Turtle Bower Retreat wants you!
Valerie Roney (npub1x7n…rzwr) is the one who came up with the idea of #TurtleBowerRetreat, a spoonie convalescent retreat for 4-6weeks over the winter at a camp or meditation retreat in southern Ontario. She says "There's a lot of power in rest and kindness and vegetables. I'd like a chance to prove that."
Turtle Bower Retreat is described by Valerie as "Basically a temporary care home for the chronically ill. A quiet place to rest, specific to our needs (unscented, masked and/or isolated cohort), with god nutrition, opportunities for (very!!!) gentle movement/stretching, coaching on turning parasympathetic system back on to get into deep rest."
My (Somcak) goal as a project manager is to put together a checklist of how to get this done (so it can be replicated in other local places) and shepherd this into being by guiding volunteers along the way.
So what can you do? Do you have ideas on what you would want to do at a spoonie retreat? Or maybe there's a recipe for a nutritious meal that serves lots of people? Do you know someone who would be interested in attending or volunteering or both? Even if you can't attend, you can contribute to making this awesome and something that could be replicated anywhere in the world.
Reply here or DM me. All ideas welcome. My goal over the next month or so is to gather ideas and volunteers to start fundraising to make Turtle Bower a reality.
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2026-10-05 17:50:21 UTC
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