Lunar Renewal Wellness Retreat
Rediscover balance and wellbeing alongside the quarter moon.
Harness the energy of the moon’s phases at the second annual Lunar Renewal Wellness Retreat – a transformative weekend designed to help you reset, recharge, and reconnect.
Facilitator Amanda Borghi, alongside healing artist Hilary, Tiffany of Yoga Roots, Natalie of Flora Bae Home, will guide guests through an all-inclusive weekend of events featuring yoga, sound bathing, and more. Settle in at our serene lakefront hotel and enjoy a group experience that includes a Friday welcome, five unique sessions, two mindful meals, and time to explore or relax in our beautiful region.
Admission
Lunar Renewal Wellness Retreat • $399 per person
Includes admission to each session Friday-Sunday, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and retreat gift. All fitness and experience levels are welcome.
Save 10% on hotel lodging for the retreat with promo code COR
Schedule & Events
Welcome New Friends
- This session is optional
- Guests are welcome to reserve spa treatments 9am-5pm. Please make appointments in advance, as space will fill quickly. Book Now
5:30-7pm
Meet & Greet | The Spa
Stop into The Spa to meet our Facilitator, Amanda and your fellow retreat-goers. Light refreshments, juice shots, and artisan snacks provided.
A Day of Self-Care
- Coffee, tea, infused water, and mindful snacks are included throughout the sessions on Saturday
- Guests are welcome to reserve spa treatments during Free Reflection Time, with spa hours extended until 7pm. Please make appointments in advance, as space will fill quickly. Book Now
8-8:30am
Welcome & Intention Setting | Arlington
Amanda opens the day by leading guests through setting their intentions for the retreat. Awaiting each guest is a retreat gift to help support their experience.
8:30-9:45am
S.H.E. Yoga | Arlington
Awaken your body with a unique twist on traditional yoga created by Amanda that calls you to let go and celebrate all that you are.
10am-12:30pm
Cacao Ceremony & Sound Healing | Arlington
Healing artist Hilary leads guests through a grounding session and ceremony, a journey with ceremonial cacao to support the gentle opening of your heart and awareness in order release into more ease and bliss. Following the Cacao Ceremony, Amanda leads a harmonious no-movement sound bath, featuring crystal quartz singing bowls, chimes, drums, and more alongside gently guided mediation.
12:30-1:30pm
Mindful Lunch | Occidental
Break for lunch with a selection of soups, full salad bar, and more.
1:30-3pm
Smudge Spray & Sage Bundle Workshop | The Sagamore Room
"Smudging," or clearing, your sacred space, home, office, or even your body can be very therapeutic. Natalie of Flora Bae Home interactively guides guests in creating a custom scent in a beautiful bottle. Plus, craft a mini sage bundle for use in the Fire Ceremony session.
3-7pm
Free Reflection Time
Explore the resort, enjoy the hot tub, reserve Afternoon Tea service, or venture out in the surrounding area. Spa services are available with reservations at The Spa with extended hours during this time.
7pm
Mindful Dinner | The Sagamore Room
Gather for a delicious meal in our waterfront dining room, featuring plated superfood salad, and buffet of entrées, vegetables, and dessert. Cash bar available.
Until We Meet Again
- Guests are welcome to reserve spa treatments after the retreat, available until 4pm. Please make appointments in advance, as space will fill quickly. Book Now
7:30-8:30am
Sunrise Fire Ceremony | Lakeside Bonfire
Rise and gather around the Inn's lakefront bonfire under the morning sky for reflection on the weekend and on the future, guided by Amanda.
9-10am
Laughter Yoga | Arlington
Energize and release with a unique laughter yoga session lead by Tiffany of Yoga Roots Petoskey.
10-10:30am
Closing Circle | Arlington
Amanda ends the retreat with closing comments, reflection, and goodbyes.
Breakfast:
Breakfast for two is included with each room or suite for Inn at Bay Harbor lodging guests, and is available daily from 7-11am in The Sagamore Room. Non-lodging guests are also welcome to purchase breakfast in The Sagamore Room.
What to Bring
- Yoga mat for Yoga and Sound Bathing
- Warm, comfortable clothing for Sound Bathing experience
- Warm coat and comfortable shoes for outdoor activity
Guests of all experience levels, ages 16+ are welcome. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Meet Your Guides
Facilitator | Amanda M. Borghi, MM, LMT, cNMT
Certified Neuromuscular Massage Therapist
Certified Sound Healing Facilitator
Certified Yoga Instructor RYT-200
Amanda leads and guides guests throughout this retreat with her unique personal skills and penchant for all things self-care.
Hilary Johne Lake
MDiv, RSMT
A healing arts community minister and somatic movement therapist and educator, Hilary (she/they) helps people align with their bodies and values in nourishing and enlivening ways. She has worked at the Fetzer Institute that promotes the power of love and forgiveness to change the world, and graduated from Harvard Divinity School with an MDiv in Buddhist Ministry.
