Hermitage at

just love forest

A return to what is essential. Solitude, simplicity, and listening.

Across history, people from many walks of life have entered periods of intentional seclusion in nature. This included mystics and monks, artists and writers, elders, seekers, and householders. At its essence, hermitage is an intentional period of solitude, simplicity, and listening that is unique.

Some went to pray. Some to reflect. Some to create. Some to grieve. Some to remember who they were beneath obligation, noise, and roles.

It was a way of returning to clarity, to truth, to life itself.

This practice has become rare in modern times. We believe it should not be. In the chaos of today’s times, hermitage is an essential experience of refuge.

2026 Availability

May 2nd (Sat) - 8th

May 9th (Sat) - May 15th

June 27th (Sat) - July 3rd

August 1st (Sat) - August 7th

December 5th (Sat) - December 11th

All hermitage guests arrive together on the listed start date for orientation. From there, the length of each stay is individualized and may extend up to a maximum of the final date shown for that week.

The first step is to schedule your 60-minute consultation. After scheduling, you’ll complete a brief questionnaire to guide the conversation. Together, we’ll explore where you are, what you most need, and your intentions for retreat time. We’ll discuss timing, levels of support, and recommend a structure aligned with your energy, goals, and capacity. You’ll also have space to ask questions so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.

Consultation fee: $50

Schedule your consulation
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The Spirit of Hermitage

At Just Love Forest, hermitage is held as a living relationship between the individual, the land, and silence itself.

It is not a group retreat, a vacation, or a program to complete. There is no prescribed method or outcome.

This is not a retreat in the conventional sense. Beyond your first day, is no programming, facilitation, or group activity. The forest, the quiet, and your own practice become the teachers.

Hermitage spaces are intended for solo occupancy only, to preserve the contemplative field of the land.

Who is hermitage for?

Hermitage may be supportive for those who are:

• Seeking time without external stimulation for prayer, meditation, or reflection

• Longing to reconnect with nature and rhythm

• Engaging in a creative or spiritual reset

• In transition or discernment

• Grieving

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The Hermitage Program at Just Love Forest is a container guided by three simple principles

STILLNESS

A reduction of external input that allows the nervous system and inner life to settle naturally.

LAND

The forest is not a backdrop, but an active teacher. Offering its rhythm, presence, and wisdom. Directly experienced through the cosmos, seasons, terrain, wildlife, soundscape, and silence.

INNER KNOWING

Without constant distraction or stimulation, intuition often rises on its own. Hermitage invites trusting your inner guidance, rather than striving toward an outcome.

the arc of your hermitage journey

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    before hermitage

    Complete the application and schedule a pre-arrival Zoom consultation to explore why hermitage is calling and to prepare physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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    Day 1: Arrival & Landing

    Upon arrival, there is time to settle. To orient gently, without rush. We hike to the mountain top. This is your introduction to the forest. You are encouraged to trust your intuition about where you feel called within the land.

  • A foggy forest path surrounded by green trees and plants, with a dirt trail leading into the mist.

    Day 2: hermitage begins

    Then the days of solitude begin. This may include prayer, meditation, rest, creative work, writing, music, or simply being. The forest becomes the teacher. Silence becomes the guide.

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    Return & Integration

    Hermitage does not end when you leave the forest. There is a return, back into relationship, work, and community with what has been seen or clarified. Hermitage serves as a bridge: from insight into lived wisdom.

TWO Hermitage pathways

Hermitage at Just Love Forest is offered through two distinct pathways. Eco-village or Deep Forest Hermitage. Each honors solitude and inward listening, while meeting different thresholds of support and immersion. Both pathways are rooted in the same intention:

to allow the forest to be the teacher, and silence to do its work.

Food arrangements, readiness, and logistical needs are clarified in advance through a pre-arrival consultation.

Hermitage is not one-size-fits-all. These pathways exist to support different ways of entering silence, while holding the same underlying intention.

  1. Eco-Village Hermitage

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White teepees set up in a wooded forest with sunlight filtering through trees.

Eco-Village Hermitage offers a supported form of solitude within the broader eco-village environment.

Guests stay in a private canvas bell tent:

Hermitage participants are given space for privacy and quiet.

This pathway may be well-suited for those who are:

• New to extended solitude

• Desiring some practical support

• Seeking hermitage without full wilderness immersion

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2. Deep Forest Hermitage

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Deep Forest Hermitage is an immersive experience of solitude and relationship with the land.

Guests stay in a Nylon Teepee tent:

This pathway may be well-suited for those who are:

  • This is not a survival experience.

• Experienced with extended solitude

• Desiring minimal support

• Seeking hermitage with full wilderness immersion

Guests are supported in ways that honor both safety and autonomy.

Arrival and departure Schedule For all guests

Day 1 : Landing Day

All guests arrive at 10 am, allowing themselves time to ground and explore the deeper forest during a hike to our mountain top.

If you are a Deep Forest hermitage guest, we will explore what is calling you, whether certain types of trees, streams, rocks, valleys, or mountain ridges, and select your unique hermitage site. All guests spend their first night in the eco-village.

Together, we clarify:

• The level of solitude desired.

