Retreat at The Ground - February 9th-11th 2025
Join us for a retreat at The Ground in Oregon to connect back to nature while connecting back to yourself! Yoga, meditation, sound baths, group acupuncture balanced by beautiful food and wine experiences. Take a break from the busy and restore! You deserve it.
Where You Will Stay
Each guest will be provided with single room accommodations, complete with a queen sized bed, balcony and private bath. The Inn is built into the hillside and the entire property will be bought out by our group. The rooms look out over the Willamette Valley wine region, onto Mt. Hood in the distance.
Transportation to and from PDX will be provided. For scheduling your incoming flight, the bus will aim to leave PDX at 2pm. We will arrive back to PDX by 1:30 on Tuesday February 11th. Flights are not included.
Join us for a retreat at The Ground in Oregon to connect back to nature while connecting back to yourself! Yoga, meditation, sound baths, group acupuncture balanced by beautiful food and wine experiences. Take a break from the busy and restore! You deserve it.
Where You Will Stay
Each guest will be provided with single room accommodations, complete with a queen sized bed, balcony and private bath. The Inn is built into the hillside and the entire property will be bought out by our group. The rooms look out over the Willamette Valley wine region, onto Mt. Hood in the distance.
Transportation to and from PDX will be provided. For scheduling your incoming flight, the bus will aim to leave PDX at 2pm. We will arrive back to PDX by 1:30 on Tuesday February 11th. Flights are not included.
Join us for a retreat at The Ground in Oregon to connect back to nature while connecting back to yourself! Yoga, meditation, sound baths, group acupuncture balanced by beautiful food and wine experiences. Take a break from the busy and restore! You deserve it.
Where You Will Stay
Each guest will be provided with single room accommodations, complete with a queen sized bed, balcony and private bath. The Inn is built into the hillside and the entire property will be bought out by our group. The rooms look out over the Willamette Valley wine region, onto Mt. Hood in the distance.
Transportation to and from PDX will be provided. For scheduling your incoming flight, the bus will aim to leave PDX at 2pm. We will arrive back to PDX by 1:30 on Tuesday February 11th. Flights are not included.
Full Itinerary
February 9th
2pm: Bus pick-up at PDX airport
3:30pm: Arrive at Inn The Ground, check in
4:00pm: Welcome snack/beverage (something hydrating bone broth/green juice), campus overview
4:30-5:30pm: Yoga light
5:30-6:30pm: Tea ceremony + Acupuncture
6:45-8:45pm: Dinner at Ground – seasonal, from the property, wine from the property
9:15pm: Tea, cookies, fire pit
February 10th
7:30am-10:00am: Morning meditation + yoga at Sanctuary
10:00am: Breakfast
11:00am-12:30pm: Free time (hike or pickleball)
12:30-1:00pm: Refreshments/light snack
1:30-3:00pm: Visit to Soter Winery -food and wine pairing + element of connection to nature vineyard component
3:30-5pm: Free time
5-6:00pm: Sound bath at Sanctuary
7:00-9:30pm: 3-course private chef dinner with Chef Sarah Schaefer
February 11th
7:30-10am: Meditation followed by Morning yoga at Sanctuary
10:00-11:00am: Breakfast
12:00pm check out - transport provided back to PDX
The Full Story…
It’s vulnerable. I am nervous.
Today, I begin to merge what is on my heart with my work, not a construct of what my logical mind thinks will “work,” but an outward expression of what lives in my heart.
Getting older is weird. It’s a transitory time when we move from what we arrived in this world with to becoming who we were meant to be in the first place. For most, there is a shedding of some former identity as we lean into what actually feels right, rather than what the world has told us to be. It’s uncomfortable and challenging. In my experience, those that shy away from the metamorphosis are often presented with something outside of their control that forces the change. I don’t believe this is a coincidence. It happened to me. You see, a few years ago, I experienced something life altering. It shook me at my core. It made me question what was real and true and good. Instead of shying away from my pain, I faced it. I stopped drinking (for a brief time ;)) I always did yoga, but I fell into it HARD. I began working with an energy healer and an acupuncturist. I ran, in the forest, every day. I got a therapist for the first time. We joked that we were ‘on the saddest wellness retreat of all time.’ Healing changed me. Pausing, looking inward and connecting with nature was the catalyst. I am happily not the same person I was before.
The reality is that most of us have been rewarded for running downhill. We measure our success by the business of our calendars rather than the fullness of our lives. When I founded Acquire, I had something to prove, mostly to myself. Intentionally slowing down, making space for the things that make me feel grounded and at peace has allowed me to build a business that is not just goals and results oriented, but is built on a foundation designed for longevity. When you spend your professional life doing what you love, it can quickly consume your personal life and therefore your identity. Detangling where I end and my business begins is part of my work. Intentionally slowing down with likeminded people is one way I have found the greatest personal and professional growth.
In February of 2025, I will lead our first retreat, filled with all of the good things that ground me at, aptly named, The Ground in Oregon. This place is wildly special and is filled with so much loving energy. There will be morning yoga and meditation led by my friend Haley Havelock. There will be an opening tea ceremony, QiGong group acupuncture and a sound bath led by Dr. Brianna, DACM, L.AC. We will be welcomed on the first night with a hydrating meal from the regenerative farm we will be staying on. There will also be a couple of things that will ring true to the Acquire ethos: a winery visit with food and wine pairings, plus an intimate Chef’s dinner led by my dear friend Chef Sarah Schaefer, who I worked with for years in Portland and who has also run kitchens like Gramercy Tavern in New York. It is designed for those of us with busy lives to just unplug for a brief moment to get quiet and reconnect with ourselves and our greater purpose.
It is going to be a wildly special time. I hope you can join us.