She has also spent time in Thailand, India and Nepal studying sustainable development, Earth based traditions, and Buddhism. Her focus is now on birthing an Earth-honoring, soul-centric culture as a caring steward to land and village in service to all of life.
Natalie Lauzon
Owner of Flora Bae Home
Natalie is a Michigan native but spent the last 25 years exploring and living in other areas of the United States, including California, Colorado and Illinois. In 2021, Natalie opened her flagship Lifestyle Boutique, Flora Bae Home in Petoskey.
Flora Bae Home is a home shop with a focus on women artists and women owned small businesses, where boho chic meets eclectic with mid century modern touches. Products are curated and sourced by Natalie. Botanically-influenced workshops based on self-care, art, floral design and nature are also part of the brand. The shop also hosts a Winter Workshop Series each year.
Tiffany Lenau
IPT, Reiki Master, Owner of Yoga Roots
Tiffany discovered her passion for yoga in the early 90’s, and now serves as the director of Yoga Roots and Healing Arts, a sacred space for healing, peace and presence in Petoskey. Tiffany believes that yoga is for every BODY, offering creative flows for all ages, with everything from gentle & restorative to a power vinyasa, sound healing, kids, laughter yoga, yoga nidra, as well as numerous styles of meditation and pranayama breath work.
As a survivor of sexual assault, Tiffany is passionate about creating healing spaces for other trauma survivors. She finds solace in gardening, art, poetry, large bodies of water, like-hearted people, her cats, and Mother Nature.
Reserve Your Renewal
Ready to commit to yourself and reset & recharge? Join us this March and save 10% on lodging with promo code COR! All fitness and experience levels are welcome. Tickets and lodging booked separately.
S.H.E. Yoga with Amanda Borghi
Created and guided by facilitator Amanda Borghi, the name of this unique session stands for "Surrender, Hold Space, and Embrace." You are invited into mindful breathing, paired with intentional yoga movement alongside music designed to awaken and inspire you. The session will leave you feeling connected to your mind, body and unique spirit as you're called to let go and celebrate all that you are! No yoga experience is needed. Just an open mind and heart!
Cacao Ceremony & Sound Healing Journey with Hilary Lake & Amanda Borghi
You are invited to journey with ceremonial cacao to support the gentle opening of your heart and awareness to release into more ease and bliss. After learning about the physiological benefits of cacao, a single-origin, sustainably grown and harvested plant that is used to create chocolate, you’ll have the opportunity to consciously drink it in the form of a warm beverage. In many Southern cultures, people ingest cacao in sacred ceremonies and honor it as a powerful being who helps them to connect spiritually. We will learn how we can come to honor plants in our own ways as beings who are here to guide us on our spiritual journey in bodies. There will be a time for personal reflection and journaling before we surrender to the magic of Amanda’s sound healing guidance. We will also have a time for sharing and questions at the end.
You’re invited to bring a journal, a pen, a mat, pillow or anything you want with you to feel cozy.
Flow of the Journey:
- 45 minutes | Hilary leads Grounding, Introduction to Cacao and Ceremony with plants and sharing about my journey with Cacao
- 15 minutes | Setting Intentions & Journaling
- 60 minutes | Sound Healing with Amanda
- 30 minutes | Reflection, Sharing and Questions
Smudge Spray Workshop with Natalie Lauzon
Smudging your sacred space, home, office, or even your body can be very therapeutic. It can also be a good practice for setting intentions. Whether you are hoping to strengthen your peace of mind, cleanse your energy, remove negative energy, or just use as a room spray, you are sure to enjoy the process. You will leave with a custom scent of your making, in a beautiful bottle.
Natalie will guide you through the process of creating your own smudge spray. All supplies provided including dried florals, crystals essential oils, and more.
Miniature Sage Bundle
Natalie will also assist you in creating a miniature sage bundle that will be used for your Sunrise Fire Ceremony. This activity will include the use of Palo Santo, cedar, and sage, along with accents of dried herbs and botanicals.
Laughter Yoga with Tiffany Lenau
Laugher Yoga, also known as Hasya yoga, is a practice that combines breathing exercises, movements, and laughter to promote a sense of joy and well being. Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian physician in 1995, developed the practice. Expect a unique and freeing experience that is light hearted and created to connect you with your joy! No experience needed.
Proven Benefits Include:
- Stress reduction | Laughter is proven to help reduce stress levels
- Improved mood | Laughter can boost emotional well-being and help keep your mind positive, as well as endorphin production from physical activity
- Improved immune function | Laughter can stimulate the immune system
- Increased energy | Laughter yoga can increase blood flow and oxygen to major organs, making you feel more energetic
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