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Welcome to the
Riverland Retreat
A place for healing and health in nature
Our Purpose
Riverland Retreat offers a private and peaceful place in nature that supports a variety of integrative health programs, educational workshops, counseling sessions, and recreational activities designed to meet the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients undergoing cancer treatment, cancer survivors, and their caregivers.
Features
Forest Therapy
Immurse yourself in a gentle, quiet meditation of forest and river using all five senses and fully experience the peace and harmony as you reconnect with nature.
Mindfulness Meditation
Being quiet and observant of your presence in the universe resets your perspective and allows understanding to enter.
Organic Farm
Growing and harvesting vegetables, fruits, and flowers cultivates a genuine connection with nature where you can feel the earth with your hands and taste its nourishing bounty.
River Paddle
Escape from the the hustle and bustle of your busy life and slowly float down a secluded pristine river to rejuvenate your sense of peace and contemplate your true place in nature.
Fire Circles
Come sit with friends in a circle around the fire and gaze upon the
magic and mystery of nature.
Event Hosting
From fundraisers and birthday parties, to celebrations of cancer survivorship we are set up with kitchen and wood fired pizza oven for have a joyous gatherings.
Who We Are
Scott Wilson
Scott is an an Associate Professor at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and has worked as an orthopedic oncologist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center for the last twenty or his thirty year career. He has witnessed many of his cancer patients needing more than physical healing to fortify their spirits as they fight their life-threatening diagnoses. He believes 'comprehensive' cancer treatment must include more than surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy and embrace the psychological and spiritual aspects of the patient care. As the executive officer of The Riverland Retreat he plans to create a 'Can-Survivor program' to promote integrative health opportunities for cancer patients that working closely with the cancer center faculty and staff in an off-campus facility located in a quiet, remote place in nature.
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Beth Thoresen
Beth works as a director of operations at AICPA. She is certified as a forest therapy guide and a mindful meditation instructor. Beth is excited about contributing to the integrative medicine opportunities provided at Wake Forest's Comprehensive cancer center for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their care givers.
Now Scott Wilson and his life partner Beth Thoresen have envisioned what Carl Jung described as the individuation phase of their lives, the ‘third act’. Together, they have embarked on a journey of discovery that connects them more deeply with nature and with people. They are working to create a miniature Chautauqua, called Retreat. There, retreatants will enjoy opportunities to experience the richness of nature in its original state, as did the indigenous Saura Indians, and integrative medicine opportunities that will enable participants to blend ancient wisdom with contemporary scientific understanding to promote genuine health and healing.
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