Radiant Renewal Retreat

Reconnect and recalibrate at a 3-day retreat with Jen Batson and Samantha Kearns. Through yoga, sound healing, energy work, and narrative practices, you’ll release old patterns and realign with your next chapter.

A transformative weekend weaving yoga, movement, sound healing, energy medicine, mindset and storytelling workshops, guided hikes, breathwork, and daily reflection. Each experience builds on the last, creating space for clarity, connection, stillness, and joy—a holistic journey toward deep renewal.

Radiant Renewal Retreat

The Experience
Throughout the weekend, you’ll journey through:

Yoga & movement practices to restore flow

Sound healing immersions to attune to higher frequencies

Energy medicine techniques to balance and clear your field

Mindset & Storytelling workshops to reframe limiting beliefs and write a new chapter

Guided hikes, breathwork, and daily reflection

Space for stillness, connection, and joy

Each experience builds upon the next, weaving together body, mind, and energy — a holistic path toward radiant renewal.

Jen Batson has been involved in the world of wellness since 2009. She has a background in teaching yoga (vinyasa, restorative, yin, hot yoga)and Pilates, along with Shamatha meditation, Reiki, Thai yoga massage, Eden Energy Medicine & Monroe Institute Energy Medicine. In 2024 she founded JBY: Stretch and Wellness Therapy with two locations between South Orange, NJ and Sloatsburg, NY.

Samantha Kearns has been teaching yoga for over a decade, with a passion for making the practice accessible to individuals at every stage of their wellness journey. In addition to yoga, Samantha is a certified sound healer and breathwork facilitator. She weaves somatic experiencing, guided meditation, and healing frequencies into her classes—creating an immersive, mind-body experience. Her sound baths incorporate crystal bowls and breathwork to help participants access deep calm and clarity. Known for her grounded insights, gentle humor, and inclusive approach, Samantha creates a welcoming space for both new and seasoned yogis alike.

The Weekend Flow

Friday – Coming Home to Yourself
3:00–5:00 pm: Arrival & Check-In
Settle in, unwind, and connect with the land.

5:30 pm: Welcome Circle & Intention Setting
Ground into presence, clear your energy, and open space for transformation.

6:30 pm: Restorative Yoga + Sound Bath
A gentle release to transition from doing to being.

7:30 pm: Dinner & Fireside Reflection
Evening Journaling: What story or energy am I ready to release this weekend?

Saturday – Flow, Feel & Repattern
7:00 am: (optional) Morning Energy Ritual
Gentle breathwork, tapping, and affirmation to align body and mind.

7:30 am: Nature Hike & Grounding Meditation
Connect with nature’s rhythm and practice mindful presence.

9:00 am: Breakfast & Reflection

10:00 am: The Energy of Mindset
Learn how thoughts and emotions shape vibration — and how to out-behave limiting beliefs through awareness, breath, and embodied energy shifts.
Includes guided journaling and integration practices.

12:00 pm: Lunch & Free Time

2:00 pm: Rewriting Your Story – The Power of Personal Narrative
Explore how your personal story influences your energy and identity.
Through writing prompts, gentle movement, and guided visualization, release old narratives and write a new, empowered chapter.

4:00 pm: Sound Healing Immersion
A vibrational journey with crystal bowls and gongs to anchor your new energetic blueprint.

6:30 pm: Dinner & Connection
Evening journaling: What feels different when I live my new story?

8:00 pm: Candlelight Meditation & Energy Reset

Sunday – Integration & Renewal
7:30 am: Morning Hike & Breathwork in Nature
A reflective walk to integrate your weekend experience with the grounding energy of the earth.

9:00 am: Breakfast

10:00 am: Living in Flow – Integrating Energy & Intention
Learn how to sustain your renewed vibration through daily rituals, mindset tools, and energy balancing practices you can use anywhere.

12:00 pm: Closing Sound Bath & Sharing Circle
Gather in gratitude, reflect on your rewritten story, and seal your new energy in harmony.

1:00 pm: Farewell Lunch & Departures

Activities

At our retreats, we incorporate hiking, yoga, meditation, breathing techniques, table tennis, and dance. All of these activities can activate your heart and brain synchronization.

Daily Led Hikes

Daily Yoga Classes

24 Hour Gym

Sauna / Cold Dip

Biocharging

Table Tennis

Accommodations

We have 20 guest rooms, all with their own baths. All rooms have queen or king beds with Casper mattresses and Frette linens. We think you will like the way they are furnished.

Dining

You will never go hungry. We have an on-site organic market with green juice on tap. You can help yourself anytime you like. We have two restaurant kitchens, and we are known for our many dining venues throughout the property to keep each meal interesting. Our food is fresh and clean, and we offer extensive proteins. You can be vegan or a carnivore. We serve wine and cocktails, with the exception of our January dates.

