Looking back on an awesome year.... we facilitated programs from January - October! We embraced #winter with a #staffretreat for Midvale Elementary School and the Intuition Retreat at the Christine Center. Spring brought us #familynaturecamp, a presentation for the Hemophilia Blood Disorders Conference and then the overnight "Breathe, Ground & Awaken" Retreat. Summer focused on our youngest clients; we brought a crew of 10-14 year olds to Door County to learn leadership skills and experience outdoor adventure to prepare some of them to be mentors for JEDI Camp. As always, we had so much fun at JEDI Camp! Kids learned breathing skills, mindfulness, spent loads of time in nature, practiced yoga and watched retro Star Wars clips to learn from Master Yoda. Fall focused on harvesting commoradarie by teaching teamwork, leadership and self-care with Sun Prairie Hockey and Chrysalis. We are extremely grateful for all of the opportunities to get outside and guide incredible humans. Take a look at what's in store for next year! Something Special for Every Season |
Winter - Tap into Your Intuition Retreat Gain confidence in your inner wisdom through forest bathing, yoga, intuitive play workshops and sound healing meditation. 3-day, 2-night All-Inclusive Experience in Willard, WI @ The Christine Center Spring into Nature Day Retreat Take a deep breath and full body stretch as you shake off winter’s dust and come out of hibernation. Experience forest bathing, yoga, and sound healing outside with the spring birdsong & fresh breeze. 10am - 4pm Day Retreat in Evansville, WI @ Magnolia Bluff County Park | Summer - Youth Camps Sign your 4-14 year old up for programming centered in sensory-play, deep nature connection, mindfulness, leadership, lots of adventure and PLAY. Registration is open NOW for the Door County Leadership Trip! Registration opens in February for previous JEDI's Registration open to public March 1 for JEDI Camp Fall - Grief Retreat Unravel and let go in community next October on this transformative retreat experience. Allow nature to heal the soul while the facilitators help open the door to grief tending. Forest Bathing, Yoga, Tea Ceremony, Private Mediumship & Energy Work Sessions, Somatic Work, Individual & Group Work, Professional Chef on Site 4-day, 3-night All-Inclusive Retreat in Wild Rose, WI @ a Private Cabin Registration page coming in Jan '24. |
April hit my family with a dose of Covid, right after a much needed vacation. While it was frustrating for us (my partner and I were ready to get back to work, into routines, be active with our daughters and move forward with some projects), there was also a lesson to acknowledge: pause, breathe and smile.
When our bodies are busy - so too are our minds. We lose sight of our spirit, the connection to source and our need for quiet moments. We get bogged down by deadlines and to-do lists. This demanding lifestyle can cause us to be anxious, easily triggered and irrational. Parents of children with jam-packed extracurricular schedules can often feel like they are on a direct flight to crazytown. Add on a layer of mental illness like anxiety and/or depression and you've got a whopping seasonal migraine that really makes it hard to get excited about Spring like we think we "should."
Our bodies need rest. There's no "should" that makes much sense when we recognized we are all different and need to honor ourselves differently. Most of us need to time to adjust with the season and move at its pace. Spring doesn't just pop up. It ebbs and flows. It comes in like the lion and leaves like the lamb. One day is a winter storm (oh hey, that's tonight) and the next is 70 degrees and sunny (oh hey, that was yesterday). Like the season, we can be active and productive - but we also need time to slow down and watch the sunset. Time to dream up those productive days and plan the ones that help us stay centered. Time to adjust to new sleep patterns and light. We need space to honor our 'beingness' so that we can show up for the those that need us most.
Family Camp is just around the corner. Not only will there be ample time to connect and play with family and others that are like-minded, but there is space cutout for parents to unwind and focus on themselves. Families will walk away with common language to use with their kids related to mindfulness, nature connection, gratitude and group communication. We will play a lot of games, eat communal meals and enjoy being out in nature for a full weekend. BONUS - IT'S EARTH DAY WEEKEND!!! We will revive the campground with our presence, clean up trash left around the area and tend to the spaces that need it most. It will serve as a grand trine of sorts - a coming home to self, a welcoming of spring and a big blanket of gratitude to those we love most. Will you join us?
