Keep the retreat going after everyone goes home
My meditations have been played more than 150,000 times on Insight Timer.
You create the retreat. I create a meditation around its themes and intentions that participants can use long after they leave.
A retreat can be a life-changing experience.
For a few days, people step out of their usual lives. They slow down. They think differently. They have conversations and insights that don’t have room to emerge in everyday life.
Then they go home.
The emails are waiting and the routines return. Even what felt powerful at the retreat can start to feel far away.
A Retreat Touchstone gives participants something concrete to return to.
A Touchstone for Your Retreat
A Retreat Touchstone is a custom meditation created specifically for your retreat.
You tell me about what you're exploring, what you want participants to take away, and the ideas or practices you want to stay with them.
I use that to create a 10–12 minute meditation that distills the heart of your retreat into something participants can access on their own.
You don't need to provide individual information about each participant. One Retreat Touchstone is created for the whole group, so everyone receives the same meditation, shaped around the retreat.
The Touchstone also becomes a shared thread from the retreat—something the group has in common, even as each person takes it into their own life.
How It Works
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Tell me about your retreat.
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Share the themes, intentions, and ideas you want participants to take away.
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I write and record your meditation.
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I shape it around your retreat and record it in my voice. You receive the finished recording in about two weeks.
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You share it with participants.
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You receive a digital file to share with the group. Participants can save it to their phones or computers.
What Could Your Retreat Touchstone Focus On?
Every retreat has its own purpose. Your Touchstone is created around the ideas, questions, and themes at the heart of yours.
✺ A writing retreat: getting back to the page once the week is over
✺ A leadership retreat: making different decisions when you get back to work
✺ A transition retreat: finding your footing in a time of change
✺ A creativity retreat: staying connected to the work that came alive
The meditation isn't pulled from a template. Its themes, language, and focus come directly from what you are exploring with your participants.
Your Touchstone is created around the intentions and ideas that are central to your retreat.
How You Can Use Your Retreat Touchstone
During the Retreat
Use it as part of a morning or evening practice, a reflection, or a closing experience.
As Participants Leave
Give them the meditation as something meaningful to take home with them.
After the Retreat
Share it in your follow-up so they have a way to return to the work you began together.
The right timing depends on your retreat and how you want the meditation to fit into it.
What Your Participants Receive
A professionally produced 10-12 minute meditation
Created specifically for your retreat.
One meditation for the whole group
Everyone receives the same Touchstone, shaped around the retreat.
A digital audio file to keep
Theirs to listen to whenever they choose.
The same care behind every Touchstone.
I know how to take an idea or intention and translate it into language, pacing, and guidance that feels natural and meaningful to listen to.
A Retreat Touchstone brings that same level of thought and personalization to your retreat.
You know what you want your retreat to create for participants. I take the time to understand the deeper intention behind it and shape that into a meditation that helps participants integrate what they’ve experienced.
What Clients Say About Their Personal Touchstones
“Having Skylar create a Touchstone specifically for me felt so different from the other meditations I’ve tried, made for any ol’ generic human.
From the very beginning, I felt so heard and seen. Skylar took the time to really understand what I was moving through, what I was struggling with, and the intentions I wanted to work on, and somehow turned all of that into something that felt deeply personal.
Hearing her calming voice say my name was surprisingly powerful. Having my specific intentions woven into it just made it hit differently.
I’ve started listening in the morning, and it’s become a way to slow down, get out of my own head, and gently move through some of the blocks that have been holding me back.
It feels less like listening to a meditation and more like having someone who really gets me remind me that I already have what I need to keep moving forward.”
Stacey Birch, Retreat Leader
"The first time I heard my personal Touchstone, my eyes filled with tears. It was such a relief to hear Skylar's supportive, heartfelt words instead of the fear-based looping thoughts in my head. Now, each morning, I start my day with Skylar's beautiful, melodic voice. It's a balm for my soul that I am so grateful for."
Wendi Knox, Author & Artist
“I received a personalized Touchstone recording from Skylar a number of months ago, and have listened to it nearly every night. Here's why: it's perfectly tailored to my situation because Skylar has taken the time to really listen and reflect back what I needed and wanted to hear, and has done so in a calming and soothing voice. I find it reassuring and validating.”
Mary Streche
Your retreat doesn't have to end when everyone goes home.
