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

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375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States
Date
February 19 - 22, 2026

About this Retreat

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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

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

Accommodation

Deluxe Queen

Accommodation
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)

Accommodation
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

Accommodation
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)

Accommodation
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

4.64 out of 5.0 average rating

2.0
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Disappointment with facilities (again)
I have been to Menla several times and I always enjoy the programming, food, and staff. I had a wonderful facial this weekend and a lovely women's retreat. However, the boiler broke in the building where I was staying and was moved to a dorm facility with the bathroom down the hall (not what I had booked). Unfortunately, this was not the first time that there was a problem with the room that I had planned on staying and had to be moved, which leads me to the conclusion that there is not great oversight of the facilities and I now expect there to be a problem coming in.

5.0
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Wonderful magical place!
This is such an amazing place, there are no words to express how wonderful it is to spend time at Menla. The conference facilities are amazing, the food is incredible, the staff kind and helpful; the cabins are so perfect.

5.0
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Beautiful
A beautiful sanctuary in the mountains to catch your breath. Great programming & community

5.0
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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!

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awesome in all ways
Beautiful location, extraordinary staff, teachers, spa healers, food--accommodations lovely.

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