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Explore how awareness in the body shapes how we show up, relate to others, and lead in everyday life.
Most of us move through life on autopilot—reacting, overthinking, and often feeling disconnected from our bodies and from each other. This retreat is a restorative, science-informed experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and deepen how you relate to yourself and others. Set within the natural beauty and spaciousness of the island, it offers a unique blend of mind-body practices, relational mindfulness, and embodied leadership—without the pressure of a traditional training.
Through guided mind-body practices, movement, and interaction, you will:
Learn simple techniques to calm and regulate your nervous system
Practice being fully present in conversations
Explore how your nervous system shapes how you show up
Move through yoga, breath-based practices, and dance
Experience leadership and connection
Have space to rest, reflect, and enjoy the beautiful island
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
Day 1 — Arrival
Arrival & dinner
Opening Session: grounding, intention, connection
Mindfulness 101: practical tools to shift from overthinking into presence
Optional: sunset, quiet time, or restorative yoga
Day 2 — Experience
Optional morning movement (yoga and/or Zumba)
Breakfast
Relational Presence Lab: Explore how you show up, with yourself and others, through guided interaction
Lunch; Free time to rest, explore, and enjoy the island
Afternoon: Nervous System Regulation: Guided breath-based practices to reduce stress and improve clarity
Evening: Dinner
The Dance of Leadership: What salsa reveals about communication, trust, and influence
Optional: community dance / social time
Day 3 — Integrate
Optional morning yoga/stretch
Breakfast
Closing: reflection, integration & takeaways
Program fee: $375
● Room & board fee for 2 nights:
$620 (single room)
$445 (shared room)
Includes all meals and ferry transportation
About the Facilitators
Nina El-Badry, PhD, MS
Nina El-Badry is a leadership practitioner, researcher, and facilitator specializing in relational mindfulness and embodied leadership. Her work explores how awareness in the body shapes how we show up, relate to others, and lead in everyday life.
Nina holds a PhD in Leadership and Organizational Studies from the University of Southern Maine and a MS in Biology from Missouri State University, bringing a science-informed lens to her work. Nina also brings over 20 years of experience in the federal government, where she has led and advised on complex, high-stakes initiatives, grounding her approach in real-world leadership practice.
In addition to her academic and professional work, Nina has extensive experience teaching yoga, meditation, and dance. She is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and a 200-hour trained trauma-sensitive mindfulness meditation instructor. She is also the founder and artistic director of Fluere Dance Collective, a Portsmouth, NH–based swing and Latin dance
company where she brings movement, connection, and embodied expression into community spaces.
Lili Gordon, LMT, AHC
Ayurvedic Counselor | Herbalist | Breathwork Facilitator
Lili Gordon is an Ayurvedic health counselor, herbalist, and breathwork facilitator specializing in nervous system regulation for people navigating demanding, high-responsibility lives. She focuses on how the body develops patterns that affect digestion, decision-making, and mental clarity, and how to shift them.
With over 15 years of hands-on experience working with the body and more than a decade running her own practice, her work has evolved from bodywork into movement, breathwork, and a systems-based approach to digestion, energy, and daily rhythms, deepening her understanding of how these patterns form and how they can be changed. Her work is supported by Mental Health First Aid certification, ongoing study in functional medicine, and a trauma-aware approach to working with clients.
Direct and practical, Lili helps clients reduce overwhelm, think more clearly, and feel more in control of how they respond to the demands of everyday life.
Explore how awareness in the body shapes how we show up, relate to others, and lead in everyday life.
Most of us move through life on autopilot—reacting, overthinking, and often feeling disconnected from our bodies and from each other. This retreat is a restorative, science-informed experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and deepen how you relate to yourself and others. Set within the natural beauty and spaciousness of the island, it offers a unique blend of mind-body practices, relational mindfulness, and embodied leadership—without the pressure of a traditional training.
Through guided mind-body practices, movement, and interaction, you will:
Learn simple techniques to calm and regulate your nervous system
Practice being fully present in conversations
Explore how your nervous system shapes how you show up
Move through yoga, breath-based practices, and dance
Experience leadership and connection
Have space to rest, reflect, and enjoy the beautiful island
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
Day 1 — Arrival
Arrival & dinner
Opening Session: grounding, intention, connection
Mindfulness 101: practical tools to shift from overthinking into presence
Optional: sunset, quiet time, or restorative yoga
Day 2 — Experience
Optional morning movement (yoga and/or Zumba)
Breakfast
Relational Presence Lab: Explore how you show up, with yourself and others, through guided interaction
Lunch; Free time to rest, explore, and enjoy the island
Afternoon: Nervous System Regulation: Guided breath-based practices to reduce stress and improve clarity
Evening: Dinner
The Dance of Leadership: What salsa reveals about communication, trust, and influence
Optional: community dance / social time
Day 3 — Integrate
Optional morning yoga/stretch
Breakfast
Closing: reflection, integration & takeaways
Program fee: $375
● Room & board fee for 2 nights:
$620 (single room)
$445 (shared room)
Includes all meals and ferry transportation
About the Facilitators
Nina El-Badry, PhD, MS
Nina El-Badry is a leadership practitioner, researcher, and facilitator specializing in relational mindfulness and embodied leadership. Her work explores how awareness in the body shapes how we show up, relate to others, and lead in everyday life.
Nina holds a PhD in Leadership and Organizational Studies from the University of Southern Maine and a MS in Biology from Missouri State University, bringing a science-informed lens to her work. Nina also brings over 20 years of experience in the federal government, where she has led and advised on complex, high-stakes initiatives, grounding her approach in real-world leadership practice.
In addition to her academic and professional work, Nina has extensive experience teaching yoga, meditation, and dance. She is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and a 200-hour trained trauma-sensitive mindfulness meditation instructor. She is also the founder and artistic director of Fluere Dance Collective, a Portsmouth, NH–based swing and Latin dance
company where she brings movement, connection, and embodied expression into community spaces.
Lili Gordon, LMT, AHC
Ayurvedic Counselor | Herbalist | Breathwork Facilitator
Lili Gordon is an Ayurvedic health counselor, herbalist, and breathwork facilitator specializing in nervous system regulation for people navigating demanding, high-responsibility lives. She focuses on how the body develops patterns that affect digestion, decision-making, and mental clarity, and how to shift them.
With over 15 years of hands-on experience working with the body and more than a decade running her own practice, her work has evolved from bodywork into movement, breathwork, and a systems-based approach to digestion, energy, and daily rhythms, deepening her understanding of how these patterns form and how they can be changed. Her work is supported by Mental Health First Aid certification, ongoing study in functional medicine, and a trauma-aware approach to working with clients.
Direct and practical, Lili helps clients reduce overwhelm, think more clearly, and feel more in control of how they respond to the demands of everyday life.
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Where is it happening?
Star Island - Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
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Host or PublisherNina El-Badry
