Harmony Hill | Healing Retreat — Local services in Shelton

Total waste of time to the point of disrespectful and fraudulent. I notice all other positive reviews are from years ago and so I assume things have simply degraded.

Our team got to have its first retreat in six years here, with much excitement. We were given greenish muffins and then sat in a circle for almost 8 hours and listened to two ladies regurgitate half remembered TED talks, badly cite Byron Katie, and speed us through nonsensical "guided meditations" with no clear point. For lunch we had a baked potato and microwaved soup. There was no yoga.

The grounds are beautiful and it was a lovely day but we were only allowed 10 minutes at a time to go on self-guided "sensory walks" with the helpful instructions to "notice your senses!!" Fully possible given none of us have had strokes.

Our team works in very sensitive aspects of health and socio/psycho/spiritual care and I would be tempted to say they simple misunderstood their audience. But the level of the talks and activities was less compelling than the last 900 "wellness" newsletters you've skimmed from your own organization.

By the end, everyone was exhausted and in pain from sitting and listening to rambling nonsense. We wanted to be engaged in team building activities, physical and emotional restoration, and enjoying a day to connect and grow together. In the end, we found that we had mostly had our "resilience" exercised just by having to sit there, and grew together mostly by commiserating over how bad it was.

And meanwhile, our work at the office hasn't stopped piling up.

This was a phoned-in, canned, thoughtless experience and I am writing this to support other teams in making better choices with their precious...

Amazing Experience. I attended a Nurse Renewal Retreat here in May and I can not say enough good things about this facility. The view is spectacular. The rooms are so comfortable and so welcoming. The gardens are a beautiful and inviting place for reflection. The Yoga instructor was top notch. All of the course content was valuable to my practice and I learned skills and techniques that I will not only be able to use in my practice but that I feel comfortable passing along to others in my field. The food was all freshly prepared and amazing! Most everything was Gluten free and Vegetarian and I loved most of the dishes. Kudos to the team who put on this fabulous event and run this top notch facility. I will be eagerly awaiting my return for another retreat...

This is such an amazing place with exceptional staff! They could not have been more inviting or kind. My husband and I truly felt cared for and cared about. The grounds are beautiful and it is so peaceful. Food is great and healthy. Being on "the journey" is hard and these folks knew how to get us back on track to living...