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Big Bear Little Bear & Danielle Bardellini present

Mother Daughter Retreats

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Throughout California

This Is
Your
Chance

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to step off the fast-moving current of life and focus on what matters:
your mother daughter relationship. Strengthen your bond, build tools for wellness, and take home memories that will last lifetimes.
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The experience is designed to:

A Retreat into Nature

Set on sacred, beautiful spaces throughout Northern and Southern California. Scroll through to see pictures of our past and upcoming locations!

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In a world that feels uncertain, fast, and ever-changing, there are yet a few things things we can hold on to:

the love we share with the people that matter most and the ways we nurture a better future.

Checkout Past Retreats

Who Is This For?

Mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, friends. Come with your aunt, come with your granddaughter, come with a friend who has been there for you like a mother.

ages 8+ — from kids to adults

Those who want to belong to a supportive, like-minded community of mothers and daughters

Women and girls ready to connect, adventure,

and be creative together

Anyone seeking time in nature, wellness and an experience outside of the ordinary mundane

To recharge, reflect, and plant seeds for the kind of world we hope the next generation will inherit. It will only become this way if we build it, and this is how we build.
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Meet Danielle

Hi! I started mother-daughter experiences because I saw a fundamental need that was missing from our education system and our modern day culture. I've been working in the education industry building programs and products for over 15 years focusing on the arts and emotional education. I feel the system is lacking the connection to a larger picture, the inspiration from our ancestors and the power of girls growing up within circles of wise women to learn from.

 

In addition, I was leading women's dance experiences and had a series of mother daughter pairs show up to dance (adults, college age and children) and thought... there is really something special about doing meaningful experiences as a mother daughter duo.

So I combined my experience in the arts, emotional education, wellness, games, events, and ancient women's wisdom to build experiences that connect mothers, daughters and families overall. 

My hope is that our time together will bring a new, deeper connection to family, but also to the many women before us so that we may walk into a new world - a kind of "ancient future" where we bridge the wisdom of the old into our modern every day lives. Where the joy of music, dance and storytelling becomes essential for how we live. Where we heal our families generational patterns and start new. And where women gather, through all ages, to transform the world through gentle power.

Oh and have some fun while we're at it!

Testimonials

"The mother daughter circle with Danielle was amazing. It was me and my daughter’s first time doing anything like this and we were both a bit nervous.  Danielle was so welcoming. Her ability to read the energy of the group was amazing. She could sense the nervousness of many of us and switched up the activities and we were all engaging and laughing and no longer nervous!  My favourite part of the day was watching my daughter come out of her shell and make genuine connections with some of the other daughters. She can’t wait to do it again. And neither can I! As a single mom of 3 there is very little time to be one on one with each kid. This was a wonderful experience to do together, something that was just for us. " - Alicia O.

This is your invitation to pause, breathe, and savor time together — to rest, play, create, and be surrounded by a community of mothers and daughters

all sharing in the joy of connection and nature.

© 2024 by Danielle Bardellini

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