Winter Wonder
a day-long yoga retreat
January 25, 2025
9:30am - 4:00pm
YMCA Camp St. Croix | Hudson, WI
Escape the winter chill and embrace a day of rejuvenation and inner warmth at our Winter Wonder Yoga Retreat! Join us on January 25, 2025 for an immersive, day-long experience designed to nurture your body, calm your mind, and inspire your soul.
Event Highlights
Guided Yoga Sessions: Flow through welcoming and gentle warming yoga sequences tailored to release tension and cultivate balance. Suitable for all levels, our sessions offer a mindful approach to movement, breath, and presence.
Meditation, Writing, Mindfulness: Ground yourself with guided meditation sessions, integrated writing prompts, and mindfulness exercises. Invite a deep sense of inner peace to help you start the new year centered and focused.
Seasonal Nourishment: Savor a nourishing, community meal crafted to warm and energize. Dietary restriction requests are carefully communicated and honored.
Connection & Community: Join like-minded individuals in a warm, supportive space. Share in reflection circles, mindful discussions, and celebrate winter's beauty in a peaceful, inspiring atmosphere.
Expanding on a “crowd favorite”!
Sound Bath Immersion + Yin and Gentle Yoga Fusion: a serene escape designed to melt away stress, restore balance, and deeply nourish the body and mind. Begin with gentle, mindful movements to release tension, guiding you into long-held, supported yin postures to encourage deeper stretches and energetic release. Throughout the class, soothing sound bath vibrations from crystal bowls, ocean drum, chimes, and other soothing instruments will envelop you, fostering a meditative state that invites calm and clarity. The harmonious blend of sound and gentle yoga creates a profoundly relaxing experience, allowing you to reconnect with yourself and emerge feeling renewed, grounded, and centered.
A day to unwind, savor, and inspire.
Date & Location
Date: January 25. 2025
Time: 9:30 AM - 4:00PM
Location: YMCA Camp St. Croix in Hudson, WI
Winter Wonder Day Retreat
What to Expect
This day retreat is thoughtfully crafted to offer you space to unwind, connect, and refresh your energy. Whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Winter Wonder is a serene invitation to start your year with clarity and renewal.
“How to Winter” Optional Workshop
Explore concepts from the book How to Winter by Kari Liebowitz. Space for both written and verbal guided reflection on practical ways to navigate winter.
Want to participate in this workshop? We recommend purchasing and reading this seasonal book recommendation prior to the retreat!
THINK SNOW!
If conditions allow, we will offer a cross country ski and/or snowshoe tutorial and equipment rental!
Meet Your Day Retreat Team!
Jessica Baumhofer Frank, Elizabeth Sorensen, and Erin Main are thrilled to provide you with the space to relax and reconnect while at this winter-inspired retreat.
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Day Retreat Co-Leader & Yoga Teacher
RYT 200, Yin Certified, RYT 500 in training
Jessica is bubbly, sincere, and genuine. She knows how to actively listen, engage, and welcome you into a group.
Jessica teaches gentle, lighthearted and accessible yoga classes. She has a passion for sound bowls and yoga nidra. She LOVES helping people understand yoga is truly for every body.
Jessica lives in the Twin Cities. She often teaches pop-up yoga sessions in the park, and regularly teaches weekly classes through Elk River Community Education.
She is a graduate of the first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Boreal Bliss. She is currently enrolled in Devanadi Yoga’s 340-hour advanced yoga teacher training
Jessica has a degree in Social Work. She works in the mental health field as a Warmline Coordinator supervising employees that provide peer support as well as 988 suicide and crisis response.
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Day Retreat Assistant
Erin has been retreating with the crew since 2019. She has attended well over 10 retreats, and now enjoys working with the team to facilitate a positive experience for others!
Most people that retreat with Erin will strike up a conversation with her at some point. Her charm, humor, and warmth will draw you in.
Coming solo? Erin will bring you into the fold. Want more of the Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreat community after the weekend? Erin will organize a local book club.
Erin works for Vocational Rehabilitation Services/State of Minnesota, which is an agency that empowers and serves individuals with disabilities to reach their full capacity in a vocational capacity, she is a counselor by trade and now supervises and leads a team.
Erin enjoys all things that involve fresh air and sunshine. Some of her favorites are walks with her dogs (Vince & Norman), camping with friends and solo, kayaking/canoeing/paddle boarding, and swimming.
She also enjoys a good book and a tough workout along with trying yoga at new and unique settings.
Erin can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to retreats to help you connect with yoga, and nature and yourself!
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Day Retreat Co-Leader & Yoga Teacher
RYT 200, Yin Certified, Sound Healing Certified, Wilderness First Aid Certified, RYT 500 in training
Eizabeth lives in Lino Lakes, MN with her husband and teenage daughter. They also have a grown son who lives on his own in St. Paul.
Elizabeth loves being outdoors, always down for an adventure and her favorite activities range from camping, kayaking, and paddle-boarding in the summer to snow shoeing and XC skiing in the winter. If you do find her indoors, she's probably reading a book, painting, or finding a project to work on in her home.
Elizabeth completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Boreal Bliss and the process has truly changed her life for the better.
She loves teaching! Elizabeth’s hope is to help you connect with yourself, feel grounded with your energy, and all around find balance and calm.
If you are in the Twin Cities area you can find her teaching at Pressed Hot Yoga Studio in Blaine.
Registration
Join us to breathe, move, and reconnect with the quiet magic of winter.
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Day Retreat Investment: $155
What’s Included:
Yoga, meditation, sound bath, journaling, book club, lunch, Well Rooted Tea, winter outdoor playtime, and more! If snow conditions allow, we will also offer cross country skiing & snowshoeing!
Packing list, itinerary, menu, and more will be emailed to registered attendees approximately one-month prior to event.
More Info
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As part of our ongoing commitment to equity and inclusion in the yoga space, we are offering scholarships to Black, Indigenous, people of color for our yoga retreats. Please fill out a BIPOC scholarship application under the “scholarship foundation” tab at the top of the website.
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6+ weeks notice: $40 fee
4-6 weeks notice: $80 fee
6 weeks and less notice : 75% of total amount fee
14 days or less notice: no refunds available
We hope that you can appreciate the amount of time, love, and energy we wholeheartedly put into each retreat. Not just during the event, but the many months leading up to it.
Please note: Our winter venue does not issue refunds due to weather. As such, we are unlikely to cancel the retreat except in a very extreme scenario. In most situations, we hope our guests plan ahead to accommodate Minnesota weather conditions in winter to safely travel to and from the retreat- which may occasionally mean allowing extra travel time.
In the event of widespread extreme weather, including highway closures, the retreat will be rescheduled. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled weekend, you may be able to receive a partial refund or transfer credit to a future retreat. If the retreat is not cancelled/rescheduled, we will be unable to issue refunds on an individual basis due to the weather.