Join us for a weekend to unwind and reset your mind, body, and soul ​with three yoga practices and two services during your stay. ​Services are offered during the day on Saturday. Please connect ​with Melanie to secure your options. You may chose from Astrology ​Sessions, Shamanism Journeys, Auyrvedic Health Consultations, Reiki ​& CranioSacral Therapy, and Seint Makeup Contouring tips & tricks ​along with professional headshots.

This is a lot to pack in, so we are offering Early Check-In for ​Thursday evening for an additional $65 per person. Checking in at ​3pm on 1hursday will give you some time to to explore the area ​and/or enjoy the resort amenities (if you want additional days, ​please let Melanie know) such as the hot tub, sauna, workout room, ​canoes, kayaks, row boats, paddle boards and paddle boats ​available for free. Crosslake is a beautiful area with trails to hike in ​the fall at the nearby Uppgaard Wildlife Management area (NOTE: ​open to hunting and trapping starting duck opener).

3 Yoga

Practices

Astrology ​Readings

Shamanism

Journeys

&

Massage

CranioSacral ​Therapy,

Dynamic Body ​Balancing, & ​Reiki

Melanie is a Certified Retreat Planner and she LOVES ​creating an an experience that supports your complete ​wellbeing, mind, body, and spirit! Melanie is a Certified ​Yoga Instructor with over 350+ hours of yoga teacher ​training. She has been teaching a variety of yoga classes ​since 2021. She is also a CranioSacral Therapy Facilitator ​(Dynamic Body Balancing “DBB” method of training). She is ​also a certified Reiki Master. Melanie is intuitive and ​empathic and she integrates these ​gifts into her sessions ​and retreats. She is excited to share all that is in store ​during this retreat weekend with you!

You may find more about her services at ​www.VitalBeing.Life

In a session, Melanie is spiritually guided to work with your ​energy and physical bodies. CST is performed in a “dance-​like motion” where you may move in and out of various ​positions to release fascial restrictions held in the body’s ​tissues. Healing is amplified when receiving reiki (energy ​work) to release these energetic and physical restrictions. ​This also integrates mind-body-spirit connection.

Reiki is a healing practice that channels spiritually guided ​“life force energy” and is administered to promote mental, ​emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Reiki helps ​reduce stress, pain, anxiety, depression, and allows one to ​release tension and burdens that are no longer needed. ​One feels lighter and more at peace after a Reiki + ​CranioSacral Therapy session.

Meredith McCowan is a Professional Astrologer ​practicing in St. Paul, MN. Astrology found its way to her ​after a lifelong interest in science, metaphysics, ​astronomy and spirituality. She practices Evolutionary ​Astrology which focuses on our Soul's growth & ​development through lifetimes. Meredith is also a dream ​worker and certified in Reiki and Crystal Healing. You can ​find out more about her and her services at ​earthlingastrology.com.

At the retreat Meredith will analyze the key features of ​your birth chart. She will expore with you how these ​unique energies interplay and interact in your life, family ​and work.

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Full Mesa Carrying Shaman, Reiki Master, ​Licensed Massage Therapist

Sheila is the owner of Illumination Massage, LLC in ​Willmar MN where Sheila performs bodywork, energy ​alignment, and energy imprint release. Sheila has a deep ​passion to help others reconnect to their physical bodies ​and spiritual essence by assisting in them in reclaiming of ​their personal power to live their most authentic and ​fulfilling lives.

When she is not using these beautiful gifts, she is ​spending time with her husband, 3 children, and close ​family & friends who keep her humble, grounded, and ​living in a state of gratitude.

The Illumination Process transforms heavy energies into ​light. Emotional wounds usually contain valuable lessons. ​Once these lessons are learned, the wounds cease ​scripting reality and turn out to be gifts of love and ​strength. What was once a crippling story can be ​transformed into newfound peace and compassion.

What people experience during the process is completely ​individual. Most report feeling loved and extremely ​relaxed. Some have a gentle sense of release. Others ​may experience emotional release with crying, laughter ​or even physical release with physical sensations such as ​warmth, tingling, etc.

