Online Retreat
Revolution of the Heart
Slow down, reflect, and prepare to journey with joy and intention through the closing days of the year.
The end of each calendar year is full of demands that can distract us from what is actually needed and longed for: reflection, connection, and gratitude.
As you prepare to cross the threshold into a new year, we invite you to join us December 5 – 6, 2025 for our annual online retreat.
We’ll bring grateful living practices, enlivening music and poetry, and inspiration to guide your journey. You bring your desire to complete this year and begin the next with intention and gratitude. Our time together will leave you feeling empowered to navigate the weeks ahead.
Join us and give yourself the gift of a contemplative, at-home retreat experience. Registration is open through December 2.
What an enriching, life-changing experience! For me, it was a total revolution of the heart.
Sangeetha P.
Register today for Revolution of the Heart
Registration is open now through December 2, 2025. If the cost of registration is not achievable, please reach out to us at [email protected].
You will leave this retreat with:
Your personal review of the past year — what you’ve learned, celebrated, grieved — all that life has given and taken
Practices for releasing what you’re ready to leave behind, acknowledging and embracing uncertainty, and inviting joy
Guideposts, rituals, and a visual compass to support your journey across the threshold of the new year
Poetry, reflection questions, short essays, and more to work with during and after the retreat
A new perspective on the close of this year and the opportunity ahead
Meet Your Hosts
This online retreat will be led by Joe Primo, CEO of Grateful Living and Sheryl Chard, Director of Education.
Joe Primo
Chief Executive Officer
One of the greatest joys in my work is creating space for individuals and groups to experience heart and mind nourishment through retreat. Whether for a half day, a full day, or a whole week, I have led dozens of retreats that cultivate the insights that accompany playfulness, humor, discernment, and the power of pausing. Across all sectors, including spiritual, corporate, and mental health, I enjoy greeting however someone may arrive and crafting an experience where everyone leaves a bit more whole because they trusted in a caring process of reflection and openness to the possibilities that await after tending to oneself.
Sheryl Chard
Director of Education
There’s something about retreat time that opens up possibilities that don’t otherwise exist. Over the past few decades, I’ve had the opportunity to design and lead dozens of retreats, from one day to one week. In retreat centers and on school campuses, in community spaces and online, I’ve witnessed what can happen when we step out of our ordinary routines and gather with intention to explore, reflect, and share. As we complete yet another revolution around the sun, I look forward to the opportunity to be in community with you and to discern — each of us for ourselves — a meaningful and soul-nourishing path into the new year.
Online Retreat Details
You will receive a digital retreat packet in advance that will provide more details and help you set the stage for a meaningful at-home retreat. Our time together will include a mix of live Zoom sessions, space for individual reflection, and time to connect with other participants. The full schedule is as follows:
Friday, December 5, 2025: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. EST
- Live Zoom session with breakout rooms 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. EST
Saturday, December 6, 2025: 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST
- Live Zoom session 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Reflection/break 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
- Live Zoom session with breakout rooms 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
The sessions will not be recorded. This decision was made with intention to encourage deeper connection, presence, and community among everyone participating.
Register today for Revolution of the Heart
Registration is open now through December 2, 2025. If the cost of registration is not achievable, please reach out to us at [email protected].