APRIL 3-6 2025
Wild Rice Retreat
Bayfield, WI
"This retreat was a gateway out of the wreckage of these pandemic years but also provided a path to the parts of myself I neglected or do not yet know. Watching Dr. Anna live in her light as a healer helped me step into my own. Her gift for helping women discover the best and true versions of themselves is unmatched. I am glad to be in her orbit and I walk away with my own star shining brighter."
—April 2022 Attendee
That question shook me to my core years ago when a severe illness brought down all of my defenses and coping strategies. My worst fears came to light when I could no longer perform, achieve, look a certain way or show up a certain way. I was faced with my core and had to spend large periods of time face-to-face with my own trauma. What I came to realize in time is that most of what I had come to believe was my “personality” and identity was actually an adaptation to traumatic and toxic environments. Ooooof.
And in that realization there was profound grief, profound loss, the hints of liberation and a nagging curiousity about who I actually am if I’m not “that.”
Since then, I have been shedding the survival self in layers, in moments, in decisions large and small. Discovering who I’ve always been and reclaiming my essence and spirit in the process.
I would like to provide an intentional and supportive container for you to do the same in this Winter intensive retreat “Shedding the Survival Self.” We will cozy up in our Winter cabins and find connection and nurturing at the point in Winter where we generally want to pull our hair out. When we are ready for the isolation to turn a corner. When we are ready for the light to return.
If you have spent most of your life in survival mode and are ready to shed your survival self join me. This retreat is going to be focused on deep healing and unburdening from historical trauma on sacred grounds near Mother Superior.
An authentic and embodied life and secure attachment with self cannot come from a disconnected, frenzied outwardly focused life.
It is crucial that we retreat. Stop the noise. And make space for the small still quiet voice inside that knows the way. That we seek refuge externally so we come to know and embody refuge internally.
If you feel called, it’s time. Join me.
Take a peak at the retreat testimonials below to get a sense for what could be in store.
“It can be hard to sit with ourselves and take a look at our life. But it’s a bit easier while being held by the waters of Mother Superior embedded in nature, fed by nourishing food, shedding what isn’t needed in the hot sauna, renewing spirits via community, laughter and healing. Ancient healing modalities have always called upon the most potent recipe for healing: a circle, nature and a trusted guide. Dr. Anna’s retreats call on this combination in both a trauma-sensitive and yet not infantilizing or pathologizing way. ”
Have spent large portions of your life in survival mode
Feel your personality was constructed around traumatic events vs. your own personal essence, spirit and gifts.
Aren’t sure who you are without all of the ways you learned to cope and adapt.
Struggle to feel you have a right to your own needs, wants and desires.
Have a hard time connecting to what is true for you.
Are afraid of setting boundaries and use your voice.
Struggle to play, feel joy and allow yourself good things.
Can’t slow down, rest or consistently practice regular self care.
Have parents or a parent who was not able to provide consistent, warm, and loving emotional support.
Have a trauma history related to your family of origin and early life
Were parentified and forced to grow up too fast.
Carry a deep sadness inside that you hide and feel like can’t be healed
Have a harsh internal critic rather than a loving internal parent to self
Were betrayed or abandoned by a parent
Have felt crushingly alone through much of life
Have had to mask, repress and suppress your feelings for most of your life
Carry a mother and or father wound
Feel worthless, unlovable or not good enough
Deeply desire whole healing and unburdening
Want to be liberated from the past
Know that you can feel differently and are willing to do what it takes to heal your relationship with yourself and with life.
Many retreats simply hold space and curate a couple of yoga classes and group meals. The amenities are the focus. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Sometimes we just want to hang, chill and meet new people. Totally legit. This retreat is not that. Though you will meet incredible women. This is going to be an expertly curated personal development intensive with some nourishing amenities available to assist in your integration of the material.
“I am going to challenge you, I am going to ask you to risk, to ask yourself hard questions, to be honest with yourself and vulnerable with others.”
If you've done work with me before you know that risk is worth the reward. If you haven't done work with me, I'm asking you to trust that it will be. You can watch the women’s experience of my last retreat here or click here to read testimonials.
If you are like me, you want high impact and high results for your money and your time. Some of my biggest results have been catalyzed by the intensive retreat work that I've done. Like years of therapy in one weekend. This is my intention for this time. To really move the needle. To help lift the burden of isolation, the weight of cumulative grief, to help you metabolize these last hard years and transform it into fuel for what's next. It sounds like it will be hard, but mostly it will feel like relief and catharsis in the safe and communal space of the tribe we will create.
I'm so ready to meet you if you are ready to invest in yourself and in this work.
Treehaus Package (12 Suites Available): $2550 Total
Designed to promote creativity and community, the Treehaus offers communal living and dining spaces with four individual guest suites. Each guest suite includes a queen or twin bed (layouts vary) with an attached European-style bathroom.
RicePod Package (5 Cabins Available): $2950 Total
A stand-alone cabin, the RicePod™ is the perfect place to cocoon into nature. Each unit includes a kitchenette, European-style bathroom, and front porch.
RicePod Dual Occupancy Package (4 Cabins Available): $1550 Total
Snuggle up with a gal pal in this stand-alone cabin and split the cost. The RicePod™ is the perfect place to cocoon into nature. Each unit includes a kitchenette, European-style bathroom, two twin beds and a front porch.
Nest Package (8 Cabins Available): $3250 Total
Wild Rice’s most luxurious lodging type, the Nest offers separate living and sleeping quarters. Each Nest includes a king bed adorned in luxury linens, sleeper sofa, kitchenette and front porch.
An impactful intimate intensive with highly personalized content (motivational talks, yoga therapy, meditation and breath work sessions, support groups of likeminded women, custom workshops and more)
Luxury Scandinavian accommodations
Oversized windows with views of the 100-acre wood
Outdoor patio or balcony in every unit
Kitchenettes with refrigerator and microwave
Parachute Egyptian cotton linens, towels, and robes
Curated Public Goods toiletries and bathroom products
Complimentary fiber WiFi
Nourishing locally sourced and prepared meals
Lovely Amenities (sauna, daily yoga, winter hiking and Wild Rice activities should you like to participate)
All taxes & fees
Connection with a community of women that goes beyond the retreat.
A weekend on Lake Superior during peak Fall foilage, with access to stunning hiking trails.
You can see more here https://www.wildriceretreat.com/
On site massage
Private Coaching with Dr. Anna
Alcoholic beverages at the Novo Bar on site
All prices above are for Single Occupancy. Wild Rice does not offer double occupancy.
Please note that Dr. Anna’s $750 NON REFUNDABLE retreat registration fee is included and will be applied based on the pay in full or pay in installments option. Please be sure you can attend prior to registering. Payment and purchase indicates agreement and acceptance of Terms and Conditions.
I so so so hope you can join me. This is going to be pure magic.
Warmly,
