Quiet mornings. Ink-stained pages. Somatic grounding. Toltec wisdom and teachings. Light-seeking afternoons. Museums, cafés, poetic wandering. New photographic work created. A retreat for artists who want to be inspired by the romance of Paris and all things French Culture, and experience real creative depth, not tourism.

This is a sober retreat (no alcohol or mood-altering substances).

Included
• 7-day creative immersion with Catherine
• Morning writing, somatic practice, Toltec tools & creative prompts
• Welcome dinner (June 8th)
• Farewell brunch (June 14th)
• Group museum entry fees
• Support, feedback, and suggestions for your work
• Local transportation when with Catherine
• Sunset cruise on the Seine

Not included
Travel, lodging, daily meals, personal purchases, and transportation outside of group activities.

Accommodations:
Accommodations are up to you. They aren’t included with this retreat so you can decide how much money you want to spend, what part of Paris you want to experience and whether you want to stay in a hotel or an airbnb. You can come with your family and stay with them, or bring a friend who wants to enjoy Paris while you are with us during the day. You can also buddy up with other participants of the retreat and find a place together. Unless otherwise noted, we gather at my apartment in the 1st arrondissment. There are many hotels and airbnb’s near by.

International Travel:
Make sure you have an updated passport. Please check so you are not turned away.

I will go over everything you need to know about how to fly internationally so you're prepared with every single thing you could possibly imagine. I've traveled internationally alone since 2015 and have learned lessons from every single journey. I'll be sharing with you everything I know so you feel at ease about how to pack, what to expect, how to plan etc. I'll meet you live online in a "zoom" conference so we can all talk about this at length.

Investment
$1800 USD for my current students through Nov 22nd.
$1,997 USD early bird pricing
Pricing goes up to $2500 January 1st
$500 non-refundable (but transferable) deposit reserves your spot.
Remaining balance due 60 days before start.
Only 10 spots available

Catherine Just is a visual artist, photographer and writer living in Los Angeles. With 38 years of sobriety from a meth addiction, and a personal apprenticeship with Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, her creative path is rooted in healing and transformation.

Her work has been published on the cover of National Geographic Magazine, in O Magazine, Inside Art Talk Magazine out of Milan and has been exhibited internationally including Rencontres d'Arles, Photo London, The Milan Photo Fair, and in Paris, NYC, Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles. Catherine received her BFA in photography, film and video from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Her fine art explores the unseen emotional terrain inside love, loss, and what lives in-between them. She uses large format film cameras, Polaroid, hand stitching, long exposures, Polaroid and alternative photography techniques to create visually what the heart hears.

Catherine offers Capturing Breath on Film photo sessions - intimate portrait experiences that she hosts in cities around the world, inviting women to slow down, reconnect with themselves, and be seen in their fullest expression.

Catherine been traveling to Paris for 10+ years and considers it her home away from home. She leads Photography retreats there, offers Capturing Breath Sessions, and makes and shows her fine art there.
She teaches online courses, Self Portraiture as Medicine and The Deepening and mentors creatives worldwide.

Catherine is a proud mama to her teenage son Max, who has Down syndrome, and together they co-create projects that challenge ableism and expand visibility and inclusion.