Upcoming Retreats

Our retreats are led by expert practitioners and typically run three to six nights. We provide overnight accommodations, healthy meals, and a 600 square foot practice studio for up to 14 people: 12 staying in the main house and two staying in the treehouse.

Ecstatic Self Winter Retreat
Dec
29
to Jan 3

Ecstatic Self Winter Retreat

Join us for a transformative 6-day adventure in rural Vermont, designed for queer men but warmly open to all. In this exclusive retreat, limited to just a dozen guests, we unshackle our shame, release our inhibitions, and dive into the profound spiritual principle of JOY—our very reason for existence. Nestled in the serene beauty of southern Vermont we will expand our potential as spiritual beings, explore the depths of ourselves, and celebrate our humanness while in the embrace of our spiritual siblings. This retreat is a sanctuary where personal discovery, communal connection, ecstatic living, and exploring the natural world converge to create a truly transformative experience.

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Hygge Yoga Retreat: Slowing Down & Retreating Inward
Jan
17
to Jan 20

Hygge Yoga Retreat: Slowing Down & Retreating Inward

Join host Sophie Lyons (she/her) for a 4 day, 3 night cozy yoga retreat at Willow Vermont Retreat. This retreat will be centered around slowing down after the busyness of the new year and creating space to stoke your inner fire (tapas). Wake up to morning yoga, enjoy delicious food, and spend the day engaged with optional activities such as; restorative yoga, meditation, journaling, workshops and time to unplug in the Vermont outdoors.

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Awaken - A Rejuvenating Yoga Retreat
May
16
to May 19

Awaken - A Rejuvenating Yoga Retreat

Join us for an unforgettable experience at Willow Vermont Retreat. We will enjoy a weekend of restoration, awakening, and community

Our time together will be filled with gentle yoga asana and pranayama classes accompanied by live music. As well as time in nature to meditate and experience the wild trails of Willow.  

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Coming Home to Yourself : A Queer Yoga Retreat
Jul
17
to Jul 21

Coming Home to Yourself : A Queer Yoga Retreat

Join retreat host Sophie Lyons (she/her) for a 5 day, 4 night LGBTQIA2S+ Affinity Yoga retreat. This retreat is an offering to folks who wish to deepen their yoga practice and spend intentional time immersed in Queer community. Wake up to morning yoga, enjoy delicious food, and spend the day engaged with optional activities such as; hiking, swimming, meditation, journaling, workshops to explore our relationship to Queerness and time to unplug in the Vermont outdoors.

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Remembering our Natural State of Being
Nov
8
to Nov 11

Remembering our Natural State of Being

In this  Silent Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.  

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The Mindful Maven Retreat
Oct
11
to Oct 14

The Mindful Maven Retreat

Held during the peak of Vermont’s Fall foliage season, and Indigenous People’s weekend, Kiera Penpeci (She/They) will host women and non-binary community in an immersion of movement, rest, facilitated dialogue, and authentic joy-seeking.

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Coming Home to Yourself : A Queer Yoga Retreat
Jul
19
to Jul 22

Coming Home to Yourself : A Queer Yoga Retreat

Join retreat host Sophie Lyons (she/her) and guest teacher Lakshmi Haferman (she/her) for a 4 day, 3 night LGBTQIA2S+ Affinity Yoga retreat. This retreat is an offering to folks who wish to deepen their yoga practice and spend intentional time immersed in Queer community. Wake up to morning yoga, enjoy delicious food, and spend the day engaged with optional activities such as; hiking, swimming, meditation, journaling, workshops to explore our relationship to Queerness and time to unplug in the Vermont outdoors.

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Ecstatic Self Summer Retreat
Jul
5
to Jul 10

Ecstatic Self Summer Retreat

Join us for a transformative 6-day adventure in rural Vermont, designed for queer men but warmly open to all. In this exclusive retreat, limited to just a dozen guests, we unshackle our shame, release our inhibitions, and dive into the profound spiritual principle of JOY—our very reason for existence. Nestled in the serene beauty of the southern Vermont we will expand our potential as spiritual beings, explore the depths of ourselves, and celebrate our humanness while in the embrace of our spiritual siblings. This retreat is a sanctuary where personal discovery, communal connection, ecstatic living, and exploring the natural world converge to create a truly transformative experience.

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Remembering our Natural State of Being
Oct
11
to Oct 15

Remembering our Natural State of Being

In this  Silent Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.  

As awareness increases, we naturally enhance our relationship with our True Self. We will leave the retreat with increased sensitivity to the “Field” Rumi speaks of so that we may bring this awareness into our daily lives, greeting whatever arises in our life more often from our natural state of Being rather than our conditioned egoic mind.

This retreat will be led by Patricia & Surya.

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Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat
Aug
18
to Aug 20

Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat

Join us for two-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation, and hanging by the fire pit and pond.

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Takeout Indian by Ravi
Jul
1
to Feb 29

Takeout Indian by Ravi

Coming Soon!

On Saturdays once each month, we open a pop-up takeout Indian restaurant. Ravi makes delicious, home-cooked Indian meals from family recipes handed down over generations in his home state of Maharashtra, India. He serves up two main dish options (one vegetarian or vegan and one meat or fish) and two side dishes.

See the menu for vegetarian (VG), vegan (VN) or gluten free (GF) items.

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Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat
Jun
30
to Jul 3

Gay and Bi Men’s Retreat

Join us for a three-night mini retreat for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Activities include morning yoga, a visit to Rock River Preservation gay hangout, hiking, evening meditation and a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.

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Understanding the Figure and Portrait
Jun
1
to Jun 4

Understanding the Figure and Portrait

In this three-night residential workshop and retreat, you will focus on capturing the personality and likeness, and figurative gesture of a live model. Students may choose to work in oil, pastels, watercolors or acrylics. Men and women of all skill levels are welcome to join this retreat.

Read more about the instructor Paul Schulenburg

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Living from Your Sacred Self
May
26
to May 29

Living from Your Sacred Self

In this silent meditation, breathwork and yoga retreat, through the practices of meditation, breathwork, yoga asana, yin yoga, pranayama, meditative movement, yoga nidra, breath work, restorative poses, self-inquiry, silence and free time in the natural world we have an opportunity to more clearly see and release the conditioning that does not serve us.

Led by Patricia Brown & Surya-Chandra Das.

April 10, 2023 Update: This retreat is currently full. Please contact Rolling Meadows Retreat if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

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Summerbloom - Willow’s First Ever Gay and Bi Men’s Weekend
May
12
to May 14

Summerbloom - Willow’s First Ever Gay and Bi Men’s Weekend

Join us our first ever two-night gathering for gay, bi, trans and queer men. Included in the fee is one welcome dinner and two breakfasts, morning yoga and evening meditation. Weekend festivities will include a community potluck on Saturday and many other options: Rock River if weather is good, hiking, or a nighttime gathering by the fire pit and pond.

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