4 Day Women’s Retreat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

De-stress from the moment you arrive. Reconnect to nature's rhythms, inside and out, in community with other women through guided emotional healing and somatic practices set against 240 acres of private oak woodlands in the California Sierra Nevada.

So many women spend their days holding the center for everyone else: partners, children, work, family, friends, and the many people who depend on them. That generosity is beautiful. Carried too long without pause, it can become exhaustion, disconnection, and a quiet forgetting of the body’s own needs.

This weekend is time to prioritize you. To get still. To listen to the leaves, the wind, the river, the silence between words, and the honest voice within. The retreat offers a reset through ancient practice, modern body-based methods, and the healing presence of women gathered with care.

Contemplative traditions have long taught that the heart, breath, body, and mind are in constant conversation. Modern research increasingly points in the same direction: when the body begins to calm, mood, stress response, and emotional resilience can shift.

You do not need to understand the mechanism to feel the difference. The practices used in this retreat, including breathwork, gentle movement, silence in nature, guided stillness, and body awareness, work through lived experience first. You will feel them in the nervous system, the breath, the posture, and the way you meet yourself.

• Women who have been caring for others and need space to return to themselves.

• Women feeling burned out, overstimulated, emotionally tired, or disconnected from their bodies.

• Women seeking a heart-opening retreat held in nature and community.

• Women who value gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, and honest inner listening.

• Women who want a retreat that includes both quiet and connection.

This retreat is for anyone who wants to reconnect with herself or go deeper into a connection she is already building. From the moment you arrive, you begin to unwind: feet on the earth, wind on your skin, sun on your face, the sound of the river and birdsong in your ear.

Every part of the weekend is intentional. Nothing is rushed. The practices are chosen to create space for feeling, rest, movement, and steady return.

The land is not background. It is part of the practice. We will walk near the river, rest among oak woodlands, enter the stillness of the Giant Sequoia grove, and gather for the Harvest Moon as evening settles over the mountains.

These nature-based practices are simple, but not small. They give the senses something honest to receive and give the nervous system permission to slow down.

All organic vegan meals

• Comfortable clothing for yoga, meditation, and gentle movement.

• Warm layers for cool mornings and evenings in the mountains.

• Comfortable walking shoes for river walks, forest bathing, and time on the land.

• A shawl, wrap, or light blanket for sitting in meditation.

• A journal and pen for reflection, especially for the Harvest Moon ceremony.

• A reusable water bottle.

• Any personal medications, supplements, or necessary health items.

• Toiletries and personal care items.

• A flashlight or headlamp for evening walks.

• An open heart and willingness to slow down.

Kristin English

Kristin brings intuitive guidance and a gift for holding space for deep personal transformation.

The retreat includes guided forest bathing in the nearby Giant Sequoia grove. Final timing may shift with weather and group needs.

Yes. The retreat highlights a Harvest Moon gazing ceremony from the mountaintop, weather permitting.

A true pause

The weekend gives you enough time and quiet to feel what daily life rarely leaves room to notice.

Body-based healing

Somatic practice, gentle movement, breathwork, stillness, and sharing help the body unwind without force.

Nature as support

The river, oak woodlands, Sequoia grove, and moonrise are part of the retreat container.

Women’s community

The retreat is held in a circle of women, with time to be witnessed, supported, and unhurried.

• Daily guided yoga, breathwork, and meditation.

• Somatic and embodiment workshops for self-mastery and emotional healing.

• Guided forest bathing in the Sequoia grove.

• River walk and outdoor meditation.

• Water Ceremony in the Lavender Labyrinth.

• Harvest Moon gazing ceremony from the mountaintop.

• Women’s community circle and sharing space.

• All organic, vegan meals served as part of the retreat container.

• You are looking for a highly social vacation-style weekend.

• You prefer intense cathartic practices rather than gentle body-based work.

• You are seeking medical treatment or a substitute for therapy.

• You are not comfortable with periods of silence, reflection, or inward practice.

• You do not want to participate in women’s circle or shared retreat space.