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Martha's Vineyard ✦ August 17-18, 2026 ✦ Illumination Week

An immersive wellness experience on Martha's Vineyard

presented by Lumi Marketing & Creative

Rest. Restore. Be Well.

Rest Like You Mean It

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Illumination Week

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Good Days Ahead Wellness House

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Martha's Vineyard

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August 2026

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Rest Like You Mean It ✦ Illumination Week ✦ Good Days Ahead Wellness House ✦ Martha's Vineyard ✦ August 2026 ✦

August 17-18, 2026 Events

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    The Reset: Restorative Yoga, Sound Bath & Tea

    08/17/26 10:00-11:15AM

    Join us for a slow morning at a stunning estate on Martha's Vineyard to kick off Illumination Week. Led by Boston-based trauma-informed healing arts facilitator Marlene Boyette, this 90-minute session moves attendees through gentle restorative yoga at their own pace, an immersive sound bath and tea offering.

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  • Flyer for Wellness House event titled 'Author Talk & Sound Bath Experience' on August 17, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM in Edgartown. Features photos of Whitney Stringer, Wellness Expert, and Amanda Miller Littlejohn, author of 'The Rest Revolution'. Includes event details, RSVP link, and hosted by Whitney Stringer PR & Wellness Events.

    Author Talk + Sound Bath Experience at Good Days Ahead Wellness House

    08/17/26 2:00-3:15PM

    Reclaim your rest: an intimate conversation with ‘The Rest Revolution’ author Amanda Miller Littlejohn, followed by a restorative sound bath experience hosted by Whitney Stringer PR & Wellness Events. The discussion highlights the 'The Rest Revolution's' roadmap to reclaim your life from burnout, and revolutionize your approach to success followed by a thoughtfully-designed sound bath meditation.

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    The Wellness Hour

    08/17/26 4:00-6:00PM

    Meet H.E.R. & H.I.P.S (Black Heart Association) invite you to attend an evening of education and empowerment at a beautiful estate dedicated to rest, restoration, and wellness.

    Join us from 4-5pm to network and mingle followed by a health panel from industry experts from 5-6pm.

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    Book a Complimentary Facial with Pinch

    08/17/26 9AM-6PM by Appointment

    Reserve your free express HydraGlow facial!

    The HydraGlow is a deep cleanse and total reset for your skin. It clears buildup, replenishes hydration, and leaves your complexion smooth, balanced, and visibly refreshed. Using advanced technology, the treatment exfoliates, extracts, and infuses moisture in one seamless session, so skin feels clean, hydrated, and effortlessly radiant. Zero downtime and safe and effective for melanated skin.

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    Kick Back in our Hyperice Recovery Lounge

    08/17/26 9AM-6PM

    Sink into a Zero Gravity chair. Let a Normatec work the tension out of your legs. Grab a Hypervolt to release your shoulders or stretch out with a Venom wrap on the sunroom couch. Kick back with something cold courtesy of our friends at Well With All, Saint James Iced Tea, and Poppi and let the conversation find you — everyone here is just taking a beat during Illumination Week. No appointments, no rush — just restoration, on your time.

  • Event flyer advertising a yoga and workout session at Wellness House on August 18, 2026, from 9 AM to 10:15 AM in Edgartown, featuring Whitney Stringer and Britt Dupree Daniels. The flyer includes photos of the two hosts, mentions blending yoga and Pilates, and provides an RSVP link.

    Yogalates Workout Session at the Good Days Ahead Wellness House

    08/18/26 10AM-11:15AM

    Start your day with Whitney Stringer PR & Wellness Events for an invigorating Yogalates session. The Yogalates workout encourages attendees to prioritize movement in their daily health and wellness routine. This mat session will blend the mind-body relaxation of Yoga and the conditioning movements of Pilates combine movements from Pilates, backed with soothing and soulful beats. Washington-DC based instructor ambassador Britt Dupree Daniels, will lead the session.

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✦ Rest like you mean it.

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Our community needs a break. Always on the front line and at the forefront, we’re leaning into rest, restoration and intentionality to fuel us forward, together.

Good Days Ahead exists to give you a space to reconnect with yourself and community through the healing energy on Martha’s Vineyard.

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✦ Movement

✦ Mindfulness

✦ Nourishment

✦ Self-care

This is where you fill up your cup.

This is where you come back to yourself.

✦ Yoga + movement + somatic healing

A self guided immersive wellness experience with open house hours:

Experiences

✦ Sound bath + meditation

✦ Recovery Lounge

with Hyperice

✦ Wellness products from our sponsors

✦ Free Express Facials with Pinch

✦ Health

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Wellness Panel

RSVP by visiting our Activations tab!

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✦ Early access to invitations

✦ First release of session sign ups

✦ Access to invites to other events on the Vineyard


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Partner With Us

Good Days Ahead is built on intentional partnership.

We collaborate with brands that believe in:

✦ Wellness as a necessity

✦ Community as a foundation

We prioritize partnerships with women-owned and Black and Brown-owned brands and practitioners, alongside a select group of aligned partners.

From wellness and beauty to beverage, lifestyle, and culture, our partners don’t just show up. They become part of the experience.

For partnerships, press, and collaborations:
hello@gooddaysaheadmv.com

Since the early 1900s, Black families have gathered on Martha's Vineyard — building community, ownership, and legacy in one of the few places they could do all three freely. That tradition never stopped. It grew.

Every August, the island draws tens of thousands of founders, elected officials, entrepreneurs, executives, artists, and journalists who don't come for a conference — they come because this is where real relationships happen. Known for being the largest convening of Black and Brown wealth and influence in the country each year, August on the Vineyard is bustling with fireside chats, strategic planning, deal flow, and the celebration of Black excellence.

Illumination Week, a tradition dating to 1835, is the cultural heartbeat of the season. It is a pilgrimage. Good Days Ahead was built inside this moment — deliberately. August 17–19. The height of the season. A room full of Black and Brown folks at the top of their fields, intentionally showing up for themselves and taking a moment to just be. Come fill up your cup at Good Days Ahead.

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About Illumination Week on Martha’s Vineyard

Thannk you to our Partners & Sponsors

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