Reconnection to Self Retreat

The Reconnection to Self Retreat is a weekend healing retreat in Beaverton, Oregon, for people who want to slow down and turn toward themselves with care. It brings together shadow work, meditation, energy work and gentle yin yoga, and it is led by Jess Spain, a yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner and meditation teacher from the Portland and Vancouver area.

The group is intimate, and the focus is on removing the blocks that have kept deeper self-connection out of reach. The retreat is meant to be a gentle landing place, somewhere to explore yourself with love and then carry the skills home.

What to Expect

The retreat begins on a Friday evening and ends on Sunday late morning, so it covers two nights and one full day in between. The work moves through shadow work, energy work and gentle yin, with meditation woven through. The final part of the weekend is given to integration, so what comes up can settle and you leave with practices you can keep using after the group parts ways.

Shadow work asks you to look honestly and kindly at the parts of yourself you tend to avoid. Energy work and meditation support that exploration, and yin yoga offers slow, quiet time in the body. The pace is gentle throughout.

About Jess Spain

Jess Spain is an enrolled Cow Creek Umpqua woman and the founder of Two Moons Wellness. She is passionate about trauma healing through introspection and the cultivation of mindful awareness, and she describes herself as a meditation and spiritual teacher.

Her roots are in counseling. For several years before the COVID-19 pandemic she worked as a counselor, developing original group curriculum around mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and emotional intelligence. She holds a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Child and Family Studies from Portland State University, with a counseling focus on serving the Indigenous community. She is also a Level II Reiki practitioner, a sound healer and a certified 200-hour yoga instructor, and she studied Hellenistic astrology at Nightlight Astrology School in 2021.

The Setting

The retreat takes place in Beaverton, Oregon, close to Portland. Guests stay on site, with several lodging options:

- A private room with a king bed
- A private room with a queen bed
- A private room with a double-sized bed
- A shared-bed arrangement, offered at the lowest rate

A private double configuration is also part of the lineup, though it has sold out.