The Spring Retreat isn't too far behind! I'm not sure which program I am more excited for - they are both so different, and yet they will be equally as beneficial! Breathe, Ground and Awaken... that is the intention of the weekend. We will create intentions for ourselves, learn about local spring ephemerals popping up, bathe in the atmosphere of the forest (forest bathing - shinrin-yoku - forest therapy) and that is just the beginning. Even though everything is always optional in our programming, there is free-time built into the schedule. That way you can nap, sit, sip, listen, read, wander, wonder and all together be in any way you choose. Yoga, sound healing and a workshop on ayurvedic eating compliment the weekend, leaving you vibrating at your highest frequency. This is likely our last retreat of 2023 so don't miss it! If you're not up for tent camping or sharing a cabin with others - just commute. Stay in a hotel, with friends or if you're a local - your own comfortable nest. Then drive out in the AM to be with us for the scheduled program. You do you.
Are you ready to reset and align with all that Spring has to offer?
Alarm rings and on autopilot, the hamster wheel of to-do’s begins to cycle through. Laundry, dishes from last night, dogs need exercise, baby needs another 4 oz of milk to make it through the day without me, car needs to get packed, need to print registration list. Big stretch, body muscles wake up, the day begins at dawn with the feeding, chirping chorus. The morning flies by completing what I can before I need to get out the door. Fill water bottle, find keys, glance at the clock... shoot, it's already 7:30a and I need to be in woods of Verona by 8:00a from the far east side. Slipping on shoes, "I can tie them in the parking lot."
Hitting stop light after stop light, I'm finally to the countryside, taking in music that helps me ground into the present moment. Oak savannas open into farm fields that are feeding grounds to a few sandhill cranes. A hawk is being chased out into the open sky by crows and circles back over the car. "Today will be just as it needs to be."
Pulling into the daylot, car is parked, boots meet the gravel, lungs inhale. Immediately I feel relieved and connected. This place feels sacred. Woods feel sacred to me. Its colors send a relaxing response to my body to calm down. The fresh air fills me up and I breathe deeper. My brain shifts from hamster wheel to gratitude. Mood is lifted, brain is centered and the creativity of the day can now download. I am in the present moment interacting with my landscape purposefully, questioning the flow of the day's retreat.
Arrival of Guests
Guest arrive mostly one by one, checking in, finishing last minute housekeeping procedures and then receiving the invitation to create their own intention with pieces of nature. The goal: no one needs to arrive and make small talk unless they want to. Take some moments to ground into the space, connect with the outer landscape and find alignment in intention-making. Press pause to remember why you are here, instead of being swept about by a quick beginning.
Introductions
Why are you here? Why am I here? Why did our paths cross and stories weave together today? What might we get out of today? What are people looking forward to most? All of it? One specific modality? A few of them? What might surprise them after listening to their compelling why's this morning? Introductions are the roots beneath the soil to what makes a retreat successful. We need to know where you've been, where you are now and where you want to be so that our conversations are tailored to your own personal growth, and the growth of the group. Activities & invitations often change after this portion of the day unfolds.
Movement & Breath
Whether we begin with forest bathing, yoga, light stretching, or a game- movement and breath always follow introductions. It's time to activate, play and feel alive in our bodies. It's time to live in the east where beginnings, birth, sunrises and inspiration live. It's time to honor the source that lives within us - the life force energy that flows in and out of our lungs. Often this is when participants start to settle in and feel relaxed.
Forest Bathing
Part of every retreat Hike and Heal Wellness programs, forest bathing is the core practice. Sometimes we begin here, sometimes we end here - depends on the group, weather and other parts of the agenda. The group learns about the history of forest bathing, it's benefits as well as the many health benefits we receive by just being outside in nature for 3-4 hours. Often I notice gratitude here in body language as well as curiosity, surprise and interest. When we begin the practice, we start with an opening of the senses - the more than five basic senses. By the time we are done and talking about how it all went, people are showing a being-ness in slooooow motion. The pace has set turtle like and people are ready for what's next. Invitations to move - invitations to be still - invitations to play - invitations to create - invitations to explore - invitations to go within & ponder - invitations to search on the outside and on the inside - a reflection of both. What happens next depends completely on the trails, people, conditions, weather, theme and season. Forest bathing is a remembering of yourself - your basic sense of self and maybe even connection to source. It's a continuation of relationship building with the land from when you last left off. It's a remembering of what the earth gives us without much effort - in any given moment. The winds, the waters, the low-lying plants, the wingeds, the invisible, the big and the small. We notice it all. We appreciate it all. We play with it all. By the end, the group is all ready for a nap - in the most serious sense - the body now needs to rest. So often, we follow forest bathing with some food to fill the belly and then get ready for an actual nap with Sound Healing.
