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Healing with the Elements: Breathwork, Yoga & Nervous System Reset

Name: Healing with the Elements: Breathwork, Yoga & Nervous System Reset
Start: 2026-02-19
End: 2026-02-22
Location: Menla
Rating: 4.88

4.888 reviews

375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

February 19 - 22, 2026

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Sheila

Jackie

Sheila Humphreys

Sheila has 20 years experience in the healing arts. Her continuous education over the years has led her through various paths. Sheila’s healing approach integrates Advanced Myofasical Release (MFR), Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), Breathwork Meditation and yoga. She utilizes multiple modalities to encourage healing the mind and body - these comprehensive remedies foster both physical and mental well-being, emphasizing the need to address emotional states of consciousness alongside physical pain that resides in the body. Sheila is a 700 hour advanced yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and Vodder certified Manual Lymph Drainage Therapist. She studies with various Rolfers across the country and continues her own personal healing journey with Breathwork Healer David Elliot.

Jackie Walther

Jackie is a 500 hour advanced yoga teacher and has been teaching yoga since 2011. She teaches chair yoga, vinyasa yoga and ashtanga remix. Today, her yoga teachings use a therapeutic approach encouraging students to be curious and playful in their bodies while incorporating functional movement and traditional yoga foundations. She enjoys leading chanting circles and pulls from years of Sanskrit classes and trainings. Jackie embodies community and loves bringing people together, connecting through events and nature.

Details of this retreat

Delve deep into the slowness of the winter season. The colder months can be a powerful time to listen and reflect, especially in the stillness of the mountains. We will connect with practices to help participants go deep within to awaken the senses, open the heart and heal.

Working with the elements, we will cultivate a grounding breathwork practice designed to move stuck energy, welcoming in more love and creativity. This will include daily circle time to connect with the group, clear old stories, patterns and manifest new beginnings.

Yoga, chanting, hiking and ecstatic dance will compliment big energetic shifts and encourage release and play. Opportunity to participate in contrast therapy daily - AM cold plunges in the serene pond at the base of the mountains along with sauna and steam room access (additional $25 in Dewa Spa).

Schedule

Thursday, February 19

3 - 6 pm Arrival and Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Welcome Program

Friday, February 20

7-8am: Warming Sunrise Yoga

8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Circle time: topic, chat, breathwork
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Guided Hike
3:30 - 5:30 pm Break
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Ecstatic Dance

Saturday, February 21

7 - 8 am Warming Sunrise Yoga
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Circle time: topic, chat, breathwork
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:30 pm Contrast therapy - Sauna/Steam at Dewa Spa, followed by cold plunge in pond
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Chanting + Restorative Yoga

Sunday, February 22 (Check-out Day)

7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms
6:30 - 8 am Warming Sunrise Yoga + optional cold plunge in pond
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Breathwork circle, closing
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Departure

*Please note that this schedule is subject to change at any time.

Getting Here

Menla, 375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

Accommodation

Deluxe Queen

Deluxe Queen Room with Queen Bed and Private Bathroom Free Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available Air Conditioning All Rooms in Lhasa are Handicap-Accessible, Including Four Rooms with Wheelchair Accessible Showers. Deluxe Queen Rooms are Available in Lhasa Inn and Kathmandu House * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations

Deluxe Double (Shared Room)

Deluxe Double Room with Two Full Size Beds and Private Bathroom Free Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available Air Conditioning All Rooms in Lhasa are Handicap-Accessible, Including Four Rooms with Wheelchair Accessible Showers. Deluxe Double Rooms with Private Bathrooms are Located in the Lhasa Inn * Please note rates include meals and accommodations. This booking is for one bed in a double shared room: We May Assign You a Roommate if You Do Not Register with One.

Standard Single - Shared Bath

Menla Private Queen Room with Queen Bed and Shared Bathroom Public Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available This lodging type is not ADA Compliant Private Queen Rooms with Shared Bathroom are Available in Thimpu House, Panther Cottage and Potala House * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations

Standard Double Full - Shared bath (Shared Room)

Deluxe Double Room with Two Full Beds and Shared Bathroom Free Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available Air Conditioning This lodging type is not ADA Compliant. Please note that due to the stairs we recommend that guests with mobility issues book other accommodations. Deluxe Double Rooms with Shared Bathrooms are Located in Thimphu * Please note rates include meals and accommodations. This booking is for one bed in a double shared room: We May Assign You a Roommate if You Do Not Register with One.

Customer Reviews

4.88 out of 5.0 average rating

Gregory • Nov 02, 2025

5.0

Verified

Amazing!

What a tender, clean, wonderful space. One can feel the thoughtfulness and contemplative consideration given to each and every detail. The room felt that it was always mine, like I was coming home to a place I've known well, in that it felt so welcoming and open. Beautiful!

Rob • Nov 02, 2025

5.0

Verified

awesome in all ways

Beautiful location, extraordinary staff, teachers, spa healers, food--accommodations lovely.

Yana • Oct 29, 2025

5.0

Verified

Exactly what I needed in this retreat….

My retreat was wonderful. It had everything I was looking for and more. A weekend of yoga, meditation, hiking, and some nice connections with people. Roseanne was wonderful. I would happily do another retreat with her in the future.

Raj • Oct 22, 2025

5.0

Verified

The Reconnection Retreat; Nuturing the soul through the 5 elements of nature

As the retreat leader of this particular retreat I want to express how Divine the setting was. There is a natural levity on the property that can’t be explained , only felt.

All of the thoughtful spaces were just so amazing to hold presence for those magical “ Menla moments” that seem to organically occur there.

The staff is beyond accommodating. The food delighted the senses and nourished our bodies. The housing accommodations felt warm and welcoming like a sweet embrace that lingers in the memories.

I still find my face with a random smile through the days after as my thoughts drift back again and agin to the place called Menla.

Jarrett • Oct 22, 2025

5.0

Verified

Invaluable retreat

In the beautiful valley of Menla, Dr James supports learning such profound inner yogas that are honestly priceless. His depth of experience and ability to speak to it is profound and impactful. Every time I’ve learned and trained with James I come off feeling continued inner conviction and confidence. Especially in approaching and navigating the space of difficult emotions. I will continue to train and attend retreats when I can.

Healing with the Elements: Breathwork, Yoga & Nervous System Reset

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Sheila Humphreys

Jackie Walther

Details of this retreat

Getting Here