I believe we're here now for a reason.
Holding space for others at this particular moment in time is deep work. You are holding others, all the while also navigating your own feelings and experience. Whether you're taking action in advocacy work, or doing the consistent work of holding space for others while they process their experiences, your work is sacred and essential.
We wholeheartedly believe that you're here right now for a reason. Your work matters. Holding space for others is a gift, and an immense responsibility that can feel heavy at times. In order to stay the course and do the work that you're meant to do, you also need space for your own personal care and growth.
Who is this for?
We created this offering for therapists, caretakers, healers, body workers, doulas and midwives, teachers and space holders. If you're holding space for others in their healing, we want to hold space for you.
We get it. Helping people heal is a calling. It's a joy, a gift, and an honor. It's also a lot, and offers unique challenges different from any other profession. Taking time and space for yourself is not only essential for your own well-being, it's also ethical so that you have capacity to help those you serve.
Call To ActionJoin us for a weekend that's just for you.
- Healing in community
- Self exploration as an essential practice
- Art, song, breath to help you connect to yourself
- Yoga and meditation practices
- Preparation, journey with ketamine, and integration as a community
- Beautiful land in Frederick to explore with plenty of free time
Time as a human invention
Reflecting on how we want to support you this weekend, we will encourage you to let go of a sense of time. We'll ask that you keep your phone in your room and use it only for essentials. We'll offer an outline of events so you know what to expect, but your agenda will contain no start and end times. We hold all of that for you, so you can let go of "shoulds" and "supposed to's", and simply enjoy the flow of the weekend without worrying about what time it is.
Meet your Facilitators
Nicole Sparrow, LCPC
Nicole is a psychedelic facilitator, psychedelic somatic practitioner, licensed therapist, and founder of Mind Body Wellness. With experience as a yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and reiki master, she offers a holistic, down-to-earth lens that holds space for you to heal in a safe and collaborative container. The focus of Nicole's work is nervous system-level healing, and she works with other therapists and healers and folks who are healing from trauma and attachment wounding.
Carrie Dennison, E-RYT 200, YACEP, Reiki Master
Carrie Dennison intuitively combines her experience as a trauma-informed yoga and breathwork teacher, rest facilitator, and reiki master to guide a practice, helping you connect with yourself in a soft and compassionate way. Carrie is also a self-care coach and runs her own business working with clients 1:1, teaching groups, and leading day and weekend retreats. You can find more out about her work and events at www.selfcarewithcarrie.com.
Melissa Ward, CRNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Melissa Ward, founding member of Free State Health and Wellness, is passionate about customized patient care, professional medicine management, and helping people take care of themselves in the modern world. Melissa is a dual certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner, which allows her to provide comprehensive care for both the mind and body. Melissa has experience working in primary care, outpatient mental health, and crisis stabilization. Melissa’s practice, Free State Health and Wellness, accepts children, adolescents, adults, and patients with geriatric mental health conditions. Melissa’s goal is to care for her patients in a safe environment and to provide each one with individual medicine management and supportive therapy.
