Do you hear the call of the wild?
Journey to sacred lands that can heal, transform and empower you.
Since 2014, we’ve been building a global network of 8 healing retreat sanctuaries along the earth’s sacred mountains and waterways in order to accelerate human consciousness and bring harmony and balance back to our beloved planet.
Join our 10-Year Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser Events this November!
10-Year Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser
Nov 20 - 24 & Nov 27 - Dec 1 Weekends
hosted by Hestia’s Founders & Team
Can you believe this was us (Belinda & Peter) 10 years ago?
We invite you to celebrate this important milestone with us! In each of our weekend gatherings, the healers in our community will showcase their incredible gifts in sound healing, culinary arts, movement, wellness and much, much more!
We will share the big breadcrumbs & lessons learned from the 10-year journey and what we are dreaming up for the next decade to come.
Meet our Sacred Lands
FOUNDED IN 2014mOUNT SHASTA, CA
Bring precise clarity, alignment, and grounding to your visions & desires
Mount Shasta is known as the root chakra of the earth and revered as a sacred mountain by the local Wintu, Shasta and Karuk tribes. Our 10-acre retreat sanctuary welcomes you with a flowing creek with healing mineral waters. We offer a cozy creekside cabin, five 20-foot yurts, one 30-foot open-space yurt, and eight deluxe glamping tents.
FOUNDED IN 2024Kealakekua Bay, Big Island, Hi
Expand your visions with joy, play & wise discernment
Kealakekua bay is an ancient ceremonial site for native Hawaiians and home to abundant marine life. The wild spinner dolphins who come to rest here remind us to live and create with joy & aliveness. Our 5-acre retreat sanctuary offers gorgeous ocean views with five private cottages and seven suites plus a communal open-air yoga studio and dining space.
OUR VISION
In these times of great political, environmental and economic instability, humankind is being tested to evolve. Hestia is where we can listen to Mother Earth for clues to navigate our way forward.
We are a spiritual playground for practicing new ways of being, living, working and communing— starting with a reverent relationship with sacred land.
We are kind, caring, spiritually grounded people committed to doing our inner work in order to birth a beautiful new world for future generations to flourish.
our SPECIAL SABBATICAL WEEKS
Take a special pilgrimage back to the land with us to honor Mother Earth’s seasonal shifts. Together, we witness her changing moons and rhythms to become masters of change in our own lives and to gracefully navigate the complexity of these chaotic times!
New Years 2025 Celebration & Winter Solstice Sabbatical
Dec 28, 2024 - Jan 2, 2025
Big Island, Hawaii
co-hosted by Belinda Liu (Hestia co-founder) & Dr. Paul Wang (Doctor of Chinese Medicine)
What seeds do you wish to incubate this winter?
Join us for our special winter sabbatical program to receive the restorative, introspective medicine of winter. Together, we will slow down to rest and root deeply into our winter visions with the support of the community and the stillness of this season. The solstice time enhances our sensitivity to possibilities beyond our old stories and stale identities. We feel into the new who we want to be!
Winter Incubator (1 - 3 Month Residencies)
Residency Window: Dec 1 to Mar 23, 2025
Mount Shasta, CA
co-hosted by the Hestia Team
Are you dreaming of living in nature this winter and getting re-inspired for your creative visions?
Come to Mount Shasta for a one to three month journey to incubate and give birth to your creative visions on our sacred land. Enjoy dedicated time, space and a supportive community to rejuvenate, dream, create and root inward in the deep stillness of winter. This is also a unique opportunity to practice living in a community that also values personal space for our growth!
Spring Equinox Sabbatical Week
March 17-23, 2025
Mount Shasta, CA
co-hosted by Belinda Liu (Hestia co-founder) & Dr. Paul Wang (Doctor of Chinese Medicine)
Cycles circulate ceaselessly… Such is the power, purpose, process of ritual transition between winter and spring. Honoring when shadows shorten and daylight lengthens. The scales tip towards illuminating warmth, so we attend and attune this seasonal shift.
It is an integral return of our sacred energies — often forgotten amongst the noise, hustle, clutter of technological society. It is a joyful homecoming to befriend ourselves and other selves. As we cultivate our landscapes both inner and outer, cull excesses, curate essentials, we emerge anew ready to rebirth our gifts and inspire our communities.
Summer Solstice Sabbatical Week
June 16 - 23, 2025
Big Island, Hawaii
co-hosted by Belinda Liu (Hestia co-founder) & Dr. Paul Wang (Doctor of Chinese Medicine)
What aspects of your life are ready for full blossom this summer?
Join us for our special summer solstice sabbatical week to cultivate the fiery joy and aliveness of Pele’s lands on Big Island, Hawaii. We will work intentionally with the summer seasonal element of fire.
Dr. Wang will share his integration of martial, medical, and mystical paths as our collective story of mythic mastery — a process which actualizes our full potential. He will orchestrate a series of three 2-hour morning activation sessions throughout the week to harmonize our mind, heart, body with soul, spirit, source.
OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
in Mount Shasta, California
SABBATICALS
to Regenerate with Nature
CUSTOM SOLO RETREATS
to Accelerate Your Transformation
IMMERSIONS
to Incubate, Vision & Create
BECOME a Hestia MEMBER
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OUR ONLINE GATHERINGS
Living in alignment with the seasons and cultivating awareness of our body's natural cycles is how our ancestors survived and even thrived. In all our offerings, we integrate ancient healing traditions with emergent, modern-day practices for fostering holistic wellness.
Maintain a healthy seasonal flow by pausing with us for the new and full moons each month online!
JOIN US EVERY MONTH!
OUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO LAND STEWARDSHIP
Becoming a Land Steward with Belinda Liu
Home to Her Podcast with Liz Kelly
What does it mean to be a steward of land - not just taking responsibility for its preservation but also listening to the wisdom it offers?
Land-Care as Self-Care
(Daologos on Stewardship)
Daology Podcast with Dr. Paul Wang
Let’s awaken inspiration from deepening our connection to nature, land and community.
your sTEwArds
BELINDA LIU
HESTIA STEWARD, COMMUNITY WEAVER & CULTIVATOR
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary and community cultivator.
She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her superpowers are shining a light on people’s strengths, bringing them out into the world, and creating life-changing tools and experiences for deep growth. She co-founded Gratitude Blooming and Hestia Retreat Center to lead new paradigms for personal and group transformation using nature, art and self-inquiry. She is also a level 3 reiki healer of people, land and spaces.
PETER COOPER
HESTIA STEWARD & CULINARY ARTIST
Peter is an artisanal chef, educator, adventure-seeker, and storyteller.
He has spent most of his professional career supporting education initiatives around the globe, with a focus on increasing the educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities. He enjoys exploring and sharing his love for the outdoors with others. He also takes pride in his ability to entertain and take care of those around him with his delicious food and storytelling.