• Food and supply support

• Daily check-in timing

Day 2: Exploration

• Eco Village Guests: May choose to explore trails around base camp, or complete solitude at their site

  • Deep Forest Guests: Arising before sunrise to embark on your journey, transitioning to your secluded forest setting, chosen on day 1. Your supplies, including the teepee tent, will be waiting.

    Final Day: Integration

  • Deep Forest Guests: Depending upon experience/design, you may depart on the same day, or you can extend your stay into the eco-village. This may offer you grounding before departing the forest and your experience.

  • All guests: 3 PM integration tea before departure, allows time to reflect with our team

Frequently asked questions

  • Stays will be offered within a defined range that honors both the land and the integrity of the hermitage experience.

    Typical experience duration

    Eco-village: 3-5 days (3-day minimum)

    Deep Forest: 4-5 days (4-day minimum)

    Guests depart at 6 pm

  • Just Love Forest is a rural, land-based environment. Weather and conditions vary by season.

    Hermitage is an invitation to simplicity. What to bring may be unique to each individual based on the outcome of the consultation (journals, instruments etc. )

    Below is a list of essentials.

    • Layered clothing for warmth and weather changes

    • Sturdy walking shoes

    • Rain protection

    • Flashlight or headlamp

    • Personal toiletries

    • Any spiritual or creative materials you wish to work with

    • Specialty food items, if needed

  • Hermitage at Just Love Forest is intentionally simple.

    Eco-Village hermitage: Solar power for recharging

    Deep forest hermitage: There is no electricity or running water. We have 5-gallon water tanks that we can provide.

    Facilities are rustic and aligned with low-impact land stewardship.

    Guests should expect to encounter wildlife and natural elements as part of the experience.

  • Eco-Village

    • 6-meter canvas bell tent

    • queen tempurpedic memory foam mattress

    Deep Forest

    • A Nylon tent

    • Foam mattress

    • Drinking and washing water

    • A table and chair

  • Food during hermitage is individual and intentional.

    Each guest arrives with different needs, rhythms, and relationships to nourishment. For this reason, food arrangements are made in advance, with care and clarity, during a consultation call.

    Supported Plant-Based Nourishment: a simple set of nourishing meals is provided once per day.

    Water fasting: may be discussed during the consultation

    All food logistics, dietary considerations, and preferences will be confirmed before arrival.

    Guests are welcome to supplement with personal food items as needed.

    All food must be stored securely in air-tight containers.

  • Hermitage at Just Love Forest is offered through a model that reflects the time, care, and stewardship involved in holding this container.

    All hermitage stays include a required consultation to establish mutual understanding, readiness, and alignment.

    Required Consultation

    • Zoom Consultation (60 minutes): $50

    This conversation is an essential part of the hermitage process. It allows us to build relationships, understand intentions and needs, and determine the appropriate pathway and level of support.

    Eco-Village Hermitage

    Includes access to eco-village facilities and daily food support.

    • Each day: $100 (three-day minimum)

  • Deep Forest Hermitage

    Hermitage at Just Love Forest is offered through a model that reflects the time, care, and stewardship involved in holding this container.

    All hermitage stays include a required consultation to establish mutual understanding, readiness, and alignment.

    Required Consultation

    • Zoom Consultation (60 minutes): $50

    This conversation is an essential part of the hermitage process. It allows us to build relationships, understand intentions and needs, and determine the appropriate pathway and level of support.

    Deep Forest Hermitage includes an initial landing day in the eco-village, placement support, and a collaboratively defined level of care.

    • Ongoing Support: $200 per day

    Support includes food delivery, supply support, and agreed-upon check-ins. Frequency and level of support are customized during the consultation.

    Minimum stay: 4 days / 3 nights

    Because Deep Forest Hermitage involves additional preparation, placement, and ongoing care, a minimum stay and support level applies for this pathway.

    Here is an example of how a 4-day Deep Forest Hermitage may be structured:

    • Required consultation: $50

    • Ongoing support (4-day minimum @ $200/day): $800

    Example total: ($50 + $800 = $850)

    Final contributions may vary based on the length of stay and the level of support agreed upon during the consultation.

    A Note on Support & Flexibility

    Hermitage is not a one-size-fits-all experience. Support levels are discussed in advance and shaped collaboratively to meet individual needs while honoring the land and container.

    All financial contributions support land stewardship, infrastructure, and the ongoing care of this offering.

    • Complete the questionnaire, email contact@justloveforest.com with any questions/concerns

    • Then complete the $50 consultation

    • Then schedule a 60 minute zoom call with our team

Hermitage is a sacred agreement between guest, land, and silence.

We ask those considering this offering to arrive with humility, self-responsibility, and reverence for the container being held, not only for themselves, but for those who will come after.

If this calls to you, we welcome your interest and look forward to connecting with you

The first step is to schedule your 60-minute consultation. After scheduling, you’ll complete a brief questionnaire to guide the conversation. Together, we’ll explore where you are, what you most need, and your intentions for retreat time. We’ll discuss timing, levels of support, and recommend a structure aligned with your energy, goals, and capacity. You’ll also have space to ask questions so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.

Consultation fee: $50

Schedule your consulation
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