RESTORE Yoga Retreat | 7-9 November 2025
Disconnect to find peace. Move to release. Restore and find balance.
Gina Ridder Beardsley is leading her second annual Restore Retreat — this time with more space to breathe, move, and connect. Nestled in the foothills just outside Stanardsville, VA, our retreat home features two cozy cabins and a dedicated yoga barn, all set beside a babbling creek and a serene pond.
Each day offers extended morning yoga with movement, breathwork, and deep relaxation, along with an afternoon workshop designed to release and reconnect. In between, you’re invited to savor the beauty of the land — stargaze from the hot tub, share stories by the firepit, wander through the creek, or hike nearby trails with direct access to Shenandoah National Park.
Choose the stay that feels right for you: a room in a shared cabin, camping under the stars, nearby lodging, or a day pass. However you join, you’ll be welcomed into a restorative, connected community.
Tend the Fire Retreat | Saturday, 15 November 2025
As the nights grow longer and the days colder, join us in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains for a women’s retreat centered on warmth, coziness, and connection. This day of reflection and renewal will invite you to embrace the hygge spirit — gathering around fire, tending to your own inner spark, and finding the oxygen you need to thrive as we enter the holiday season.
Feed the Soil | Idyllwood Women’s Retreat TBD (February/March 2026)
As winter loosens its hold, we turn toward the earth—toward what grounds, nourishes, and sustains us. Join us for a day of stillness and renewal, where tending the soil becomes a metaphor for tending the soul. Together we’ll root into what matters most, investing in rest, connection, and the quiet work beneath the surface that makes all growth possible.
Come to the Waters | Idyllwood Women’s Retreat Saturday, 23 May 2026
As spring ripens into summer, we gather at Idyllwood to rest beside still waters and let the season carry us forward in its gentle current. This retreat invites you to slow down and listen — to the sound of rain on leaves, the rhythm of your own breath, and the quiet call toward renewal. Through reflection, conversation, and time by the pond and creek, we’ll explore the ways water restores and reminds us to flow with ease, to soften what feels rigid, to nourish what is ready to grow. Come thirsty; leave replenished and alive.
Past Retreats
Change and renewal are themes in life, aren’t they? We keep growing throughout life.
-Susan Minot
Breathe the Wild Air | Saturday, October 4
Join us on October 4 for a day of connection, creativity, and renewal. Co-facilitated by Allison El Koubi and Lauren Ramseur, this retreat invites you to pause from daily routines and attune to the element of air — through intentional breath, mindful walking in the woods, psithurism (the sound of wind in trees), and circle gatherings. Together we’ll hike, reflect, create, stretch, share nourishing meals, and sit fireside, all while deepening connection to ourselves, each other, and the wild air around us.
