More Than a Yoga Retreat: A Women’s Wellness Retreat to Reset, Recharge, and Reconnect

More Than a Yoga Retreat

Nineteen women showed up last weekend. Some flew across the country. Some came back for the second time. Some arrived alone, not knowing a single person. Within a few hours, you could feel it shift. Shoulders dropped. Conversations got real. The mental load disappeared.

This Place is Home for Me

I grew up on San Juan Island. This place shaped me — the pace, the people, the way life feels when you're surrounded by water and space instead of noise. Every time I bring women here, I'm reminded why it matters. The island slows you down whether you want it to or not. The air feels different. The mornings are quiet. There's space to think, breathe, and actually be present. For most women, that alone is something they haven't felt in a long time.

The Heart of the Weekend

Every activity was built around four things: Move. Nourish. Rest. Connect.

We moved with intention — strength training, yoga, hiking. Not to burn out, but to feel strong and grounded.

We nourished ourselves with farm-to-table meals and time in nature. Real food. Fresh air. Space to actually enjoy it.

We rested in ways most women don't give themselves permission to. Breathing, massage, walks, just being outside. Supporting the nervous system instead of constantly pushing through.

And we connected — with ourselves, with other women navigating the same struggles, and with this place. Standing on the edge of the Salish Sea. Watching the shift happen in real time: hesitation to confidence, stress to calm, heads-down to fully present.

The conversations were honest. Health, stress, hormones, midlife, all of it. How to thrive instead of just survive. How to stop pushing so hard and actually listen to what your body needs.

Letting Go

Music, movement, freedom. No one overthinking it. No one trying to look good or get it right. Just women laughing, moving, being playful. We don't let ourselves go there nearly enough — and there's something genuinely powerful about it when we do.

The Sisterhood

Nurses, teachers, business owners, caregivers, moms. Women from completely different lives who came in as strangers and left as something else entirely. Connected over the shared reality of navigating midlife as women. Seeing each other. Getting it.

When you strip away the roles, the expectations, the constant doing — what's left is real. And that kind of connection stays with you.

Why This Matters to Me

I spent almost 25 years in corporate America while raising triplet boys, helping with our family business, and managing my own health challenges. I know what happens when women run themselves into the ground — because I've done it. Putting everything and everyone else first until there's nothing left.

That's why I created this. Not just to give women a weekend away, but to give them a reset. A reminder of how they're meant to feel — and what's possible when they finally make space for themselves.

What Women Leave With

More energy. More clarity. More confidence. A deeper connection to themselves. Real tools they can take back into their lives.

This isn't about getting away.

It's about coming back to yourself.