Evolution Retreat: Embracing unfolding & growth
Fall is a season of transition, a time of change. It’s an invitation to begin a seasonal journey inward to the center of our being where we can pause to reflect on the unfolding of our lives. A space where we can uncover a quiet sense of flow, energy, and clarity. This quality of quiet vitality expressed as a passion and joy for life is our theme: the energy of the Evolution Retreat.
Evolution can be understood as the process of unfolding in service to our growth. It is the process of change that begins with a breath, an idea, a moment–a process that moves through each of us, radiating outward as we deepen into ourselves. As we evolve through each iteration of our lives, our connection to the vision of our lives, our relationships, and our purpose grows.
This weekend retreat invites you to connect with yourself through the process of embracing your evolution—the natural unfolding that brings ideas into form and brings you home to yourself.
The Evolution fall retreat is all about reflection and integration–about nurturing your energy and your spirit.
You will be nourished by nature, community, alone time, and seasonal, organic, vegetarian meals prepared by our hosts at the ARC Retreat Center.
You’ll have opportunities to participate in guided practices including gentle yoga, meditation, and group activities designed to gently foster the flame within, moving you into a more profound connection with yourself and the radiant light within.
Come as you are, ready to restore, explore, and awaken.
Leave refreshed, rejuvenated, and connected to your deeper self.
Detailed schedule to follow.
THE EXPERIENCE:
Your weekend begins with receiving a beautiful bag of nurturing gifts, giving you everything you need to support you on this weekend home to yourself. The swag bag of all swag bags!
You’ll be welcomed by the autumn colors of trees surrounding the lodge. The retreat opens with a powerful grounding ceremony, inviting you to transition out of “busy” into “being.”
In the next two days, you will have opportunities to participate in morning and evening movement (vinyasa, hatha, yin, restorative yoga) and meditation practices, experiential workshops, creative expression, and inspirational dialogues. These are all optional and available to support your process.
You will receive nourishing meals prepared lovingly by our hosts at the ARC Retreat Center.
Throughout the weekend, there will be opportunities to connect with others in community, as well as time to be alone in your own reflective space. You will have plenty of downtime to explore the expansive wooded grounds and walking trails where you can take in the beautiful fall colors, or to simply rest by the fireplace in the lodge, which is reserved exclusively for our retreat group.
All is welcome. All is okay. It is at your discretion how you would like to use your time.
Patty & Jessica will be available for one-on-one supportive dialogues to help process experiences as they arise for you.
The retreat closes Sunday with a closing ceremony and nourishing lunch to ground your experience into the heart and carry it back with you into the world.
THE PLACE:
This year, we are very excited to return and once again offer our retreat at the beautiful ARC Retreat Community, just an hour’s drive north of Minneapolis in Stanchfield, MN. Our group will have the entire lodge space dedicated to our retreat weekend. Our weekend home rests on 90 acres of private woodlands and wetlands within a pine forest, where you’ll find walking trails, wildlife, and a labyrinth for walking meditation.
We have ten single rooms available, each with a bed, desk, and private sink. We also have three double rooms for shared occupancy. All rooms are private with shared bathrooms.
The lodge itself offers us a meditation room, library, two fireplaces, screened-in porch, and a loft area where which will be dedicated to yoga and workshops throughout the weekend. Meals are provided by the ARC Retreat Community and prepared with fresh, vegetarian ingredients. Dietary restrictions can easily be accommodated.
The space itself allows for gathering in community, resting in solitude, connecting with nature, and everything in between!
1680 373rd Avenue Northeast, Stanchfield, MN 55080
https://www.arcretreat.org
INVESTMENT:
Individual Room Early Bird Rate: $1500
Shared Accommodation Early Bird: $1300
Individual Room: $1800
Shared Accommodation: $1600
Registration fees include:
Room Thursday through Sunday
Meals:
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Dinner Thursday
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner Friday & Saturday
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Breakfast & lunch Sunday
Materials and supplies for workshops
Fun and exciting SWAG bag full of surprises and gifts to support you on your weekend retreat and beyond!
