Soul Tending: Cultivating Grace, Power and Intuition 

A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Berkshire Mountains, MA

October 24-26th


“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.” Buddha 

“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

Donna A.

“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

Carol O’Neil

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.

Elizabeth

“Renée is a transformative and compassionate speaker/teacher/woman who exudes the message that we are all powerful and worthy.”

New York, NY

Deborah S.

“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

Patty

“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

Mary K.

“Renee has a wonderful energy for leading retreats. Loved the pace and format. A deeply restorative and incredibly satisfying retreat.”

San Diego, CA

Julia J.

“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

Erica

“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

Donna A.

“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

Carol O’Neil

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.

Elizabeth

“Renée is a transformative and compassionate speaker/teacher/woman who exudes the message that we are all powerful and worthy.”

New York, NY

Deborah S.

“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

Patty

“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

Patty

“Renee has a wonderful energy for leading retreats. Loved the pace and format. A deeply restorative and incredibly satisfying retreat.”

San Diego, CA

Julia J.

“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

Erica

(Watch a 3 min. retreat video to get a sense for Renee’s events; she has been creating/facilitating life-changing retreats for 30 years.) 

Renee Trudeau

Retreat Facilitator:  Creative Muse/Catalyst Renee Peterson Trudeau

The oldest of seven children, Renee was raised in a wildly creative Montessori and Waldorf- inspired household steeped in music, science, philosophy, art and yoga. In the mid 1970s, her parents—a physician and a musician/artist—left their comfortable, conventional life in San Antonio, TX and moved Renee and her four brothers to the wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains to create a new life centered around nature, spirituality and simplicity. They lived in a two-bedroom home with a wood-burning stove, rode horses bareback to school, and wrote poetry, read Sanskrit texts and made stained glass and pottery.  Years later, between 1992-2000, Renee tragically lost her mom, dad and 20 year-old brother. These early deaths were wake-up calls for Renee to stay awake and alive and challenged her to never sleepwalk through life.

A nationally-known catalyst/author and thought leader, Renee has written several award-winning books, including “The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life.” For two decades, Renee has been facilitating women’s retreats at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Esalen Institute, 1440 Multiversity, the Art of Living Retreat Center and Omega Institute and she’s a sought-after media expert on the topics of self-care and resiliency. Passionate about supporting women in coming into balance through the art/science of self-care, Renee and her team have certified 450+ women leaders in more than 10 countries to facilitate self-renewal circles/retreats for women based on her award-winning self-care curriculum. Her pioneering work has been featured in The New York Times, Spirituality & Health, Yoga Journal, Good Housekeeping, O Magazine and more. A native of Austin, TX, she lives with her husband in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC; their son, a jazz musician/artist, lives in New York City.  Renee loves teaching embodied spirituality and finds joy through dancing, leading song circles, making soup with local veggies for friends and family and taking long, meandering forest hikes. Her latest passion is Wild Souls Nature Adventures. Learn more about Renee: www.ReneeTrudeau.com/about


Can’t make it?

  • Join Renee Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at Kripalu for her first 2026 self-renewal retreat!
  • for Secrets to Facilitating Life-Changing Women’s Groups/Retreats in Uncertain Times ~ the online video course. This online training course offers personal mentoring and everything you need to masterfully facilitate women’s circles/retreats. Unlimited access; download 24/7. Learn more.
  • Enjoy/download a virtual self-care retreat with Renee today; available 24/7. Learn more. 
  • Email workshops@reneetrudeau.com to explore having Renée create/facilitate a private retreat for your organization or group.