You are warmly invited to join seasoned yoga, meditation and mindfulness teacher, Christy McKenzie, for a 5 day retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Days will be filled with healing movement, recalibrating meditation/breath work, grounding subtle body practices, nourishing rest, intentional self care treatments (massage, sauna, cold plunge, hot/cold therapy, forest bathing, Japanese cedar hot tubs), playful excursions, locally sourced farm-to-table meals, and revelry in the exquisite natural setting of Firecreek Retreat (a 70 acre haven nestled in the mountains, 35 minutes north of Asheville). Poetry can be defined as a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems, so in this vein we will also explore poetry daily (reading it, writing it, steeping in it and consciously embodying it). Springtime flowers and vibrancy will be exploding all around us at this time of year, providing a potent portal into living life as poetry. 

“I would love to live like a river flows,
carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” 

― John O'Donohue