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THE KEUKA LAKE
SOULFUL ART
RETREAT 2027
​Refresh. Reawaken. Reconnect.

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August 5-9 , 2027

Penn Yan, NY



About the Retreat

A gentle, soul-nourishing retreat in the Finger Lakes in the height of August, for women who long to slow down, awaken their creativity, and reconnect—to themselves,  and to one another—through art, embodiment, and nature.

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A Lakeside Retreat

Imagine waking up at a peaceful lakefront home, enjoying a nourishing breakfast, and heading to a lakeside arts center on Keuka Lake. Days unfold with creative workshops, gentle movement, deep rest, and time to simply be—held by water, nature, and community.

What this Retreat is About:

The Keuka Lake Souful Art Retreat is a 4-day event where art, embodiment, and connection weave together in a gentle, supportive container.

What you'll experience

Each day is designed with spaciousness and care. All practices are gentle, accessible, and adaptable. Everything offered is an invitation—  join what feels nourishing, rest when you need, and move at your own pace.

Creative & Artistic Practices

  • Mixed-media, watercolor, acrylic, collage

  • Expressive writing
     

Embodiment & Nervous System Care

  • Gentle yoga

  • Somatic movement

  • Intuitive and freeform dancing

  • Nervous system exercises

  • Creativity-awakening embodiment practices
     

Connection & Ritual

  • Sisterhood connection workshops

  • Singing & chanting circle

  • Drumming circle

  • Cacao ceremony

  • Nightly rituals with bonfire, movement, and song

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What's Included

  • Comfortable accommodations in a guest home 5 minutes away from Sunny Point
     

  • Nourishing breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, prepared with care
     

  • Three full days of immersive art, embodiment, and connection in the Finger Lakes
     

  • Daily creative workshops led by Renée, including mixed-media art, and expressive writing
     

  • Gentle movement, somatic practices, and nervous system regulation 
     

  • Sisterhood connection circles and evening rituals, including cacao, singing, drumming, and bonfires
     

  • Well-stocked Art Bar for casual, unstructured creative exploration
     

  • All art materials needed for workshops
     

  • Transportation between lodging and Sunny Point Arts Center

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This retreat is for you if you’re longing to slow down, reconnect with your inner world, and awaken a softer, more intuitive kind of creativity. If you’ve been feeling depleted, creatively blocked, or disconnected, and crave beauty, rest, and inspiration without pressure or expectation, this gentle, soul-nourishing experience was created with you in mind.

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Schedule

Sample Daily Schedule

Morning

  • Nourishing Breakfast

  • Gentle Morning Practice

  • Creative Workshop (mixed-media art, watercolor, acrylic, collage)

 

Midday

  • Lunch

  • Leisure Time (rest, nature, lake time, journaling)
     

Afternoon

  • Creative or Embodiment Workshop

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Evening

  • Dinner​

  • Evening Ritual (movement, song,
    drumming or ceremony)

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ALL-DAY ACCESS to a well-stocked Art Bar – a space for self-led expression in a relaxed, no-pressure environment.

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Sunny Point Arts Center

The Setting

Sunny Point Arts Campus

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We will enjoy full days at Sunny Point, a seasonal, lakeside campus on the eastern shore of Keuka Lake, known for providing a tranquil setting for artistic expression.

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Sunny Point offers:

A dedicated art studio

A red barn overlooking the lake for workshops

Lakefront Open Space for swimming and resting

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An Artist's Haven

Sunny Point offers a rare opportunity to fully immerse yourself in creativity within nature, including:

 

  • Dedicated Space for Artistic Expression

  • Cozy Spots for Rest & Renewal

  • Picturesque Shale Rock Shoreline

  • Direct Waterfront Access for Swimming

  • Yoga mats, blocks & straps

  • All art supplies will be provided

Facilitators

Getting to
Sunny Point

Sunny Point Arts Campus is nestled along the eastern shore of beautiful Keuka Lake in New York’s Finger Lakes region.

