For any of our dear readers who may be on a journey through fertility challenges, this blog may be one to skip. We are here for you and we see you.
A personal reflection on VBAC and welcoming Amanda’s newest joy: Eowyn Lucille.
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Announcing our 2022-2023 Boreal Bliss 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program!
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This blog was lovingly written by our friend and author Colombe Anderson. Colombe shares her experience leading a retreat for the first time. We are so proud of Nadia, Jessica, and Colombe for leading their first retreat for Boreal Bliss! Thank you all for being on this journey with us.
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March is women’s month! All month we’re featuring women doing incredible work in Minnesota. This week we are thrilled to introduce you to our friend Ashley Bredemus. Ashley lives in a remote and semi-off grid cabin with her husband, Victor (aka Stryde), and Shiloh Shepherd, Arlo. Together, with her dad, Dan (aka Uncle Dan), they own and operate Birchwood Wilderness Camp at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. Ashley’s also a registered yoga teacher, level 2 Reiki practitioner, and outdoorswoman with an amateur green thumb and a love for photography.
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I’m a survivor of sexual assault. The first time I said that phrase out loud I was in my 30s, over a decade after my assault. March is Women’s Month. All month on the blog we are featuring women doing incredible things around the state of MN. Today, I’m honoring all women. I am sharing a small piece of my personal story because, like women everywhere, we endure a great deal and often carry those burdens in silence.
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March is women’s month! All month we’re featuring women doing incredible work in Minnesota. This week we are thrilled to introduce you to our friend Sarah Herrick-Smisek. Sarah is a mother of two littles, co-owner of DLH, and serves on the Board of Directors for the YWCA.
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The rustic, wild, and carefree retreat that a certain kind of person waits all year for. Our third annual Adventure Awaits Yoga Retreats go on sale this Sunday, March 13 at 7:00am! Yes, it does tend to sell out like a rock concert. Yes, it’s Daylight Savings… no, we did not realize until recently - so sorry if that is confusing! Read on for more about this highly anticipated summer retreat!
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March is Women's month and we are featuring women we admire! This week, we are thrilled to introduce you to Erin Haefele of the Green Scene in Walker, MN.
I had other plans for the blog this week. But, like many of you, I have been processing the invasion of Ukraine. It’s been a long time since my heart cleaved open, a canyon of grief, and the only thing I can offer is a prayer. I had a long cry while writing this, and as always, writing did help me work through some very difficult emotions.
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Many of you may remember Sonja, as she’s shared her gifts of music with us at several retreats. She recently reached out about future collaboration and I asked if she’d be willing to share about her current travels in Texas. She wrote the following piece. Her writing moved me to tears and left me feeling inspired and proud to know such an incredible woman. Read more here…
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They went through yoga teacher training in the early days of the pandemic - a unique experience in its own right. Learn more about a handful of our Cohort 1 graduates, their surprising experiences in YTT, and what they’ve been up to since they completed training in May 2021!
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Welcome to the world Lucas Cook Ryan!
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In the midst of a harsh Minnesota winter, it’s great to get a weekend on the lake on the calendar to look forward to. We love to create an experience that is full of nourishing food, nourishing movement, great people, outdoor adventures, relaxation, and time spent on some of Minnesota’s beautiful freshwater lakes.
If you’re planning to retreat with us, we wanted to give you a look into our 2022 Summer yoga retreat options: locations, themes, dates, pricing, when registration opens, and more!
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A brutally honest retrospective, largely pulled from Amanda’s journal.
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Details on our virtual annual New Year’s Journaling + Intention Setting Workshop!
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Amanda shares some thoughts on the New Year and the importance of reflection. Join us for a New Year workshop January 2nd from 9-11am.
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My reflection on the 2nd trimester and initial thoughts on the third trimester of my pregnancy with baby #2!
Pregnancy is a monumental, yet relatively small portion of one’s life. I find the physical, emotional, and mental transformation very interesting, so join me in my musings if it interests you too!
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Amanda shares some of her favorite books by category here. You can search by, “if you liked Harry Potter…” or “if you liked Hunger Games/Twilight…” etc! I hope you enjoy!
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It’s finally here! And we have a super, duper Black Friday Pre-Sale for you until January 31! The North Shore series is an on-demand yoga package that brings you to Minnesota’s most beautiful and sacred places.
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October 22-24, 2021 marked our third annual fall retreat at Eagle Bluff ELC in Lanesboro, MN. (we just aren’t counting that pandemic, gap-year where we cancelled everything when we say *annual*.... Can we all just agree that that’s acceptable?)
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