Joy. Connection. Freedom.
Experience it. Bring it home.
Eastern Shore MD
February 20-23, 2025
How do you create a meaningful and fulfilling life?
Join Jonathan Bardzik for a four day, luxury retreat in a home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, within 2 hours of Washington, DC. Experience joy, connection and freedom — and really good food! — with an intimate, like-minded, community of people — and share conversations about how to bring this home into your daily life.
Gift yourself this time for deep, generous, self-love and care and to reflect on the truly important questions in your life that often get lost in the busyness of our everyday.
“The impact of this retreat has been profound. I now have a better sense of what my wellbeing looks like. I am striving to maintain this sense of wellbeing in my day to day life and using practices I learned at the retreat to do so.”
—February 2024 participant
“I believe we are here in this life for two reasons: to care for each other and to experience joy.”
This retreat is about living a life centered in joy, rooted in connection — our greatest source of joy, and elevated by freedom from the voices of doubt and shame in our heads, leaving us free to listen to the voices in our hearts; to choose our own joy, and to be fully present in connection.
The details
Is this for me?
Are you asking what makes your life meaningful and fulfilling, what is your life’s next big adventure, and what do you really want to prioritize in the time you have? This retreat is for anyone who is contemplating those questions or actively engaged in that journey. You might be contemplating a career change, experiencing a family transition or loss, or exploring a new sense of purpose.
The busyness of daily life often gets in the way of thinking about these questions and initiating change. This retreat is an opportunity to do both and create momentum and focus. This retreat is specifically seeking a diverse group both to share our varied experiences and to see the commonalities in our humanity.
What is included?
Four days and three nights experiencing joy, connection and freedom and engaging in facilitated conversations about how to bring this home into your daily life. This retreat includes a pre-experience orientation and two follow up conversations with the group to continue the work of the retreat..
For this luxury weekend “all inclusive” means time to enjoy a beautiful natural setting within two hours of Washington, DC. And the food? You’ll get to eat chef Jonathan Bardzik’s award winning cooking and spend time preparing meals with him in the kitchen!
When is it?
February 20-23, 2025. Arrive Thursday by noon. Depart Sunday by 12:30 PM.
What is the cost?
$3000 per person. Registration includes retreat programming, housing, and food. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. There are 6 rooms available and selection is in order of completed registration and payment. Bring a second person to share your room for $1,500 more. Payment may be made in full at time of registration or paid half on registering with the second half by January 1, 2025.
What does a retreat day look like?
6:45 Wake up to the smell of fresh-baked goods in the oven!
7:00 Sunrise and guided meditation
7:30-9:00 Breakfast and time for your own joy
9:00-11:30 Facilitated conversation: joy, connection + freedom
11:30-4:30 Time for joy: Lunch, go for a walk, read, journal, take a nap.
4:30 -6:30 Prepare dinner together: time for connection and cooking with Jonathan
6:30-7:30 Dinner, conversation and community
8:00-9:00 Evening reflections
9:00. Enjoy a few quiet moments outdoors, journal gratitude, bed time
Meet your host
Jonathan Bardzik is a renowned storyteller, cook, author and TV personality who creates joy and connection — especially through cooking and sharing food. Over the past 13 years, Jonathan has written and starred in his own television show — Jonathan’s Kitchen: Seasons to Taste —published three cookbooks, appeared on the TedX stage, morning news shows and with more than 900 live audiences.
Over the past two years, Jonathan has spent more than 5 months on self-guided retreat, gaining insight into living a meaningful and fulfilling life and how to create an effective and powerful retreat experience. He hosted his first retreat in February 2024.
During this retreat Jonathan will share his gift for creating joyful and connected spaces, his experience in holding a meaningful and effective retreat, and he will facilitate conversations about a life centered in joy, rooted in connection and elevated by freedom.
“Jonathan is a warm and charismatic group facilitator. The stories he shares from his own experiences reflect the universal experience of being a growing, learning human. He is caring and responsive, checking in with his retreat attendees frequently throughout the experience, and adjusts elements as needed. I look forward to being a part of his future retreat offerings.”
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Ready to attend the retreat? Fill out the form below receive an email with the registration form, agreement and payment details. Have questions? Include them in the message field or email Jonathan at jonathan@jonathanbardzik.com