May Poetry Reading with Don Farrell
Poetry reading with Don Farrell
The reading is from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Dinner (preregistration only) at 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Wednesday
If you are interested in facilitating/hosting a retreat or just curious about the practice of retreat, join us for a tour of the lodge and lunch with our community. Please make reservations including any dietary restrictions to Pam on or before Monday, April 28. We look forward to seeing you!
Bloom Where you are Planted
Join Us For This Fun Annual Event! May 23rd-25th 2025. Come for the day or reserve a room with a flat of herbs, flowers or garden supplies to stay the weekend
Book Signing with ARC Authors
Join some of our amazing authors for a book signing and reading event. These authors have written their books and or offer books at ARC. We carry them in our book nook.
New Era: Becoming Your Authentic Self Retreat
Join Kelly Wagner and Maureen Higgins for their New Era retreat over the first weekend of Summer Solstice.
Please visit their website and their Facebook pages for more information.
Feel Good Friday
Join us for what is affectionately called “speed dating a practitioner. You’ll enjoy a 15-30 minute session per practitioner. You will pay our practitioners for their session. This is a day of self-care activities to feel revitalized!
Fee includes lunch
Reset Through Ritual and Nature Retreat
JOIN US FOR THIS EXPERIENTIAL RETREAT AS WE IMMERSE OURSELVES IN NATURE. WAKE TO THE SOUND OF SINGING BOWLS AS YOU LISTEN TO THE BIRDS AND THE LAND. LEARN PERUVIAN RITUALS AND CEREMONY DRUMMING, FIRE CEREMONY, DESPACHO. LEARN TRADITIONAL WAYS OF HONORING THE LAND, THE USE OF SACRED HERBS FOR CLEARING AND MANIFESTING, ENJOY A THAI BODY MASSAGE OUTDOORS, LEARN THAI PRACTICES AND MORE
Braham Pie Day overnight stay Come see us!
Make a day of it or come stay overnight at ARC Thursday and/or Friday. Then join us for Self Care Saturday. Meet Practitioners and have mini-services to experience their work.
Self Care Saturday
Join us for what is affectionately called “speed dating a practitioner. You’ll enjoy a 15-30 minute session per practitioner. A day of self-care activities to feel revitalized!
GemMe Wands with Cheri
Join Cheri in creating a beautiful natural wand for manifesting and more. Learn about how the wands were developed, what the crystals mean, relax in a sound bath and then create your own small wand.
More details to follow save the date and time!
Fall Equinox Retreat
Join us September 19–21, 2025 at the peaceful ARC Retreat Community in Stanchfield, MN, for a deeply nourishing Fall Equinox Retreat.
This all-inclusive weekend offers space to slow down, reconnect with the rhythms of nature, and explore the sacred balance between light and the shadow within. Through movement, meditation, nature, and community, you’ll find grounding, insight, and a renewed sense of wholeness.
What’s Included:
2 Nights Lodging (Optional 3rd night available!)
All Nourishing Meals – seasonal, wholesome, and lovingly prepared (all dietary needs honored)
Chakra Meditation + Sound Bowl Session to align and clear your energy
Two Somatic Yoga Practices:
▸ One to explore the darkness: anger, grief, and sadness
▸ One to invite the light: joy, gratitude, and abundanceChakraDance Journey – a powerful guided movement experience to release and reconnect
Forest Bathing Practices – slow, sensory immersion in nature for calm and clarity
Details & Pricing:
Friday, Sept 19th at 2pm – Sunday, Sept 21st at 2pm
ARC Retreat Community – Stanchfield, MN
Early Bird Pricing (by August 17, 2025):
$599 + tax – Single Room
$499 + tax – Double Room (per person)
Regular Pricing (after August 17):
$699 + tax – Single Room
$599 + tax – Double Room (per person)
Optional Third Night (Sunday):
+$165 – Single | +$120 – Double (per person)
Includes Sunday dinner + Monday breakfast
Payment plans available at no extra cost!
Questions? Email: laurelleafyoga@gmail.com
Register & view itinerary: laurelleafyogaandretreats.com/laurel-leaf-retreats/
Space is limited to maintain an intimate, sacred container.
Reserve your place now and realign with the energy of the Fall Equinox.
Eco-Printing With Melissa and Kate
Eco-printing is a natural dyeing technique that uses plants to create designs on fabric or paper. It's also known as botanical printing, eco-dyeing, bundle-dyeing, or steam bundling. They have extensive knowledge of the plant world. They create their own teas, plant dyes, hydrosol, lotions and other self-care delights!
Join us for this fun and interactive workshop!
Feel Good Friday
Join us for what is affectionately called “speed dating a practitioner. You’ll enjoy a 15-30 minute session per practitioner. You will pay our practitioners for their session. This is a day of self-care activities to feel revitalized!
Fee includes lunch
Silent Retreat
TIRED OF THE NOISE INSIDE AND OUT? THIS RETREAT OFFERS TIME FOR CONTEMPLATION. INCLUDED IN THE RETREAT: MASSAGE, SAUNA, SOUND HEALING AND CONTEMPLATIVE ACTIVITIES.