Pop-Up Event

Open House

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11/1/2025 1-3:30pm

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Pop-Up Event Open House 〰️ 11/1/2025 1-3:30pm 〰️

Peace & Balance Retreat Center

Wellness, Growth & Connection in Historic Smithfield, VA

Explore personalized care, Ayurvedic spa, immersive retreats, and a conscious community—each designed to restore your energy, your focus, and your peace of mind.

You’re invited to reconnect—and remember how it feels to truly be yourself.

Welcome to Peace and Balance

Step into a rare kind of space—luxurious yet grounded, timeless yet quietly modern. The moment you arrive, something softens. A sense of calm settles in. You can breathe a little deeper.

Here, retreat doesn’t mean stepping away from life—it means returning to yourself within it. Every experience—whether a restorative treatment, a workshop, or a shared circle—is a step toward clarity, vitality, and wholeness.

Because peace and balance aren’t just what we offer—they’re what the world is asking for.
And it begins within.

A Different Kind of Retreat Center

Most retreats offer a temporary break. At Peace & Balance, retreat means something deeper—an intentional return to yourself, not an escape from your life.

You don’t need to go far or wait for a special occasion. Whether it’s a one-on-one session, a weekend reset, or a new rhythm of care, we meet you where you are—with offerings that restore clarity, connection, and calm from the inside out.

This is a place to slow down, listen inward, and remember what well-being truly feels like—every day, not just on retreat.

A New Way to See Wellness

Modern medicine is powerful—it saves lives when things go wrong. But real wellness begins long before that. It lives in how we care for ourselves every day—through rest, movement, nourishment, and meaningful connection.

At Peace & Balance, we create space to explore this fuller picture of health. Through talks, seminars, and honest conversations, we invite diverse voices to share fresh insights on healing, self-care, and what it really means to feel well.

Wellness doesn’t begin in crisis—it begins with awareness, community, and self-care.

Explore Upcoming Talks

Explore Upcoming Offerings

  • Golden Tone Gong Immersion

    ~Facilitated by Tammy Keffer~

    Bathe in the luminous soundscape of the gong as you are guided into deep rest and renewal. Golden Tones invites you to experience the radiant warmth of vibration—tones that shimmer like autumn sunlight, wrapping you in a blanket of harmony and peace.

  • Return to Center: The Feminine Art of Strength & Flow

    ~ Guest Speaker- Ann Geraci ~

    You’re invited to rediscover strength as intimacy with yourself. Through gentle conversation, breathwork, and grounded movement rooted in Pilates, this session explores how stability and softness can coexist

  • You Through the Lens of Ayurveda

    ~ Led by Denise Alejandro ~

    What if your body’s signals—cravings, energy dips, mood shifts—were part of a deeper conversation? In this community discussion inspired by Ayurveda, we’ll explore a more intuitive way to understand well-being—through rhythm, nature, and deeper listening.

  • The PEACE Plan

    ~ Led by Sarah Kennedy ~

    Rooted in the PEACE Paradigm—Present, Easeful, Aware, Connected, Experience—this transformative journey integrates mind-body practices, stress reduction tools, and daily rituals.

  • 21-Day Guided Cleanse + Bonus Week

    ~ Led by Denise Alejandro ~

    For those craving a deeper reset, the Fall Cleanse offers an immersive experience. This is not a fast or detox—it’s a return to clarity, calm, and inner resilience.

  • Grounded & Glowing

    ~ Hosted by Lydia Talley ~

    As the seasons shift from late summer into fall, our bodies and minds crave stability, warmth, and grounding. In Ayurveda, this is Vata season, a time when energy can feel scattered, dry, and restless.

  • Come to Your Senses

    ~Led by Denise Alejandro~

    Your senses are the sacred gateway between your inner & outer world. A shift in your daily self-care can awaken profound transformation in your mind, body, and spirit. Rooted in the time-honored wisdom of Ayurveda……

  • Understanding Your Dosha

    ~Led by Denise Alejandro~

    Discover the beauty of your natural rhythms. In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll explore how food, time of day, seasons, and environment shape your energy, focus, and mood. Rooted in Ayurveda, this nourishing approach helps you reconnect with your inner wisdom.

  • Community Acupuncture

    ~Facilitated by Dr/ Shawnte’~

    Community Acupuncture is a beautiful offering to introduce and let people feel the powerful energetic medicine. Auricular (ear) Acupuncture gives the Acupuncture Practitioner the chance to treat various disharmony in the body with nearly 100 points in the ear….

Seminars & Workshops

Ways to Return to Yourself

From personalized care to community connection, Peace & Balance offers experiences that meet you where you are—whether you're seeking deep rest, new insight, or a more intentional way of living.

Our retreats unfold through three core experiences:

Ayurvedic Spa Retreats

Therapeutic massage, personalized bodywork, and ancient ancient traditions, designed to calm your nervous system, clear your mind, and help you feel like yourself again.

Explore SPA RETREAT

Living Retreats

Workshops, programs, and mentorships to support embodied learning and sustainable well-being. From breathwork and yoga, to meditation and nutrition, each experience invites you to live your practice.

Explore Workshops
Explore Classes

Travel Retreats

Step away from the everyday with immersive journeys held in beautiful, intentional settings—designed for transformation, perspective, and deep renewal.

Explore Trave Retreats

Rooted in Collaboration

Peace & Balance is more than a space—it’s a growing circle of healers, artists, teachers, and visionaries, each sharing their gifts in service of personal and collective wellbeing.

If you feel resonance with our vision, we’d love to connect.

Explore collaboration

What Makes Peace & Balance Different?

A Local Retreat

Not a one-time escape, but a space to return to again and again.

Wellness That Feels Deserved

Care that’s nurturing, refined, and deeply restorative — not indulgent, but essential.

Wisdom That Lasts

We don’t just offer sessions — we support your lifelong wellbeing.

A Conscious Collective

Healing grows in community. Ours is collaborative, warm, and intentional.

Smithfield’s Sanctuary for Holistic Wellness

Peace & Balance Retreat Center is located in the heart of historic Smithfield, VA—just a short drive from Williamsburg, Newport News, and the greater Hampton Roads area.

Here, you’ll find a calm, heart-centered space for integrative care, intentional gathering, and deep renewal.

1607-B South Church Street
Smithfield, VA 23430
By reservation only