Our Five Life Poisons™ retreats offer a transformative journey toward lasting clarity,
emotional resilience, and inner peace.
Begin the new year with greater awareness, a clearer mind, and practical tools to change the patterns affecting your life.
January 3-7, 2027
Emily, MN
Whether you are healing from illness, recovering from loss, navigating life's uncertainties, strengthening your relationship or simply longing for a more peaceful and meaningful life. AnnapurnaBlue's Five Life Poisons Retreats will help you discover the lasting transformation begins from within.
A Five-Day AnnapurnaBlue Wellness Retreat
Based on Deborah Peteler’s book, The Five Life PoisonsTM
Begin the new year with greater awareness, a clearer mind, and practical tools to change the patterns affecting your life.
Do you sometimes react in anger and wish you could take back your words? Find yourself comparing your life with others? Hold tightly to expectations, relationships, or the need to be right—even when it leaves you feeling exhausted?
Perhaps you recognize a pattern yet struggle to change it in the moment.
This January, AnnapurnaBlue Wellness invites you to five days of discovery, personalized support, and renewal, exploring the themes of The Five Life Poisons: anger, ignorance, attachment, ego, and jealousy.
Whether you recognize one, two, or several of these patterns, this retreat offers a compassionate space to understand how they affect your choices, relationships, and sense of wellbeing—and begin practicing a different response.
Recognize what is happening before it takes over
An angry reply. A defensive conversation. The need to control the outcome. The quiet ache of comparison.
These moments can become so familiar that we respond before realizing we have a choice. During this retreat, you will learn to recognize your early warning signs, step back, and bring greater wisdom into what happens next.
Through guided learning and everyday examples, you will practice noticing thoughts, emotions, and physical signals as they arise. You will explore what triggers your reactions and develop ways to meet challenging moments with clarity, self-respect, and compassion.
The space between what you feel and what you do can become the beginning of meaningful change.
Five days to understand yourself more deeply
Your Five Life Poisons™ Retreat Experience
Discover tools to transform anger, ignorance, attachment, pride, and jealousy into greater awareness, resilience, compassion, and inner peace.
Practices for Lasting Change
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Five Life Poisons mindset workshops and guided reflection
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Daily meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork
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Tsa Lung Tibetan Yoga and gentle movement
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HeartMath® emotional resilience training
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Tibetan singing bowl sound healing
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Holistic wellness and healthy lifestyle guidance
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Practical tools and a personalized plan to continue at home
Personal Guidance
Two private wellness sessions, individual support, and time for questions and meaningful discussion.
Time to Reconnect
Forest bathing, journaling, quiet reflection, and evening gatherings in a compassionate, supportive community.
Nourishment & Comfort
Daily chef-prepared meals, coffee, herbal teas, juices, smoothies, and filtered water. Comfortable accommodations, wireless internet, and a welcome gift bag. Please share dietary needs before arrival.
Support Beyond the Retreat
A pre-retreat Zoom orientation, and two follow-up Zoom sessions to help you bring your practice into daily life.
Recognize the patterns that hold you back—and begin creating lasting change from within.
Is This Retreat for You?
The Five Life Poisons™ Retreat welcomes you if you are:
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Living with serious illness, recovering from trauma, or grieving a loss
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Navigating stress, emotional overwhelm, or major life changes
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Feeling stuck in patterns that affect your peace and relationships
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Seeking purpose and resilience as you age
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Caring for others and needing time for yourself
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Interested in meditation, movement, and practices that support well-being
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Longing for meaningful connection and a more peaceful life
Come alone, with a partner, or with friends. You’ll find a welcoming community and space to rest, reflect, and reconnect.
Airport Transportation
Round-trip transportation between Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) and the retreat center is available for $100 per person. The drive takes approximately 2½–3 hours.
Shuttle times and recommended flight arrival and departure windows will be confirmed for the January 2nd pickup at 2:00 p.m. and return on January 8th at 8:00 a.m. Plan your return flight for after 1:00 p.m. 2.5-3 hours for travel and 2 hours for airport check in.
Early Arrival
Arrive a day early to settle in, unwind, and enjoy the surroundings. Please contact us to arrange your arrival and confirm availability. You can arrive as early as January 2nd. If you would like to stay a day or two later, please let us know.
Commuting Participants
Local participants are warmly welcome. Commuter registration includes retreat sessions, scheduled meals, evening gatherings, and community activities. If we are sold out on cabin rooms, we will help you find a local place near by to stay in. (It happens, retreat is still wonderful)
Return Home with More Than Memories
Leave with renewed hope, greater clarity, and practical tools to meet life with resilience and compassion.
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Recognize and transform emotional patterns that hold you back
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Support your well-being through mindful daily practices
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Create a personalized wellness plan to continue at home
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Build meaningful connections in a supportive community
You deserve space to reconnect with yourself—and discover new possibilities for living well.
Your Retreat Investment
Your Five Life Poisons™ Retreat includes workshops, guided practices, a retreat syllabus and workbook, one private session, and two follow-up integration sessions.
In-person registration also includes healthy meals and community gatherings.
Participation
Early Registration Regular Price
$2990.00 $3200.00
Commuter - Includes Meals
Early Registration Regular Price
$1580.00 $1890.00
Zoom Participation: $300
Optional MSP airport shuttle: $100 per person, round trip.
Schedule and flight recommendations will be provided once registration is confirmed.
Small group. Personal attention. Space for meaningful change.
A Cozy Winter Escape at AnnapurnaBlue
Nestled beside a private environmental lake in Emily, Minnesota, AnnapurnaBlue Retreat Center offers heated cabin rooms overlooking a peaceful winter landscape. Snow-covered trees and visits from eagles, deer, and woodland birds invite you to slow down and reconnect.
Bring your cross-country skis, a favorite book, or simply your desire to rest. In January, the lake is typically frozen and the scenery feels magical; lake activities depend on ice and weather conditions.
If our cabin rooms are fully booked, you can still join the experience! We’re happy to help you find nearby lodging and provide transportation to and from the retreat center. You’ll still share in the practices, connection, and joy that make this gathering special.
A warm, welcoming place to reflect, renew, and enjoy winter’s quiet beauty.