Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat
Friday, Oct. 28th, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cradle of Forestry, Pisgah National Forest, Brevard, NC
**Pre-registration required. Sign up today to ensure your spot. Almost full!**
Find your center. Restore inner peace. Nourish your body & Spirit. Replenish your well. Learn to let go.
“A woman in harmony with her Spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself ” Maya Angelou
Do you long to reconnect with your wild soul? Are you in transition and asking, “What is uniquely mine to do?” Would you like to learn to be 100% you in all situations? Transformational coach, author and master retreat facilitator Renee Trudeau has designed a deeply restorative, nature-based self-renewal retreat just for women. This magical one-day experience will include highlights from Renee’s weekend Kripalu retreat. Experience how to:
Enjoy authentic connection with soulful women in their 20s–80s as you embrace new ways of being and experience greater freedom and joy. Read feedback from past retreat attendees here.
**Ideal for women at all life stages, especially those in transition. “Come as you are.” Renee has been coaching/supporting/empowering/nurturing women through every stage of life for more than 30 years. **
A beautiful retreat room nestled in the Pink Beds Valley of the Pisgah National Forest. The Cradle of Forestry in America, is the birthplace of science-based forest management. This 6,500 acre site features serene hikes, magical trails, quiet spots for meditation/contemplation and more. We will be in a beautiful circular retreat space, ideal for replenishment and renewal. We’ll have full access to the forested acres/trails, streams/rivers and extraordinary views—all in the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. Located less than an hour from the Asheville Airport and 25 minutes from downtown Brevard, NC. Nearby lodging at the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway or in the town of Brevard.
Investment in yourself/cost: $199 early bird rate; space is limited.
Includes the retreat program, a delicious fall comfort lunch, an organic chocolate tasting and $200 in additional self-care support resources including:
Comforting Fall Lunch Menu:
Moroccan Lentil, Tomato, Coconut Soup (GF) with Spinach and Cilantro Yogurt Garnish (Separate)
Fall Kale Salad ~With Roasted Butternut Squash, Apples, Red Onion, Pepitas, Dried Cranberries, Goat Cheese & Cider Vinaigrette (GF, V)
Side option: Chilled Lemon Herbed Pulled All-Natural Chicken
Fresh Baguette and Gluten Free Baguette Option with fresh organic creamery butter
** Desert surprise **
COVID Safety Precautions: We have contracted to hold this retreat in a large, airy, expansive room so there is plenty of space for all and plenty of clean, fresh air and access to the outdoors where we will be as much as possible! Please reach out to info at reneetrudeau dot com with any questions at all.
“Renée is so powerfully professional and so forcefully human and kind. Her presence inspires us all. This retreat was a life-altering experience.”
Toronto, Canada
“During a woman’s life, she has the need to retreat, replenish and re-energize. Renée created a safe and sacred space at her retreat and taught me how cultivate — and practice — the art of self-care.”
Board, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Wellness, Lenox, MA
“Renée Trudeau has saved me repeatedly; her books, her tools/techniques, and dang, merely her PRESENCE has been nectar for my struggling soul.”
Washington D.C.
“Renée is a transformative and compassionate speaker/teacher/woman who exudes the message that we are all powerful and worthy.”
New York, NY
“Of all the programs I’ve taken over the last twenty years, this compassionate women’s retreat spoke most deeply to my heart and helped me more with self-acceptance than any other. Profound.”
Freeport, ME
“Renée has the amazing ability to create a nurturing, sacred space that honors and celebrates each woman. Her retreat was transformative; I am still using what I learned from her in my daily life.”
Munich, Germany
“Renee has a wonderful energy for leading retreats. Loved the pace and format. A deeply restorative and incredibly satisfying retreat.”
San Diego, CA
“I have 'retreated' with Renee many times-- this work has saved my life. Every time I leave with new insights and tools. Always a wise investment.”
Grafton, VT
“Renée is so powerfully professional and so forcefully human and kind. Her presence inspires us all. This retreat was a life-altering experience.”
Toronto, Canada
“During a woman’s life, she has the need to retreat, replenish and re-energize. Renée created a safe and sacred space at her retreat and taught me how cultivate — and practice — the art of self-care.”
Board, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Wellness, Lenox, MA
“Renée Trudeau has saved me repeatedly; her books, her tools/techniques, and dang, merely her PRESENCE has been nectar for my struggling soul.”
Washington D.C.
“Renée is a transformative and compassionate speaker/teacher/woman who exudes the message that we are all powerful and worthy.”
New York, NY
“Of all the programs I’ve taken over the last twenty years, this compassionate women’s retreat spoke most deeply to my heart and helped me more with self-acceptance than any other. Profound.”
Freeport, ME
“Of all the programs I’ve taken over the last twenty years, this compassionate women’s retreat spoke most deeply to my heart and helped me more with self-acceptance than any other. Profound.”
Freeport, ME
“Renee has a wonderful energy for leading retreats. Loved the pace and format. A deeply restorative and incredibly satisfying retreat.”
San Diego, CA
“I have 'retreated' with Renee many times-- this work has saved my life. Every time I leave with new insights and tools. Always a wise investment.”
Grafton, VT
(Watch a 3 min. retreat video.) Self-care—the art of attuning and responding to your needs and desires—is a moment to moment process. It’s not about adding something to your to-do list; it’s about cultivating a new way of being.” – Renee Trudeau
Renée Peterson Trudeau is an internationally-recognized transformational coach/speaker and catalyst, president/founder of Austin-based Career Strategists and the author of two award-winning books The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life and Nurturing the Soul of Your Family: 10 Ways to Reconnect and Find Peace in Everyday Life. A visionary teacher for more than 25 years, Renee is on the faculty at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, 1440 Multiversity, The Art of Living Retreat Center, Omega Institute, Esalen Institute and she has certified 450+ women leaders in more than 10 countries to facilitate Personal Renewal Groups/retreats for women based on her award-winning self-care curriculum. Passionate about supporting people in coming into balance through practicing the art/science of self-care, Renée has been creating/facilitating transformational events for two decades. An evangelist for the healing power of nature, Renee grew up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of CA, the rolling Texas Hill Country and the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, where she now resides full-time. She’s been featured in The New York Times, Spirituality & Health, US News & World Report, and more. A new empty nester and graduate of the Wisdom Heart Mystery School, she is now pouring her energy into Wild Souls Nature Adventures. Learn more: http://www.ReneeTrudeau.com
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