WHAT IS A SABBATICAL?
A sabbatical is an intentional period of solo time away from your daily life to rest, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most.
Unlike a vacation, which often centers on travel, activities, and recreational experiences, a sabbatical gives you the reflective space to step out of your everyday patterns and reimagine how you’d like your life to look and feel when you’re free from external pressures and distractions.
Unlike a structured retreat, you don’t need to follow a set schedule, participate in group activities, or focus on a particular practice that may or may not work for you.
OUR sabbaticals are designed specifically for you.
You choose what you want to explore, how you want to spend your days, and what style of 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 help you make the most of this time.
You might be holding a question, a longing, or a life transition you’re navigating.
Or you might arrive depleted and just craving deep rest and healing.
You don't need to know what comes next.
We will uncover it together.
Imagine a week of being instead of doing.
Awaken naturally to the sounds of the forest.
Enjoy a nourishing breakfast at your own timing without rushing.
Walk beneath ancient trees. Sit beside the flowing creek or listen to the crashing waves.
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 from your patio or skylight of your yurt.
Receive personalized guidance to digest your experiences and grow your awareness of what’s emerging.
This is your time. Your rhythm. Your journey.
WHY SIX NIGHTS?
Sometimes it takes a few days just to exhale.
To stop thinking about everything waiting for you at home.
To settle into a new or more natural internal rhythm.
To allow your body, mind, and spirit to catch up with one another.
Our six-night sabbatical gives you the time to arrive, unwind, and begin listening more deeply without needing to rush toward an outcome.
You may arrive with a clear intention. You may discover it along the way.
Either way, you have the guided space to make a profound change in your life.
The Care Behind Your Sabbatical
Thoughtfully held, from the moment you begin to the moment you return home.
An intentional sabbatical is more than time away. It's the personalized care and support that leads to the powerful insights and breakthrough moments.
At Hestia Magic, we've spent more than 20 years cultivating an approach that brings together guided reflection, ritual and somatic experiences in nature.
From your first conversation to the moment you return home, each part of your experience is thoughtfully prepared to help you slow down, listen to yourself more authentically, and reconnect with what matters.
Before You Arrive…
Your intention shapes your stay.
We begin with a personal conversation 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 support might be most meaningful for your journey.
You don't need to have everything figured out. We begin by listening.
Your Landing and Flow…
Settle in and follow your own rhythm.
A land steward welcomes you and helps you feel at home at our sanctuary. Your sabbatical journal, the Gratitude Blooming card deck, and ritual candle are gifts to invite reflection.
Our guided land walk, personalized coaching and wellness sessions offer gentle support as you settle into your experience. Between these moments, there is spaciousness to follow your own rhythm. Rest, explore, create, dream, or just be.
Our team is here at critical touchpoints throughout the journey to. facilitate self-discovery, insight and breakthroughs centered around your intentions.
Returning Home…
Carry what matters into your everyday life.
Before you leave, a guided fire or water releasing ritual offers space to honor your experience, acknowledge what has shifted, and clarify what you want to carry forward. Together, we reflect on the insights, intentions, and simple practices that can help you make more room for yourself when you return to everyday life.
The true gift of a sabbatical isn't just how you feel while you're away. It's what becomes possible when you bring that renewed connection back home.
THE SABBATICAL FLOW
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
What might shift during your sabbatical?
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 waiting patiently beneath the demands of everyday life.
Or you might just remember how good it feels to have time that belongs entirely to you.
You don't have to know what you're looking for to benefit from the space to find it.
What’s Included
Pre-sabbatical coaching call to clarify your needs, desires and intentions
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
Personalised wellness session to support your unique needs and intention
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)
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.
OUR MOUNT SHASTA SANCTUARY
Mount Shasta, California is known as the root chakra of the earth and a sacred place to return home to the calling of your soul.
An enchanted forest sanctuary with flowing water, wooded trails, and cozy resting spaces attuned to different elemental energies. A place to ground yourself, slow down, and reconnect with your inner foundation.
