A transformational small-group retreat
Date: TBD. We're working on taking this show on the road. Stay tuned!
Location: Reber Rock Farm @ 1693 Jersey Street, Essex, NY or.....
Registration: $997. 8 spots only. Email racey@reberrockfarm.com to register.
2026 is the year of the fire horse. This combination of the fire element and the horse’s energy come around only once every 60 years. The fire symbolizes passion, warmth, charisma and the horse symbolizes freedom and movement. It is a year of intensity; a favorable year for bold action and breaking out. The flip side is volatility: recklessness, impulsiveness, hot tempers and burnout.
This context inspires our 2026 retreat. Ancient wisdom teaches us that our bodies tell us the stories that our minds don’t want us to hear, and when we aren’t willing to listen our stress and pain grows.
You remember that feeling from your favorite job, best relationship or best childhood memory? It might have been a long time since you’ve felt it. In our farm-nature classroom, we invite you to freely rediscover that feeling, ground in it and embrace the change it offers.
When we do listen to our bodies we find the version of ourselves that feels whole, alive, open.
Come to the farm. With nature as our ever-present and persistent reminder of the ability to change, adapt, sustain and thrive, you will connect with your wisdom and let go of stress and pain.
We will spend 3-days together
- Exploring body-mind connections in real time, so that you can get the important answers you need about your own health and wellbeing
- Practicing ancient body-mind healing methods, so that you have tools to strengthen your own body, emotions, and mind
- Wandering purposefully through nature, so that you can reconnect with yourself, remember what is dear to you and thrive in change.
Together we will journey freely away from the stress and pain responses that shape so much of our lives and acknowledge the opportunities that lie within to change our own lives.
Schedule Overview
Friday
5:30-9pm includes arrival, settling-in, dinner and session
Saturday
8:00am - 9pm include breakfast, lunch, dinner, sessions and ample time for reflection.
Sunday
9:00am to 1:30pm include session, brunch and good-bye
Your facilitators
Join Monica Arrieta and Racey Henderson on a journey from stress, pain, and over-obligation to ease and fulfillment in this lighthearted and grounding 3-day retreat at the beautiful Reber Rock Farm
Monica Arrieta is a guide for those seeking to step out of the shadows of self-doubt and into the light of their true selves. With years of experience leading and mentoring at some of the world’s most iconic companies, she’s learned that the most profound transformations begin within—by understanding who you are at your core. She once wrestled with the belief that she had to be perfect to be worthy of love and success. But when she discovered the beauty of embracing all of herself, everything shifted. Now, she is passionate about helping others experience that same shift: breaking free from fear and self-doubt and stepping confidently into the life they’re meant to live.
Racey is passionate about the journey of life, and works with individuals to create change for themselves and their communities. She works alongside them to coordinate, facilitate and accelerate the changes they want in their lives. She co-owns Reber Rock Farm with Nathan. The farm’s vision “to be your trusted source for food and health” unites Racey’s passion for engaging with the physical world and facilitating change for individuals. She works daily with animals and humans. She ensures animals have their basic needs met and are thriving on pasture. As a coach, she uses sensation-based motivation tools to support her farm team, and to relieve clients’ stress, chronic pain, and to find more ease and joy in life. Her formal training includes a BA in International Communication, MA in Law and Diplomacy, MS in Nutrition, and certifications in Core Centering, Cross-Mapping, and the Soul’s Agenda Discovery process and SBMC.
Reber Rock Retreats in pictures
Testimonials
It was beneficial! The leaders were terrifically informed, the people attending became new friends and the food was outstanding! Reber Rock Farm is a fabulous place to be and to enjoy being outside most of the time.
Food was so good, healthy & I appreciated the gluten free and dairy free options! Loved that everything was local.
Great connection to nature with a touch of sophistication. Love the trail paced walk on pasture and in the woods.
I really liked the mix of indoor and outdoor spaces. And the transitions between spaces.
Incredible. Everything I could have wanted. It was affirming that I have my own work to do, beliefs to identify and start shifting, and actual tangible ways to start doing that. Other people need to hear about how the fastest, most powerful way to make meaningful, positive change in their lives is to identify their limiting beliefs and then DO something about them by getting into the sensory and physical feeling of the beliefs. I think it helped me realize that things like my people pleasing, peace keeping, etc... are actually trauma responses from my youth and that not only are they not serving me now, they are actively hindering me and impacting my relationships negatively.
Before you register
Common questions
How much does it cost, and what's included?
Everything you need to show up fully is included.