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Nearby locations and airports:

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  • Penn Yan, NY: Approximately 25 minutes by car. This is the closest town to Sunny Point.

  • Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC): Approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes by car.

  • Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR): Approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes by car.
     

Getting around during the retreat:

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We recommend renting a car to get from the airport to the lodging. Transportation between the lodging and Sunny Point Arts Campus will be arranged by our team, as there is no parking available at the campus. Before the retreat, we'll create a WhatsApp group so participants can connect and coordinate carpools. Many participants travel from the Rochester area! We are also exploring the possibility of offering a paid shuttle service and will share more details as plans are finalized.

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Introducing

Your Facilitators​

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Expressive Artist & Creativity Coach

Renée Schuls-Jacobson

Renée is a vibrant artist, published author, and guide for healing through creativity. After surviving a prolonged withdrawal from psychiatric medication, she rediscovered herself through art—using painting and mixed media to give voice to emotional and inner landscapes.

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Since 2017, Renée has facilitated both in-person and online art classes, exploring watercolor, acrylics, collage, character painting, and intuitive mixed-media work. She is the author of PSYCHiATRIZED: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine and also teaches memoir writing. A Certified Peer Recovery Advocate (CRPA) and Certified Addiction Recovery Coach (CARC), Renée brings decades of teaching experience and a deeply compassionate, lived understanding of healing—inviting others into honest expression, creativity, and reconnection through art

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Organizer & Spaceholder

Carolina Torchetti

Carolina is a retreat curator, space holder, and founder of WCC Retreats, devoted to creating environments where people feel safe enough to slow down, soften, and reconnect—with themselves and with one another. Through years of personal transformation and international living, she learned that true healing unfolds not through rigid structure, but within well-held, intentional spaces.

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With over a decade of experience producing conscious retreats and events worldwide, Carolina bridges the practical and the intuitive—ensuring logistics flow seamlessly while honoring nervous system safety, presence, and care.

 

At the retreat, Carolina holds the overarching container, weaving together people, place, and process so the experience can unfold with clarity, ease, and depth.

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Don't miss out on

What our clients are saying

Dorothy P.

2026 Retreat Participant

"I would recommend this retreat to anyone ready to deepen their connection to themselves, to open their heart to the hearts of others, and to bring themselves into being who and what they want to be"

Pam M.

2026 Retreat Participant

"I would absolutely recommend this retreat. It was well organized. The components were well integrated. The themes were powerful and relatable, regardless of why you attended. The food was an absolutely elemental part of the whole experience - natural, simple, delicious. The site also added so much to this experience. Being on water is so restorative and so appreciated being able to swim. Facilitators were flexible and attentive to individuals needs."

Paula E.

2026 Retreat Participant

"I would recommend this retreat to everyone. It was such a great time. The sharing, the people, the art, the morning practice, the food. All of it was magic!"

Ruth S.

2026 Retreat Participant

"I really enjoyed this experience. There were really some eye-opening moments, and I really appreciated the wonderful job Carolina did putting this all together. It was beautiful, and I hope someday I can attend other retreats she manages."

Deborah S.

2026 Retreat Participant

" This was such a great retreat. Carolina, Renee, Rachel - everybody was so wonderful! Such a great retreat. Wonderful projects, ideas, collaborations. Everything was absolutely positive and empowering, and I met a lot of really cool people who resonated with me in such a wonderful way, and I'm gonna go back home with such powerful messages, especially to share with my daughter. I hope to reconnect with everyone in the future and keep in touch!"

Ruth H.

2026 Retreat Participant

"I would recommend it as a great way to connect with an intergenerational group of creative and courageous women."
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A Community Built on Creativity, Connection & Care

Through our individual work and shared containers, we’ve supported hundreds of people in meaningful shifts in creativity, connection, and nervous system ease—this retreat brings that work to life by the lake.

This your chance to

Invest in Yourself

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This retreat is more than time away—it’s an invitation to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and gently awaken your creativity in a supportive, nourishing environment.

