5-Day Digital Detox Retreat (No Phones)

Valerie Starr is a teacher, guide, and space-holder devoted to helping people return to their bodies, their breath, and their innate wisdom. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing, clarity, and transformation arise not from striving or fixing, but from slowing down and listening deeply to what is already present. With a background in yoga, somatic practices, and embodied inquiry, Valerie creates experiences that invite people to soften out of habit and into awareness. Her teaching emphasizes attunement over achievement, presence over performance, and lived experience over theory. Whether through movement, stillness, or guided reflection, she supports others in cultivating a more compassionate relationship with themselves and their inner world. Valerie’s spaces are known for being grounded, spacious, and deeply human. She weaves together breath, mindful movement, and nervous-system-aware practices to help participants reconnect with their bodies and access a sense of steadiness and ease. Her approach honors both the physical and subtle layers of experience, making her work accessible to beginners while remaining rich and nuanced for seasoned practitioners. At the heart of Valerie’s work is an invitation: to slow down, to come back into relationship with the body, and to remember what it feels like to be fully alive and present. Through her teaching, she offers not a method to master, but a practice of listening — one that can be carried into everyday life long after a retreat or session ends.