- All facilitated programming, Friday evening through Sunday midday
- Three days of meals prepared from Reber Rock Farm's own pasture-raised, organic meat and locally sourced organic produce
- Facilitated coaching content with Monica Arrieta
- Somatic practice sessions and farm experience led by Racey Henderson, individual and group
- Morning movement sessions in Reber Rock Farm's open landscape
- Access to the farm's trails, land and natural surroundings throughout the weekend
- Small-group format, intentionally limited to 8 participants
- Pre-retreat exploration call
- Post-retreat integration call
Lodging is separate. See the next question for your options.
Where do I stay?
On the farm, in a cabin
We are working toward a solution for all participants to have the option to stay on the farm in brand new glamping cabins. The site is currently in construction and should be an option for the 2026 retreat. Cost is approximately $250 per night.
Nearby rentals
The town of Essex and the surrounding towns of Westport, Willsboro and Elizabethtown have many Airbnb options.
On-farm camping
Free and flexible. A portable toilet is available on the farm, and you're welcome to shower in Racey and Nathan's house if needed.
Let us know at registration which option you are considering and we can support your choice.
Is it going to be weird, or too spiritual for me?
No. This is a grounded, practical weekend. The somatic practices we use are evidence-based approaches that work with your nervous system, not around it. You don't need any prior experience, any particular belief system, or any tolerance for incense. What you need is a willingness to show up and try something that might be different from what you're used to. That's it.
Can I come for part of the weekend?
We hear this one often. Here's what we've noticed: the folks who most insist they can't take time away are usually the ones who need it most.
The weekend runs from Friday evening to Sunday midday. You can be back at a desk, a laptop, or an airport by Sunday afternoon if you need to be. What you'll bring back has a real ROI, not in the abstract feel-good sense, but in the actual capacity to think more clearly, lead more steadily, and show up differently in the relationships that matter.
Why the Adirondacks? Why this farm?
Reber Rock Farm is not a conference center with barn doors and Edison bulbs. It's a real, working certified-organic farm in one of the most beautiful corners of the Northeast, run by people who have lived and breathed this land for over a decade.
The land itself is part of what makes the work possible. There's something about being on a functioning farm, surrounded by animals, open sky, and actual dirt, that accelerates the kind of nervous system reset we're after. Nathan and Racey have been hosting retreats here for years. People keep coming back. That's not an accident.
Is this therapy? Do I need to be working on something specific?
This is not therapy. We're not diagnosing, treating, or processing deep childhood trauma in a group setting. What we are doing is coaching, somatic practice, and structured connection.
Most folks arrive without a specific agenda and discover what they're working on once they get there. You don't need to have your issue figured out before you show up. Just bring yourself.
What if I'm the only one who doesn't know what they're doing?
Everyone arrives not knowing what they're doing. That is, genuinely, the point. Nobody is coming in as an expert in being present or a master of somatic awareness.
The folks at this retreat are not more evolved than you. They're just people who said yes to something and showed up. You belong here as much as anyone does, and that belonging will be made clear from the first evening.
What if I don't like to share in a group?
Our sensation-based motivation coaches are trauma sensitive, and work to create a safe and welcoming place for sharing and for silence. You will have choice in how you move, what you say, and what you eat at all times. Coaches will invite sharing in each session, and you will always have the choice to pass.
I have dietary restrictions. Can you accommodate me?
Yes, we can accommodate most diets, including vegetarian and gluten free. If you have specific dietary needs, contact us before you register so we can discuss how best to serve you.
What were previous retreats like? Will this one be similar?
Our retreats follow the evidence-based, proven practice of sensation-based motivation coaching, as created by the Somatic Coaching Academy. Each year has a different theme, and each group of participants and instructors makes the experience unique.
That said, the tools we use to bring you clarity, good energy and a renewed nervous system are the same each year. Like when you go to a yoga class, you know you're going to do yoga. When you come to a Reber Rock retreat, you can be sure to work with, and take home with you, the sensation-based motivation tools. These tools focus on becoming aware of the patterns in our lives, in body, mind and spirit, then decoding them, reframing them, and modifying them toward the results we want.
Explore the content of previous retreats:
Pasture-Raised Organic Meat
from the Adirondacks
Reber Rock Farm is a small family farm in the Adirondacks producing pasture-raised certified organic chicken, pastured organic-fed pork, 100% grass-fed beef and lamb, and maple syrup.
Shop online for home delivery, or pre-order for pick up at our farm store or one of our convenient pickup locations.
