Reconnection to Self Retreat

The Reconnection to Self Retreat is a weekend healing retreat in Beaverton, Oregon, for people who want to repair and reawaken their relationship with their inner being. It blends meditation, Reiki, shadow work and gentle integration tools you can carry home. It is led by Jess Spain, meditation and spiritual teacher and founder of Two Moons, who describes this as her eighth retreat.

What to Expect

Over the weekend, the retreat moves through a range of grounding and connective modalities, all aimed at building a greater sense of connection to yourself. The activities include:

- Healing Reiki
- Shadow work
- Gentle somatic movement
- Creative expression
- Meaningful connections with other participants

The organizer notes there is more besides. One of the workshops Two Moons retreats are known for is pour painting, and in past retreats everyone has left with their own finished artwork.

The group is intimate, and the tone is more connective than performance-driven. Shadow work and mindfulness sit at the center of the weekend, offered as tools for trauma healing and for finding your way back to yourself. The aim is not to fix anything in a few days but to leave with practices gentle enough to use at home.

About Jess Spain

Jess Spain is an enrolled Cow Creek Umpqua woman and the founder of Two Moons Wellness, which is based in the Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon area. Her background is in counseling. Before the COVID-19 pandemic she worked for several years 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.

Jess has been on a personal trauma healing journey for about twenty years, with the last seven centered on introspection and cultivating mindful awareness. She started Two Moons in 2020. She draws on her clinical psychology education, her Indigenous identity and practices, and her own lived experience to help others return to themselves. In her words, "We are all just walking each other home," a line from Ram Dass that she keeps close to her work.

Before You Go

The retreat is all-inclusive and comes with an appreciation gift. No prior experience with Reiki, shadow work or meditation is stated as a requirement.

Two Moons also offers scholarships for retreats, group sessions and 1:1 services, with discount codes and reserved spaces meant to make these gatherings more accessible. If cost is a barrier, you can apply through the organizer.