Sound Healing
A cellular detox nap of beautiful, relaxing sounds. Snoring is a compliment to the musicians. The science is real - sound healing relaligns our cells to a higher vibration and brings our brainwaves to the theta or delta state where we do our best healing. It's a shortcut to meditation that can have profound impacts on people's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. We guide you into it and guide you out. It's the easiest part of the day - you just get to close your eyes and go where you need to go. Often people will say they saw colors and were not sure where they went. They also can't believe it's 45-60 minutes long because it feels like 15 minutes. There's a transformation in just resting and it's usually the part of the retreat that people are most pleasantly surprised with.
Foraging
This is a new addition to wellness modalities, as I am still learning from mentor Vince Aiello. People usually think forest bathing will include foraging and learning about plants, but forest bathing is not about that at all. There may be a little learning about some specific medicinal benefits from ingesting certain plants I gather in the background during the forest bathing walk, but other than that I leave it to relationship building and sensory exploration. Foraging is a separate practice all on its own, as it should be. Foraging is fun, relaxing and exciting all at the same time. On the October 16th retreat, Vince will be the guide, and he is as witty as he is intelligent. You will learn more plants in an hour than you can remember. He will ignite your passion for plants, their healing properties and encourage you to continue to learn.
Yoga
On most of the Hike and Heal Retreats I offer, you'll find a yoga class or two. I normally hire other yoga instructors to collaborate on this portion of the retreat because I feel like I don't practice yoga enough in my daily life to teach others. I am capable and certified, but it's not my passion. If I do teach a class, it's often community-based and playful as I am a K-2 teacher at heart & by trade in the Physical Education sector. Whoever the teacher is - I make sure they teach to any body. Whether you're a novice, expert or somewhere in the middle - it's important to me that your body feel good after practicing yoga. These classes offered on retreats are not power flows requiring a significant amount of upper arm strength, balance or coordination - the classes offered are grounded, restorative & possible for any person to do. In fact, surveying the group before the retreat about their yoga experience is part of the behind the scenes work. That way we know how to tailor the class to all.
Closing Circle
Smiles. Laughter. Gratitude. Storytelling. It's all there an more. What is next? We spend some time talking about what stood out to each person most and where they may go with some of these practices next. What shift was made, and what did you learn about yourself? What surprised you? What grabbed your attention? Who did you bond with? What did your intuition convey to you today? Closing circle is organic and never fully planned. This is a spontaneous coming together of minds based on the amount of time we have left. I find it hard to end a retreat on time. No one wants to leave, unless they have a prior arrangement already scheduled. People linger and continue to tell stories and ask questions. They exchange numbers and hope to meet up with fellow retreat guests in the future. It's a bittersweet moment knowing you just shared such a vulnerable part of yourself with strangers who really feel like a chosen type of family - to say goodbye or see you again soon. Eventually, things get packed up and people head to their cars carrying their own belongings and offering to help with some of ours.
Beyond
Gitty. Tired. Relaxed. Me and whomever I am working with debrief the day as we pack up and share our favorite moments with one another. We pack and haul, pack and haul until everything is back into our vehicles like it was when we began the day we had first arrived. Huge, long hugs of thankfulness. It is such an honor to create these experiences, and even more so when I can share them with another person. With all of the coordination, organization and prep leading up to the retreat, setting up the day of, programming and then packing up to once again follow up with the group - it always feels like a big chapter being completed in a book. Gratitude and exhaustion frolic together as I take a few last deep breaths in the familiar, sacred woods to travel home to family whom I miss dearly. I always feel excited to go home because I also feel restored and ready to give back to them. Driving, music on, snacks and water on hand, smiles abound. It's time to move beyond what was and live in the present moment.
Upcoming Retreat
We won't, however, be sitting back and twiddling our thumbs wishing we were rockin' out at camp. We are proud to announce that we will be providing parents with the opportunity to receive some reprieve, and a well-deserved back seat to "being in charge." We will educate parents, giving them helpful tools to use in and out of the home, to promote healthy living. Digital parent & kid-friendly handouts will be provided when registering for multiple Family Wellness Day's. Parents will be guided to foster their child's skills in self-regulation through mindfulness & sensory-based play that is essential for healthy child development.
