Is a Transformational Healing Retreat for YOU?
It is if...
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You are impacted by grief from loss in life? For any reason?
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Your feelings are holding you back from acceptance, forgiveness and ultimately healing? ...
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You are wondering if there is a way to move forward to embrace life and thrive after loss?
THEN...you ARE ready to say 'YES' to discovering the hidden gift within grief by joining us at one of our grief healing retreats!
Our retreats allow for a time to explore how unraveling grief to embrace life to thrive can be an opportunity to honor ourselves in a new and transformed way. We invite you to support your own healing and transformation this year by saying “YES" to joining us for an empowering half-day or 3.5-hour virtual and in-person retreats (when safe to offer) in 2021- Watch for a special 10-day retreat on Samos Island, Greece in 2022! Each one a time to heal by releasing, renewing, replenishing and relaxing!
About Our Retreats
Unity Awakening Ways is proud to present empowering half-day virtual or 3.5 to 10 day on-site retreats facilitated by Rev. Meghan Smith Brooks and Teri Wilder. These amazing retreat leaders will lead you through a powerful and transforming healing process based on their personal experiences of pain and loss around the motherhood role, offering practical tools, practices, guided meditations, sound healing, incredible musical enrichment, journaling activities. You will leave with the new realization of the hidden gift within grief as the legacy of the love you grieve, and the key to embracing life transformed!
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No matter what the source of your current experience of grief triggered by the pain of loss, you will find a new sense of how to cope with, process and experience life and all that impacts so many of us who:
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Have lost a loved one
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Have lost a home, job or relationship
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Have been abused or betrayed in life and grieve the love you desire and deserve
There is support for each of you who truly want to heal the pain, sadness and grief over the loss of those roles in your life. Our mission is to provide a safe and confidential space, tools and practices, allowing for emotional healing and the discovery of gifts being offered to experience a more meaningful life.
During your Transformational Healing Retreat, You Will Enjoy:
What you will receive as benefits to YOU:
(Besides taking home one of Rev. Meghan & Teri's CD's!)
YOUR RETREAT LEADERS
Rev. Meghan
Smith Brooks
Rev. Meghan is an Ordained Unity Minister with 25 years experience in spiritual education, a Certified Grief Coach, Author, Speaker, Retreat Leader & Singer. She is Co-Founder of alternative ministry Unity Awakening Ways with Rev. Michael Brooks, her husband; Author of “Unraveling Grief; A Mother’s Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery”, released October 2020, based on the murder of her son in 2013 and how it has called her to support others in their grief journey. She has also produced 2 Guided-Meditation CD’s.
Her mission is to make a difference in the world by empowering others through unraveling and transforming grief to embrace life and experience a more meaningful life of gratitude.
Teri Wilder
Teri is a master of music and meditation on a mission to introduce the world to the power of songs and gongs that help to de-stress, calm the mind, boost creativity, and support balance and well-being.
As a Singer/Songwriter,Certified Sound Healer, Reiki Master, and Certified Medical Intuitive, Teri blends the science of music with the meditative benefits of songs, sounds, and healing energy into perfect harmony. In 2019 she opened her private practice, the Teri Wilder Healing Sanctuary, in San Diego, and this year she will be certified as a Medical intuitive. She has 4 CD’s of original music and a gong meditation CD, all promoting peace, inspiration, and wellness.
Visit Teri's website for more info:
OUR IN PERSON RETREAT LOCATION
November 4-7, 2021
What Are the Details?
CURRENT ON-SITE DATES: Unity Village - November 4-7, 2021
RETREAT INVESTMENT For ON-SITE:
Early Bird Rate - $499 paid in full, available through February 4th
Regular Rate - $549
- Deposit Option - $250 non-refundable
- Balance of $299 due by October 1, 2021
Lunch & Dinner will be included both Friday and Saturday
in the retreat plan with vegan and gluten free options planned.
Please advise if any special diet requirements beyond that and
the chef will be pleased to take care of you!
If you are staying at Unity Hotel, complimentary continental
breakfast is included in your room rate; otherwise you may
purchase pastries and coffee in the Bookstore Cafe on grounds.
Lodging is not included in the retreat rate and must be secured
by each participant on their own.
REGISTRATION CHECK-IN: Thursday, November 4th - 6-7:00pm
( Retreat building location and campus directions will be sent with retreat information.)
RETREAT HOURS:
Thursday - 7-8:30pm with sacred opening ceremony; dinner on
your own before retreat begins.
Friday & Saturday - 9am-8:30pm with mid-morning, lunch, mid-afternoon and dinner breaks. Free-time planned in breaks.
Sunday - 9am-12n with special closing ceremony; lunch on your own after retreat ends.
Parking is free at Unity Village
The Kansas City, MO (MCI) International Airport is about 60 miles
from Unity Village. (Transportation must be secured on your own; there are no hotel shuttles from the airport)
RETREAT LODGING:
We have a block of rooms held at Unity Hotel for a special group rate of $129, plus tax, per night. Please contact them directly to reserve your room, letting them know you will be attending the "Unraveling Grief" Retreat November 4-7: Call 816.347.5537 and refer to group code "TBD", or you may also reserve your room by using this link (note does not work from a phone): https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/
LODGING OFF GROUNDS:
In the event that the rooms at the Hotel and Conference Center fill up, there are a number of comparable hotels close to Unity Village:
Hampton Inn
1751 NE Douglas Street
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
(816) 347-8600
Includes hot breakfast
Holiday Inn & Suites
1201 NW Innovation Parkway
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
(816) 600-2405
Includes breakfast buffet
**Please note: Guests staying off grounds are responsible for their own transportation to and from Unity Village during the retreat.

