Stop Waiting for Permission—Add Retreats & Intensives to Your Wellness Business
Crafting Retreats & Intensives:
The Class For Wellness Practitioners
What if the thing holding your wellness business back isn’t a lack of clients—but a lack of offerings that match the depth of your work?
Your clients don’t just need sessions.
They need spaces to breathe, to process, and to transform.
And you?
You need a way to offer more without working yourself into the ground.
Why Retreats & Intensives?
Because transformation doesn’t just happen in an hour-long session.
Retreats and intensives give your clients time to slow down, dive deep, and experience breakthroughs that last. They also give you a chance to:
Add a high-value, scalable offering to your business.
Attract clients who are ready to invest in real change.
Create more impact without adding more hours to your calendar.
What You’ll Learn in This Class:
The difference between intensives and retreats—and how to choose the right one for your clients.
How to structure your offerings for maximum results, including documentation and whether you should can bill insurance.
Setting powerful goals to design experiences your participants will never forget.
Planning a retreat with zero money down using creative, proven strategies.
The biggest retreat planning lesson I learned in 2024 (and how you can avoid it).
Insider tips for selecting venues, marketing your events, and filling every spot.
Who Is This Class For?
Therapists, coaches, and healers ready to expand their impact.
Entrepreneurs who want to add high-ticket offerings without burning out.
Leaders who want to guide groups through transformative experiences.
Meet Melissa
Melissa Ifill, also known as Iya Oñi Soi, is a trusted retreat leader and coach who’s spent the last four years helping wellness practitioners create retreats that move people and spark growth. Whether hosting her own retreats or guiding others to design theirs, Melissa knows how to deliver experiences that shift perspectives and create lasting impact.
A licensed therapist and Lucumi priestess of Oshun, Melissa blends ancient rituals with modern clinical expertise to help clients experience emotional breakthroughs and reconnect with themselves. Her approach weaves together sound healing, breathwork, meditation, and trauma-informed practices—ensuring every retreat is an experience that sticks.
With over 20 years in social services and advanced training in EMDR, Trauma-Conscious Yoga, and Reiki, Melissa’s work doesn’t just sound good—it gets results. Through her private practice and group coaching, she’s built spaces where Black women across the U.S. and internationally can heal, grow, and step fully into their power.
Melissa’s work has been featured in Essence Magazine, Parents Magazine, Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, and Love and Hip Hop Miami—proof that her voice and vision resonate far and wide.