Self-Guided Sanctuary Series
When you reserve your stay at Inn the Ground, you receive more than a room and a view of the valley. Tucked into your welcome is a gift we call The Ground Self-Guided Sanctuary Series, a growing collection of overnight retreat guides created specifically for this place and the people who find their way here.
Some guests arrive needing rest. Others arrive hungry for creativity, longing for adventure, or ready to celebrate something they haven't quite named yet. Whatever brings you, there's a guide in this library that was written with you in mind.
featured Spring self-guided retreat
Tender Heart
One of the guides we hold with particular care is The Tender Heart, written for anyone who arrives carrying grief. You may be in the early rawness of loss, or somewhere further along, carrying something that hasn't yet found its way through you. Either way, this guide was made for that. It will walk alongside you through the quiet hours, offering reflection prompts, practices, a curated music playlist, a reading list, and a closing blessing to carry home. The land here is patient. It has held a great deal of sorrow, and it knows how to hold yours.
The Tender Heart, like every guide in the series, moves through four natural arcs: arriving and settling in, turning toward what matters most, allowing the land and the quiet to do their work, and returning to your life with something renewed. You don't have to follow any of it. But if you want a companion for your time here, something to help you go a little deeper than you might on your own, this guide was made for exactly that.
Your full access to the Sanctuary Series library will be included in the welcome letter you receive on the day of your arrival.
self-guided retreat library
Each retreat guide is organized around four movements, less as a schedule and more as a natural arc: arrival, honest reckoning, genuine nourishment, and a considered return. The retreat belongs to you. Wander from it freely.
Tender Heart
For grief, healing, and gentle renewal
The Replenished Well
For caregivers, helpers, and those who’ve given themselves away
The Creative Source
For creative renewal, inspiration, and reclaiming your inner life
The Still Point
For burnout, exhaustion, and deep rest
The Quiet Mind
For anxiety, overwhelm, and finding ground
The Return
For loneliness, disconnection, and finding yourself again
The Open Door
For life transitions, reinvention, and the courage of not-yet-knowing
How It Works
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Make your reservations using our online booking system
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After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Letter with everything you need to know for your stay at Inn the Ground. Your full access to the Sanctuary Series library will be included in the welcome letter.
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Each retreat stands alone. You may choose the one that speaks most directly to where you are right now, or work through all of them over time. There’s no correct sequence. Trust your instincts. They brought you here.
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Included in each guide, you'll find reflection prompts, practices, a curated music playlist, a reading list, and a closing blessing to carry home. You don't have to follow any of it. But if you want a companion for your time here, something to help you go a little deeper than you might on your own, these guides were made for exactly that.
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Practice trusting your own instincts, your own sense of timing, your own inner wisdom. That practice has a way of carrying well beyond the retreat itself.
Suggestions for Making the Most of Your Time
Put your phone away. Really.
Not in your pocket. Not face-down on the nightstand. In a drawer, or in your bag. Give yourself the gift of uninterrupted presence. If that feels uncomfortable, that discomfort is worth noticing. It may be part of what brought you here.
LET YOURSELF GET BORED.
Boredom is the antechamber of creativity and genuine rest. When the mind stops reaching for stimulation and settles into the ordinary textures of a quiet afternoon, something deeper becomes available. Let it arrive. It won’t last long, and what comes after it is often surprising.
Move slowly.
Burnout, anxiety, and grief all tend to produce a unique feeling of urgency, even in rest. We hurry through recovery. We optimize stillness. We check items off the self-care list. Here at The Ground, you’re invited to resist that impulse. Let the trail take as long as it takes. Let dinner be an occasion. Let morning arrive without an agenda.
EAT WELL. SLEEP WELL.
The body isn’t incidental to spiritual practice. It’s the instrument through which all inner experience moves. If you’re tired, rest before you reflect. If you’re hungry, eat before you journal. The soul speaks more clearly when the body’s been tended.
Bring a journal.
Writing slows our thoughts down and separates the signal from the noise. It’s a way to make space. Even if you write only a sentence, you’re practicing the art of honest witness to your own inner life and give pause for introspection.
BE honest with yourself.
The most important thing you can bring to a self-guided retreat isn’t openness, though openness matters. It’s honesty. The willingness to name what’s actually true, rather than what should be true, or what you hope will eventually become true. Honesty isn’t harsh. It’s simply accurate. And from accuracy, real change becomes possible.