What if you gave yourself four days to finally exhale?
What if you gave yourself four days to finally exhale?
Not the quick breath you take when you finally get everyone out the door.
Not the sigh you let out when you've made it through another long day.
A real exhale.
The kind that happens when you realize you don't have anywhere else you need to be.
Nobody needs you to make dinner.
Nobody needs you to solve a problem.
Nobody needs you to keep everything moving.
You can just... be.
Four days designed around restoration.
Exhale isn't about packing your schedule with activities so you can come home exhausted from your retreat.
It's about creating the conditions for you to actually slow down.
We'll move gently together during candlelit yoga. We'll spend time outside and practice nature bathing. We'll make something with our hands. We'll eat meals prepared by a chef. We'll warm ourselves in the sauna, experience the cold plunge, and have plenty of space to simply sit, talk, laugh, wander or rest.
There is no prize for squeezing the most out of your four days.
You don't have to maximize the experience.
You just get to experience it.
Move gently.
We'll practice gentle flow yoga by candlelight - a slower, quieter experience that gives you space to breathe, move and settle in. Our daily yoga sessions are designed to invite you back into your body without asking you to push it.
You don't need to be an experienced yogi.
You don't need to be flexible.
You don't need to perform.
You just need to show up.
Make something.
One of the things we'll create together is a special yoga mat.
We'll co-create the design as a group during the retreat, and afterward your finished mat will be printed and shipped directly to your home.
So this isn't just something you experience and then leave behind.
Months later, you'll be able to roll out your mat and remember:
I was there. I made this. I gave myself those four days.
Let nature do some of the talking.
We'll spend intentional time outside through nature bathing - slowing down enough to notice the trees, the light, the sounds, the textures and everything else that's easy to miss when we're rushing through our days.
You don't have to conquer a trail.
You don't have to hit a step goal.
You don't have to turn it into a workout.
You just have to notice.
Let someone else make dinner.
For a few days, you don't have to plan the meals.
You don't have to grocery shop.
You don't have to cook.
You don't have to clean up afterward.
A chef will prepare our meals for us, and we'll also have the opportunity to learn from our chef during a cooking demonstration.
Because being nourished isn't only about what's on your plate.
Sometimes it's about what it feels like to have someone else take care of the details.
Sit down. Eat. Enjoy.
And then... exhale.
There will be sauna and cold plunge.
Candlelight. Nature. Good food. Creativity. Yoga.
There will be conversation and laughter.
And there will be quiet.
You can even add a massage if that's the kind of extra care your body is asking for.
But perhaps the most important thing you'll find here is something you can't put on an itinerary:
space.
Space to slow down. Space to notice. Space to breathe.
Space to remember who you are when you're not busy taking care of everyone else.
The details:
Your exhale experience includes:
Your retreat experience includes your lodging, all yoga sessions, chef-prepared meals, the cooking demonstration, sauna and cold plunge, nature bathing, and the collaborative yoga mat experience.
Transportation once you're at the retreat center is also included.
If you'd like to add even more time devoted to your body and rest, massage will be available as an optional add-on.
October 7-10, 2027
Big Raven Farm, Spring Grove, MN
Four days of deep breaths.
Maybe this is the year you stop waiting until you're exhausted to rest.
Your investment:
$1,200
You don't have to pay it all at once.
Reserve your spot with a $200 deposit, followed by ten monthly payments of $100.
Your retreat investment includes lodging, meals, planned activities, transportation once you're at the lodge, and a group-designed yoga mat.
You'll just need to get yourself there.
Everything else will be waiting for you.
Come breathe.
You are allowed to want a few days that are simply for you.
A few days where someone else cooks.
A few days where your calendar isn't running the show.
A few days where you can move gently, make something beautiful, spend time outside, eat good food and breathe.
A few days where you aren't the one holding everything together.
