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23/03/2026

I have just a few spots left for our upcoming Women’s Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat in beautiful Schweibenalp, and I would love to share this weekend with you.

Those who've come to my retreats before know that there’s a rhythm to these retreats that I’ve come to trust and gently refine over many years of practicing together.

Friday: we arrive, land, and turn inward
Saturday morning: we build energy, learn, and reconnect to the body
Saturday afternoon: we step into nature, integrate, breathe, and remember
Saturday evening: we soften deeply into rest and restoration
Sunday: we gather meaning, open the heart, and close with care

What I love most is that this rhythm holds everyone.

If you’re craving movement, there is space to feel strong, alive, and energized.
If you’re needing rest, there is space to soften, restore, and be held.

And somehow, over the course of the weekend, something beautiful happens…

The body unwinds.
The mind quiets.
The heart opens.

We begin to listen again to what we truly need.

This is not about doing more.
It’s about coming home to yourself in a supportive, kind, and welcoming space of women.

I would truly love for you to join me.

https://www.wellbalanced.me/events/womens-yoga-and-mindfulness-retreat-april-2026

19/03/2026

15/03/2026

Don’t you dare climb that tree
or even try, they said, or you will be
sent way to the hospital of the
very foolish, if not the other one.
And I suppose, considering my age,
it was fair advice.

But the tree is a sister to me, she
lives alone in a green cottage
high in the air and I know what
would happen, she’d clap her green hands,
she’d shake her green hair, she’d
welcome me.

Truly.

I try to be good but sometimes
a person just has to break out and
act like the wild and springy thing
one used to be. It’s impossible not
to remember wild and not want to go back.

So, if someday you can’t find me you might
look into that tree or—of course
it’s possible—under it.

– Mary Oliver, “Green, Green is My Sister’s House,” from A Thousand Mornings

13/03/2026

When I was about eight years old, I remember sitting in the living room and watching a woman on television move slowly and speak in the calmest, kindest voice. Her name was Lilias Folan.

I didn't understand much of the yoga she was teaching at the time, and I certainly was not doing many of the poses along with her. But something about her presence stayed with me. Her voice was gentle. Her way of speaking felt deeply empathetic. Watching her felt soothing in a way I didn't yet have words for.

Lilias Folan was one of the first people to bring yoga into American living rooms. In 1972, her PBS series, Lilias, Yoga and You, began airing across the United States. At a time when yoga was still unfamiliar to many people, she made it approachable, warm, and deeply human. She did not present yoga as something extreme or exotic. Instead, she shared it as a path to feeling more at home in your body and more at ease in your life.

For many people, she was their very first yoga teacher. Not in a studio, but through a television screen.

For decades she continued teaching, writing books, and sharing yoga as a practice of kindness toward the body and compassion toward oneself. Her influence quietly shaped the early growth of yoga in the West, especially for women who may never have stepped into a yoga studio otherwise.

When I look back now, I realize that even though I didn't follow along with many of the poses as a child, something was being planted....a seed of curiosity. A sense that there was a way of moving and being in the world that was softer, more attentive, more connected.

Thank you, Lilias, for bringing yoga into so many homes and hearts.

May you rest peacefully, knowing that the seeds you planted continue to grow in bodies, minds, and hearts around the world.

(p.s. Your calm voice reached farther than you could have known.)

11/03/2026

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is pause.

Not when the difficult moment has passed, or when the work is done, or when life suddenly becomes quiet. But in the thick of it, because our nervous system, our body, and our heart need a moment to catch up, restore, and find strength to move forward.

So many women move through their days holding so much. Responsibilities. Care for others. Decisions. Emotions that never quite get space to settle.

The retreat on April 24-26 is a small invitation to step out of the constant doing and into something quieter.

Three days of yoga, mindfulness, beautiful nature, and being nurtured with delicious, healthy food. An opportunity to slow down, reconnect with your body, and remember that rest is not something we earn after exhaustion. It is something we need along the way.

If your nervous system is whispering that it might be time for a pause, you are warmly welcome to join me.

www.wellbalanced.me/retreats

04/03/2026

Most of us have read the books, tried the "let them" theory (which, p.s., I love).😍

Maybe you've learned your attachment style and traced the orign of your stories or trauma. Yes, that matters...and it's helpful.

Self-awareness is powerful. It can soften shame, build compassion towards ourselves and it can give. a language to what once felt confusing or chaotic.

It can help us to stop thinking that something is “wrong” with us.

However, insight lives in the mind. Healing often happens in the body.

You can understand why you feel anxious… but still feel your chest tighten. You can know your abandonment story… and still feel panic when someone pulls away. You can understand your fear of financial insecurity, where it comes from AND still feel the heat of the fear.

Understanding organizes the experience. Embodiment can transform it.

At some point the question shifts.

Not “Why am I like this?”
But “Can I stay?”

Can I stay with the sensation? With the heat, the vulnerability without trying to fix, flee or accomplishing anything?

That is where freedom begins.

Many people I know are incredibly self-aware. Thoughtful. Capable. Emotionally intelligent. They can track patterns in seconds.🔥😍

What’s harder is staying inside the body when things feel uncomfortable.

And that, gently, is the real work.

01/03/2026

It really feels like springtime in Neuchâtel today. Spring always reminds me how easy it is to care for ourselves when life feels light and happy....when we are energized or when things are flowing.

But real self-care is not just for the sunny seasons.

Self care is what fills the reservoir before we need it. It is what steadies us when life dips, what carries us through uncertainty, grief, change, or simply the quiet fatigue of doing too much for too long.

It's not a luxury or indulgent...it's essential.

My weekend retreat at Schweibenalp is an invitation to tend to that reservoir.

April 24 to 26, 2026.
A weekend of:
• Yoga that strengthens, empowers and softens
• Mindfulness practices that quiet the mind
• Time in nature with soothing walks and wide open sky
• Nourishing meals
• Deep rest

And perhaps most importantly, practicing in community with a wonderful group of women. No pressure to be a certain way. Nothing to achieve. Nothing to prove. Simply space to be human.

There is something healing about moving, breathing, and sitting in stillness alongside other women who are also choosing to care for themselves. The collective intention magnifies the experience. You'll feel seen, heard and held. And, you'll have fun!

If you have been waiting for the “right time” to prioritize yourself, consider this your invitation.

April 24 to 26, 2026. www.wellbalanced.me/retreats
Join me at Schweibenalp.

Your future self will thank you.🤗