We recommend this sanctuary for those navigating change, seeking clarity, or longing to feel at home in yourself again.
We are just a 5-hour drive from Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California and 1.5 hours away from two major airports in Redding, CA (RDD) and Medford, OR (MFR). We are also accessible by train (Dunsmuir Amtrak stop).
OUR HAWAIIAN SANCTUARY
Big Island, Hawai’i is where Pele, the fire goddess, creates some of the newest land formations on earth.
A fertile farm to feel inspired by life again and open to beautiful new possibilities. A blooming sanctuary with ocean views, tropical gardens, and the vibrant life force of Hawai‘i. We are conveniently located near Honaunau Bay, one of the most sacred native Hawaiian ceremonial sites and also the underwater home of playful spinner dolphins, graceful manta rays and wise whales. We recommend this sanctuary for those seeking to activate more joy, awe, wonder, beauty, creativity and aliveness.
We are located just 25 miles south of the Kona Airport (KOA) in an area called Captain Cook or Honaunau. We are a 5-hour direct flight from all major west coast hubs: Portland, Oregon (PDX), Seattle, WA (SEA), San Francisco, CA (SFO) and Los Angeles, CA (LAX).
seasonal programs offerings
SPRING EQUINOX
March 15 - 21, 2027
Mount Shasta
SUMMER SOLSTICE
JUNE 22-28, 2027
FALL EQUINOX
(Coming Soon 2027 Dates)
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.
PRACTICES FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
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 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!
GOT QUESTIONS? READ OUR FAQS!
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We understand it can be a hassle to plan your meals while on retreat, so we offer a simple meal delivery service from a local food cooperative. Your living space would be stocked with healthy catered food to easily heat up at your convenience. Here’s a sample menu to choose from!
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You will have access to a microfridge, toaster oven, stovetop burners, pots/pans/utensils, salt, pepper, oil. You will need to bring additional spices for cooking. Some spaces will include a full kitchen. Ask us for more information on this based on your preferred lodging type.
Complimentary tea and coffee is provided.
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All of the communal bathrooms are a convenient walk from your accommodations.
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The sabbatical experience is designed for you to connect with your internal wisdom by being on the land. So the spaciousness and alone time is intentional. Many people realize how much more solo time they need in their lives and dedicate more time and space to themselves after the sabbatical experience.
You will get a group orientation on the second day of your sabbatical week to meet others who are on the land.
You will receive quite a bit of support from the Hestia team throughout your week to make sure your needs are met.
If you would like more group time, join our special sabbatical weeks or book additional 1:1 coaching sessions with us to get more in-depth support during your stay.
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We offer 1:1 or small group movement, yoga, and dance classes in addition to massage, energy work, sound healing, acupuncture services. Every wellness partner we work with has been carefully vetted and is top notch in their modality!
Some of the healers we work with only offer sessions in their private offices outside of our space. . Many of our wellness partners can come onsite, which is such a treat!
For in-depth coaching support, you can also book 1:1 sessions with our Hestia coaching team. We also offer coaching packages to support your integration back home.
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A sabbatical retreat is an intentional break from daily life, longer than a typical getaway, designed for deep rest, reflection and personal renewal.
At Hestia, your weeklong sabbatical retreat combines private nature lodging, guided ritual, and self-guided practices so you can fully unplug and reconnect with yourself.
YOUR SABBATICAL GUIDES
BELINDA LIU
HESTIA FOUNDER, LAND STEWARD
& COMMUNITY WEAVER
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary, land whisperer, and community builder.
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
COMMUNITY HOST, MINDFULNESS
& KILOBY INQUIRIES FACILITATOR
Amaya is passionate about authenticity and exploring the mystery that connects us.
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 THERAPY, MASSAGE & MOVEMENT
Aiyisha’s passion is to support humans in building a deeper relationship with their bodies.
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 & PIONEER IN DOLPHIN ENERGY HEALING
Linda awakens joy, love, and transformation through Dolphin Consciousness.
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
EILEEN S.
DANA V.
“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.”
KAMILAH M.
