YMCA Camp Jones Gulch
Address: 11000 Pescadero Creek Rd, La Honda, CA 94020
Telephone: (650) 747-1200
To view more photos and learn more about the accommodations, go here.
Our retreats are BACK for 2026! Head to our calendar for more information!
Our retreats are BACK for 2026! Head to our calendar for more information!
This year our group will be heading to the West Coast for a weekend in La Honda, CA and staying at the YMCA Camp Jones Gulch!
YMCA Camp Jones Gulch
Address: 11000 Pescadero Creek Rd, La Honda, CA 94020
Telephone: (650) 747-1200
To view more photos and learn more about the accommodations, go here.
The closest major airport to the camp is the San Francisco International Airport which is about 45 minutes from the hotel.
The medical center closest to the camp is Redwood City Medical Center – Kaiser Permanente.
Of course! In fact, we encourage it! You can enter your information and find potential traveling buddies in this travel document.
Yep! We will ensure that you will have access to a refrigerator for your meds!
The menu will be available closer to the event! We will send it out to you directly via email so you have ample time to plan to fill in the gaps, if need be!
In your registration we will collect information about your dietary needs, which we will try to accommodate as best as we can. If there are food items or snacks that you would like to bring to eat, please do! Again, we will send the menu out ahead of time, if we can. If you have any others questions, please contact us.
Sorry, this event is only for those with a confirmed IBD diagnosis and/or an ostomy (for any reason). But, if you need a caregiver accommodation – please get in touch with us!
For this event, your $300 registration fee covers – meals, lodging, and activities.
*You will also be responsible for travel to and from the event.
If you are officially registered to attend the 2026 Retreat Weekend, you will be sent liability forms to fill out prior to the event.
*These forms must be completed before attending!
Clothing
Personal Items
Bedding
3PM: Attendee Check-in
5PM: Dinner
7:30PM: Opening and Ice Breakers
8PM: Meditation with Bari
7AM: Yoga with Bari
8AM: Breakfast
10AM-11:30AM: Reflection as Fuel for Resilience with Dr. Alexandra Fuss and Dr. Jessica Naftaly!
12PM: Lunch
1-3PM: Rest/Activites/Free Time
4-6PM: Drum Circle w/ Eva
6PM: Dinner
7PM: Mask Making & Movie Night!
7AM: Yoga with Bari
8AM: Breakfast
9AM: Nutrition & the Gut Session
10:30AM: Intimacy, Grief & Reconnection to the Body w/ Angela
12PM: Lunch
1-1:45PM: Breakout Sessions
2-2:45PM: Breakout Sessions
3-5PM: Rest/Free Time/Get Ready for Masquerade Ball
7-10PM: Masquerade Ball!
7AM: Yoga with Bari
8AM: Breakfast
10AM: Closing and Departures
Bari Gratton is a yoga therapist, educator, and experiential facilitator who brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work with the Girls With Guts community. Living with Crohn’s disease and having navigated a temporary ostomy, Bari understands firsthand the physical and emotional layers of IBD. Her personal healing journey led her to shift from a high-stress career in global brand and experiential marketing into the fields of yoga, meditation, and yoga therapy, where she now focuses on whole-person wellness and sustainable self-care practices.
Bari has served as a counselor and yoga facilitator at Camp Oasis, creating imaginative, age-appropriate classes that blend movement, breathwork, storytelling, and therapeutic mindfulness tools for youth living with IBD. Her approach emphasizes that self-work can be challenging, yet we each carry the capacity to meet our experiences with wisdom, adaptability, and compassion—including the realities of ostomies, flares, and recovery.
In addition to her clinical and community work, Bari is a researcher and practitioner of embodied philosophy, with academic focus on the Divine Feminine and the use of mythic and goddess-centered contemplative practices as therapeutic modalities. Her sessions integrate gentle movement, meditation, and symbolic reflection to support resilience, body acceptance, and inner nourishment—meeting participants exactly where they are while inviting them to reconnect with their inherent strength.
Yes! Your lodging, meals, and all activities are covered.
All attendees will also receive an event t-shirt and swag bag full of lots of other goodies.
At every retreat we have small sessions where you get to talk to a group about a specific topic. The topics will vary, but may include:
Elizabeth Kestel – events@girlswithguts.org
Alicia Aiello – president@girlswithguts.org
Don’t worry. We have a policy for this!
Unfortunately, due to the deposit we have to put down, we can only offer refunds up to a certain period.
If you have to cancel up to 60 days prior to the weekend you can receive a full refund.
If you have to cancel between 60 and 30 days prior to weekend you can receive a 50% refund.
Unfortunately, due to our deposits and costs no refunds will be given after 30 days prior to the weekend.
If you need to cancel after the 30-day mark, please contact us at info@girlswithguts.org and we will provide you with a donation receipt for the full amount of your registration fee.
Sorry, no exceptions!
