Retreat Includes: 

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• Welcome dinner - 

• Daily healthy breakfast, Lunch and four dinners   

• Multiple daily Guided Intuitive Yoga Sessions 

• Meditation sessions, 

• Breath Work

• Integrative Nutrition

• Wellness Sessions

• Wellness Programs 

• 2 private session for the week

• Healthy Nutrition

• Living a healthy daily life.

• Private Time - enjoy your surroundings

• Use of the Lake:  Canoeing, paddle boarding, kayaking, floating, swimming

• Purification practices:  Breathwork Therapy,

• Sound Bathing with Tibetan Singing Bowls

• Nature Bathing (Find a place to sit and relax, enjoy the lake, a walk.   Soak up what nature has to offer you - It's healing! 

• Meditation - All levels

• Evening Gatherings 

• Free time to contemplate or visit the villages.

• 2 Follow up sessions post retreat     

• Community                    

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• Optional

•  Massages 

• Additional Private Sessions

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       Included:​

• Welcome drinks,

• Refreshing face towels

• Unlimited complimentary filtered drinking water

• Fresh fruits, smoothies, tea and coffee all day

• Daily housekeeping

• Free Wireless Internet

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      Not Included:  

• Air Fees and transfers to Emily Minnesota

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During your pre-retreat consultation, we will customize your retreat, your goals, dietary needs, and answer any questions you may have. 

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CONTACT US:  Always feel free to contact us with any questions you may have at info@annapurnablue.com  or 952-405-0342

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Our meals are made fresh, clean, organic and our menus will accommodate everyone’s dietary needs.  Three meals per day, two snack sessions. 

You will enjoy unlimited tea and coffee.  Smoothies and juices are made fresh as you order. 

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Accommodations:   Our cabins, yurts and sleeping huts are cozy and comfortable for our guests to enjoy.    A beautiful, peaceful and nature get away to reconnect with yourself, all while being in nature and feeling all of the elements AnnapurnaBlue resort has to offer.   

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We coexist with nature as much as possible to complement the natural forest elements.  Our shampoos, conditioners and soaps are high quality and biodegradable.   Our beds are comfortable, with linens and towels that will make you feel you are in a luxury resort.  

 

Who Will Benefit From This Retreat? 

Anyone who is struggles with stressors in their life, have medical issues and would like to receive tools to help them to manage and reduce some medical issues or to manage with a serious illness.   Anyone dealing with negativities and obstacles in their life.  This retreat will give everyone the tools to realize what is holding them back, causing many stressors and who are unable and need a safe place to contemplate, see what the problems are and to create a plan that will work for their life. 

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What Are The Benefits For You Attending This Retreat? 

Space - Space to think on your current life, the problems and concerns you may be managing in your daily life.  

 

Inspiration and Empowerment   -    You will be inspired to truly look within, with an open mind, to see:                                     

• What you are unhappy with, in all areas in your life. 

• Evaluate the status of your mind, body and spirit.

• What you would like within your life.

• ​A plan inspired by your desires to  make the changes to change what you are not happy with and to make a plan for your desires.

• An amazing support system to help you achieve your goals. 

• You will leave the retreat empowered to be the you, you would like to be.   Finding Yourself!

• Tools to help you focus, creating balance and better health. 

• Two post retreat support sessions. 

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Self Investment Fee 

Single person, couples and groups of friends are welcome to participate in this retreat. 

$1975.00 per person

$1875.00.00 Shared Room

$750.00  Commuter 

$350.00 Zoom 

For a group rate, please contact us. 

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Cancellation Policy:   ​

• Full refund less $200.00 administration fee if cancelled by April 30, 2023. 

• 50% refund if cancelled between April 30th and May 15, 2023

• No refund if cancelled after May 15, 2023

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 COVID PRE-CAUTIONS:

We practice Covid Safety at all of our retreats.

 

Location:   

AnnapurnaBlue Retreat Center                                    40719 Lows Lake Road

Emily, MN  55345

952-405-0342

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Airport:  St. Paul/Minneapolis International   3 hours

              Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport   50 minutes

              Duluth International Airport   2 hours           

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Wellness Sessions

The most dangerous enemies for our mind, body and spirits are own Five Poisons. If we do not free ourselves from these poisons, our mind, body and spirit will always be fighting obstacles that create problems with our self, health, family,  work and financial relationships. 

 

Deborah’s wellness sessions introduce her students to The Five Life Poisons of our daily life. 

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These Five Poisons,  Ignorance, Anger, Attachment, Ego and Jealousy,  are a central cause of suffering in our daily lives. They are our negative emotional reactions to a particular situation. We may react to a situation with aversion, attachment, envy, pride, or other negative emotions, directing these negative emotions at the people we believe are responsible for the problem. The arising of the Five Poisons is always harmful to us.

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But if we look inside, we realize that the Five Poisons are our own emotions. The other person, the one who we think “causes” us to have the negative emotion, may be unaware or unconcerned by our emotions.

