Retreat Experience

Movement out of the head into the body is consistently life-giving.

We offer experiences where our bodies are engaged. It can be a simple walk or bike ride, splitting firewood, yoga, gardening, or fashioning a cutting board down in the shop. Bodily practices help bring presence and balance to our overtaxed, overstimulated minds.

We have an off the grid retreat house on the edge of the woods overlooking a field highlighted by majestic white pines. Sitting on the porch, one can breathe in the medicinal gift presented here.

Maple season takes us into the generosity, mystery, and flow offered in the sacred goodness of the maple.

Gardening and building soil through permaculture techniques allow us to dig our hands into the wonder of the soil’s fertility, providing nurturing food for plants and bodies to grow strong. We can always learn more by observing the woods and fields around us as they change through the seasons.

Evening sunsets remind us of every day being up for revision. Beauty reimagines itself for us nightly. Taking in the quiet, learning birdsongs and plant names and watching wildlife is a healing experience.

Reconnecting with our individual creativity. How many of us have lost touch with our creative nature? Screen time can easily take the place of genuine creativity in our lives. What would it be like to nurture our inner artist, woodworker, musician, or dancer? When’s the last time we’ve freed the inner poet? What creative experience or story is waiting to be birthed? Intentional creative time brings us alive.

Understanding and processing our deep connection with one another and our surrounding world is fundamental to grounding ourselves in a culture that fosters isolation. Morning Watch and Speaking With Bread (soon the be called "Gratitude Gathering") is a time to share the inspirational, the challenging, the creative juices flowing through us with others. Understanding the truth of “we are not alone” through laughter, storytelling, breaking bread, and making music, we can address those places of loneliness in our lives.

As we age, many of us can forget the gift of fun and playfulness in our lives. At Lagom Landing, we love the gift of wintertime and the fun and beauty offered up in snow. The gift of a morning ski in the woods or breaking out the sleds can bring our inner child to life. Ping pong can bring us into “the zone” where we become intensely present to a little white ball coming at us. Board games can get us unplugged and laughing with one another. Genuine fun is a true source of vitality.

Deep rest and silence are not always readily available. What would it be like to unplug, to silence the notifications, the demands, the “necessary” emails? Where is the gift of silence in your life? What are the quiet whispers of mystery calling to you? What would it be like to give yourself permission? Permission to breathe, to do nothing, to sleep, to be available to yourself? What might it look like to move into "receive" mode? How would it feel to not earn, not do, not be “there for”, but to just BE—to welcome and allow “rest”oration?