Return to Yourself

A Creative Retreat in Paros, Greece

May 3-9, 2026 | Aegean Center for the Fine Arts

Reconnect. Create. Transform.

You know that quiet voice inside — the one that’s been whispering, "There’s more." Not more to do or prove or build. But more you. More beauty. More truth. More breath, more space, more meaning.

Our retreat is for that moment when you're no longer willing to wait. It’s for those of us who have taken care of everyone else, done all the right things, and find themselves exhausted, asking, What ^&@#*@? Now, Love, it's time for you. It's time to get some support, beauty, rest, connection, play and fun. You need to be nourished, so that you can come alive again in your own body and life.

Why This Retreat?

I created this retreat because, quite honestly, it’s the retreat I needed. The one I longed for when I was exhausted — not just tired, but soul-tired. When I had been strong for so long, holding space for everyone else, showing up, doing the next right thing — until even my bones were asking for a pause.

I didn’t want a spa day. I didn’t want to learn how to paint tulips. I wanted something real. I wanted to be in a place where no one needed anything from me. Where someone else was holding the container. Where I could walk in the hills and feel the sun on my face and remember what it meant to be. I wanted to make something with my hands. I wanted good food made with care. I wanted to laugh again. I wanted quiet. I wanted beauty — not the curated kind, but real beauty, the kind made by earth and light and time.

I also wanted to be surrounded by people I trusted. People who knew what they were doing — not because they had read it in a book, but because they’d lived it. People who had walked through the fire and come out softer, stronger, more generous. People who could hold emotion without drowning in it. Who knew how to guide transformation with tenderness and strength.

So I built this retreat for her. For the Me who needed that space. And also, for you — if you recognize any part of yourself in that story.

This retreat is a condensed week filled with the best things I’ve gathered over a lifetime — the ones that come from kindness, from experience, and from the deep desire to help others come back to themselves. It’s beauty, craft, nourishment, community, creativity, and space. It’s a soft landing and a clear path.

It’s all here. Waiting for you.

Because yes — in a world of constant demands, noise, and screens, we forget. We forget how to be in our bodies, how to breathe deeper than our to-do lists, how to be held by beauty and not expectation.

This retreat is a remembering — and not just any retreat.

We are a group of master teachers, skilled craftspeople, and deeply committed guides who have spent our lives in this work. This is not a job for us — it’s a calling. It’s an offering. It is the best of what we know, shared with the people who feel called to come. Every gathering, every meal, every moment is offered with care and love.

When you arrive, you’ll feel it. The intention. The artistry. The beauty in the small things — the way the light hits the stone courtyard, the smell of orange blossoms on the breeze, the thoughtful layout of your materials, the warm laughter as you walk to catch the sunset over the Aegean Sea.

You’ll feel safe enough to soften. Supported enough to let go. Surprised by how quickly joy returns when you are surrounded by care, kindness, delicious food, and the freedom to just breathe and be.

You’ll create — yes. And you’ll also unlearn. You’ll let go of the old stories that say you’re too much, or not enough, or not quite right. You’ll soften. You’ll make things — art, yes, but also meaning, beauty, breath, and lifelong connections. You are the masterpiece. And you’ll go home with beautiful work made by your own hands. But even more than that, you’ll go home to your own, beautiful self.