Deep Winter
A Luxury Women's Self Care RetreatYou’re invited to explore inspired movement, meditation, womb-healing practices and heart-opening ritual in a luxurious private home setting in nature. Join a loving circle of women to sink into the restorative energies of the deep winter and come home to yourself.
Friday February 2 – Monday February 5, 2024
I invite you to join us for a special long weekend retreat at a beautiful home north of St. Paul, MN.
In nature, deep winter is a time for deep rejuvenation, rest, hibernation… and also for dreaming…
It’s the perfect time to slow down enough to tap into your essential self… your essence, to see what is most true for you.
I personally can think of no better way than to weave music, massage, movement, warm water and ceremony to come into a space of remembering the deep well within.
I hope you’ll consider joining us!
Space is very limited to
only 12 women total
The forest and waters surrounding this recently renovated home are the perfect container in which to create sacred space together.
Through movement, music, ritual, sharing and rest, we will reconnect with our hearts, our bodies and our true nature. This is designed to be a time of renewal, connection, celebration and rejuvenation on all levels of our beings.
During this retreat, we’ll have opportunities for deep rest in luxurious and comfortable accommodations, we’ll enjoy organic, home-cooked meals, and we’ll explore self care through movement, ancient womb care practices, music and ritual to tap into your center.
And while we’ll definitely go deep… we’ll also have fun!
I’m eager to swim together in the warm salt water pool and hot tub, laugh, share and yes… we’ll even have opportunities to sing together and dance.
In addition to my long-time role as a nurse and women’s health practitioner, I am a sacred song carrier and a musician and I have been leading groups in song for many years now. At our last retreat, I could hardly believe how fast women picked up on the songs. Singing together is such good medicine! I also jokingly call myself a sacred DJ 🙂 I love few things more than to touch hearts and get a room moving with amazing music from around the world.
Consider giving yourself the gift of stepping away from the momentum of life to make an investment in yourself to tap into your needs and your own inner guidance system… and have some warm fun when it’s cold outside.
Jen Quade is a holistic nurse and healer who has served in an inner city ICU as well as studied with master healers in the jungle. After becoming frustrated, disillusioned and burned out by the conventional medical system, she began exploring alternative medicine 2009 and she left the hospital in 2012 to begin a private practice with a focus on women’s holistic health and embodiment.
Jen dedicates her life to sharing the transformational benefits of holistic healing and spirituality, especially through movement, traditional self care practices, music and plant medicines.
She loves to create spaces where women can remember their essence through movement, ritual, music, meditation and more.
To learn more, visit www.jenquade.com, Instagram @jenquade
“Jen is a true scientist and a healer”
– Lauren, Minneapolis, MN
Christine Sheehy is a mother, trained chef, and Thai Bodywork Practitioner. She will be supporting this retreat with the skills she developed from her time working and cooking at some of the most sought after restaurants in Minneapolis and Chicago. Her intention is to provide deep nourishment and culinary beauty for our group.
“I am always in awe of how tasty, wholesome and beautiful Christine’s food is. It would be a dream come true to have her cook for me every day!” – Jen
“I’m amazed how Jen brings such depth and lightness to her work”
Sample Itinerary
Friday February 2: Arrival Day
3:00-5:00pm: Arrival & Check-In
6:00–7:00pm: Dinner
7:30–8:30p: Orientation & Opening Circle
Saturday February 3
7:00-7:45am: Breathing & Meditation
8am-9:00am: Breakfast & Free time
10:00am-11:30pm: Qoya Inspired Movement
12:00-2:00pm: Lunch & Free Time
2:30-4:00pm: Guided Self Care
4:00-5:30pm: Free Time
5:30-6:30pm: Dinner & Free Time
Evening: Swimming, Soaking & Singing
Sunday February 4
7:00-7:45am: Breathing & Meditation
8:00am-9:00am: Breakfast & Free Time
10:00am-11:30pm: Guided Self Care
12:00-2:00pm: Lunch & Free Time
2:00-4:00pm: Cacao/Despacho Ceremony + music
4:00-5:30pm: Free Time
5:30-6:30pm: Dinner
Evening: Swimming, Soaking & Singing
Monday February 5: Departure Day
8:00-9:30am: Breakfast, Free Time & pack
9:30am-11:00am: Closing Circle
11:00am-12pm: Blessings on your next adventure!
