Its Your Turn! Retreat
5-Day Experience
Reconnect and Return
It's Your Turn! Retreat
A Somatic Breathwork Experience
Reset, Release & Reconnect!
September 24 - 28, 2026
Gilmanton, New Hampshire (Lakes Region)
Your Invitation to step away from the noise and come home to yourself.
Life transitions can leave you feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, and disconnected from your center.
In new seasons of life, it is natural to crave clarity, healing, and a deeper connection to who you truly are.
This retreat is an invitation to step away from the noise and come home to yourself.
To exhale what no longer serves you.
To breathe into what is ready to heal.
To reconnect with your true self in a deeper, more meaningful way.
The Experience
5 Days of Transformation
- Build a daily breathwork practice for long-term self-care.
- Learn how to regulate your nervous system in real-time.
- Release held patterns and restrictions in your breathing.
- Experience deep emotional and somatic shifts.
- Open your authentic expression and voice.
- Enjoy a unique water-based breathwork Renewal Session.
- Strengthen intuition, clarity, and self-trust.
- Reconnect with your purpose, desires, and direction.
- Use Vision Journaling to begin calling in your next chapter.
Intimate Retreat Setting
- Limited to 6 participants for a deeply personalized experience.
- Cozy, home-based retreat space.
- Enjoy nourishing, home-cooked meals with fresh garden ingredients.
- Quiet integration time and access to nature (lake, walks, stillness).
- A safe, supportive environment.
Trauma-Informed Approach
- You are always in control of your experience.
- Your boundaries are honored.
- No pressure to move beyond your comfort
- Each practice can be adapted to meet your needs.
- Integration and support are woven throughout, creating a space where you can open at your own pace.
Over 5 days, you'll be guided through a powerful blend of somatic breathwork, sound healing, and integrative practices that create lasting shifts.
Your life can change—simply by changing the way you breathe.
Retreat Flow
Arrival Day
Arrive 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Dinner at 6:00 PM
Opening Session at 7:30 PM
Full Days (3)
Start at 9:00 AM
Daily Sessions (2) + Integration + Optional Evening Experiences
Closing Day
Ends ~2:00 PM with Lunch and Goodbyes
Take The Next Step
If You Feel the Pull... Trust it!
This is more than a Retreat, it's a return to Yourself.
About Us
Grace Gooby
Certified Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach & Somatic Breathwork Trainer Grace creates a compassionate, intuitive space where clients can safely reconnect with their bodies, release stored emotions, and build self-trust.
Stephen Gooby
Certified Breathwork Trainer (25+ years); Certified in Interdisciplinary Yoga Training, 5 styles of Massage, Holographic Sound Healing, Usui Reiki, and Herbal studies. Stephen brings deep experience and presence, guiding participants through Somatic Integrative Breathwork and healing experiences with care and expertise.
Investment Options
Option 1: Reserve
Reserve your spot with an $800 deposit.
Balance due no later than September 1, 2026.
Arrangements will be made for regular payments.
Option 2: Pay In Full
Secure your Spot Immediately.
Pay $1800 in full.
All major credit cards accepted or cash options.
Questions?
Need more information or clarity whether this is a good fit?
"I had an amazing serene session with Steve that was insightful, healing, calming and uplifting at the same time.
He was so very skilled and knowledgeable about my breathing and helped me let go of what I was holding onto.
Steve was very kind and supportive."
--Mindy Greenfield, New Jersey
"My experience with Blissful Journey has been life changing. I will be forever grateful for my time with Grace and Steve.
They're very compassionate, gentle, caring and loving therapists and they exceeded my expectations."
--Astorga Salome, Massachusetts
"I felt very comfortable and safe... I experienced an emotional breakthrough.
Steve and Grace are excellent coaches and genuinely caring people."
--Jen Flohr, New Hampshire
"Grace is gentle, respectful, and non-judgmental...
She knows when to offer direction and when to give space. I found the sessions grounding and worthwhile."
--Malky Katz, New Jersey
Retreat FAQs
Q. Where is the retreat held?
A. The retreat will be in our home studio of Blissful Journey Wellness, located in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire, in Gilmanton Iron Works.
Q. What is included in the price?
A. Your investment of $1800 includes the retreat activities, any supplies we use, lunches and dinners during the retreat, daily snacks, light breakfast, filtered water, teas, coffee. We will do our best to accommodate restricted diets; please inquire. Mats, pillows, blankets and journal will be provided. Travel and lodging is not included.
A. Clothing that doesn't restrict your breathing, a refillable water bottle, a swimsuit, a mask and snorkel if you have one and anything you need for your comfort. You may want sunscreen or bug repellent or hat and light jacket for time outside.
A. There are AirBnB options close by (search Gilmanton, Alton, Laconia, Pittsfield, and Barnstead). There are also hotels: Best Western in Laconia, Holiday Inn Express in Tilton, Hampton Inn in Tilton, Black Swan in Tilton. There may be options to share lodging with other participants, or camping, please inquire.
A. The retreat is open to men and women. There are only six spots available, so it is a more personalized experience. The program is a substance-free retreat, so no smoking, vaping, or recreational drugs on site. This allows a deeper healing experience. There is plenty of time for the retreat activities as well as integration time. The meals are nourishing and prepared onsite. There is peaceful nature all around and a safe supportive environment. Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes, essential oils, or using incense.
A. This is a Somatic Integrative Breathwork retreat, so we will be breathing every day. There are somatic exercises designed to help develop nervous system regulation and grounding. The breathwork will open restrictions in the breathing pattern, open authentic expression, provide emotional integration and support moving into the next chapter of your life. We have an optional yoga practice before we start the day. We will do a special breathing session in a hot tub that often provides clarity and positive shifts. There is a fire ceremony for letting go of what no longer serves you (weather permitting). Sound Healing, creative expression and visioning for the future are all part of the activities.
A. Use the link to register and enter the coupon code: ZELLEORCASH at checkout. Make the payment through Venmo: @gracegooby or Zelle using 512-818-7857 (Grace's phone number). In the comment space include your Name and Contact Information so it can match your registration. The registration does not hold your space until a payment is made.
A. You can reserve your spot by paying a deposit of $800. If a deposit is made, you will be contacted about arrangements for the remaining payment of $1000. Any remaining amount must be paid in full by September 1 or the spot may be forfeited. A valid credit card may be kept on file for automatic payments for your convenience.
A. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) is the closest, about 55 minutes away. With advanced notice, we may be able to arrange transportation from Manchester to the venue. Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS) is another option, about 90 minutes to 2 hours away. You may want to rent a car. But there is bus service from Boston-Logan to Concord, NH. With advanced notice, we may be able to arrange transportation from Concord to the venue. Any transportation would need to be coordinated in advance and would depend on reasonable arrival and departure times.
A. Yes. We will have a schedule with flow. There are breaks in the morning and in the afternoon and lunch time. There will be a break for dinner. Some evenings we will have activities after dinner. This is the Your Turn! Retreat. Thus, it's helpful to not bring your "home life" or "work" with you so that you can have the ultimate immersion into your process. Our last full day and evening will have more time for integration and optional 1:1 Somatic Coaching sessions, Tarot readings, or other individual activities that may be available. There is optional yoga or meditation time daily before we begin each full day.