By Women For Women 2026:
Weaving Inner Wisdom & Renewal
March 6-8, 2026
with Robin Richards, Theresa Falvey-Hunt, Wendy Mitch, Sara Perry & Deb Hager and massage therapy with Heather Simmons available
Step into the sacred circle of the annual By Women For Women Retreat, where women gather to remember, reclaim, and embody the wisdom that lives within them. Held in the nurturing container of the Christine Center’s long-standing tradition of women’s circles, this retreat offers a deeply supportive space to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with your authentic authority and shared humanity.
Through the 2026 theme of Weaving Inner Wisdom & Renewal, you are invited into a journey of reflection, healing, and intentional movement forward. Rooted in compassion and guided by rhythms of the Spring Solstice, this retreat encourages you to honor the brilliant survival strategies that shaped you, soften the patterns that no longer serve, and create space for rebirth — personally, collectively, and spiritually.
Together, we will explore how self-compassion, embodied awareness, and honest connection allow us to live with greater clarity, resilience, and trust in ourselves. In sacred circle, you will be welcomed just as you are — seen, heard, and held — while being gently supported in stepping into the fullest expression of your divine human spirit.
Let yourself be held and drawn into the tender energy of connection and compassion at the annual By Women For Women Retreat, a space where the shared wisdom and luminous presence of women comes to life. Rooted in the Christine Center’s cherished tradition of creating sacred, supportive circles, this retreat invites every woman to feel seen, heard, and profoundly held.
Join the Circle and soften into an exploration of practices that honor, care and nourish your whole self – body, mind, and spirit. In the embrace of this nurturing and transformative environment, you’ll find space to pause, deepen, and reconnect with the quiet wisdom that resides within.
Pause, soften, and awaken to the quiet wisdom within—a luminous journey into self-compassion and connection awaits.
This retreat offers the space to listen deeply, nurture your spirit, and return to your life with a renewed sense of balance, clarity, and purpose.
Guided by a diverse group of skilled facilitators, this retreat offers a harmonious blend of experiences, including:
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- Opening Circle and Guided Centering Cleans to ground, arrive and call in intention
- Deep Inner Inquiry and Meditative Reflection to explore childhood patterns, emotional responses, and the wisdom beneath them
- Writing, mind-mapping, and journaling practices to clarify insight and integrate learning
- Experiential breathwork and nervous system regulation to restore balance, release emotional weight, and deepen connection with self, others and the Divine
- Ritual and reflection aligned with the Spring Solstice, inviting gratitude, intuition, and renewal
- Embodied movement and ‘wellness web’ weaving practices to support intentional forward motion rooted in connection and presence
- Book a massage with Heather Simmons here
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Whether through quiet moments of reflection, deep conversations, or active participation, this weekend is an invitation to honor yourself fully. It’s a time to relax, renew, and realign with your sense of self and what is needed to support you in embodying self compassion as a true expression of care – not only for yourself, but for the lives you touch and the world you create. This retreat offers the space to listen deeply, nurture your spirit, and return to your life with a renewed sense of balance, clarity, and purpose.
To deepen your experience, book yourself a massage with Heather Simmons, our resident bodyworker for the By Women for Women retreat weekend.
Schedule
Friday
5:00 Optional Meditation
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Opening Circle & Session 1
Saturday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Session 2
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Open Time for Self
3:00 Session 3
5:00 Optional Sound Bath Meditation
5:30 Dinner
7:00 Session 4
Sunday
8:00 Breakfast
9:45 Session 5 & Closing Circle
12:30 Lunch 1:30 Departure
Your Guides for the Journey
Robin Richards, MA, EdS, RMT
Christine Center Facilitator
Robin's Bio
Robin Richards is a master teacher, multi-certified wellness coach, and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher dedicated to holistic healing, lifelong wellness, and intentional living—creating calm amist chaos.
Emerging from personal challenges of tragedy and health setbacks, Robin’s journey toward well-being transformed her professional path, integrating energy work, mindfulness, and community building. With a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction as wells as an Educational Specialist degree in K-12 Leadership, Robin spent almost two decades as a teacher, consultant, and school board member before founding Robin’s WellNest LLC, where she is a Holistic Weight Loss and Wellness Teacher. In addition to being a licensed teacher and Reiki Master Teacher, Robin is certified in nutrition & hormone health coaching, yoga, mindful eating, meditation, mindfulness, EFT, NLP, and mat Pilates, weaving these practices into her work supporting others.
