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SUMMARY:Down To Earth Retreat : MKs for MKs
DESCRIPTION:Hampton Roads\, Virginia \nDown to Earth\n3 nights  ·  4 days  ·  MKs for MKs  ·  18+ \n\n\n \n\nWelcome \nFinally. The first retreat of its kind.\nWe’re hosting DOWN TO EARTH\, a 3-night\, 4-day retreat created by MKs\, for MKs (and those from ex-evangelical backgrounds). This is an adult retreat\, open to MKs 18 and older. It’s co-ed\, intentionally small\, and built around something we kept noticing in ourselves and each other; the need for community and for joy. \nWe crafted every element of this retreat around feeling\, creativity\, and fun. Our goal is to connect you into a community of fun and your childlike self. Because we believe healing should also be fun. \n\n \n\nIs this for you? \nBurned out\, tired\, craving more joy and play in your life? \nWant to create? Make new friends? Explore? \nHave an adventure with your fellow MKs? \n“For those craving community\, moments of joy\, rest\, and connection — and carrying a difficult or complex missionary kid experience.” \nWe made this retreat for you. 🤎 \n\n\nYou’ll leave feeling \nLighter. More joyful. More connected to yourself and the people around you. Creative\, expressive\, and alive in a way you maybe haven’t felt in a while. \nConnected \n\nMore grounded in your identity \nLess alone in your story \nPart of a community that understands \nWith language for your experience. Finally \n\n\n \n\nThe Details \nWhat to expect\n\nRetreat Info \n\n\n\n📍\nLocation\nHampton Roads\, Virginia (NorFolk – ORF Airport)\n📅\nDates\nAugust 13th – 16th 2026 (3 nights / 4 days)\n👥\nAge\n18+\n💰\nCost\n$1\,000 per person · $350 deposit to secure your spot (non-refundable after 60 days)\nWhat’s included: \n·Lodging for all 4 days at a beautiful Airbnb in Hampton Roads near the beach. Rooms are shared — we’ll do our best to match you thoughtfully\, and let you know your arrangements ahead of time.\n·All meals\, fully prepared for you. Every single one. You show up\, food is there.\n·All materials and supplies for every activity\, art\, writing\, music\, ceremonies\, all of it\n·Facilitation and support from experienced practitioners so you are fully held the entire time\n·Transportation from the airport\, we’ve got you from the moment you land\n·Planning to arrive early or stay longer? Let us know! Housing and transportation available in the area.\n·A complete experience. You don’t bring anything except yourself and your clothes.\nWe offer payment plans of 1\, 3\, or 5 months. We’re also working on scholarship spots and flexible options. If cost is a barrier\, don’t let it stop you from reaching out. \nQuestions about travel or payments? Email mary@levapsych.com \nSecure Your Spot \nOnce you secure your spot we’ll reach out with all the details. 🤎 \n\n\n \n\nThe Experience \nWhat will happen at the retreat\nEvery element of Down to Earth was chosen intentionally — to help you feel\, create\, connect\, and rest. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ll do together. \n\n🫂Guided group sessions\n🌬️Breathwork and movement\n🎨Expressive arts\n🏃Movement-based sessions\n🏕️Summer camp activities\n☀️Downtime to just be\n\n\n \n\nWho We Are \nAbout Us\n\n\n \nMary \nHypno-Breathwork · Psychiatric NP \nMary grew up between Tanzania and Manila as a missionary kid\, eventually finding her way out of evangelical spaces\, at first walking\, and later running. Before studying the mind\, she was an artist. Creativity was her first language\, and that’s never really left. Her work lives at the intersection of creativity and the body\, bringing together somatics\, breathwork\, movement\, and expressive arts to create spaces where people can safely feel\, process\, and reconnect with themselves. After attending the MK Safety Net Gathering in 2025\, she felt a pull to create something specifically for MKs\, spaces that are honest\, grounded\, and free from pressure or pretense. \n\n\n \nMoon \nHypno-Breathwork Facilitator \nMoon has lived in Seoul\, Rhode Island\, Manila\, and New Zealand\, and is currently figuring out what it means to actually stay somewhere in Toronto. She grew up as both a missionary kid and a CODA (child of a Deaf adult) in white evangelical spaces\, navigating worlds that rarely had room for all of who she was. It’s been a long journey. But somewhere along