Our COVID response to summer camp is to call on all Madison families who have found peace in narrowing their kids contact circles with other like-minded friends and family members. Do you let your kids play with a few others in your neighborhood? Do you have friends with similar aged kids who you get together with? Do your kids play with their siblings or cousins? Whoever the group is - if you're already meeting, let's gather! In unity, we will learn about mindfulness and nature connection, play games, have load of fun and spend meaningful time together enhancing the family's well-being.
After a few sessions of getting to know your group, we may give you the option to drop off your kids without you. We'll learn each family's comfort level with COVID, your goals of being in the program and the whole group will get on the same page regarding a customized safety plan tailored to you. Once we are all at a good place, kids may be offered to attend on their own. Parents will get to benefit from time a part while their kids get to be kids again - developing holistically in a safe environment. This win-win-win will benefit the entire family unit.
The Details
- Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays | 9-11am or 1-3pm
- Meet at a centrally-located park decided on by the registered group & us
- Optional weekly or bi-weekly repetition throughout summer after first date | first-come, first-serve
- Last minute cancellations are OKAY! Full-refunds or credits will be given due to COVID-19
- Register with 1-4 other families your kids already play with, or book a private session
- If you add other families to the guest list (an option during the booking process), they will receive a calendar invite & an invoice from us via email within 24 hours of the registration you initiate.
This work is life-long and it directly relates to the well-being of ourselves, black community members & the entire nation. No business should be moving forward without bringing attention how important our current times are, and we all need to be responding. The BLM cannot be "dealt with" or "handled" in a day, a week or even a year. Centuries of enslavement cannot be eradicated.
Spending time reflecting and offering space for your body, mind and spirit to connect to all of these layers is vitally important to any restoration process. Having healthy conversations with people about deep rooted topics relating to BLM is what is necessary for change. Raising anti-racist children needs to be part of our future.
As I am writing this, I would be remiss for not addressing who I am, and what that means for me. My name is Moira and I am a white privileged female sharing these heavy feelings with you. I was raised Catholic, am bi-sexual and married a woman. I work with children of all races, teaching wellness in public schools. I am raising a one year old daughter, running this small business and trying to process all of this just like you are. While you are navigating these issues, feelings and everything that comes along with them, Hike and Heal Wellness would like to offer all humans looking for support shared and meaningful experiences to help find steps forward.
Now more than ever, we need to focus on our health - and that includes mental, emotional, social, physical and spiritual. Humans are social beings (some may prefer animals and plants, but we all still thrive on connection!) whose nervous systems depend on sensory input to maintain health, grow and evolve. Sensory inputs are physical. Not virtual. This pandemic is forcing us to go against our natural way of being, staying 6 feet apart, socially distant & in front of screens more than we likely have ever imagined. And now people are coming together to protest basic human rights. The heavy stressors afflicting all of us right now, especially black people, takes a toll on our bodies and brains.
So, what does Hike and Heal have to offer?
- Practices of Restorative Justice
- Team Building focused on bonding through shared experiences & risk taking in council conversations
- Intuition to gain insight from another perspective
- Human Connection to remember who we are at the core of our being
- Nature Connection to increase immunity, lift the mood & restore relationship with the land
- Self-care practices that allow us to support holistic health
- Yoga, Sound Healing, Forest Therapy, Reiki
We have half-day, full-day and multi-day experiences that can support you on this journey. Groups of people who already know each other can customize their own wellness programming.
100% of profits from the Mindfulness in Nature Retreat will be donated to the Madison chapter of NAACP.
I'll end with some personal questions I've been asking myself in all of this -
1) white people stole the love and connection to the land from black and brown people alike. We literally stole people from their homes, from their families, from their lands, from their trees, from their animals and plants, from their neighbors. Trees are living and breathing beings just the same, working hard for the health of our earth. Why did white people think they could take away such an important thread of life from another race of people? Why did white people think trees would want to be an accomplice to mass hatred, suffering and murder? Where do I begin to process that grief?
2) black people have marginalized access to wellness in all of its aspects because of systemic racism that's engraved in our country. How didn't I fully realize this sooner? Why did I allow myself to be complicit for this long to racism? How did I? In what ways did I just ignore it? What kind of person does that make me? If I were to go back 10 years from now, would I have done anything differently as it relates to building positive relationships with all humans?