Robin lives in the Twin Cities Metro with her husband and their young daughter, whose joyful spirit inspires Robin’s commitment to conscious living and spiritual deepening for global transformation. As a facilitator at the Christine Center, Robin brings her passion for connection, transformation, and service to guiding others in their journeys toward growth and self-discovery. She has facilitated the annual By Women for Women Retreat since 2022 as well as several Reiki and Mindful Nourishment Retreats onsite and ‘The Artist’s Way’ along with other Spiritual Deepening Book Studies online this year. Robin is one of the guides with the SDGT VIII cohort.
Theresa Falvey-Hunt
Owner of State of Grace LLC
Theresa's Bio
Theresa is a wayfinder, a leader and a beacon of opportunity and possibility. As the owner of Illuminate Your Life Coaching|Yoga|Retreats, she is a Life Coach, Certified RESET Breathwork Facilitator, 550-Hour Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, who loves creating impactful, sacred Women’s Retreats. Theresa creates safe, sacred spaces for healing, growth, and the unfolding of miracles, illuminating your most authentic life & self.
Her work is deeply rooted in helping women rediscover their resilience and align with their most authentic selves. Whether through yoga, coaching, breathwork or retreats, Theresa’s presence invites profound transformation, being able to be with the seriousness of what is while being able to welcome in joy and laughter. She believes her life is guided by Divine nudges—whispers from God that continue to steer her on a purposeful path and healing journey. These nudges led her from Colorado, where she built her career and business, back to her hometown of Manitowoc, WI.
After the passing of her father, Theresa understood after many years of being called back to Wisconsin that her return was to support her family during a very challenging time. The has led her into guiding others through life’s transitions, including grief and loss, into healing and growth. Theresa is also a devoted wife, mother, and cat mom to Neil Diamond. She finds solace and inspiration in nature, kayaking, hiking, and embracing life’s Divine guidance.
You can find her:
Facebook: State of Grace Well-Being
Instagram: stateofgracetheresa
Website: www.stateofgracellc.com
Wendy Mitch
Owner of Shifting Perspectives
Wendy's Bio
Wendy Mitch, owner of Shifting Perspectives: Coaching and Consulting has been challenging, training, and developing others for more than 35 years. This will be her third time presenting in the By Women For Women retreat.
She is a certified Integral Life Coach through New Ventures West, a Certified Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method, has her master’s degree in Servant Leadership from Viterbo University, is a licensed facilitator for the Arbinger Institute, and completed the Wisdom Way Whole Life Coaching Program in January of 2024. Wendy has facilitated hundreds of workshops, seminars, and retreats in the areas of Outward Mindset, Servant Leadership, Self-Deception/Self Betrayal, Emotional Intelligence, Enneagram, Medicine Wheel, Spiral Dynamics, Spiritual Development, and Creating an Authentic Life.
Wendy has been a lifelong student of the Spiritual Journey and is thrilled to put her learnings and expertise into the By Women for Women retreat again.
Sara Perry
Writer and Creative Coach
Sara's Bio
Sara Perry is a multi-published author and lover of nature, artistic expression, and the connections that bind us. She is constantly on the lookout for where the sacred and ordinary intersect. You might catch her staring at a sunset, traveling with her dog, painting a landscape, making music, or enjoying time with friends.
Sara leads writing workshops in and around the Twin Cities, where she lives. She loves to facilitate spaces where creativity is fostered and self-connection is established.
She also writes the weekly newsletter, Dropping In, which focuses on helping busy people build and strengthen inner connection through thoughtful reflections, mindful questions, and simple practices.
Heather Simmons
Massage Therapist
Heather's Bio
Heather is a Madison-based massage therapist with over 20 years of experience and is a friend of the Christine Center who periodically provides massage for Center guests. She is excited to be offering massage for the 3rd year in a row for the Christine Center women’s retreat “By Women, For Women”. Her work combines a variety of modalities and she was recently certified in Reiki II in the Usui/Holy Fire tradition. She will have gentle therapy dog Brandi on site. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, nature worshipping, Brandi (doggie) outings, music and connecting with animals and humans.
See link below to book your appointment, or you may call, text or email Heather at: (608)-698-6608 Featheras10@gmail.com