ReHuman: A Digital Detox Retreat

Come Home To Your Essence

What happens when we stop consuming and start truly living again?

ReHuman is a 4–7 day immersive digital detox retreat designed to help you reconnect with your creativity, vitality, presence, and humanity in a world that constantly pulls us away from ourselves.

Together, we step away from phones, notifications, endless scrolling, and the pressure to perform — and return to the ancient medicines that make us feel alive: song, dance, play, nature, movement, deep conversation, creativity, rest, beauty, and community. This is not simply about “unplugging.”

It is about remembering who you are beneath distraction.

Each day includes:

• Morning connection circles to ground intention and presence

• Spacious time for personal creative focus and reflection

• Singing, movement, dance, and embodied practices

• Nature immersion and restorative time outdoors

• Play, spontaneity, and human connection

• Evening circles to integrate, share, and reconnect

Participants are invited to bring a personal creative intention into the retreat: a dream, project, question, artistic practice, healing process, or unexplored part of themselves they want to nourish.

Whether you are a writer, artist, entrepreneur, musician, visionary, healer, or simply someone longing to feel more alive again, ReHuman offers space to slow down enough to hear your own inner voice.

This retreat is rooted in the belief that our deepest human potential does not emerge from constant productivity or stimulation — but from presence, connection, and aliveness.

Day 1: Arrival & Landing

3:00–6:00 PM — Arrivals + Device Check-In

Guests settle into rooms, explore the land, and officially unplug.

6:00 PM — Opening Dinner

7:30 PM — Opening Circle

Introductions, intentions, agreements, nervous system settling, and transition into retreat space.

9:00 PM — Gentle Music / Tea / Rest

Day 2-6: Arrival & Landing

Morning

7:00–8:00 AM — Optional Silent Morning / Tea / Ocean / Journaling

8:00–9:00 AM — Embodiment Practice

Yoga, breathwork, movement, meditation, or guided somatic practice.

9:00–10:00 AM — Nourishing Breakfast

10:00–11:00 AM — Morning Connection Circle: Group check-in, intention setting, sharing, relational practices, and reflection prompts.

11:00 AM–1:30 PM — Community Practice or Creative Focus Session

ReHumaning Practice: Facilitated Play, Vocal/ Musical

Creativity Sessions: Dedicated uninterrupted time for participants to work on personal creative intentions:

writing, art, music, visioning, healing work, business ideas, rest, or simply listening inward.

(No phones, no urgency, no multitasking.)

1:30–2:30 PM — Lunch

2:30–5:00 PM — Spacious Afternoon

Options may include:

• Swimming / ocean time

• Waterfalls

• Sauna / spa

• Napping

• One-on-one conversations

• Music making

• Collaborative art

• Play

• Massage / healing sessions

• Quiet reflection

Evening

5:00–6:00 PM — Community Practice

6:00–7:00 PM — Dinner

7:00- 9:00 PM — Evening Community Practice or Integration Circle

Ecstatic dance, singing circle, authentic relating, group creativity, storytelling, gratitude circles, and stargazing down together.

10:00 PM onward — Quiet Hours / Stargazing / Rest

Final Day: Return & Integration

8:00 AM — Breakfast

9:00–11:00 AM — Closing Circle

Reflection, integration, commitments, and transition back into daily life with intention.

11:00 AM–1:00 PM — Device Return + Departures

Core Principles of the Retreat

• Less consumption, more creation

• Less performance, more presence

• Less urgency, more rhythm

• Less isolation, more human connection

• Less distraction, more aliveness

Choose Your Own ReHuman Adventure

A Flexible Approach to Digital Detox

We know that stepping away from devices can feel both liberating and terrifying.

For some people, a full unplug is exactly what their nervous system has been craving. For others, completely disconnecting immediately may create unnecessary stress or feel inaccessible because of family, work, or life responsibilities.

Rather than creating a rigid one-size-fits-all experience, ReHuman offers a “Choose Your Own Adventure” digital detox structure designed to help participants intentionally reduce digital stimulation while honoring their real-world needs.

Our invitation is simple:

the closer you move toward full presence, the deeper the experience tends to become.

But this retreat is not about perfection or shame.

It’s about awareness, intentionality, and gently weaning ourselves off dopamine-driven habits so we can reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the living world around us.

Your Detox Path Options

Option 1 — Full ReHuman Immersion

Participants turn in their phones at the beginning of the retreat for the full duration of the experience.

Phones are safely stored by retreat staff and can be reached only in the event of emergencies through the retreat emergency contact line.

This option is ideal for participants wanting the deepest reset, nervous system recalibration, creative clarity, and presence.

Option 2 — Daily Logistics Window

Participants may access their phone for one designated hour per day to handle necessary logistics, urgent communication, or important check-ins.

Outside of that window, devices remain safely stored away.

This option supports participants who need a small tether to daily life while still experiencing a substantial detox.

Option 3 — Morning & Evening Check-In Access

Participants may access their phones twice daily during designated communication windows.

This structure works well for those navigating work transitions, family communication, or responsibilities that require more regular contact while still significantly reducing overall screen exposure.

Option 4 — Create Your Own Adventure

We recognize that every nervous system and life circumstance is different.

Participants may work with retreat facilitators to create personalized boundaries and agreements around device usage that support both accountability and compassion.

The goal is not rigid restriction.

The goal is intentional relationship with technology.

What We Provide Instead

As we unplug from constant consumption, we make space for creativity, memory, and human connection.

Each participant will receive access to:

• Digital cameras to capture meaningful moments without the pull of apps and notifications

• Journals and notebooks for reflection, creativity, and integration

• Daily connection circles

• Music, movement, play, nature, and spaciousness

• Opportunities for uninterrupted creative focus and real-world presence

This retreat is an experiment in remembering:

what happens when we stop documenting life constantly… and start fully living it again.

Retreat Host:

Katie Roper

Previously a trainer for a yearlong leadership institute based at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Katie now manages Sundari Gardens and produces transformational gatherings including BlessFest Hawai’i. Equal parts feminine embodiment facilitator and master logistical coordinator, she is passionate about creating spaces where people can soften, reconnect, and remember what it feels like to truly be human together.

As your retreat mama, Katie will guide the group through the discomfort of unplugging from our dopamine-driven digital lives and into the deeper nourishment of real connection — through song, movement, nature, play, creativity, community, and presence. Her work bridges structure and soul, helping participants feel both deeply held and deeply free.

Support Facilitator Team:

WeDance: Ecstatic Dance Facilitation

Kevin & Sol Rodriguez : Cacao Intention Setting

Leif Hanson: Play, Improv & Creativity Spark

Gabriella Clemental: Vocal Improv & Musical Jam

John DeKadt: Storytelling

Renata Lagner: Yoga Master

Richard Boch: Somatic Presencing and Aquatic Jam

Daily Meditation & Movement from a mix of local facilitators including contact improv, yoga, breathwork and more.