Creative Healing Retreat — June 2026
Seven days of creative healing practice in June 2026. The retreat combines expressive arts with gentle yoga and forest immersion — creating a container where creativity becomes a doorway to emotional truth. Your studio is nature itself. The landscape becomes both subject and collaborator — its textures, colours, and silences enter the work whether you intend it or not. Location to be announced.
₹30,000
Per person, all-inclusive. Dehradun pickup/drop, meals, accommodation, all materials and facilitation.
6 of 8 seats remaining
Open — Seats Available
Full refund up to 30 days before the retreat start date.
Transfer to a future date at no extra charge up to 15 days before departure.
Maximum 8 participants. Personal attention, not a crowd.
June Creative Healing Retreat Facilitator
Artist & Art Therapist · 12 years experience
Chaitra holds art as a reflective and therapeutic process rather than a performance. Her sessions are beginner-friendly, emotionally aware, and rooted in the belief that painting, colour, line, and im… Read full profile →
June Creative Healing Retreat Schedule
- Day 1: Arrive Chakrata → Forest walk → Evening creative warm-up
- Day 2: Morning facilitated session → Afternoon forest sketching
- Day 3: Inner critic work — timed exercises, collaborative pieces
- Day 4: Emotional expression through art → Extended open studio
- Day 5: Land art and natural materials — creation in the forest
- Day 6: Reflection and creative practice planning → Open studio
- Day 7: Final piece → Gallery walk → Closing → Departure after lunch
What's Included
- Dehradun pickup and drop
- Accommodation in forest retreat house
- Three meals daily
- All art materials
- Daily facilitated creative sessions
- Forest sketching and nature art walks
- Open studio access
- Morning yoga or gentle movement
- Closing gallery walk
What to Bring
- Comfortable clothing you don't mind getting paint on
- Personal art supplies if preferred
- Warm layers for evenings
- Insect repellent (pre-monsoon forest)
- Journal and pen
- Personal medication
What is the creative environment like in Chakrata?
Your main studio is a covered veranda overlooking forested valley. Natural light, birdsong, and the smell of deodar resin. The forest itself is a 2-minute walk for outdoor work. The isolation from urban noise creates a quality of attention that most artists find transformative. Nothing competes for your focus.
Is June too hot for Chakrata?
Chakrata sits at 2,200m — June daytime temperatures are 20–28°C, comfortable for outdoor work. Evenings cool to 12–16°C. The pre-monsoon period has clear skies and excellent light. By late June, afternoon clouds may build, creating dramatic lighting for landscape work.
How far is Chakrata from Dehradun?
About 3 hours by road from Dehradun. We pick you up from Dehradun (easily reached by train from Delhi, 5-6 hours, or Jolly Grant airport). The drive itself passes through changing landscapes — sal forest giving way to pine and then deodar.
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