February 20-22

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Wintering The Body Retreat: Napanoch, NY

About the Retreat

In the heart of winter, we are gathering women for a slow, inward retreat nestled in the mountains of Naponoch, NY. Held in a cozy mountain home set within 130 acres of private land, surrounded by quiet and open space, this weekend is an invitation to soften, slow down, and be deeply cared for—centering rest, presence, and spaciousness.

Sasha and Diana will guide practices that honor the body’s seasonal rhythms: learn to craft warming womb elixirs and nourishing body oils, enjoy herbal teas and meals intentionally prepared for winter energetics, and engage in creative rituals that awaken presence and intuition. Diana offers cycle-based reflections and check-ins to deepen body awareness, while gentle movement and evening yoga nidra support grounding and restorative rest.

The retreat includes sauna time, journaling, cozy fireplace moments, and unstructured space to wander, nap, or simply be. This is a true winter pause—quiet, nurturing, and intentionally spacious, supporting your body, mind, and spirit through the season’s depth.

❋ Nourishing The Body

Homemade, warming meals and herbal tea blends will be shared daily, offering steady winter support. Food, tea, and time around the table become part of the care—simple, grounding, and generous—held alongside womb wisdom and herbal practices that tend the body slowly and deeply.

❋ Gathering in Community

We gather with women in the heart of winter to be together. Sitting in circle, sharing space, and moving through the weekend side by side creates a sense of warmth, support, and quiet connection.

❋ Creative Downtime

Winter invites slowness, and this retreat makes room for creative downtime. Unstructured time allows you to rest, journal, sit by the fire, wander the woods, or warm and renew in the sauna. In this spaciousness, creativity isn’t forced—it emerges naturally when the body softens and the season is honored.

❋ Seasonal Body

Whatever phase of life or cycle you are in, the medicine is there. Together we explore the relationship between the outer seasons in nature and the inner seasons of the body, the cycle, and the moon, cultivating awareness through listening, gentle morning movement, and evening yoga nidra.

A wooden sauna interior with a bucket and ladle for water, placed on the floor near the wooden bench.
Exterior of a finnish sauna in winter with black wooden siding, a glass door framed in wood, decorative wooden beams overhead, and string lights. Snow covers the ground.
A woman with long brown hair sitting at a wooden table, working on her laptop, with two coffee mugs nearby, near large windows in a cozy living room.
Kitchen with green cabinets, a window, a coffee maker, a stove, and a black tiled backsplash.
A bedroom with a bed that has a wooden headboard with a woven rattan panel and beige bedding with an embroidered pattern. There are two pillows on the bed and a white bedside lamp with a wicker base next to it. 
Wintering the body invites rest, warmth, and a return to the body’s own rhythm.

What's Included

  • A shared space of reflection rooted in the menstrual cycle awareness, menopause, and the rhythms of the moon as an ongoing expression of the body’s cyclical nature. Diana holds this work with grounded presence, inviting deeper listening to the body’s cyclical wisdom.

  • Sasha will guide participants in making herbal preparations to support the body through winter, including a nourishing, deeply moisturizing body butter and a warming womb elixir. Together, we’ll work hands-on with herbs in a slow, intentional way, learning simple, accessible methods that can be carried into everyday life. Participants will leave with the remedies we create during the retreat, along with the recipes and knowledge to continue making them at home—offering care not only to themselves, but to loved ones as well.

  • Slow, supportive somatic movement in the mornings to soften the body and invite ease, with yin-inspired practices and gentle evening yoga nidra for deep rest. Guided by Diana, a 700-hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher.

  • Evening brings a gentle dive into the dreaming self. You’ll sip a carefully crafted herbal tea to invite vivid dreams and set intentions for the night, then create your own mugwort satchel to place by your pillow. The night closes with a guided yoga nidra, a deep rest that carries you into sleep, supporting dream recall and the subtle work of the unconscious.