Ayruvedic Health Guide

Kaylynn is fascinated with the mind-body-spirit connection. She was ​initially drawn to yoga to explore this connection, which lead her ​studying yoga and receiving her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training ​Certification in September 2023. Yoga opened her up to further ​exploration of the mind-body-spirit connection and she discovered ​Reiki. Reiki helps us peel back our layers covering up who we really ​are, Reiki helps us to find our Authentic Self. She became a Reiki ​Master in February 2024. During all of this, she realized that the ​mind-body connection is heavily reliant on how we fuel our bodies. ​Previously interested in nutrition, astrology, and herbalism she ​realized that Ayurveda was the “missing link”. She continues to ​deepen her studies in Ayurveda and she currently located in St. Paul, ​MN. She is thrilled to be cooking for our retreat and also to be ​offering Ayurvedic consults and guidance.

Ayurveda is the science of mind, body, and spirit. What ​we eat is just as important to our health as our lifestyle ​and the energies we allow into our path. With Ayurveda, ​we get to the root cause of the issue to reverse the ​disease process. Rather than looking at one area of ​concern, we look at each person individually as a whole ​to make diet and lifestyle changes so the issue doesn’t ​return. When we do that, we not only reverse the ​symptoms, but we find peace within ourselves.

Kaylynn will be offering one-to-one to assessments to ​explore your individual doshic (energetic) imbalances and ​provide personalized advice on diet, lifestyle, herbal ​remedies, and preventive healthcare.

Professional Photographer, Seint Makeup Artist

Jen has been a Photographer for many years. Photographing ​people most of her life, she has a knack for helping anyone feel ​comfortable in front of the camera. She loves to capture casual, ​lifestyle photos as well as professional headshots.

As a multifaceted Creative, Jen is also a Makeup Artist for Seint. ​Her passion for helping women find their confidence and beauty ​was sparked when she became a Makeup Artist. She brings her ​knowledge of makeup tricks and simplifies it to fit anyone's ​makeup preferences. How fun would it be to get all dolled up ​and then capture this moment in time?

Meet Liesl Dols! Yes, her name comes from The Sound of ​Music, you’ll have to thank her mother for it. She has been a ​cosmetologist for 13 years and a tattoo artist specializing in ​permanent makeup for almost 7 years. She has owned and ​operated her own Salon for 6 years. She finds joy in helping ​others bring out all their beauty. Liesl is happily married to ​her soulmate, Ben. They have been married for 10 years this ​year! and they have 3 absolutely wonderful kids together. ​Ages 8, 4, and 2. My husband also runs his own gym and is ​very invested in everything fitness, health, and nutrition.

Liesl has been a certified Sound Bowl Healer for over a year ​and she love it! She started her journey in the energy healing ​world when she and her husband were going through some ​pretty terrible infertility issues and what becoming a mother ​changed mentally for me. I’ve found true healing in it, loving ​myself and who I am as a mother now.

She has always understood and enjoyed music since she was ​a little girl. She was always singing in choir and played in ​band all through my school career. Sound bowls felt so ​comforting and second nature to her. She takes pride in her ​sound baths, they are not only relaxing but also healing. ​Marrying everything that she learned with energy work and ​putting that into her sound practice. She loves being able to ​share her practice!

Melanie will guide you ​through 3 Reiki-Infused yoga ​practices throughout the ​weekend. Our practices may ​be modified for any level and ​will be gentle practices ​Friday evening and Hatha ​Saturday & Sunday mornings. ​Class participation is optional ​and you may participate as ​much or little as you desire.

Based in Ayurvedic principals, this skincare is organic, raw, and ​vegan and nourishes your skin and soul. We will learn more ​about and explore these lovely products on our skin before our ​practice on Saturday morning.

Melanie is excited to share these amazing products with you!

Our retreat will start Friday, October 18, 2024 (checkin begins after 3pm) thru noon Sunday, October 20, 2024. ​There is an option to come stay Thursday, checking in after 3pm for an additional $65 per person. There are beautiful ​hiking trails, a hot tub and sauna, local favorites for dinning, and more.

We will be staying in the beautiful cottages at Boyd Lodge in Crosslake, MN. You will be pleasantly surprised by the ​spacious and upscale interior. The cottages feature four bedrooms, two built in beds, and four bathrooms, stone ​fireplace, screen porch, deck and an open kitchen and great room area. This is a perfect spot for our retreat! Check ​out more info here: https://boydlodge.com/cabins-cottages/

The total ccost is $555 total due upon registration OR $605 total in installments of $111 due 06/01/24, 07/01/24, ​08/01/24, 09/01/24, 10/01/2024, plus a processing fee due 10/15/24 of $50 for payment plan option.