Experience beauty from the inside out, within yourself and in nature. This day retreat will be held at Yoga By Fran Gallo Studio in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood. Fran Gallo and Maia Willow Pursell are excited to offer this empowering and nourishing experience to the women in our community.
Our Goddess Retreat is a Women's Retreat designed to evoke feminine, empowering, and relaxing energy. We will focus on self-love, and rejuvenation. We will relax in nature and experience Forest Bathing Therapy (Shinrin Yoku) by taking a walk to Ravenna Park to Maia's favorite Goddess Rock. On this day retreat, you'll experience holistic healing through a prana-infused reiki touch / a sensory journey with a balancing oil. You'll be nourished by an all-organic homemade nourishing lunch lovingly made by Fran. The day offers quiet moments for reflection through the following: a short Goddess-themed Hatha yoga morning practice, a guided Metta Meditation (Buddha's Loving Kindness Meditation), a forest bathing experience, an afternoon restorative yoga session, and a Sound Bath.
Fran and Maia look forward to experiencing a healing day with you.
Retreat Schedule
10:30am-11:30am A short Goddess-Themed Hatha yoga practice & Buddha's Loving Kindness Meditation/ Metta Meditation
11:30am-12:30pm Walk to Ravenna Park to Goddess Rock with Puja Offerings / Forest Bathing Therapy (Shinrin Yoku Experience)
1-2:00pm (or as soon as we return from the park) Organic Homemade Lunch
2:00-4:30pm Restorative Yoga
Fran will lead the group in Restorative Yoga. Restorative Yoga includes a Sensory Journey led by Maia, which includes setting an intention, experiencing a healing Reiki Touch and a balancing oil from Maia’s Wellness Skincare.
Sound Bath by Fran
Fee includes homemade lunch by Fran, flowers to present for the Goddess Rock offering, everything mentioned above, plus lovely attention to detail to make this a unique and truly nourishing experience.
Note: The exterior doors to the building are locked on weekends. We will be sure to remind you to enter from the main front door (just off Woodlawn) so we can open the door for you.
Meet Maia Willow Pursell
Wellness By Willow
Maia Willow is a holistic esthetician with a line of handcrafted therapeutic skincare, infused with essential oils and crystals to empower well-being and beauty from the out. Maia’s journey towards serving others in skincare and wellness started with a passion to help people achieve wellness in their everyday life.
After completing a degree in education from University of Washington and teaching for several years, Maia’s focus evolved to the emotional and spiritual realm of helping others through a long-standing interest in esthetics and the connection to mind, body, and spirit. After becoming a certified esthetician, Maia healed her skin through her products and shifting her energy along with her mindset. Inspired, she later started her own natural skincare and wellness business. Maia is also a Reiki practitioner. wellnessbywillow.com

Above photo taken at Goddess Rock in Ravenna: an offering of flowers
Maia at Goddess Rock in Ravenna Park.
