Shift Happens
Adult Healing Retreat
Overnight Retreat
Ages 18+
NorthernShire, Underhill VT
We are not holding this retreat this year.
Please check back to join Shift Happens in Spring 2026!
“ReTribe was a wonderful experience. The whole program was designed to connect the group in a more personal way and it truly succeeded. Retribe brings out the best in one's humanity.”
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This experience includes:
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• Breathwork (see below for more info)
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• Internal Family Systems Therapy
Including working with anxiety, inner criticism, shame, anger, and fear of anger, based on the needs of the group (see below)
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• Group Processing
Utilizing a smorgasbord of techniques such as Core Energetics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reichian Process, Guided Imagery, Emotional Anatomy, Inner Child Work, Gestalt, Shamanism, Transpersonal Psychology, etc
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• Meditation
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• Celebration, drumming and singing by the fire, and play
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• A balance of community and personal time
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• Creation of goals / intentions going forward
“The opportunity to have experienced ReTribe’s Breathwork was one of the most rejuvenating experiences I have ever lived. It brought me back to the womb and released me into the Universe as citizen for global change. I was inspired and touched. I connected with my inner self through my breath. It reminded me that I am alive and that I must be thankful."
Breathwork
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Throughout history, virtually every culture has provided an opportunity and a method to access nonordinary states of consciousness for inner exploration and healing. These methods have included drumming, chanting, dancing, fasting, ingesting psychoactive plants, altering breathing patterns, and many others. Drawing from centuries of such wisdom and adding insights from modern consciousness research, Breathwork facilitates access to all levels of human experience, including unfinished biographical material, birth memories, transpersonal phenomena, and residues of trauma stored in the body.
The process uses accelerated breathing and evocative music to transcend normal limitations and empower the inner healer. Group sharing allows integration of the altered state experience with daily life.
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Let’s create the possibility for:
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manifesting your goals without self-sabotage or procrastination
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healthy balance between striving and chillaxing
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skillful use of anger to set healthy boundaries
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relief from self-criticism and feeling unworthy
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freedom from worrying and obsessive thinking
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making decisions with ease and skill
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improved relationship skills and deeper intimacy
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Depending on the needs of the group, we can
work on any of the above goals and more.
"ReTribe was a very transformative experience for me. While it was an intense self exploration and journey I felt comfortable and safe in the space that Julia and John provided for us. The experience brought new insights and ideas to my mind and I still find myself thinking about it, even months later. I highly recommend the ReTribe experience to everyone, in fact I think it is something probably everyone should try!"
Internal Family Systems Therapy
IFS is a model of psychotherapy that posits that we are born with a healthy core, known as Self, which we maintain throughout our lives. But in order to function in the world, we develop parts which help us deal with challenges that life brings us. ALL parts develop with positive intention. However, they may become arcane, or even destructive to our system, in their attempt to protect us from harm.
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In IFS psychotherapy, we embark on a journey of discovery to get to know all of our parts and help those that no longer serve us, or who serve us through 'negative' behavior and thought, to morph into healthier and more adaptive modes of being.
“ReTribe has had an incredible impact on my life. Not only did it redirect me toward my life path, but it also opened up an entirely new pathway for me to connect with the Divine.”
This retreat could be helpful for people struggling with:
Grief • Anxiety • Anger • Depression • PTSD • Addiction
Self-esteem • Relationship challenges • Somatic complaints
Birth and death • Spiritual experiences •
Respiratory problems • Repressed memories
Jane Martin, LPC
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Jane is a Master's Level Breath Therapist in Integration Process Therapy and has been in private practice for ten years. She works as a coach and psychotherapist in her private practice at Northernshire, ReTribe's new land. Her MA in Psychology is from Goddard College, specializing in Child Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology. She is also a certified Imago Couples Therapist as well as the developer of the Social Harmony program for schools. She has been practicing meditation for 50 years.
Ted Riskin, LCSW
Along with certifications in Core Energetics, hypnotherapy, Breath Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR, Ted is certified in Holotropic Breathwork by Stanislav Grof, MD. He served for five years as President of the Association for Holotropic Breathwork International and for ten years on the Institute of Core Energetics faculty. He has practiced meditation for the past 49 years and has been active in the human development movement for the past 44. A resident of Asheville, NC since 2012, he maintains a private practice there, teaches an online IFS course for practitioners, offers group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, and facilitates ecstatic dance.
Julia Hunt
Julia co-started, and has been directing programs and running ReTribe for the past 10 years. Julia has been a staff member of the Wayfinder Experience, a fantasy roleplaying and improvisational theater camp for teens, for the past 14 years, and leads the adult Wayfinder program at Omega Institute. She has been staff at the IBme (Inward Bound Mindfulness Education) teen meditation retreats in Virginia. She is certified in Internal Family Systems, Integral Breath Therapy, and Energy Medicine and she teaches yoga and leads Kirtan (Sanskrit Chanting). She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2009 with a degree in Sociology and Music, with a focus on intentional community living.
John Hunt
John is a native of the green mountains of Vermont. Growing up on a dairy farm he has been enthralled with the natural world since childhood and has a passion for helping others strengthen their connection. He has studied with expert survivalists and trackers including Tom Brown and Susan Morse. He co-founded ReTribe 11 years ago from the great desire to bring more harmony into the human family. He has been working with the Walden Project, an alternative high school program in Monkton, VT for the past 10 years as a naturalist, is a ranger with The Little Forest People at the Omega Institute, and has been staff at iBme teen meditation retreats in Virginia. John is a poet and drummer, has a strong meditation practice, and because of his deep love of Gaia, he has a passion for, and understanding of, sustainability issues on both a worldwide and individual scale. He is certified in Integral Breath Therapy, Energy Medicine and Wilderness First Aid (SOLO), and was trained through The Mindfulness in Education Teacher Training from Daniel Rechtschaffen at the Omega Institute.