Read, learn, reflect. Repeat.
Change is possible.
Hike and Heal Wellness was founded by and is owned / operated by one person... me! Moira Farrell. I teach full time at Midvale Elementary School, am a mom of one human and two canines, wife and am still able to adventure on the side to do all things Hike and Heal. All of you participating in my programming are the ones shaping how this looks. Thank YOU for your encouragement, feedback and support in these the last three years. What a blessing it is to be able to serve you, my family and my own self-care needs through nature-based, mindfulness programming.
What it takes to pull off a Hike & Heal retreat:
I rent spaces and collaborate with like-minded instructors to put on events. Each space rented has its perks that come at different expenses. While some are monetary, others are labor intensive. The 2020 spring and fall retreats, for example, utilize the MMSD School Forest Campground. What a delightfully tranquil area! I love it because most people don't know about it, it is incredibly beautiful at any time of year and there isn't the steady traffic drone you hear most places in and near Madison. For these retreats, the team I put together and I shop for locally grown, organic food, prep the meals, haul equipment down a 1/4 mile trail in wagons and set-up everything at an open air shelter to deliver a serene, yet rustic retreat experience. It takes about 4 trips in and 4 trips out for three of us to haul the gear when it is all said and done. Driving out there, cooking, schlepping the supplies, setting up, prepping for each instructor's role in addition to leading the retreats, taking down and clean up is a huge time commitment. Each of these particular retreats is truly a labor of love... and I try my best to 1) honor my instructors for their time and expertise while 2) giving all guests the option to keep the retreat cost under $200/person.
How you can save $ on Hike & Heal self-care:
All Hike & Heal retreats and programs over the price of $100 are on sale at $20-50 off until 1-2 months before the event date. Why? Because I need to encourage you to register early. The earlier you register, the faster my minimum numbers are met, so bills can be paid and I know I can afford to move forward with the final details. If my minimum number isn't met (typically 6-8 people), I can't afford to run the retreat and it gets cancelled. Luckily, I have only had to do that two times in three years! Many small business start-ups like mine have to cancel a few every year. So... if you're willing to work with me to plan ahead, then I reward you with a lower price. But... if you wait until the month of, you'll have to pay full price. It is still worth that price for certain, as most 2-day retreats offering lodging, meals, and activities such as yoga, sound healing, Reiki and forest therapy are in the $350-600 range. When I rent fancy lodging my price reflects that higher end price range. Camping, however, allows us to heal more while being kind to the pocket book. It is important to me that the self-care I offer is affordable to help the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health of the community. I know a healthy community is a compassionate one.... and together we can create a more mindful world.
What's better? Holiday giveaways of course. On Small Business Saturday only, 11/30/19, I am giving away $25 digital gift cards to anyone who registers for a 2020 program that costs over $100. Gift cards never expire and can be used however you like! Give it to a friend to join you on the experience, save on a different Hike and Heal program or use it towards the one you register for by checking out with the 50% deposit coupon code: "50off."
The cliff notes:
Register for programs at least 2 months in advance to save $20-50 on programs that are $100 or more, use the "50off" code to keep more money in your bank each month and benefit from the 11/30/19 $25 gift card deal by registering for a 2020 event.
Just writing it feels like a big deep breath. In between & amongst those experiences are smiles, big and small feelings, sensory awareness, problem solving, exercise, hard work, benefits of nature, creativity & more. Days like these are memories for families to cherish forever. Do we need to dare you? Okay... we dare you to have a day like this with the fam, even if they groan, and not post about it. Just live it! See what happens. How does everyone feel afterwards? Seems like a fun thing to plan over a yummy thanksgiving meal after an outpouring of family love and a gratitude blessing.
This season, amidst all of the materialism madness & overloading ads - Hike & Heal Wellness will be chillin' in the corner by our mascot Grandmother Oak grinning, waiting to listen & ready to provide comfort when you need us. We are here if you’d like to give something different this year. Instead of worrying if you purchased the right "thing," give a family member a weekend to focus on themselves for once. Give your mom or daughter a bonding experience where health, new experiences & growing your relationship is at the forefront. Give a friend a day to develop something they are truly interested in - their intuition. Give your family of teens & tweens an overnight camping experience around Earth Day to celebrate your love for nature & each other. Give an adult in your life a weekend to de-stress, recalibrate, ramp up the healing and bury the anxiety in the great outdoors. Give experiences. It can be affordable and life changing.
