Making Space Retreats
These retreats are hosted and facilitated by Suzanne and always include intuitive arts exploration, connection, and reflection.
The goal is not to create art, but to use creative acts to gain access to insight, clarity, and embodied knowledge that we all have within us.
Ostersmith Retreats always include...
Creative Exploration
Engage in hands-on workshops and activities that encourage creative expression, fostering a deeper connection with your artistic side.
Reflection
Experience guided sessions and practices focused on mindfulness, meditation, and self-care, promoting emotional balance and inner harmony.
Nature
Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of Making Space with guided or solo nature walks, allowing for a deeper connection with the environment and inner introspection.
Visioning
Participate in experiences designed to help you clarify your vision, set intentions, and manifest your goals, fostering personal growth and empowerment.
Our Retreats allow you to MAKE SPACE for...
Why Now?
Women who are navigating:
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Shifting identities
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Changing bodies
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Evolving relationships
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Empty nests
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Retirement or reinvention
deserve a retreat to refocus, replenish, and reimagine.
We are skilled at caring for others.
We are accomplished at building systems.
We are less practiced at pausing long enough to recalibrate ourselves.
Making Space exists to offer that pause.
Is this for you?
You may be wondering whether Making Space is the right kind of retreat for you.
Not every retreat is.
Making Space was created intentionally — and it will resonate deeply with some women and not at all with others.
Here is how to know.
This May NOT Be For You If You Are Looking For:
• A high-energy, tightly packed schedule
• Performance-based arts instruction
• Competitive or critique-driven creative work
• A luxury resort experience
• Constant external stimulation
• Clinical therapy or religious instruction
There is structure and thoughtful facilitation—but also genuine spaciousness. Time to think, to create, and to listen more closely to yourself.
Ann Ciasullo, Spokane WA
"When did I feel most present and engaged? When I was painting. It took me completely outside of my head, which I NEVER do. And being in a space where I was focusing only on my work was indulgent and freeing."
Beth Moore, Spokane WA
"Being in the presence of other, smart, accomplished, "seeking" women is so healing. The shared experience of "becoming is invaluable".
Beth Moore, Spokane WA
"This space feels totally healing and non-judgmental. Every time I come away from time, sitting and making/holding space with Suzanne, the "weightlessness" stays with me for weeks. So Wonderful!"
What About Other Seasons of Life?
While our signature retreats focus on midlife transition, the deeper intention of Making Space is to support meaningful recalibration in many forms.
Over time, we may host experiences designed for:
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Mothers in earlier seasons
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Women in caregiving professions
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Service-based leaders
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Interdisciplinary creatives
If you feel drawn to the ethos of this work — even if you are not in midlife — we invite you to join our community and stay connected as offerings evolve.