Queer Black Healing Retreat — The Black Women's Yoga Collective

Joshua tree, ca

May 21 - May 25 - SIGN UPS OPEN

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Hosted by Mel Douglas, Raia “Coach” Carey, and Jamila Reddy

Join us in Joshua Tree, CA for our Queer Black Healing Retreat - a wellness experience designed to cultivate community connection and healing in a space that embraces the intersections of your identity as a Queer Black person.

Spend 5-days and 4-nights soaking up the serene beauty of Joshua Tree and gaining tools to help nurture your wellbeing. We’ll enjoy daily yoga, meditation, healing-centered workshops, nutritious meals, sound baths, and a group hike through Joshua Tree National Park. Plus there will be lots of time to truly enjoy the beauty of the Mojave Desert surrounding the property and see the fun, quirky Joshua Tree sights.

If you’re a Queer Black person who desires to embrace the energy of collective healing with intention - this retreat is for you. Leave feeling a renewed sense of community connection and personal grounding, with tools you can use to continue to utilize later on.

This retreat is open to anyone who identifies as Queer and Black - all gender identities and expressions are welcome.

Meet Your co-Hosts

Jamila Reddy (she/her)

Raia “Coach” Carey (she/her/hybrid)

Mel Douglas (she/they)

Raia “Coach” Carey (she/her/hybrid)

As a 3x Certified Life Coach, speaker, and EDI consultant Coach Carey is passionate about encouraging others to tap into the confidence they never knew they had. After overcoming various hardships, she was able to transform her mindset and begin a career that empowers others to do the same.

By openly sharing her triumphs and tribulations, Raia’s vulnerability helps foster a welcoming and safe environment in every room she enters. She strives to inspire and lead those around her by providing unwavering support, guidance, and motivation.

By equipping clients with tangible tools to implement in their daily lives, she steers her community towards self-awareness, resilience, and sustainable success.

Learn more here.

Jamila Reddy (she/her)

Jamila Reddy is a writer, transformational coach and mindfulness educator. Her teachings combine Buddhist philosophy, neuroscience, and somatic techniques. Her focus is helping people navigate life's transitional moments and curate their experiences with agency and ease.

Learn more here.

Mel Douglas (she/they)

Mel Douglas is a multi-certified yoga instructor, plant mom to 100+ green babies, and the Founder of the Black Women's Yoga Collective. A Brooklyn native residing in Los Angles, her passion is building community and connection in South LA where she first started practicing.

In developing her personal yoga and wellness practice, it became impossible to ignore the lack of faces who looked like hers in the wellness industry. She believes that everyone deserves access to wellness and that healing is a radical act. Mel practices and teaches yoga to empower herself and serve others in accessing their own power.

Learn more here.

retreat interest form

May 21 - May 25 - SIGN UPS OPEN

The Location

Welcome to the Rest & Rejuvenate Retreat in the Yucca Valley, CA. We’ll be gathering at an expansive space in the Mojave Dessert that features:

a heated saltwater pool with lighting
a wood burning fireplace
an outdoor fire pit
multiple outdoor dining and lounge areas
Stargazing telescope
a detached yoga studio stocked with mats, blocks, and straps
3 bathrooms stocked with luxury Parachute towels
Sunroom for workshops

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Rooming Options

Many of the rooms on this retreat are shared with one or two roommates. BWYC will assign roommates unless otherwise requested and approved in advance. Double occupancy options are only for those booking as a 2-person unit with someone you already know (we will not be assigning shared bedmates). All beds are made up with luxury Parachute linens.

Queen Bed (shared bedroom) - $2,300 (3/3 available)

King Bed Master Suite + Private Bathroom w/ Clawfoot Tub - $3,600 double occupancy only
(1/1 available)

Full Bed (solo bedroom) $2,500 single occupancy; $3,000 double occupancy (1/1 available)

Queen Sofa Bed (shared bedroom) - $2,000 - (1/1 available)

Twin Bed (shared bedroom) - $1,900 - (5/5 available)

How to reserve your spot

In order to attend this retreat, you’ll need to first complete a retreat interest form. Once we’ve received your completed form, we’ll follow up with steps for reserving your spot at this retreat.

May 21 - May 25 - SIGN UPS OPEN

retreat interest form