The 2020 program schedule is up & running. Registration is open for everything but summer camp (it opens the start of our fiscal year- Jan 1), prices are at their lowest between now & Dec 31 so really, there’s no pressure. We are just here if you need us. We’d love to practice self-care with you, connect deeply with our outer landscape & continue to build a mindful community of great humans with you as a part of our family.
Breathe deeply, grow together.
Yours Truly,
Team Hike and Heal
A year from now, you will wish you had started today. -Karen Lamb
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Spring into Nature Retreat
Self-care, self-care, self-care! Peel away layers of stress as this holistic wellness retreat helps unravel the best version you. Benefit from a full-day experience at the beautiful Magnolia Bluff County Park in Evansville, WI. The experience will invigorate, inspire and leave you feeling whole. Get grounded & give your immune system a major boost on guided forest bath. Set intentions that align with your highest vibration and clear any blocks you may be having through group Theta Healing. Continue unraveling life's layers of stress via Hatha Yoga & Sound Healing Meditation. Do it all outside surrounded by spring birdsong & a cool breeze through the trees. See more details below. Your registration will help support Rock County Parks.
Fall into a Day of Mindfulness
Hike, Heal & Hum Summer Series
Only a few left!
Benefit from extended, intentional time in nature from two ancient-wellness practices. Gather with a group of like-minded people & generate meaningful connections.
Forest Bathing + Sound Healing + Community Connection
Wild Plant & Foraging Walks
- ​Have you ever wanted a nature expert to point out wild plants you are curious about?
- How about ones you can safely eat?
- Do you want to know more about preparing wild plants & why they are good for you?
- Do you want to learn how to identify poison ivy & other hazardous plants in all seasons?
- Does nature excite you? Do you find yourself drawn it, but don't know why?Â
Visit Vince's website to inquire & register!
Tap into Your Intuition Retreat
January 26-28, 2024Â | 7pm Friday - 1:30pm Sunday | Registration is NOT sold out. Please go to the Christine Center's website for registration, and use this page to find details on the experience.
Breathe, Ground & Awaken: A Mindful Spring Reset
May 20-21, 2023 | 9:30am Saturday - 3pm Sunday
**Camping/Cabin lodging & healthy meals are included!
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Join Krista Pfohl of The Awakened Center, Marci Speich of Backyard Yoga and Moira of Hike and Heal Wellness for a weekend of deep nature connection, overnight camping, healing and wonderment. Stargaze and connect with the fire! Immerse yourself in the sensory experience of forest bathing, while learning how to integrate it into your everyday life for optimal well-being. Peel away the layers of stress and experience alignment to your highest vibration through Yoga & Sound Healing. Learn about local plants to forage in Spring & receive the phytonutritional benefits of wild flora. Learn how to eat in alignment with the seasons through an Ayurveda workshop. This is the most sought after retreat we offer each year so grab your spot today!
Please read below for more retreat details. Check out the Important Details section to learn how to get $25 off!Â
Summer Women's Kayaking Retreat
Bring the flow back into your life! Be a weekend warrior and become empowered with like-minded women in the Northwoods on the Three Lakes Chain! This is a trip for active women who would like additional support in their journey towards self-care. This is a great adventure for women who love the outdoors, want to experience something new and need a tribe to connect with. See below for more information. There is no date scheduled for 2024. Email Moira to be put on an interested list!
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Fall into Grief Tending Retreat
Only a few left!
10/1 Update: One shared room is left with a twin and full bed option as well as camping or commuting attendance.
**The sale price shown is a deposit price (near 50%). The greyed out price with a strike through shows you the total cost, which is due the day of the retreat.You have to select the lodging option first as each type is priced differently. See investment section below for more information.**
Join a collective of nature-led, soul-seeking healers for four days and three nights of grief tending, October 17-20, 2024. This is a weekend to be held, nourished and inspired. Find alignment in your being’s natural rhythms through ceremony, mindful play, universe consciousness & nature connection.
No matter who you are, or where you are at on your grief journey, this opportunity is here to hold you where you're at. This retreat is for anyone grieving - whether that's a loss of life, relationship, land, species, trauma or otherwise.
