About The Empress Retreat
The Empress Retreat
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Hawks fly over head while a quiet breeze rustles through the trees. The spacious turn-of-the-century Edwards House rests on 113 acres of meadows and woods surrounded by expansive lawns, fields and wooded walking trails.
Seven spacious bedrooms provide sleeping space for up to 23 people. The retreat area includes six full baths. Linens and towels are provided. Overnight guests have use of a large living room and a small lounge, as well as a refrigerator and microwave oven.
Seven spacious bedrooms provide sleeping space for up to 23 people. The retreat area includes six full baths. Linens and towels are provided. Overnight guests have use of a large living room and a small lounge, as well as a refrigerator and microwave oven.
Meals
Menu Types
Guests at Edwards House enjoy delicious and wholesome meals prepared in our own kitchen.
A typical breakfast includes eggs, bacon, English muffins, fresh fruit, yogurt, a variety of hot and cold cere
Getting Here
The Empress Retreat, Edwards House Meetings & Retreats, Badger Road, Framingham, MA, USA
Directions
From the Mass. Pike and Route 9 Eastbound:
Take Exit 12 to Route 9 east (toward Framingham);
turn right at the first set of lights onto Country Club Lane;
turn left onto Gates Street and bear left at the next stop sign;
at the following stop sign turn right and cross Salem End Road onto Badger Road. Turn into the Massachusetts Conference Center driveway on the right.
From Route 9 Westbound: Pass by the Natick Mall on the right; go about three miles passing over railroad tracks; continue past Temple Street staying in the left lane and make a left turn onto Country Club Lane at the lights by the reservoir; follow the directions from #3 above.
Mission & Vision
I remember being 16 and knowing there was something different about me. I could sense energies, and got these moments of knowing what someone was going to say before it was said. I’d run out and dance in thunderstorms, under full moons, craft spells with candles and herbs. I’d call up ancestors and play with elements (I loved fire) and I didn’t know why. My friends thought of me as wild and free. I was magical, mesmerizing, and irresistible and then I learned it wasn’t safe to be that way. I became the woman that didn’t fit in, who knew her body, loved it and felt my awakening as something to flaunt instead of hide. I made other women uncomfortable, made people angry with me and jealous and shame me. I learned to dim my fire because it made people uncomfortable, and jealous and that