Big Raven Farm

It usually happens quietly. A woman steps inside, sets down her bag, and pauses. Her shoulders drop without asking permission. She looks around the room, takes in the light, the stillness, the other women, and exhales like she has finally stopped bracing. We see it every time women arrive at Big Raven Farm. If you’re here because something in you has been quietly asking for rest, you’re not imagining it. We wrote more about that feeling, and why women need retreats in the first place, in Why Women Need Retreats (and Why It Actually Works). What follows here is the...

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