Possible stages of building a retreat center here in hot springs

1) walk-in clinic where you can get 5-10 minute massages specifically related to chronic issues in this community, or just daily destress time
clinic would be in downstairs area where she now sells clothes, and would have a menu with clear links to chronic issues from arthritis to diabetes to copd, ibs and memory)
clinic would offer healing chinese/ herbal tea (w/ suggested donation), and healing soup (crock pot and carafe style) one per day, garlic honey,
tumeric, ayervedic condiments for health, kombucha, acv, aloe shots, wheat grass
would have a healing library people could browse for self healing
a free box (take a trinket leave a trinket)
other healing treats of the day (like a blessed rock, a special herb, or incense, or tiny wallet drawings, angel cards, free plant seedlings, etc)
also offering paid use of biofeedback instruments (heartmath), and hypnosis tape listening stations -all very affordable

2) work on assembling a really strong group of therapists (5-7), all with different strengths and abilities, all willing to share and trade their knowledge with each other, all eager to participate in creating a farm/healing center
within this, work on aligning everyones therapeutic habits, creating excellent intake forms, getting everyone to thoroughly log their sessions and the
results and homework they assigned (so that they remember next time, and so that if another therapist gets that client, they will know), file
these collectively
get everyone participating in massage research projects, community class teaching, sports/charity event attendance...this will be great for
marketing, and furthering our community exposure

3) start teaching classes on chinese medicine, raw food, radical self care, writing, art, ecstatic dance, incense, etc, downstairs.; start teaching composting and irrigation classes at the 'farm', consider having monthly macrobiotic/raw food community suppers or potlucks hosted there at yoga space

4) make the in-town retreat house suitable for guests, get an event coordinator/ guest transporter, a cook, and possibly a maid/overnight manager. for retreat house create lots of solitute spaces in and around house (hammocks, reading nooks, walking paths, walking labyrinths. try and find a space for outdoor yoga in am there. create a campfire or brazier for evening music and social time), figure out what all this will cost (food, workers, advertising, transportation) and whether we can charge enough to profit...if so, list on spafinder and put out brochures and see what happens. guests can have activities like: hiking, cooking classes, yoga, horseback riding, folk arts/crafts, bath housing, races, massage during the day, all offsite (?) and coordinated. as the farm grows we can deliver them there for classes (held in the first bldg)...and later, we can shift the whole retreat ctr to the farm (get yurts, or other sustainable bldgs for people, with one main central lodge/dome and kitchen)

5) the farm/intentional/healing community- a lot of the initial growth of the farm could be done through a)classes where people practice and help to build a garden (first by learning composting, then herb spirals, then sustainable irrigation, then companion pltwo anting b)community supported agriculture, where 10 or 20 or more people sign up to pay x amount every month for a basket of fresh veggies, and stock in the farm...they are all welcomed to come out and help out/volunteer too c)maybe getting a group of landscapers that want to be edible landscapers interested in 'practicing' and building a portfolio of example plots, that they could then show to clients around here that might want edible gardens in their back yards
same thing with the structures--offer it as a volunteer experience, maybe for the first round house (or any kind of sust. structure) build, then as gain proficiency and confidence at orchestrating it, offer it as a paid workshop where people learn by doing
another thought- villages in the sky, an organization out of south missouri, is starting to organize treehouse building 'festivals' where people come, party, and get productive (these are burningman people who are trying to leave behind structures that last, and are low impact...connected by ziplines :), created by architects)...i emailed them to see if they might be interested in coming here.
a third thought- offering the land as workshop space for people who are experienced sustainable building workshop teachers--they get the money made from the workshop, we help out, and get the structure when they are finished??