Available dates

FEBRUARY
Feb 27–Mar 1 2 night / 3 days $1500 Book Now >

Contact Us

Covered Outdoor Dining & Bar

Dinner Thursday – Saturday,
Brunch on Sunday.

Thursday 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Friday 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Saturday 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Indoor Bar & Dining.

Steak Night at The Lodge

Join us for a Special Thursday Night Steak Dinner.
The Lodge at Valley Rock Inn.

Thursday, March 20th

The Lodge will reopen for the winter season in December 4th. The Lodge is available for private parties.

Thursday 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Friday 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Saturday 4:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Dinner Thursday – Saturday

Thursday – Saturday
5:00 – 9:30pm

Thu–Fri 5:00pm-10:00pm

Sat 3:00pm-10:00pm

Sun 11:00am-4:00pm

For Last Minute Reservations:

Call or text 845-500-5549

Online Dining Reservations:

Valley Rock Organic Market:

Tuesday – Sunday: 9am-5pm

Valley Rock Events:

Valley Rock Guest Houses:

General Inquiries:

Driving Directions:

The Cantina & The Market
27 Mill Street, Sloatsburg, New York 10974, USA
(Park in the village parking lot)

The benefits of activating your whole brain state

A synchronized dual-brain hemisphere state—where the left and right hemispheres of the brain are in harmony—can provide numerous benefits for mental, emotional, and even physical functioning. Here’s how it helps

1. Enhanced Creativity and Problem-Solving

  • The left hemisphere excels in logic, language, and analytical thinking, while the right hemisphere specializes in creativity, intuition, and holistic processing.
  • Synchronization enables both hemispheres to work together, combining logic and intuition for more effective problem-solving and innovative thinking.

2. Improved Emotional Balance

  • The right hemisphere is more connected to emotions and the subconscious, while the left often applies reason and interpretation.
  • When synchronized, emotional reactions can be better understood and regulated, reducing stress and increasing emotional resilience.

3. Heightened Focus and Clarity

  • A balanced brain state reduces internal conflict, allowing for clear and focused thinking.
  • Tasks requiring both detailed analysis and creative vision are performed more effectively.

4. Enhanced Learning and Memory

  • Synchronization facilitates communication between the hemispheres through the corpus callosum, improving the brain’s ability to integrate and retain information.
  • It can accelerate learning processes and aid in memory recall by combining logical sequencing with visual and spatial memory.

5. Improved Physical Coordination

  • Motor skills and physical coordination benefit from hemispheric synchronization, as the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and vice versa.
  • Athletes and performers often train to achieve this balance for optimal performance.

6. Increased Mindfulness and Meditative States

  • Practices like meditation, yoga, or sound therapy often aim to synchronize hemispheres, creating a state of flow or heightened awareness.
  • This can reduce overthinking and promote a sense of unity and peace.

7. Boosted Intuition and Spiritual Insight

  • Synchronization allows the intuitive insights of the right hemisphere to be more effectively processed and expressed by the left.
  • This can lead to deeper spiritual awareness or a sense of connection to oneself and the universe.

8. Reduced Stress and Anxiety

  • A balanced brain state can calm the overactive left hemisphere (often linked to worry and rumination) and allow the right hemisphere’s calming influence to take hold.
  • This balance fosters relaxation and reduces the physiological effects of stress.

The benefits of activating your heart-brain coherence

Achieving a heart-brain coherence state—a state where the heart and brain operate in harmonious synchronization—offers a wide range of benefits across physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual dimensions. Here are the key benefits:

 

1. Physical Health Benefits

  • Improved Cardiovascular Health: Heart-brain coherence reduces blood pressure, regulates heart rate variability, and improves overall heart function.
  • Boosted Immune System: The calming effects of coherence enhance immune function and reduce inflammation in the body.
  • Increased Energy Levels: Coherence optimizes the body’s energy use by reducing stress-related energy drains.

 

2. Mental and Cognitive Benefits

  • Enhanced Focus and Clarity: Coherence improves the ability to concentrate and think clearly by reducing mental noise and distractions.
  • Better Decision-Making: With emotional balance and reduced stress, individuals can make decisions with greater clarity and wisdom.
  • Improved Memory and Learning: The harmonized state supports better brain functioning, aiding memory retention and learning capacity.

 

3. Emotional and Psychological Benefits

  • Reduced Stress and Anxiety: Coherence calms the autonomic nervous system, lowering cortisol levels and reducing stress.
  • Greater Emotional Balance: It helps regulate emotions, making it easier to stay calm and composed in challenging situations.
  • Increased Resilience: Individuals in this state recover more quickly from emotional upsets and challenges.

 

4. Spiritual and Intuitive Benefits

  • Enhanced Intuition: Coherence strengthens the heart’s neural network, which some researchers suggest contributes to intuitive decision-making and insights.
  • Deeper Spiritual Connection: Many people experience a sense of alignment with their values, purpose, and the universe in this state.
  • Expanded Awareness: Coherence promotes a sense of interconnectedness, allowing for a deeper understanding of oneself and one’s place in the world.