AnnapurnaBlue’s team of professionals believes to have our lives function properly, we need to learn how to acknowledge and manage the Five Poisons and to replace the poisons with wisdom.

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Modern science has shown how our mental and physical health improves drastically when we recognize, reduce, or eliminate our Five Poisons, promoting mental and physical healing and balance. We are calmer. We create a healthier lifestyle, strong relationships, and family bonds.

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Deborah’s training with a Tibetan Monk for the past 25 years and her studies as a psychotherapist is a perfect combination to help students realize the damage The Five Poisons ultimately do to us, and how to counteract them and turn them into positive energy to improve our lives.

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Yoga

 

Yoga is an ancient practice defined as the union of the finite to the infinite self. It can be considered the user’s manual to the human condition, bringing balance to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies.  Our experienced Yoga instructor Susan will work intuitively with the class, using yoga tools like postures, breathing practices, sound, aromatherapy, and meditation practices to help bring balance to body, mind, and spirit.

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Our Yoga session is perfect for all levels of Yoga practitioners.   Susan will amaze you with her process and her ability to meet the needs of each student. 

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If you have never tried Yoga, or you are a medium level Yoga practitioner, you will be blown away with what you will learn from Susan. 

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You will leave your session wanting more. 

This Retreat will also work on programs below, click on the program for more information: 

Meditation

Sound Healing 

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Retreat Itinerary​

During our welcome dinner, this is what we call "Setting intentions for the retreat". This is a perfect time to meet our staff, discuss your goals for this retreat and to confirm the plans created for you in our pre-retreat consultation.   

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Yoga and Wellness Retreat 

June 1st - Arrival Day – Day before the retreat begins 

• 5:00-6:00 PM Arrivals

• 6:15 PM Welcome Dinner and Introductions

• 7:30-8:30 PM Bonfire – Wellness Session

 

Daily Schedule: 

• 7:00AM - 8:30 a.m. – Morning Yoga

• 8:30 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:15 a.m.  Wellness Session & Meditation   -

• 11:30 a.m.  Wellness Program

• 1:00 Lunch        

• 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.  Free time – Lake Time, Relaxing time, Journaling Time.

• 5:00 -600 p.m.  Wellness Program

• 6:00 p.m. Dinner

• 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Yin Yoga or Restorative Yoga

• 9:00 – 10:00 p.m.  Social Hour/Relax

 

The Wellness Sessions are designed to increase awareness of the Five Poisons within our daily lives, and to replace them with wisdom.

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Each day’s Wellness Program will be tailored to the group’s needs, utilizing Sound Healing, Integrative Nutrition Tibetan Medicine, Breath Work, and Intention Setting.

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Final Day 

• 7:00AM - 8:30 a.m. – Morning Yoga

• 8:30 a.m. Breakfast

• 9:15 a.m.  Closing Session 

• 10:15 a.m.  Departure.

 

Group Sessions include: 

 

          Mindset Sessions 

          Sound Bathing - Tibetan Singing Bowls                       Breath Therapy

          Art

          Meditation 

          Additional Activities

 

There will be time for you to experience other activities in the local area.    We will be happy to help you schedule activities.​​​​​​​​

Susan Nishizawa-Hampton

Yoga Instructor

 

My teaching style is a combination of my life experiences and trainings. I’ve been teaching yoga for  over 20 years and iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation since 2020.

My journey began because of postpartum depression after the birth of my first child. Synchronicity lent a hand and I found a yoga studio 5 minutes from my house.

I fell in love with Yoga and what it has done for me.

 

A certified Hatha yoga teacher. Certified Integrated Shakti Reiki Master and  Kundalini Yoga certification.

My Yin Yoga level 1&2. To deepen my yoga education, I completed a 300 hour yoga training in 2019.

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Warrior at Ease Level 1 Yoga Training for military personnel suffering from PTSD, anxiety, and other traumas; the iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation level 1 & 2 training to calm the nervous system and learn to process challenging emotions and thoughts;

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 My goal, in my yoga class, is to create a space of safety, compassion, openness, and curiosity, while developing mindfulness in students.​​​

Deborah Peteler

Co-Founder of AnnapurnaBlue Health and Wellness.

 

Wellness Instructor

 

Deborah Peteler has worked in the healing and transformative arts for over 30 years. Deborah’s work focuses on stress management, pain management, and balancing family and work environment.  

 

As a former nurse, trained psychotherapist, and certified health, family and executive coach, Deborah is trained in Western science of health and healing.

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She has studied for the past 20 years studying healing and spiritual practices of Yungdrung Bon, the ancient Tibetan healing practice, with Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche and other senior Tibetan masters.

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Deborah combines both modern medicine and the ancient Tibetan healing practices to help her students make changes to improve all areas of their lives. 

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She is witty, fun and enjoys sharing her knowledge with her students to give them the tools to improve their daily lives.