*All activities are optional and we encourage you to feel into what is most aligned for you in the moment.
*We have intentionally woven in lots of spaciousness and down time to allow you to relax, integrate and be in your own natural rhythm and flow.
What might be possible in your life if you honor the seasonal wisdom of rejuvenation and dreaming?
Let’s explore it together.
Qoya Inspired Movement
Qoya is a movement system based on the idea that through movement, we remember.
We remember our essence is wise, wild and free.
Through movement, ritual, community connection, and pilgrimages, we learn to trust the physical sensation of truth in our bodies.
It‘s for women of all ages, body types and levels of movement experience.
Though at times it can be hard to feel your essence, it is always there for you.
In Qoya, there is no way you can do it wrong and you know you’re doing it right when it feels good.
More than feeling good, it feels honest, resonant, and true.
“This class combined the best parts of a movement class, a women’s circle, and a silly dance party. It facilitates connection, empathy (for self & others) and awareness.”
– Participant
Cacao & Gratitude Despacho Ceremony
The Maya people call cacao “the water that runs through the heart” since raw ceremonial cacao is a powerful heart opener that paves the way to transformation through self-love. It is said that cacao opens the doorway to heart but you have to walk through it.
We’ll spend time creating beauty and bathing in the sensation of gratitude and love with a traditional Despacho Ceremony from the Andes, on of my favorite offerings to share.
The Andean elders say that this ceremony creates a state of “ayni” or right relationship with life. In small ways and big ways, this ceremony has the potential to open the way for more miracles, synchronicities and prayers answered in life in the follwing days, months and beyond.
We’ll say thank you and create an offering in the form of a beautiful mandala of gratitude that will become a gift that we’ll give back to Pachamama, mother earth.
When we began I thought, “yeah right this is going to get me to open my heart.” I couldn’t believe it actually worked. -Participant
Ancient Womb Care
Don Elijio Panti, the last known living Mayan shaman, taught my teacher, Rosita Arvigo, everything he knew before he died at the age of 103 in the jungles of Belize.
He is known to have said this: “A woman’s uterus is her center – if her uterus is out of balance, so shall everything in her life be.”
In my almost 15 years in private practice, I have worked hands on and hands-in the bodies of many hundreds of women and I have found few things more powerful than the abdominal therapy that was passed to me in the lineage of great mayan midwives and healers.
I am eager to share this self care practice with you… to hand you some of the keys to the power you carry in your own hands to heal yourself by bringing flow to the blood, nerves, lymph and energy in your center. To learn to connect with your womb is an ultimate gift.
This exact work changed my life. It is very simple and very powerful work that we will explore together that you can carry home to continue practicing for the rest of your life if you wish.
Cost & Register
$999-$1250 depending on accommodation choice
Investment includes:
Rituals and conscious community-building experiences
- A Qoya movement class that combines yoga, dance and inspired movement
- Ancient wisdom of Mayan abdominal therapy and womb care practices
- 3 nights’ accommodation in luxury
- Beautiful nature setting
- Nourishing meals prepared in house by a loving chef
- Warm saltwater pool, hot tub and possibly a sauna!
Friday, February 2nd to Monday, February 5th
This event has VERY limited space and will fill up fast – follow the call to join us today!
Come as you are and leave as more of who you are
BONUS
Nurses: Earn 10 Continuing Education Credits!
As a holistic nurse, I am able to offer continuing education for nurses. According to the American Holistic Nurses Association, Self Care is foundational and is absolutely necessary for you to have a holistic practice.
In the state of Minnesota, it is up to each nurse to decide whether a course supports her nursing practice. You’ll receive a certificate for up to 10 CEU’s upon completion of the retreat. Reach out with any questions!
Questions? Email us: hello@jenquade.com
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