Tap into Your Intuition! Practice self-care, get outside, play in the snow, connect to your childlike state of mind and open yourself up to new possibilities in life by learning how to trust your inner wisdom.
Forest Therapy, commonly referred to as, ‘Forest Bathing,’ is a relatively new practice in that it has been formally created in the last several decades by Amos Clifford to be a way of self-care, restorative healing & deep connection to the more-than-human world. It is heavily influenced by the Japanese nationally recognized form of wellness called Shinyin-Yoku. The Japanese people practice Forest Bathing regularly to keep stress-levels down and inhabit some of the world's leaders in scientific research on the health benefits of the time spent in nature.
After the forest walk, we will warm up by a fire and debrief our learning before nourishing the body & breaking for lunch on your own at neighboring restaurants or by bringing a packed lunch to enjoy at The Awakened Center.
The second half of our day will be indoors at The Awakened Center, where we will provide practical knowledge on related concepts like clairvoyance, psychic, mediumship, and intuitive healer. Reiki Master Practitioner Teacher & Owner of Luna Frequency, Krista Pfohl, will guide us in conversation & intuitive play. She is a psychic-medium and spiritual life-long learner with vast knowledge to offer insight into our learning. The focus of the afternoon will be to practice strengthening our intuitive skills so that we are empowered to rely more heavily on our own inner wisdom & knowing. |
Please consider joining us for an enlightened weekend that will leave you feeling physically restored, mentally stimulated & spiritually full.
Our hope is that you take away strategies to self-heal, seek knowledge from & connect to your higher self.
We wish to guide the group in living a more balanced & fulfilling life.
Summer Camp Updates
Retreats & Adult Programming Updates
We created a shorter version of the day-long retreat, entitled "Hike, Heal & Hum," leading these events for bachelorette parties and the public alike. We walked the Pheasant Prairie Branch Trail (before it was sadly destroyed by the flood), participated in yoga at Parisi Park and utilized our 20m yurt for sound healing.
We stayed busy in fall leading our more forest therapy walks, our first multi-day retreat specifically for women, and another mindfulness day retreat like the one we did in spring. The multi-day retreat was equally as unforgettable as our first day retreat. Weather wasn't ideal, but it made it extra fun. We enjoyed a luxurious cabin stay in Eagle River, WI while participants were treated with healthy home-cooked meals, yoga classes, a mindfulness workshop, kayaking instruction and a day tour of the Chain-of-Lakes, a mini-Forest Therapy Walk, 30-minute Reiki appointments and more. This was a one-of-a-kind event full of opportunities for self-care and personal growth.
In 2019, we aim to put a year-long calendar together with retreats in all seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Due to the parenthood journey, summer might be the last to add in 2020 but anything is possible! If you don't see retreats scheduled in a season, you'll most definitely see sound healing events, yoga events or forest therapy events with often a combo of a few of those modalities. If you're ever looking for something specific, chances are, others are too. Please reach out with wants/needs/desires- we are here to help create a more compassionate community.
In Summary
Bring the flow back into your life Sept 28 - Sept 30, 2018! Be a weekend warrior and become empowered with like-minded women during peak colors in the Northwoods on Eagle River's Chain of Lakes! This is a trip for active women who would like additional support in their yoga and meditation practice, who love the outdoors and want to experience something new. Do you work at a school? Are you a Certified Yoga Teacher? Are you a certified educator of a different kind? Bring your total to $375 for this all inclusive experience using code "Educate2Kayak" at checkout to save $50 on an amazing experience! |
It will truly be a weekend to connect, unwind, build confidence and have fun with other like-minded women in a beautiful location.
As a token of our gratitude to all of the great teachers in our lives, educators receive a $50 discount off of the full price! Use code "Educate2Kayak" at checkout to save big on a weekend full of over 3 yoga classes, 2 workshops, a full 45 minute Reiki treatment, luxurious cabin lodging, 6 organic meals, a sound healing concert, forest therapy and a paddling day tour of Cranberry Lake on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes during peak fall colors.
Are you ready to commit to your own personal well-being for an entire weekend yet?
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Hi, Moira here. When I'm not playing with my dogs, listening to music, enjoying nature or being with my friends/family, I'm probably writing. Read these blogs for wellness opportunities we offer at Hike & Heal, ones I know that are awesome or just some tidbits about living a healthier life.
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