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Girls Who Play with Fire 2026 Creative Intensive Retreat
Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
Oct 15 - 18, 2026
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Girls Who Play With Fire
$3,500
Deposit: $500

About your trip

 

Girls Who Play with Fire - Retreat Intensive

October 15 - 18 2026 | Brattleboro, Vermont 

 

Imagine a space where thoughts drop away, leaving you fully immersed in creative flow—focused, present, and deeply connected to something greater. At the 2025 Girls Who Play with Fire retreat, you’ll experience this state and unleash your unique life force energy in a way that’s uninhibited, boundless, and alive with possibility.

In this retreat, you’ll access this flow regularly, tapping into your creative essence to:

  • Ignite your creative flow and express yourself authentically

  • Strengthen self-trust and intuitive knowing

  • Enhance awareness and focus

  • Feel alive and connected to yourself and the world around you

What You’ll Experience

Our unique approach weaves together glass, clay, paint, sound, movement, and food as mediums to help you explore and expand your creative edges. Each medium invites you to engage in new ways, pushing your boundaries and deepening your awareness of how your life force energy connects with the greater flow of life itself. This process becomes a metaphor for life—reflecting and enhancing your self-awareness.

 

Imagine Your Days at Girls Who Play with Fire:

  • Molten Glass: Step into the heat, sculpt your passions, and burn through limitations as you shape glowing glass.

  • Clay as Muse: Let your hands lead the way, shaping and connecting with the clay as it inspires new creative possibilities.

  • Restoring Bodywork: Find balance and restoration with bodywork to support your creative energy.

  • Autumn Walks: Wander through vibrant fall leaves, refreshing your spirit and reflecting on new insights.

  • Delicious Nourishment: Enjoy mindful, thoughtfully crafted meals that fuel your body and soul.

  

Join us October 15-18, 2026 for a transformative weekend that redefines what’s possible and connects you with your truest creative expression. Secure your spot today and get ready to play with fire! 


About the Artists:


Randi Solin and Natalie Blake have mastered their craft for over 25 years.

Recognized worldwide for their unique creative styles, these women have successfully collaborated to develop Fire Arts Vermont, an award-winning destination space in Brattleboro that connects the community with the arts. 


About the Food:


You'll eat the finest locally sourced, organic food during your stay with us.

We're collaborating with a local private chef to bring you the most delicious daily food.


Why gift yourself this retreat?

Athletes and creatives when in their greatness are tuned into an optimal somatic flow state where all of their thoughts drop away and they’re completely present and focused on what they’re doing. 


In this state their unique life force energy has connected to something greater than themselves, unleashing an uninhibited expression of that energy where anything is possible and the beauty of what comes through is astounding. 


Accessing this state regularly helps to ignite your creative flow, express yourself authentically, feel more alive and connected to yourself, deepens your self trust, helps you trust your intuitive knowing, increase your awareness and focus, and feel more relaxed with life.


At this retreat you’ll experience an approach using the mediums of glass, clay, paint, sound, movement and food to help you explore your creativity, tune into your creative edges and access your optimal somatic flow state so that you can expand into new experiences of the authentic expression of your creative life force.


We use multiple mediums because you interact with each of them in different ways, challenging you to push your creative edges and giving you a deeper awareness of how your unique life force energy connects with THE greater life force energy, rippling into your entire life and your relationship with everything.


Your creation process through these mediums is a metaphor for life, giving you a deeper self awareness

Is this retreat for me?

  This retreat is for you: 

  • If you're ready to ignite your creative spirit and step beyond the familiar.
  • Explore new ways of self-expression through glass, clay, paint, sound, movement, and food.
  • Expand your awareness and connect with the flow of life by engaging in each unique medium.
  • Use each creative experience as a mirror, reflecting and enhancing your self-awareness.
  • Awaken new layers of insight, creativity, and connection that will resonate long after you return home.

 This retreat may not be for you if you:

  • Prefer a strict schedule or aren’t flexible with plans
  • Have no desire to explore new creative possibilities or challenge yourself
  • Don’t enjoy sharing common space with others

Cancellation Policy

CANCELLATION POLICY:


If we cancel for any reason, your money will be refunded minus any fees you've paid we travel.

If you cancel before September 1st, 2026 you will receive your payments back, minus $1500.

If you cancel after September 1st, 2026 we will refund if you find someone to fill your spot, otherwise we will not be able to refund your money.


**PLEASE CHECK WITH US BEFORE YOU BOOK YOUR PLANE TICKETS, as we'll need to make sure we have four spaces filled to hold the retreat!**

We reserve the right to reschedule to retreat if there are not enough attendees, in that case you may apply your deposit and any amount paid towards the next one or receive a refund.


What's included

Your stay

3 nights of lodging in our artistically curated spaces: choose from a beautifully remodeled church, grange hall or private studio on a horse farm.

Delicious Organic Foods

Delicious farm to table and organic meals + non-alcoholic drinks. Creative food experiences where you’ll learn more about your creativity through group dynamics. Some alcohol will be provided.

Art Immersion

All art materials for glass, clay and paint experiences. Studio time in glass and clay studios with Natalie + Randi. Somatic painting experience with Pam.

Especially for You

Time to connect with the artists and other inspiring women to ask questions and reflect. Creativity mentorship + coaching to help you move through limited beliefs.! Body work to integrate.

What's not included

Travel

Air travel, ground transportation, travel insurance

Daily Flow

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Women's Creative Retreat

THURSDAY NIGHT

4pm Arrival

Check in and Welcome

Delicious Nourishing food

6:45-8:45 - Creativity warm up: Painting workshop (2 hours)

Relaxation and connection time

Sleep


FRIDAY 

8:30-9:30am Breakfast

Integration Circle

Morning Somatic Flow with Clay (2 hours)

Group Circle + Body Tuning Exercise

Midday: Lunch 

Afternoon Somatic Flow with Glass (3-4 hours)

Relaxation and time to get ready for dinner

6:30pm Group Somatic Food Experience + Dinner

Luxurious Soundbath

Time to relax and connect

Sleep


SATURDAY

8:30-9:30am Breakfast

Integration Circle

Somatic Glass Experience (3-4 hours)

Group Circle + Body Tuning Exercise

Midday: Lunch

Somatic Clay Experience (2-3 hours)

Relaxation time and time to prepare for dinner

6:30pm Chef lead Group Somatic Food Experience + Dinner

Evening Sound Experience (2-3 hours)

Relaxation and sleep
 

SUNDAY

Relaxing, cozy fall morning

8:30-10am Breakfast

Group Integration Circle - writing exercise, group created improv experience for integration and closure

Final Photos + testimonials

Departure (approx. 1:00pm), lunch for the road provided

Depart with your glass and paint creations (clay will be shipped or available for pickup later, if you are flying we can ship everything for you)



*Please note this is an outline that is subject to small changes due to unexpected opportunities and the group’s desires


Location

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1. Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

About your organizer

Fire Arts Vermont is a destination spot located in Brattleboro, VT featuring a gallery, bakery + cafe and live glassblowing arena as well a world class large scale clay studio. Home of the "Girls Who Play With Fire", six inspiring women who are multi-talented creatives offering transformational retreats for you to explore + expand your creativity.

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