Sewall House Yoga Retreat

11/15/2025

Too incredible!

My Amish neighbor with moon setting from early November 2017

11/15/2025

We may be closed for the season but every day we are looking forward to next season! Sending our monthly newsletter (sign up on our website) with yoga tidbits, lifestyle wellness articles and reminders of the great workshops and ongoing yoga retreat schedule so you can choose dates that work for you! Always serving you has been our priority our guests come first! Small classes intimate personalized attention for your wellness needs… nature, massage, meditation, wildlife, lakes, streams, likeminded people on their journeys..pristine unpopulated less discovered treasure of northern Maine.

11/12/2025

Gotta love Mount Katahdin the great one..never tire of its beauty or seasons

Katahdin from Stacyville.

📸 Naomi Smith

11/11/2025

A little and a little and a Beau

11/09/2025

Wow.. Maine history so interesting.. what we take for granted!

The Ice Cutters’ Daughters of Maine — 1895

Long before refrigerators, the lifeblood of America’s summer came from frozen lakes — and in 1895, in the cold heart of Maine, women helped carve that lifeblood from the ice itself. They were known locally as the Ice Cutters’ Daughters, the wives and daughters of men who harvested massive blocks of winter ice to sell throughout New England and beyond.

When brutal winters struck and men fell ill or went to sea, these women took to the frozen lakes themselves. Wrapped in wool shawls and thick mittens, they hauled saws, tongs, and sleds across the glassy surface. The work was dangerous — one slip could mean death in the freezing water — yet they faced it with steady resolve.

One such woman, Abigail Carver of Skowhegan, became the first female foreman of an ice crew after her husband’s injury. She rose before dawn, led a team of six women, and cut through two feet of lake ice in subzero temperatures. Locals laughed — until her crew delivered more ice than any in the county.

The women learned to harness horses, drag 200-pound blocks up wooden ramps, and store them in sawdust-insulated ice houses. In summer, those same blocks cooled milk, butter, and meat — saving countless families from hunger and spoilage.

Abigail once said, “We didn’t work for praise. We worked because the world needed keeping cold.”

By the turn of the century, industrial ice plants replaced the lake harvesters, but the legend of the Ice Cutters’ Daughters lived on — a story of women who met winter’s fury with steel, sweat, and sisterhood.

11/06/2025

Reminder how good our food is

11/06/2025

Gotta love Aroostook.. and this man’s photography.. the bear 🐻 hole amazing!!!

11/05/2025

We couldn’t agree more with CN traveler and we are listed with Visitmaine but too bad they missed Island Falls!
Yes-nature, small town spirit, transformative , we couldn’t agree more.

Beyond the obvious lobster rolls and coastal towns, Maine’s rugged natural beauty provides a backdrop on which personal transformation is all but inevitable.

11/02/2025

We may be closed for the season but you can still have some fun with us on youtube !

This clip shows some fun variations of headstand that you can try on the wall to keep your balance as you transition from one way to do it to another..variat...

10/27/2025

Almost missed day! is our 14 year old mascot the most loving dog like cat 🐈‍⬛ I have ever owned. He follows me and Beau 🐶 on walks & he walks up your leg to be held.. young at heart, he is mucheuvius and absolutely easy going… treat those black cats with the love they deserve

10/27/2025

Wishing him all the very best!

Cooper Flagg's NBA journey starts tonight, but the story began in Maine!

10/16/2025

From our small personalized wellness /yoga retreat to you for the and may your be and until we meet again
Season 29 complete
Season 30 May- October 2026
Hope to see some of you there!

Corrected! Our wonderful web guy Steve is better at numbers than me! We will be entering Our 30th season of serving next year! 🎊🏠😘