Spring Awakening
Day Yoga Retreat in St. Louis Park
April 27, 2024
Yoga, meditation, sound bath, journaling, nature immersion, and more!
April 27, 2024
10:30am - 4:30pm
Westwood Hills Nature Center
8300 W Franklin Ave
St Louis Park, MN 55426
Westwood Hills Nature Center
160-acre natural area featuring marsh, woods and restored prairie. More than 3 miles of trails and walkways provide hikers with can’t-miss opportunities for leaf peeping, birdwatching and wildlife spotting. The preserve is beautiful throughout the seasons and provides homes for many animals, including deer, turtles, fox, mink and owls.
Interpretive Center
Full of interactive exhibits, such as a display on pollinators and the important role they play, as well as live animals, including a flying squirrel, a red-tailed hawk and a barred owl. The Nature Center offers a unique, outdoor, multi-generational classroom in the middle of the city.
Water Garden
Another hidden gem of Westwood Hills is the water garden. It features over 100 native Minnesota plants blooming throughout the summer season as well as streams, waterfalls and a pond.
Everything you love about a Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreat experience
…lovingly packaged into one day!
A weekend retreat is powerful. For many reasons, an entire weekend getaway is not always possible.
We are thrilled to present the opportunity for seasonal day retreats.
Everything you love about a Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreat, yet perhaps more accessible.
Yoga, meditation, sound bath, mindfulness, journaling, outdoor experiences, great food, and more!
Sample Schedule
9:30am Optional pre-retreat mindful hike
10:30am - 11:00am Check-In
11:00am - 11:30am Welcome Circle
11:30am - 12:30pm Yoga
12:30pm - 1:30pm Nosh & Gather Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm Mindful Walk to Waterfall, Watergarden, and Westwood Lake Preserve
2:30pm - 4:00pm Sound Bath + Yin Yoga Session
4:00pm - 4:30pm Closing Circle
Opt to arrive early, or stay after to enjoy more of Westwood Hills. Head to Westwood Lake Preserve, rent a canoe or fishing pole, or walk around the area.
More information at: Westwood Hills Nature Center.
Day Retreat Team
Jessica Baumhofer-Frank
Day Retreat Leader & Yoga Teacher
RYT 200, Yin Certified
Jessica is your day retreat leader and yoga teacher. She is bubbly, sincere, and genuine. She knows how to actively listen, engage, and include you in a group.
Jessica teaches gentle, lighthearted and accessible yoga classes. She has a passion for sound bowls and Yoga Nidra and 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.
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.
Day Retreat Team
Elizabeth Sorensen
Day Retreat Yoga Teacher & Group Assistant
RYT 200, Yin Certified, Sound Healing Certified
Elizabeth 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 and her hope when attending a class guided by her is to help you feel connected with yourself, grounded with your energy, and all around balanced and calm. If you are in the Twin Cities area you can find her teaching at Pressed Hot Yoga Studio in Blaine.
Day Retreat Team
Michelle Leblanc
Day Retreat Assistant
RYT 200, Yin Certified
Michelle lives in Little Falls, MN with her husband John and their three year old Yellow lab, Finn.
She has two grown children and three grandchildren.
Michelle pursued her childhood dream and for the past 37 years has worked as a dental professional. She currently works at a dental office in St. Cloud, MN advocating the importance of oral health as both a dental assistant and a dental hygienist.
Michelle is an outdoor enthusiast. Although winter is her favorite season, she embraces the change of seasons with activities like hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking.
Michelle completed her 200hr YTT and Yin training with Boreal Bliss. If you ask her what the most valuable lesson in her training was, she will tell you “Learning the importance of proper breathing and self care.”
Michelle currently shares her yoga skills with friends and family. She teaches Yin yoga to her husband, and teaches a vinyasa flow class, using Skype, to a friend twice a week. She has also enjoyed making a few videos for friends. Michelle likes to challenge herself with gentle flows and challenge others with a bit faster, intense flow.
Lunch with Nosh & Gather
..a boutique catering company based in Minneapolis, MN. Liza Atkinson is the owner, and one of our favorite humans. More about her awesomeness here:
“food is my love language
I am Liza Atkinson, owner and creator of Nosh and Gather. I come from a long line of capital ‘F’ foodies, and entertaining is in my blood. Nothing makes my heart sing like a bustling kitchen, creating good food and bringing people together over a shared table.”
Spring Awakening
Day Yoga Retreat | April 27, 2024 | 10:30am-4:30pm
Registration Open Now
more details below…
Yoga in front of the giant picture windows at Westwood Hills Nature Center.
Connect to Spring in the great outdoors. Hiking trails, waterfall, watergarden, and Westwood Lake Preserve.
Beautifully catered lunch and organic tea.
Come solo or join with friends/family.
All the wonders of a Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreat without the travel and commitment of an entire weekend away.
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Day Retreat Investment: $195
What’s Included:
Yoga, Meditation, Sound Bath, Journaling, Nosh & Gather Lunch, Well Rooted Tea, Hiking, and more!
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.
