Reclaim Your Power
A Burnout Prevention
Retreat for Women Who are Fighting for a Better World
Keep up the important work—but stop using yourself as fuel.
Unload the burdens that burn you out, without abandoning yourself or your passions.
A retreat for women and nonbinary people who care deeply—but are getting tired.
Join us in Lisbon, Portugal, May 16-22, 2027.
You're pouring energy into things you really care about: your family, your work, organizing, activism, community support--things that matter to you and deserve your energy!
BUT.
You are realizing that it's not sustainable. You can't continue to give at this level without burning out.
This retreat is for you.
Join us in Lisbon, where you'll learn how to give generously without using yourself as the fuel; so that you can give when it matters without depleting yourself in the process.
This is for you if...
You're a healer, a helper, an organizer, or a giver--but you're starting to run out of steam.
You're constantly pouring in to everyone--except yourself.
You care deeply, and you don't want to abandon the things you're giving your energy to--but you're worried you might be abandoning yourself.
You're tired of trying to figure it out alone.
You're always in a rush, and feel like you'll never catch up.
You built this great life, and you're holding it all together--for now--but you aren't enjoying it as much as your thought you would.
You want to be able to slow down without panicking or feeling guilty.
You're eating meals while driving from work to school to appointments and never slowing down enough to savor your food.
You know you're capable of so much more--but also somehow are on the edge (or over the edge) of burning out.
You're ready to prioritize yourself--but not at the expense of everything you care about.
THE TRANSFORMATION
Embodied Reclamation in Four Steps
Over six days, you'll shift from using yourself as fuel to sustainable, aligned generosity that doesn't deplete you
Inner Awareness
How do you hear your body? Do you know what you need? Learn how to recognize and respond to your inner environment.
This inner awareness will help you notice and address problems before they arise: fatigue, nutritional deficiencies, overwhelm, and moral injury--all of which contribute to burnout.
We’ll also do specific work on dismantling inner criticism and recognizing your own voice over the voice of the critic.
Trust Your Intuition
Once you know what your body needs, how do you take action to meet it?
How do you support presence over performance?
We'll move through and address the barriers to doing what you know you need. We'll continue to chip away at inner criticism and release shame around being human.
You’ll also learn how to use simple (really!), sustainable routines to support your body’s needs.
Excavation & Reclamation
What old stories and wounds have kept you stuck? Where have you let ideas you don’t even believe shape your narrative?
We’ll examine old stories—and write the new ones. Uncover your art, purpose, and passion and learn how to stop negotiating with your doubts.
This is where the old lies about productivity, value, and selfishness go to die. Because self-care is not about indulging capitalism or about being "selfish," it is about sustainability in the face of the important work of your life.
Actualization & Integration
How do you carry what you experienced in this retreat into your daily life?
Ever have a complete awakening, only to fall right back into old habits when you get home?
Yeah, we aren't doing that this time.
We'll build simple, sustainable routines and tools—that fit neatly into your already-busy life—to help you maintain your new approach to life long after you leave Lisbon. Because true transformation has to continue at home.
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
Why This Retreat?
Lasting Transformation
Ever attend an event, feel completely transformed, and then regress as soon as you get home?
This retreat includes implementation practices, simple routine-building techniques, and a journal with weekly check-ins and useful practices and recipes to remember who you are and what you’re capable of.
Community Building
After the retreat, you will receive ongoing support from the community we create together. Women rise when we release shame and connect from our truest selves. Maintaining these connections after the retreat will carry the magic we create into your daily life.
Transformational Modalities & Powerful Teachers
Your hosts are not only movement teachers.
Dr. Jesse Glaze is trained in somatic healing, UnShaming, process work, and hypnosis. She will guide you through the shadowed places within and help you befriend your fears, instead of wasting energy fighting them.
Vanessa is an embodiment teacher and cook who brings sensuality to a new level with balanced meals designed to delight your senses while nourishing your body. She teaches the use of your body's cues to alert you to nutritional needs, so that your meals become acts of self-devotion and powerful presence.
Tearra teaches dance and drumming as tools of resistance, ancestor veneration, and trauma release. Work with her will shift your understanding of how movement and rhythm can impact your nervous system and your entire approach to life.
TESTIMONIALS
Testament to Transformation
Hear from women who've been transformed by somatic healing with Dr. Jesse
Dr. Jesse opens the door to allow somebody to be human, to be exactly who they are, without shame.
Kathy M.
Since working with Dr. Jesse, I'm more open with people and more comfortable in my own skin. I've built new friendships, established healthy boundaries, and started showing up as my best, most authentic self.
Hillman
Jesse's wealth of knowledge is amazing! I would recommend her to anyone who has gone through any type of trauma. She creates such a safe space. I would not hesitate to join another of her groups or events!
Nicole R.
