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13/07/2026

Give yourself a weekend to simply breathe, stretch and nourish your mind, heart and body.

When was the last time you stepped away from your to-do list and gave yourself permission to rest?

Join me for a Women's Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat in the beautiful Swiss Alps from Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18 at the peaceful Schweibenalp Centre of Unity overlooking Lake Brienz.

This weekend is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with yourself.

Together we'll enjoy:
🧘‍♀️ Dynamic and gentle yoga
🌿 Guided mindfulness and meditation
💛 Restorative and Yin Yoga
🎶 A deeply relaxing crystal bowl sound bath
🥗 Delicious organic vegetarian meals
🏔️ Time in nature, meaningful connection, and space to simply be

Whether you're looking to recharge, deepen your practice, or just escape the busyness of everyday life, this retreat is for you. All levels are warmly welcome.

If your heart is saying "I need this," I'd love to have you join us.

Learn more and reserve your place here:
https://www.wellbalanced.me/retreats

Feel free to message me with any questions.

01/07/2026

Ah, we've reached the end of the month of June. Usually one of my busiest months. Second only to December when I start hearing the William Tell Overture playing in my head (click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbYCOiETx0 for context)

This year my busy-ness included 3 Corporate Wellness events (a Nature Walk, Desk Yoga as part of a corporate mental health initiative and a workshop as part of a "Feel Good @ Work day" event), mixed in with a visit from my girls and their partners, and walking from my studio to home several days per week with a large fan on my back to cool everyone down during a heat wave (...this might continue for a little while).

Here is a post I wrote 5 years ago that reminds me that I can still move through my busy moments in life with a sense of inner calm and ease in my body. It truly is possible to be both; busy and calm at the same time...this took me years to really learn this (p.s. I'm always still learning). Here is the 5 year old post:

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"After the ecstasy...the laundry." Jack Kornfield.
If that is not my favorite book, it certainly is one of my favorite titles of a book.

I think of it every time life takes on a frenetic pace. There are many wonderful things to celebrate right now; my daughter's graduation, being able to see family soon, a much-needed pause from work, but there is also a certain frenzy, a gallop.

Soon I will be happily ensconced in an economy seat for 11 hours and not even able to pick up a sock. Is that the ecstasy or the laundry? Sometimes it's all in the way you frame it.

I was reminded twice; once by a good friend (thank you Susi) and once today by my daughter not to focus so much on the busyness (how easily I tend to forget), but remember the moments in between. A coffee with friends, a nice lunch with my family, the formation of the clouds over the lake.

Today I am reminded to enjoy the journey.

Perhaps, even the laundry.

12/06/2026

"You do not have to wait for answers to exhale."

Being in limbo is one of the hardest places to be. When the path ahead is foggy, when the solution hasn’t arrived, when the outcome is still unknown, it’s natural to hold your breath, to brace yourself, to feel suspended.
But here’s a gentle reminder:

You don’t have to wait for clarity to soften your shoulders. You don’t have to wait for resolution to feel grounded. You don’t have to hold your breath until the “right” answer appears.

Even in uncertainty, you are allowed to rest. Even in the in-between, you are allowed to breathe.
If you’re in that place right now....not here, not there...take a slow breath in.
And a long, kind exhale.
You are not alone.

28/04/2026

What a beautiful weekend in the mountains of Schweibenalp 💛

This past weekend, an incredible group of women joined me for our Spring Women’s Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat. Together, we stepped away from the noise of daily life and into a slower rhythm of breath, movement, rest, reflection, laughter, and connection.

Over the weekend we explored so many nourishing practices for the body, mind, and heart:

*Qi Gong in the fresh mountain air
*Dynamic yoga balancing effort and ease
*Pranayama (a variety of breathing practices)
*A yoga practice focusing on the psoas muscle and learning its connection to stress, stability, and grounding
*3-Center Meditation, honoring the wisdom of mind, body, and heart
*Mindful tasting with chocolate, kombucha and wine
*A compassion meditation
*And for some… a brave cold-water dip in the mountain stream! ❄️

Retreats like this remind me that healing often happens in the quiet moments…in a breath, a pause, shared laughter, and the permission to soften.

To all the women who joined me, thank you for your openness, courage, and presence. It was such an honor to hold space for you.

I wrote a blog post reflecting on our weekend and included links to a few of the practices we explored so you can continue at home:

👉 https://www.wellbalanced.me/post/returning-home-reflections-from-our-spring-women-s-yoga-mindfulness-retreat

If you feel called to join us next time, my next Women’s Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat is October 16–18, 2026, and it’s already beginning to fill up. www.wellbalanced.me/retreats

24/04/2026

"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul," John Muir

20/04/2026

23/03/2026

I have just a few spots left for our upcoming Women’s Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat in beautiful Schweibenalp, and I would love to share this weekend with you.

Those who've come to my retreats before know that there’s a rhythm to these retreats that I’ve come to trust and gently refine over many years of practicing together.

Friday: we arrive, land, and turn inward
Saturday morning: we build energy, learn, and reconnect to the body
Saturday afternoon: we step into nature, integrate, breathe, and remember
Saturday evening: we soften deeply into rest and restoration
Sunday: we gather meaning, open the heart, and close with care

What I love most is that this rhythm holds everyone.

If you’re craving movement, there is space to feel strong, alive, and energized.
If you’re needing rest, there is space to soften, restore, and be held.

And somehow, over the course of the weekend, something beautiful happens…

The body unwinds.
The mind quiets.
The heart opens.

We begin to listen again to what we truly need.

This is not about doing more.
It’s about coming home to yourself in a supportive, kind, and welcoming space of women.

I would truly love for you to join me.

https://www.wellbalanced.me/events/womens-yoga-and-mindfulness-retreat-april-2026

15/03/2026

Don’t you dare climb that tree
or even try, they said, or you will be
sent way to the hospital of the
very foolish, if not the other one.
And I suppose, considering my age,
it was fair advice.

But the tree is a sister to me, she
lives alone in a green cottage
high in the air and I know what
would happen, she’d clap her green hands,
she’d shake her green hair, she’d
welcome me.

Truly.

I try to be good but sometimes
a person just has to break out and
act like the wild and springy thing
one used to be. It’s impossible not
to remember wild and not want to go back.

So, if someday you can’t find me you might
look into that tree or—of course
it’s possible—under it.

– Mary Oliver, “Green, Green is My Sister’s House,” from A Thousand Mornings