Retreats
Mary’s Place by the Sea offers two unique wellness retreat options free of charge to women with cancer.
Two-night retreats
- Visit Mary’s Place by the Sea for a two-night retreat, offered Tuesday through Thursday or Friday through Sunday.
- Relax in a private bedroom reserved just for you, with its own accompanying private bath. Linens and bath towels are also provided.
- Personalize your retreat. Tell us which services you are interested in receiving, so that we can tailor your experience to your specific needs. All of our integrative services are provided by certified practitioners.
- Nourish your body with plant-based breakfast and lunch prepared by our Chef. Meals are made with love and include fresh, organic ingredients. Freshly prepared coffee and tea are also readily available.
- Two-night retreats are available to women with a cancer diagnosis through two years post-treatment. If you are outside of these guidelines, our Virtual Services Program is available to women with cancer at any point during and after treatment.
Day retreats
- Visit Mary’s Place by the Sea for a day retreat, offered on Thursdays.
- Relax in our retreat by the sea.
- Personalize your retreat. Tell us which services you are interested in receiving, so that we can tailor your experience to your specific needs. All of our integrative services are provided by certified practitioners.
- Nourish your body with a plant-based lunch prepared by our Chef. Meals are made with love and include fresh, organic ingredients. Freshly prepared coffee and tea are also readily available.
- Day retreats are available to women with a cancer diagnosis through two years post-treatment. If you are outside of these guidelines, our Virtual Services Program is available to women with cancer at any point during and after treatment.
Services
Learn more about the services available during your stay
Mind
Counseling
Receive emotional support and experience growth. Process and establish coping strategies for cancer-related challenges with the guidance of a licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical social worker.
Experience Growth
Expressive Writing
Explore feelings and emotions through the power of the written word. Reduce stress and experience catharsis as you follow writing prompts given by an instructor. All writing levels are welcome.
Explore the Written Word
Guided Imagery
Allow the guiding words of our practitioner to lead your imagination to a calming scene or peaceful image. This gentle but powerful technique can help you tap into your inner strength to cope with everyday stress.
Tap Into Strength
Meditation
Focus on your breath, a sound, object, or movement, with the guidance of our meditation practitioners. Relax as stress begins to fall away. Clear your mind and calm your spirit.
Clear Your MindBody
Plant-Based Meals
Enjoy nutrient-rich breakfast and lunch made with whole ingredients and infused with love.
Enrich Your Body
Health Coaching
Dive into a holistic approach to nutrition, focusing on whole foods like vegetables, fruits and whole grains, while reducing red meats, refined grains, and sugars.
Promote Wellness
Nutritional Counseling
Explore a gentle, guilt-free approach to foods that can help you feel more energized during your stage of life.
Be More Energized
Oncology Massage
Oncology massage is a form of touch therapy that takes into account a guest’s current or past treatment and/or surgical history, in order to safely provide a relaxing massage experience.
Relax Through Massage
Reflexology
Experience a modality of massage that relieves tension and promotes wellness. Our practitioners apply pressure to the reflex points on the feet, hands, and head, based on the theory that these reflex points are linked to every part of the body.
Relieve Tension
Yoga
Rejuvenate your body, while releasing stress and tension from joints and muscles. Build strength and increase flexibility through gentle postures and poses.
Rejuvenate Your BodySoul
Prayer
Mary’s Place by the Sea offers various forms of prayer as a spiritual activity to reduce emotional stress and worry. Our prayer facilitator meets the needs of each guest in their spiritual journey.
Start Your Spiritual Journey
Reiki
Experience a gentle, noninvasive, hands-on therapy that is deeply relaxing. Reiki, a Japanese word meaning “universal life force energy”, is a simple, natural, and safe modality that soothes the whole person including body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
Soothe the body, mind, spirit
SoulCollage®
SoulCollage® is a fun, easy, and creative collage process which uses everyday images, intuition, and imagination to create a card with unique and personal meaning for the maker.
Create MeaningComplete your reservation inquiry
The first step in becoming a guest is to complete our reservation inquiry. Once we have received your inquiry, a member of our team will contact you to schedule your retreat. Reservations are scheduled in the order we receive inquiries.