude & Prepare to Transition

Carry what matters into your everyday life.

  • Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave!
  • Create a mantra/visual reminder to facilitate a smooth transition back.

The true gift of a Hestia sabbatical isn't how you feel while you're away. It's what becomes possible when you bring that renewed connection back home.

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What’s your sabbatical retreat Includes:

  • Comfortable private lodging

  • Healthy meals stocked in your space for the week aligned to your dietary preferences

  • Guided experiential walk to connect with the healing power spots on the land

  • Personalized wellness and coaching sessions to support your unique needs, desires and intentions

  • Self-guided journaling tools and rituals to keep track of your experience and insights along the way

  • Guided fire or water ritual to let go of what no longer serves you

  • Access to private meditation spaces and stargazing spots

  • S P A C I O U S N E S S & F R E E D O M !

EXTRA SERVICES

  • Massage, acupuncture, energy work and other wellness services

  • Private dance, movement, yoga classes

  • Guided tours and nature experiences in our area

  • 1:1 post-sabbatical integration and coaching sessions to support your transition back

YOUR INVESTMENT

  • $2,900 per week (sabbatical lodging with shared bathroom)

  • $3,100 per week (sabbatical lodging with private bathroom)

Need a shorter reset? Try a 3-night Digital Detox Weekend.

 
 
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Guest cupping water from a mountain creek during a burnout recovery retreat

What might shift during your sabbatical?

Whether you arrive seeking burnout recovery, clarity in a life transition, or simply deep rest, every sabbatical is different. You might arrive feeling depleted and leave feeling restored. You might come with a question and discover a perspective you hadn't considered. You might find clarity around a relationship, a career change, a creative project, or a new chapter of life. You might reconnect with a part of yourself that has been hiding beneath the busyness and distraction. Or you might just remember how good it feels to have no one else to take care of besides yourself.

 
 

Your sabbatical guides

Belinda Liu, Hestia Magic founder and sabbatical guide

Belinda Liu

Founder, land steward & community weaver

A nature-inspired visionary, land whisperer, and community builder.

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She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her super powers are shining a light on people's strengths and bringing them out into the world. She helps people cultivate and live their sacred purpose in the most joyful and easeful way possible.

Amaya Villazan, mindfulness facilitator and sabbatical guide at Hestia Magic

Amaya Villazan

Community host, mindfulness & Kiloby Inquiries

Passionate about authenticity and exploring the mystery that connects us.

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She offers a nurturing and loving space for you to dive into your inner world and untie any false beliefs that may be holding you back from your full, authentic, and creative expression.

Aiyisha Castillo, somatic therapist and movement guide at Hestia Magic

Aiyisha Castillo

Somatic therapy, massage & movement

Supporting humans in building a deeper relationship with their bodies.

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She spent the last two decades studying psychology, trauma, human development, and holistic healing practices. She's devoted her life's work to educating and offering profound, life-changing experiences with a focus on integration and wholeness.

Linda Shay, spiritual mentor and dolphin energy healer at Hestia Magic

Linda Shay

Spiritual mentor & dolphin energy healing

Awakening joy, love, and transformation through Dolphin Consciousness.

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For over 20 years, she has guided people in reconnecting to their hearts through the frequency of joy. Many have experienced profound personal transformations from The Dolphin Heart School that she co-founded.

 
 

Reviews from our guests

Guest Dana V. reflecting on nature-centered healing during her Hestia Magic retreat

“Hestia is a haven for cozy comfort and clear connection with nature right outside your door and window, creeks, pines, mountains and crisp air amidst the healing that happens both within and without.

I have never eaten or slept so well and truly felt at home in your forest. Much needed. Cannot wait to go back. Thank you so much. With gratitude.”

Dana V.
Guest Angelique L. sharing testimonial about forest sanctuary and retreat renewal at Hestia Magic

“This quiet gem in the middle of the forest is a beautiful, magical oasis. Perfect for respite, relaxation and retreat. A wonderful place for clearing your mind and reconnecting to Mother Earth. And focusing on what is important and creating.

Belinda has thought of every detail and make the experience wonderful with providing local information and providing a relaxing, comforting home environment. Thank you, so much!”

Angelique L.
Guest Janine Peñafort describing her healing experience during a Hestia Magic sabbatical retreat

“I had the opportunity to visit Hestia on the mini-sabbatical retreat this fall during a critical time of transition in my life.

It was a blissful week that I spent meditating, creating, reflecting, and simply being. The guidance shared at the beginning of my sabbatical helped me to follow my heart and body throughout my time there.

My return home is full of deeper clarity and rootedness as a result of my time at Hestia.”

Janine Peñafort
Guest Scott G. reflecting on spiritual clarity and healing at Hestia Magic's Mount Shasta retreat sanctuary

“I had just reached a point on my spiritual journey where I felt stuck and alone. I have healed so much on my own but there were things I couldn’t heal and I needed help. Belinda and Peter were very kind and conscious land stewards that started me on a journey to self discovery.

Hestia has changed my life forever and helped me discover my true self. I am forever grateful.”

Scott G.
 
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CONTINUE YOUR PRACTICE

All guests will receive a sabbatical retreat kit with an artist-illustrated journal for capturing insights from the week and beyond, our favorite Gratitude Blooming Nature Oracle Deck, and ritual candle with a special intention of healing, curiosity, joy or gratitude.

Bring this curated toolkit of practices, reflection questions, and sacred rituals into your self-care daily routine. These aren't more tasks to complete. They're invitations to cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself and the life you're creating.

We look forward to nourishing you at Hestia!

Gratitude Blooming oracle deck and journal included in every sabbatical retreat kit Joy ritual candle from Gratitude Blooming included in the sabbatical retreat kit
 
 
 
 
 

YOU CAN ALSO Join US FOR OUR seasonal SABBATICAL WEEKS

Let the seasons guide your sabbatical. Gather with others on the land for ceremony, sessions with guest healer Dr. Paul Wang, and meals by Chef Peter.

WINTER SOLSTICE

Dec 28, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027

Register

SPRING EQUINOX

March 15 - 21, 2027
Register

SUMMER SOLSTICE

June 22-28, 2027

Register

FALL EQUINOX

Dates Coming Soon

Rest and reset in Mount Shasta, California or Big Island, Hawai’i for one full week or longer during any of these dedicated sabbatical weeks or begin your sabbatical any week of the year.

 
 
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SABBATICAL RETREAT FAQs

 
 
 
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Still listening for your answer?

Many of our guests chose Hestia after a simple conversation, sharing what they were carrying and what they hoped to find. We would love to hear from you too.

 
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