  • Nourishment will be woven throughout the weekend, with food and drinks prepared to support the body in winter—warming, grounding, and deeply restorative. Meals will emphasize seasonal ingredients and comforting flavors that tend the nervous system and build inner heat, inviting a sense of ease and replenishment.

  • A space to sink into warmth and release in a traditional Finnish sauna. The steady heat supports detoxification, circulation, and deep rest, offering comfort and ease in the heart of winter.

  • A quiet walk outdoors to connect with the land and the season, held by 130 acres of surrounding nature.

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Friday, Feb 20th

Arrival & Opening Circle

Arrival

4pm – 6pm

Dinner

6:30pm

Opening Ceremony
7:30pm
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Saturday February  21st

Wintering the Womb

Morning Movement

8:30am 

Breakfast

9:30am 

Herbal Skincare

10:15am 

Lunch

1:00pm 

Womb Wisdom

2:15pm 

Dinner

5:00pm 

Dream Intentions & Yoga Nidra

7:00pm

Cozy living room with a large stone fireplace, patterned armchair, wooden beams, window with snow outside, red table lamp, and various small decorative items. 
Sunday Feb 22nd

Closing Circle & Departure

Morning Movement

8:30

Breakfast

9:00am 

Closing Ceremony

10:00am

Departure

12:00pm

Accomodations

Commuter Option Available! See Below

A bedroom with two beds, orange bedding, a small lamp between the beds, and a window showing a snowy outdoor scene. The room has a sloped ceiling, hardwood flooring, and a black and gold ceiling light.

Room 1(SOLD OUT)

Shared Room - 2 Queen Beds
A bedroom with a bed that has black and white patterned bedding, a wooden headboard, a small wooden nightstand with a yellow lamp, a black and white geometric wallpapered accent wall, a wall-mounted air conditioner, a small round mirror, and two skylights in the ceiling letting in natural light.

Room 2 (SOLD OUT)

Private Room - Queen Bed
A bedroom with two beds, each with a pillow and pink bedding. There is a window between the beds showing a snowy outdoor scene. The room has dark walls, a wooden floor, and a small nightstand with a decorative object between the beds. 
Shared Room - Twin Bed

Room 3 (SOLD OUT)

A bedroom with a wooden bed frame and white sheets, a sloped ceiling with a wooden beam, and a large stone fireplace with a small fire grate at the bottom.

Room 4 (SOLD OUT)

Private Room - Queen Bed
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Full Retreat Program (no lodging) $275

A limited number of commuter spots are available for those who wish to join us for the days of the retreat programming without overnight accommodations. This option includes all daytime sessions, meals, and offerings.

Commuter

About Sasha & Diana

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Sasha is an herbalist and artist living in the Hudson Valley whose work is rooted in the rhythms of nature and the ever-changing cycles of the seasons. By working with plants in their natural timing, her offerings reflect the unique gifts of the land—vibrant, potent, and attuned to seasonal energies. Diana is a Lebanese-Egyptian cycle educator living in the Hudson Valley, whose work centers on menstrual cycle awareness, natural fertility, and cyclical living as a path to deeper embodiment. Through her guidance, she supports women in reconnecting with their inner rhythms, and through Cremona Studios—her sustainable fashion label—she weaves the phases of the cycle into garments and stories that honor the wisdom carried in the body.

“Thank you Sasha, as I left your place I had such an emotional release and so much clarity. I feel like it might’ve been just being around you and all the loving awareness you pour into everything you do. So so much thanks for your holding.”

— Isabel

“I was able to deepen into myself on an emotional, physical, mental and spiritual level. To walk this path with Diana was such a beautiful and heartwarming experience. She nurtured the path, guided me to unfild in a non-judgemental and loving way. Together, breaking the bindings and conditionings around the menstrual cycle…Through this reclamation of pure soverign agency of a divine feminine being, I can say that I am more than ever connected with my body, my cycle, my magic and my body’s inherent wisdom. I am so grateful our paths crossed.”

— Sally

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