Pricing
Meals
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Nourishing Meals

We will provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, with nourishing, wholesome meals designed to support energy and well-being. Our menu will include omnivorous, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, and we’re happy to accommodate food sensitivities whenever possible.

Please let us know your needs at registration so we can include you in our menu planning.

Housing

Your 
Guesthouse

You’ll be staying in one of two Guesthouses, just 5 minutes from Sunny Point.
Below is one of the houses our attendees will be staying at.

What to Expect

  • Spacious, comfortable home sleeping up to 10 women

  • Multiple bedroom configurations (single and shared rooms)

  • Fully equipped kitchen + cozy common areas

  • Quiet, peaceful surroundings perfect for rest and integration

  • Transportation between the Airbnb and Sunny Point is included.​

Please note: To accommodate up to 20 participants, we have reserved a few properties near Sunny Point.  Room assignments will be made across the different houses based on availability, room type selected (private or shared), and any roommate preferences you share. You’ll have the opportunity to note housing preferences in the intake form after you sign up, and we’ll do our best to accommodate them.

Full Immersion

Where You'll Stay

Choose the option that feels aligned and supportive for you.
The prices below include your choice of accomodation in addition to all retreat activities, meals, and transportation to Sunny Point.

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🌟  EARLY BIRD OFFER: Until January 1st!

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Put down a $500 deposit during this window, and you’ll receive:

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  • Our early bird price as seen below (up to $300 off the full price of the retreat!)

  • An additional $30 off when you pay the total by cash, personal check, Venmo or Zelle

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Payment Schedule

  • $500 deposit* until January 1st, 2027

  • First Installment by January 1st, 2027 

  • Second Installment by April 30th, 2027
     

* The $500 deposit goes towards your total.

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Payment Options

  • Credit Card (link below)

  • Cash, Zelle or Venmo (Contact Renee or Carolina)

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Refund Policy

  • Deposit and installments are 100% refundable up to 72 hours after payment. After 72 hours, all payments are non-refundable. 

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Important note!

After payment, let us know your room choice ASAP so we can reserve it for you!

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 Private Bedroom

$ 2,899 - Entire room for yourself
$ 2,399 - Share a king bed with a friend​

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Shared Bedroom (2 people)

$ 2,699 - Queen bed for yourself​
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Shared Bedroom (3 or 4 people)

$ 2,299 - Single Floor Mattress or Shared King Bed
$ 2,399 - Queen Bed for yourself

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Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters to us, and we want you to feel at ease sharing your information. We use the details you give us through this website, such as your name, email address, phone number, dietary needs, and booking details, to manage your reservation, stay in touch with you about the retreat, and make your time at Keuka Lake as smooth and joyful as we can.

We will never sell or rent your personal information. When needed, we share relevant details with trusted partners who help us process payments, run the retreat, or provide services you have requested, such as the venue and our meal providers.

If you have questions about your personal information, or you would like us to correct or delete it, please contact us at info@wccretreats.com or +1 208 671 0660.

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Terms & Conditions

Welcome to the Keuka Lake Soulful Art Retreat, August 5 to 9, 2027! We're so happy you're thinking of joining us on the lake for four nights of art, nature, and connection. We wrote these guidelines so you feel informed, comfortable, and cared for, from booking through our last morning together.

By completing your booking, you agree to the following terms.

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Cancellation & Refund Policy

We understand that life can be unpredictable, and we ask you to read this policy with care before you register.

We offer a full refund, minus processing fees, if you request it within 72 hours of purchase. After those 72 hours, all payments become non-refundable.

We recommend travel insurance for added peace of mind. By registering for the retreat, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.

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Travel & Insurance

You arrange and pay for your own flights, travel insurance, and transportation to and from Keuka Lake, unless your booking states otherwise.

We recommend comprehensive travel insurance that covers trip cancellation, medical expenses, emergencies, lost belongings, and travel delays.