Unity Village Conference Center
1901 NW Blue Parkway - Unity Village, MO 64065
Our November 2021 4-day retreat will be held on the beautiful campus of Unity Village outside of Kansas City, MO. The campus of 1400 acres provides much to explore and take in from the beauty of nature to the sacred spaces and nationally recognized rose gardens.
We will include some outdoor activities to allow you opportunity to experience the paradise that is Unity Village grounds.
No one leaves without being transformed on some level - mind, body and heart - from the healing energy of this sacred place. The perfect setting to take a step toward embracing all the gifts hidden within you waiting to be discovered!

VIRTUAL RETEAT DATES AND DETAILS:
REVEALING THE GIFTS OF GRIEF:
A Virtual Retreat to Release Your Pain & Redesign Your Life
A 3.5-DAY VIRTUAL RETREAT
MARCH 18-21, 2021- Cost early bird:$450
with special bonus gifts for early registrations by January 30, 2021:) Regular rate: $499
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A Zoom link will be sent upon registration and re-sent the day
before as a reminder - we request you join via computer
only, as phone access significantly reduces the overall
experience and benefit of the retreat. Computer video allows
the full visual effect with a more empowering participation!
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All instruction will be provided during the retreat experience. We suggest having a journal or notepad with pen or pencil handy as we will be guiding you through some inner exploration exercises. We will send any documents with journal questions, guidelines, etc., in advance for you to download before the retreat begins.
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Gather what you may need to be comfortable; water bottle, coffee or tea mug, snacks to keep your energy up. We will take a few breaks for comfort, so no worries, all will be considered to make this a powerful healing and results-oriented investment of your time!
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A full outline of how to prepare and what you may need to enhance your retreat experience will be sent in advance, but please feel free to send any questions you may have to email: - Say "Retreat Questions" in the subject line.
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Invite your friends or family members to join you in this empowering experience!


Cancellation Policy:
ON-SITE RETREATS:
Payment plan for regular rate:A non-refundable deposit of $250 will hold your space for the retreat; Balance of $299 due on or before 4 weeks before retreat start date.
- Deposit not available for Early Bird Rate
Any cancellation made in writing before 6-weeks prior to the retreat start date will result in a cancellation fee of 50% of the retreat pricing. Any cancellation made after 6-weeks prior to retreat start date will be non-refundable. We reserve the right to cancel the retreat if the minimum number of registrations is not met. (If we do so your funds will be refunded in full.) Trip cancellation insurance is always recommended when making travel plans.
* In case of emergency, the trip may be transferable to another person, with the approval of the retreat leaders.
VIRTUAL RETREAT POLICY:
The Virtual Retreat offering is non-refundable, but funds paid may be used toward a future retreat experience if you are unable to participate. A written request to transfer funds to a future retreat is made at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the retreat.
Please email to request transfer:
Subject line: Virtual Retreat Funds Transfer Request
Thank you for taking the time to read this important information!
REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:
Please complete the registration form with your contact information, selecting which retreat you are signing up for. Then click on the PayPal button to make your retreat payment.
NOTE: You will need to enter the total you are paying once inside the PayPal link. This is a 2-step registration process.