A new year doesn’t have to begin with a list of everything you need to change.

Rooted & Grounded is a three-night, four-day winter retreat designed as a gentler way to step into the year ahead—not with resolutions, reinvention, or pressure to become more, but by reconnecting with who you already are and what helps you feel steady, nourished, and whole.

Surrounded by the quiet beauty of winter at Journey Inn, we’ll slow the pace and turn our attention inward. Through yoga, restorative practices, breathwork, Sound Healing, nourishing meals, time in nature, and deeply relaxing Forest Spa experiences, you’ll have space to settle back into yourself.

Throughout the retreat, we’ll explore four simple questions:

What grounds me?
What nourishes me?
What drains me?
What do I want more of?

There are no right answers and no goals to set. Instead, these questions become gentle touchstones for noticing where your energy goes, what restores it, and what you may want to make a little more room for in the year ahead.

We’ll take that reflection into the winter woods with a guided Forest Bathing experience, allowing the landscape itself to become part of the practice. Among the bare trees, we’ll pause to consider what we often cannot see—the vast root systems beneath our feet that keep trees anchored and nourished through even the harshest seasons. You'll have time to find a quiet place of your own, breathe deeply, connect with the earth beneath you, and simply be still.

Then we’ll return to the warmth of the Inn for hot tea, something delicious, and time to settle in by the fire.

Our spa experiences will carry the theme of grounding throughout the weekend, including a soothing Magnesium Foot Soak, grounding essential oils, and a restorative Forest Spa Ritual designed to warm the body, quiet the mind, and encourage deep relaxation.

Yoga and breathwork will invite you back into your body. A deeply restorative Sound Bath will create space for stillness. Nourishing meals will be prepared for you. And throughout the four days, there will be something equally important woven into the schedule:

space.

Space to read. To walk. To nap. To sit by the fire. To linger over breakfast. To have a meaningful conversation—or enjoy the rare luxury of not talking at all.

Before you leave, you'll receive a small Rooted token and a grounding essential oil inhaler to carry home—a simple reminder that feeling grounded isn't about having everything figured out.

Sometimes it's simply knowing where your roots are.

Come begin the year from within—rested, nourished, connected, and a little more rooted in what matters most.