Grow the Village With Us
Creating spaces where people can rest, reconnect, and restore, together.
Where You Can Join Us
We’re looking for wellness practitioners, healers, movement and martial arts teachers, community organizations, gathering spaces, and workplaces who believe that caring for people is the foundation of a thriving community.
Working Person Escape
Seeking workplaces that want to care for their people.
Restorative retreats for working people carrying the weight of everyday stress. We create custom experiences that help teams rest deeply, reconnect with one another, and return with renewed energy.
Future Retreat Destinations
Seeking land and spaces that nurture.
We’re building relationships with retreat centers, farms, lodges, and natural spaces to create immersive restorative experiences, in places intentionally shaped for rest, reflection, and connection.
Mini Retreat Series
Seeking practitioners and welcoming spaces to host.
Small, accessible gatherings that invite people to slow down, reconnect, and restore. Through community, movement, time in nature, and practical wellness skills, each gathering makes room for renewal in everyday life.
Village Wellness Directory
Seeking community groups who share our values.
A growing circle of trusted practitioners and community resources, available to the people we serve. Whatever someone is looking for , the directory helps them find support close to home.
Our Partnership Philosophy
The Village Partnership Network is rooted in a simple belief:
When the village thrives, everyone benefits.
Partnering with us creates space for:
Community members to access affordable wellness experiences
Practitioners to reach people looking for what they offer
Workplaces to care for the wellbeing of their people
Duritas to bring restorative experiences to more people
The Village to become stronger through connection
Many Ways to Contribute
Every partner brings different strengths, so there’s more than one way to be part of the village.
Financial Support
Help fund programs and open access to more people.
Space
Share your land, studio, or facility.
Skills & Time
Offer your practice, expertise, or services.
Practitioner & Community Partners
For practitioners and organizations who help bring wellness experiences to life. Many support our Back to Basics initiative, which reconnects people with the foundations of wellbeing: rest, movement, nourishment, nature, community, creativity, and purpose.
Examples:
Wellness & Healing
Movement & Fitness
Community & Education
Healthcare & Integrative Medicine
Wellness Technology & Biofeedback
Wellness Businesses
Partner Benefits
Village Partners receive opportunities to:
✓ Increase visibility within the Duritas ecosystem
✓ Connect with new participants and potential customers
✓ Co-create gatherings, workshops, and retreats with us
✓ Be featured in Village communications and events
✓ Join the Village Wellness Directory
✓ Contribute to meaningful community impact
✓ Access future retreat and collaborative opportunities
✓ Build relationships with like-hearted practitioners and community leaders
Ways to Participate
Every partner is unique, so we offer several ways to take part depending on your goals and capacity.
Referral Partnerships
We share your offerings with our community.
Best for:
Wellness practitioners | Studios and gyms | Coaches
Therapists | Wellness businesses
Co-Branded Programming
We build gatherings, workshops, retreats, and learning experiences together.
Best for:
Wellness providers | Educators | Farms
Community organizations |Retreat hosts
Community Access Partnerships
You offer scholarships, free classes, volunteer opportunities, or open-access days that make wellness reachable for more people.
Best for:
Community-focused organizations | Wellness providers
Nonprofits | Social impact businesses
Workplace Wellbeing Partners
Care for the people who carry your work.
Benefits:
✓ Restored energy and wellbeing
✓ Relief from chronic stress
✓ Stronger connection between teammates
✓ Grounded, compassionate leadership
✓ Teams that want to stay and grow with you
✓ Shared community impact
Working Person Escape Program
Employee Wellness Partnership
Work asks a lot of people. Many are carrying exhaustion, stress, isolation, and disconnection, and it shows up everywhere. The Working Person Escape offers a place to set that weight down, while supporting local practitioners and community spaces.
Program Structure
Two-Day Restorative Retreat Experiences
Workplaces sponsor team members to attend two-day restorative retreats centered on:
Releasing stress
Grounded leadership
Connection as a team
Time in nature
Personal sustainability
Rest and balance
Employer Participation Options
Small Circle: 5-10 Employees, Seasonal retreats
Growing Circle: 10-25 Employees, Multiple Retreat Experiences Per Year
Whole Community: 25+ Employees, Customized Wellness Pathways,
Annual Village Membership Benefits
Host a Retreat
We’re seeking welcoming places that can hold restorative gatherings
from single-day experiences to multi-day retreats.
These include:
Retreat centers and lodges
Farms and campgrounds
Wellness destinations and resorts
Gathering halls and community centers
Nature preserves
Event spaces
Benefits:
Fill your space during quieter seasons
Share your land with people who need it
Visibility within our community
Co-hosted experiences
A place in our growing village
Interested in Hosting a Retreat?
The Village We Are Growing
Duritas is growing a village where people can find support through every stage of life.
Through partnerships, retreats, education, and community wellness experiences, we are creating a future where wellness is no longer a luxury—it becomes a shared community resource.
Together, we are rebuilding the village one relationship, one experience, one gathering, and one person at a time.