the way she discovered that joy and play weren’t just nice to have\, they were the actual medicine. Through hypno-breathwork\, she learned self-compassion\, released shame\, and found her way back to her most alive self. Now she helps other people find that too. \n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe Team \nMeet our facilitators\nWe are so excited to introduce the people who will be holding space with us at Down to Earth. Every person on this team was chosen with intention — and we trust them completely. \n\n\n\n     \nLiz Burkholder\, PhD \nMind-Body Doctor · Holistic NP · GoWithin Hypno-Breathwork \nLiz is a Doctor of Mind-Body Medicine and double board-certified Nurse Practitioner (FNP + PMHNP) with nearly 30 years of healing experience. She’s trained in somatic work\, breathwork\, inner child healing\, reiki\, and hypnotherapy — weaving it all into her own modality\, GoWithin Hypno-Breathwork. Her own healing journey began after a traumatic childhood and a life-altering arrest at 17\, and that experience is the foundation of everything she does. She believes anything can be healed. Having witnessed her work firsthand\, so do we. At the retreat\, Liz will lead our Hypno-Breathwork sessions and grounding somatic exercises. \n \n\n     \nAmy Walters \nActivities Facilitator \nAmy is a Certified Life Coach\, Family Mediator\, and Hypno-Breathwork Practitioner who has spent years helping people break free from trauma\, people-pleasing\, anxiety\, and emotional overwhelm. After her own journey through an emotionally abusive relationship\, she found her way back through somatic healing\, inner child work\, and spiritual reconnection. She lives what she teaches: “I lived it. I healed it. I shifted it.” At the retreat\, Amy will be leading our activities and holding space throughout — the warm\, grounding presence that makes the whole thing feel safe enough to actually let go. \n \n\n     \nJade \nTrauma-Informed Yoga Facilitator \nJade brings a grounded\, compassionate approach to trauma-informed yoga\, creating a space where students feel safe\, supported\, and empowered in their practice. Through mindful movement\, breath\, and intentional connection\, her classes invite students back to “self” — encouraging softness\, presence\, and the ability to reconnect with the love that already exists within. \n \n\n\n \n\nHow you’ll be supported \n\nThis is a trauma-informed space\, which means you won’t be pushed past your capacity. Your nervous system and your safety come first. You’re supported\, not forced — always. \nWe’re bringing together facilitators with deep experience holding spaces like this — people trained in somatic work\, breathwork\, expressive arts\, and authentic connection. Every person on our team brings real experience in deep work and genuine\, lasting connection. We’re MKs too. This space was built because we needed it. \n\n\n \n\n\nStay in the loop \nAre you interested?\nWant updates on dates\, pricing\, facilitator announcements\, and how to apply? Subscribe to our newsletter and you’ll be the first to know everything as it comes together. \nSubscribe for Updates 🤎Email Us a Question\n\n\n \n\nSupport the Community \nCan’t make it? You can still help.\nWe know that cost is a real barrier for many MKs who need this space. Through our partnership with MK Safety Net — a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for and supporting adult missionary kids — we’ve set up a scholarship fund so that no one has to miss out simply because of finances. \nEvery dollar donated goes directly toward getting an MK in the room. Donations are tax-deductible through MK Safety Net. You can give to the general fund or designate your gift for a specific person by including their name. \n\nWhere your donation goes \n·Lodging for 3 nights near the beach in Hampton Roads\, Virginia\n·All meals\, fully prepared for the entire 4 days\n·Airport transportation from Norfolk (ORF)\n·Art supplies\, journals\, pens\, and all retreat materials\n·Trauma-informed\, specialized facilitation services — somatic work\, breathwork\, expressive arts\, and trauma-responsive sessions\nDonate Now \nDonations are tax-deductible through MK Safety Net.Learn more about MK Safety Net → \n\n\n\nDOWN TO EARTH  ·  Hampton Roads\, Virginia  ·  MKs for MKs  ·  mary@levapsych.com
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