 

5. Relationship and Social Benefits

  • Improved Communication: A coherent state enhances empathy, active listening, and the ability to express oneself clearly.
  • Greater Empathy and Compassion: It fosters emotional understanding and connection with others, improving relationships.
  • Reduced Conflict: By promoting emotional balance, coherence makes it easier to navigate interpersonal challenges peacefully.

 

6. Performance and Productivity Benefits

  • Peak Performance: Coherence enhances the ability to enter flow states, optimizing performance in sports, work, and creative activities.
  • Increased Creativity: The alignment of emotional and cognitive processes opens pathways for innovative thinking and problem-solving.
  • Heightened Efficiency: Coherence enables the mind and body to work together seamlessly, leading to more effective and focused effort.

 

7. Long-Term Benefits

  • Sustained Well-Being: Regularly achieving coherence can lead to lasting improvements in health, happiness, and overall quality of life.
  • Neuroplasticity and Brain Health: The repeated practice of coherence supports the development of healthier neural pathways, improving long-term brain function.
  • Reduction in Chronic Conditions: By managing stress and promoting systemic harmony, coherence may reduce the risk of stress-related illnesses.

 

Conclusion

Heart-brain coherence is a powerful state that enhances physical health, mental clarity, emotional resilience, and spiritual connection. It is both a tool for immediate stress relief and a practice with profound long-term benefits, empowering individuals to live with greater harmony, effectiveness, and joy.

Lucky in Love @ VRI!

Join us for Valentine’s dinner with your lucky partner. Bring your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, brother, sister or best friend and be entered to win a 2-night stay valued at over $5,000
at Valley Rock Inn.

Wednesday February 14th, 2024
5:00pm–9:00pm

One lucky couple will win a $5,000 getaway at
Valley Rock Inn!

Win a 2-night stay for up to 6 people.

Your stay includes one of our private guest houses with 3-5 bedrooms, use of our 6,000 sq ft gym, 75ft lap pool (in season), a choice of a guided hike, bike ride, spin class, sound meditation or yoga class for your group.

You will also have access to our media and games rooms to watch selected movies, documentaries and lectures. Play ping pong and relax in our massage chairs and dance the night away with our studio quality sound system and disco lights.

Starting this spring we will have hot and cold water treatments poolside. Sauna, jacuzzi and cold dips.

Historic house lovers will also be offered a tour of historic Tuxedo Park by Michael Bruno and art lovers will be provided tickets to Storm King Art Center.

Date of stay is based on availability in 2024.

Each party of two will be given one entry ticket upon being seated for dinner. Winner will be drawn, February 14th and announced during dinner.

We would love to see you.
Wednesday February 14th, 2024
5:00pm–9:00pm

$125 per person

(Price includes tax & gratuity.)

Valentine's Dinner Menu

First Course
(For the Table)

Little Gem Caesar
Parmesan cheese, sourdough crouton

Oysters Rockefeller

Second Course
(Choice of)

Burrata
Prosciutto, roasted tomato, country bread

Grilled Lamb Chops
Toasted orzo, kale, garbanzo, pomegranate

Tuna Tataki
Sesame tuna, avocado, crispy wonton, slaw, tahini ranch

Third Course
(Choice of)

Surf and Turf (gf) +$25
Butter poached lobster tail, romanesco, rustic mash, bernaise

Grilled 8oz Filet (gf)
Romanesco, rustic mash, bernaise

Braised Mushroom Pasta (v)
Paccherri, creamy mushrooms, roasted maitake

Miso Chilean Sea Bass (gf, df)
Chinese broccoli, seafood broth

Roasted Chicken (gf, df)
Roasted carrot, parsnip puree, pan sauce

Dessert
(Choice of)

Chocolate Pot De Creme
Espresso whipped cream

Coconut Creme Brulee (gf)

Basque Cheescake
Luxardo cherries

$125 per person

(Price includes tax & gratuity.)

Valet Parking

66 Orange Turnpike, Sloatburg, NY

Mother's Day Brunch

Treat Mom to a beautiful 3-course brunch with fresh seasonal flavors, a warm ambiance, and heartfelt moments. Let’s make this Mother’s Day as special as she is!

Sunday, May 11th

Dining at Valley Rock Cantina

Outdoor heated bar and dining open year-round. Dinner Thursday – Saturday, Sunday brunch.

Organic Market & Cafe

Serves Lunch Tuesday - Sunday

Tuesday -Thursday 10am-4pm

Friday – Sunday 10am-5pm

Outdoor Dining & Bar

Wednesday-Sunday

Wed–Fri 5:00pm-11:00pm

Sat 12:00pm-11:00pm

Sun 11:00am-5:00pm
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