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Restoration for the leaders 2025
Marrakesh, Morocco
Dec 1 - 7, 2025
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T Barnes Global Lifestyle
$4,500
Deposit: $500

About your trip

The Restoration for Leaders Retreat with Monica Marie Jones is a transformative experience designed for visionary leaders seeking renewal, reflection, and rejuvenation. Hosted at the serene Mwasi Healing and Restoration Center in Marrakesh, Morocco, this retreat offers a sacred space to release stress, restore balance, and reconnect with purpose.


Through guided self-discovery sessions, holistic healing practices, and immersive cultural experiences, participants will gain the tools to lead with clarity, confidence, and well-being. Surrounded by the rich beauty of Marrakesh, you’ll embark on a journey of personal and professional restoration, returning home refreshed and empowered.

About the Retreat Leader

Monica Marie Jones is a national Trainer and Field Consultant for the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality as well as the Senior Quality Coach for The Youth Development Resource Center in her hometown, Detroit, Michigan. Her experience includes designing professional development content in the areas of Positive Youth Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Trauma Informed Care, Restorative Practices, Small Business Development, Organizational Development, and Personal Development.


She also works as a quality coach with the Youth Driven Spaces Immersion Program for the Neutral Zone Teen Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has done work as an Out of School Time Intermediary Coach for the Wallace Foundation’s Partnership for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative.


Her early career included work as a school-day teacher and an after-school program director. Monica received her Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Eastern Michigan University and her Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan. In addition to her youth development work, Monica serves as a Personal and Executive Coach for individuals, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations.


Monica is also an author whose published works include Monday Morning Motivation (Inspiration) and Momentum (Financial Inspiration). She is a contributing author in Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul, New Directions for Youth Development, 44th (A full color coffee table book about President Barack Obama that is a compilation of front page reprints of actual African-American published newspapers and poetry) and Souls of Our Young Sisters: The Next Generation of Women Tell Their Stories, Overcome Their Challenges, and Heal Their Spirits (Souls of My Sisters Inc./Kensington Publishing Corp.) 

What's included

Roundtrip Flights

Roundtrip between New York and Marrakech

Airport Transfers

In Morocco

Ground Transportation

Ground transportation is included. A Mercedes Vans will transport you to/from the airport and to/from all scheduled activities & locations.

6 Night Stay at Mwasi

6 nights/7 days in Morocco Accommodated in a spacious suite equipped with a king size bed, bathroom with a bathtub, lounge space and closet space

Breakfast and Dinner

Breakfast & Dinner daily (Lunch is not included)

Hammam and Massage

A Moroccan hammam offers a relaxing retreat: steam bath, exfoliation with black soap, and a soothing oil massage—revitalizing body and spirit in a tranquil, cultural setting.

Majorelle Gardens Tour

Explore Majorelle Gardens, Yves Saint Laurent’s former estate in Marrakech. Stroll lush greenery and exotic flora, where his legacy and Berber culture beautifully intertwine.This is a staple photo opp

Visit to the Herbalist

Visit the apothecary shop to learn about traditional herbal remedies

Guided Tour of the Souk

As Morocco's largest marketplace, the Marrakech souk is an exceptional display of Moroccan craftsmanship. It has existed for 8 centuries and is famous for goods like leather, carpets, jewelry & spices

Dinner out in Marrakech

Camel Trekking

In Agafay Desert

Saturday Brunch

Experience an unrivaled culinary adventure at Black Honey, where African American flavors and Marrakesh’s cosmopolitan charm converge.

What's not included

Lunch

Gratuity for Mwasi Staff

Location

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1. Marrakesh, Morocco

Marrakesh, Morocco

About your organizer

T. Barnes. Solana's Mama. Global Lifestyle Entrepreneur. Lover of Black People. Pan-Africanist. Humanitarian. Esthetician. Thinker. Speaker. Educator. Global Citizen.

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