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Retreat Experience & Changes

We put a lot of love into the program. We follow the published schedule as closely as we can, but weather, safety, availability, or events beyond our control may lead us to adjust activities, facilitators, timing, meals, or other details.

If we need to make a change, we'll tell you as soon as we can and keep the heart of the experience intact.

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Accommodation & Shared Spaces

We arrange your accommodation according to the room type you chose when booking. If you chose a shared room, we may pair you with another participant unless you're booking with a friend.

Please treat the property, venue staff, fellow guests, and shared spaces with kindness and respect, so we all feel at home.

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Health & Participation

Your wellbeing matters to us.

Before you arrive, please tell us about any medical conditions, injuries, allergies, dietary needs, or accessibility needs that may affect your participation. This helps us prepare and support you.

Every activity is an invitation, including movement, creative practices, and time on or near the lake. Join at the pace and level that feels right for you. Listen to your body, honor your boundaries, and take the time you need.

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A Substance-Free Space

To keep our space clear, present, and supportive, the Keuka Lake Soulful Art Retreat is substance-free. We ask you not to bring or use alcohol or recreational drugs during the retreat, or attend activities under their influence.

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Art Materials & Your Creations

We provide the art materials listed in the program. You're welcome to bring favorite supplies of your own. Everything you create belongs to you, and you take it home with you.

You need no art experience to join. We care about the process and your self-expression, not technical skill.

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Personal Belongings

Please look after your personal belongings during the retreat. You're responsible for your own items, and we cannot accept responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged belongings, except where the law does not allow us to exclude liability.

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Photography & Memories

We love capturing special moments, and we may take photos or videos during our time together. We'll ask for your consent before we use identifiable images of you or your artwork for promotional purposes.

If you prefer not to appear in promotional photos or videos, let our team know. We want you to feel free to be present.

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If We Need to Cancel the Retreat

We fully intend to hold the retreat as planned, but unexpected circumstances can arise. If we need to cancel, we'll contact every affected participant and explain the options available.

We cannot cover extra costs such as flights, hotels, or transportation, except where the law requires it. Travel insurance protects you here.

 

Your Personal Journey

This retreat invites you to slow down, create, connect with others, and listen to your inner world through art and the beauty of the lake. Each person's experience unfolds in its own way, and we encourage you to arrive with curiosity and an open heart.

We hope you leave inspired and connected, but we cannot guarantee any specific personal, creative, relationship, career, or health outcome. Your journey continues in your own way long after our time together.

 

A Final Note

By completing your booking, you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms & Conditions, the Cancellation & Refund Policy, and the

Privacy Policy.

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Accessibility Statement

We want everyone who feels called to this retreat to feel welcome, supported, and able to take part. Art and connection belong to every body.

 

The Venue

Sunny Point sits on the shores of Keuka Lake. There is no parking on the premises and only a few areas are wheelchair accessible. There are steps to access the barn and a steep slope to access the boat house, these spaces are where activities take place.   If you have mobility needs and have questions about a specific space, ask us and we'll find out for you.

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Activities & Art Practices

You can join every creative session seated or standing, and we can adapt movement and embodiment practices to your body and energy. Every practice is an invitation, so you can rest, step out, or take part in your own way at any time.

We're happy to offer adaptive art tools, large-print materials, or written versions of spoken guidance. Let us know what helps you create with ease.

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Food & Dietary Needs

We cater to dietary needs and allergies. Share yours on your booking form, and we'll work with our kitchen team to make sure you eat well and safely.

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Support Persons

If you need a support person to attend with you, contact us before booking so we can talk through arrangements.

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Our Website & Communications

We aim to keep our website and emails clear and easy to use, including image descriptions and readable text. If anything on our site is hard to access, tell us and we'll send you the information in a format that works for you.

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Let's Talk

We can't promise to meet every need, but we promise to listen and do our best. Reach out before you book at info@wccretreats.com or +1 208 671 0660.

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