“When you arrive, you cross a bridge that reminds you–you are at the right place. The place that allows you to authentically connect with…the little things, reflections, fires, and nature.
A reminder of love, compound words and creative journeys. Inspiration wrapped in the stars that metaphors or transitions to a tree with pretty ribbons named Zora. Whose eyes were watching…the flow of inspiration. It was Hestia with a view of Mount Shasta nestled in a pampered retreat between springs and Weed that offered the standard of Retreat. The place of, be, grow, to …. Live“
ANGELIQUE L.
“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! ”
MISHA H.
“I cannot tell you how deeply healing it was to stay on your incredible land. There was healing energy everywhere! I could feel magic and healing in my bones as I woke up this morning. So much of the adrenaline and trauma brain had subsided and I felt renewed as did my children.
I particularly enjoyed the little notes of wisdom and playful magic that you have infused the land with. This gave me hope after speaking with so many who are completely destitute. My lungs cleared so much during my time here as the smoke from the fires in Ashland was making me and my children very sick. The beds were extremely comfortable as were the blankets and pillows. It was an extra special treat to walk outside at night and see the delicate lights lining the paths and casting light in just the most loving way to the sink or bathrooms.
My husband and two children were in North Ashland when the fire broke out, we rushed to Talent to evacuate my parents and friends. Many of my friends and extended family lost everything and my parents' home will not be livable for many many months. The collective grief we feel as 2,300 homes were lost is real and having a break after a week of supporting those in need from that was truly healing. I now feel restored and able to jump back into the work of helping the community again.
Blessings Blessings Blessings…”
NOLA KESIA BRANTLEY
activist & trainer
“I am forever grateful for the 3 days I spent on the land you and Peter are stewarding. It was amazing. It was magical. It was spiritual. It was life changing.
I have been healing myself as well as guiding the healing of others over for the past two decades. My area of concentration has been sexually abused and exploited children and youth.
I myself am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and commercial sexual exploitation. I also come from patterns of historical oppression, generational trauma and generational poverty so my connection to trauma and healing is personal, collective and generational.
I found the land you are stewarding to have some of the most healing energy I have experienced, and I am already a person who considers nature my medicine and my church.”
JANINE PEÑAFORT
“I had the opportunity to visit Hestia on the mini-sabbatical retreat this fall during a critical time of transition in my life.
I chose to stay at Hestia because of my love and connection to Mama Shasta and the alignment I could feel from speaking on the phone with Belinda about my intentions and her work in stewarding the land at Hestia. 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. I came to deeply value the solitude and connection I felt with each of the chakras on the land, and the beauty of my surroundings.
My return home is full of deeper clarity and rootedness as a result of my time at Hestia. As I navigate the void during this period of time, I am grounded in the lessons from Hestia and knowing that abundance and prosperity are near.
I am deeply grateful to the land and the folks that have listened and contributed to taking care of this special place.”
SCOTT G.
“When I visited Hestia in the spring of 2023 from Central Florida I considered it a blessing that this sacred land was allowing me to stay there. 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.
The chakra points were perfectly laid out and they help me achieve a deeper realization into my stuck emotions and questions.
The breathtaking land and spirits at Hestia responded to my gratitude on such a deep level that they responded back and showed me exactly what I needed to see. Hestia has changed my life forever and helped me discover my true self.
I am forever grateful.”
NAMIKO
"I had the pleasure of resting into a weeklong solo retreat on the winnemum wintu lands of Hestia. I entered a wintertime cave of healing, cleansing, and support. I am grateful for the opportunity to slow down and listen to my body in a deeper and more consistent way.
This listening was supported by the land and allowed me to open to deeper levels of compassion for myself, for loved ones, and for the pain of the world. Belinda, Peter, and Amaya were gracious hosts and checked in on me while also giving me space.
The smell of the earth, the bright starry nights, the sound of the flowing river, and the quality of light through the trees all contributed to an awakening of presence and gratitude in my heart. I could also feel the care and respect with which Hestia is stewarded; it seems the land returns and mirrors back the love received.
I will be back. <3 Thank you!"
