Find Your Path To Healing
Time To Heal is a survivor-led, trauma-informed retreat for adult women who experienced childhood sexual abuse.
This retreat is a place survivors come to feel seen — and to explore what healing can look like in a way that is grounded, gentle, and supported. There is no urgency here. No expectation to share. No pressure to participate beyond what feels safe and within your capacity. Healing is personal and non-linear.
A core part of this retreat is helping you understand the science of why you may have struggled. When survivors understand how trauma impacts the brain, nervous system, sleep, and daily patterns, shame starts to loosen its grip. We don’t believe you are broken. We believe healing is possible — and we hold space for you to begin exploring that future.
This is not a crisis intervention or treatment program. Time To Heal is intended for women who are functioning in daily life while still carrying the lasting impacts of trauma, and who are seeking a grounded, supportive environment to deepen understanding, regulation, and integration.
There is no cost to attend this retreat. All lodging, meals, and retreat programming are fully funded. Participants are responsible only for their own travel to and from the retreat location.
What This Retreat Is
The Retreat
Time To Heal is a four night/five-day retreat rooted in safety, consent, and choice, held in a private, natural setting.
The retreat creates space to slow down and reconnect through time spent outdoors. Participants may gather by a fire, walk on the land, and spend quiet time in nature as a way to support grounding, reflection, and nervous system regulation.
There is no expectation to share personal stories, no pressure to participate in every activity, and no requirement to disclose trauma details. Participation is always by choice.
This retreat is not about fixing you or pushing healing forward. It is about creating a supportive environment where survivors can feel seen and begin exploring what healing may look like — at their own pace.
Education & Understanding
Education
Education is a core component of the Time To Heal retreat.
Participants are offered learning sessions that support understanding of how trauma impacts the brain, nervous system, sleep, and daily patterns. Topics may include the brain science of trauma, regulation, restorative sleep, and tools for recognizing and responding to trauma-based behaviours with greater compassion.
For many survivors, education is where shame begins to fall away — because you start to see that so many of your responses were survival, not failure.
Education is offered as information, not instruction. You are invited to engage in ways that feel supportive and relevant to your own life.
Somatic & Holistic Healing
Holistic Healing
Healing does not live only in words.
The retreat incorporates somatic and holistic practices that support nervous system regulation and embodied awareness. These may include mindful movement, grounding practices, breathwork, emotional release techniques, and body-based modalities designed to gently support stored trauma — without forcing re-experience.
Everything is invitational. Participation is always optional and can be adapted to individual needs, boundaries, and physical abilities. You are encouraged to listen to your body and choose what feels supportive in the moment.
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Time To Heal includes equine-assisted therapy, offered in partnership with trained professionals.
No previous experience with horses is required. This work takes place from the ground and focuses on observation, presence, boundaries, and nervous system regulation through non-verbal connection. Horses can mirror what we’re holding inside, helping survivors build awareness, safety, and trust — without needing to explain everything in words.
This modality supports insight and reflection without requiring verbal disclosure, analysis, or sharing trauma details.
After the Retreat
Post-Retreat Support
Healing doesn’t end when the retreat concludes.
After returning home, participants are invited to remain connected through structured post-retreat support. This includes facilitated group connection opportunities and continued access to guidance as participants integrate what they experienced into daily life.
The intention is not ongoing dependence — it is supported transition. We want survivors to feel held as they return to their own rhythms and communities, with connection available as they continue taking the next steps in their healing.
Eligibility & Fit
Is Time To Heal Right for You?
Time To Heal is designed for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
To be eligible, participants must:
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be 18 years of age or older
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be able to engage in a shared, in-person group environment over the course of the retreat
This retreat is intentionally designed for a specific group to support safety, comfort, and the relational dynamics of the space. If you are unsure whether this retreat is the right fit for you, we welcome you to request an invitation so we can connect and explore this together.
Time To Heal is not designed for individuals who are currently experiencing an acute mental health crisis or untreated substance use concerns. If you are navigating significant mental health challenges, we encourage seeking appropriate professional support before applying.
Readiness looks different for everyone. There is no expectation to share personal stories or disclose trauma details in order to participate. Eligibility is assessed with care to ensure the retreat is supportive for both participants and the group as a whole.
An Invitation
There is no timeline for healing.
You may arrive at this page with certainty, curiosity, or hesitation. You may return to it many times before deciding whether to take a next step. All of that is valid.
If Time To Heal feels like something you may want to explore — now or later — you are welcome to request an invitation to apply. There is no obligation to proceed, and no expectation to decide before you are ready.
If you do choose to apply, know this: you don’t have to do this alone anymore. We see you — and we believe healing is possible.
“Taking the first steps toward healing required more courage than I thought I had."
”If survivors aren't given the opportunity to heal as a gift, chances are they will never take it. I'm living proof of that."
Crystal Wood
Survivor
Director of Time To Heal Retreat & Co-Founder, U Grow Girl.