I cannot recommend Dr. Jesse Glaze enough. Her compassion, curiosity, and companionship were invaluable in my process.
Peggy B.
THE DETAILS
Location and Sample Schedule
Lisbon
Smell the bougainvillea, breathe the salt air, walk along the beach, and soak up the Portuguese sun. Lisbon is warm but not too hot thanks to its proximity to the ocean.
All meals are prepared on site, using local ingredients and flavor combinations designed to inspire and improve your health.
The retreat space includes dedicated spaces for quiet reflection, coregulation spaces for community building, and community dining and workshop spaces.
Included
Three meals per day
Sleeping accommodations
All workshops and activities
Workbook & Goodie Bag
Pre-retreat workshops and community for connection
Not Included
Transportation to and from the venue from Lisbon
Flights or train tickets to Lisbon
Two planned offsite meals
Sample Schedule
7 am: Coffee or Tea
8 am: Movement Practice (Yoga, Qi Gong, Somatic Dance, etc.)
9 am: Breakfast
10 am: Transformational Workshop
1 pm: Lunch
2 pm: Free Time/Relax
5 pm: Experiential Embodiment Workshop
7 pm: Dinner
8:30 pm: Movement Practice
Our Stories: The WHY of this Retreat
We don't only bring our skills as guides to this retreat. Each of us is deeply invested in helping others build resilience through embodiment, because this work has helped each of us heal our own wounds.
Dr. Jesse Glaze
Somatic Practitioner, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Yoga & Movement Teacher
Jesse Glaze started psychiatric treatment to "manage moods" at age 15, and cycled through at least ten medications before discovering somatic therapy and parts work. She's been able to experience her moods without getting overwhelmed by them (or medicating them away) since 2019.
Learning to tune in to her emotions instead of fearing them, to treat triggers like compasses and to show self-compassion has completely changed her life and worldview. She now helps other people who are numb, disconnected, and burnt out heal from their past traumas so they can reconnect to their joy, desire, and awe.
She is bringing her multi-faceted approach to somatic healing, particularly connection to pleasure as a portal for healing, to this retreat.
Vanessa Kissoon
Cook, Embodiment Teacher
Vanessa Kissoon was told at age 19 that she would need a series of surgeries and cortisone injections to address her debilitating multi-joint pain. Instead, she dove deep in Ayurveda and healing through movement and food. In her most recent labs, her markers for autoimmunity risk had dropped to 7% of their levels from her initial labs at age 19.
Today, she's using her knowledge to build an anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, immunity-building eating plan that nourishes the senses and the soul while feeding the body precisely what it needs.
She's bringing this approach to food (including plans to go on a group shopping trip and guidance on how she builds meal plans) to this retreat.
Tearra Oso
Performing Artist, Healer, & Culture Protector
Tearra Oso's musical medicine has empowered audiences nationally and internationally since childhood. Growing up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, she spent time away from her often violent home and learned traditional Afro Boricua drumming, song, and dance called Bomba. Her Afro Latinx identity and the resilience of her incredible ancestors has been foundational to the development of her artistry and community leadership.
She performs and teaches Bomba as a form of community empowerment, inspiring embodiment and resilience.
She's bringing powerful embodiment, resilience, and unapologetic presence to this retreat. She will help you dissolve old ideas that keep you small and help you take up the space that you are meant to.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
Reclaim Your Power is NOT
A relaxing vacation--this is a transformational experience. While there will be hours of free time every day, if you're just looking to kick back, this experience is not for you.
A safe space for bigotry. If you won't be comfortable sharing space with people who carry different experiences and identities than you, this retreat isn't a good fit for you.
A first step in inner work—if you’re not sure if this is for you, I highly recommend booking a 1:1 prior to signing up for this retreat. This space will be trauma informed, and we will dissolve old beliefs and agreements left by the trauma of patriarchal systems and purity culture. But individual work should absolutely precede diving in to this level of group transformation.
TESTIMONIALS
Testament to Transformation
Hear from women who've been transformed by somatic healing with Dr. Jesse
Working with Dr. Jesse, I found the peace and restoration I was needing. Every session was SO transformative. Truly, I am so grateful. This is life-changing work.
Sinead
Dr. Jesse has the rare ability to reach people where they are while equipping them with the skills, clarity, and confidence to reach where they never thought possible.
C. X.
Dr. Jesse gave me not only a safe place to explore deeply rooted experiences, but also valuable tools and resources to manage chronic anxiety and strong emotions. I highly recommend Dr. Jesse for her knowledge and compassion.
Sirena
As a practitioner, I found Dr. Jesse's coaching to be evidence-based and striking a great balance between physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological. If you are considering working with Dr. Jesse, do not hesitate. The investment you make will pay off in dividends.
Peggy B.
Radical Paradigm Shifts.
Simple, Sustainable
Changes.
Transformation
without Struggle.
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