RETREAT EXPERIENCES
NORTHERN LIGHTS VIEWING
One of the best places to see the Northern Lights is in Fairbanks + the City of the North Pole, Alaska in the months of February + March. Within Fairbanks, the best places to see the lights are by bodies of water. We will be staying on a lake front property . We will also be visiting a natural hot spring. Although nothing in life is guaranteed, we will be at the right place at the right time.
In 2022, Shawna + John went to Fairbanks Alaska in March in search of the aurora. Of the five nights they were there we saw them twice. The lights were spectacular. The pictures on this website are taken from Shawna's iPhone! In getting to speak to the locals about this, they said they happen regularly during this season. When Shawna came back, there were Northern Light sightings in Washington + Phoenix. Something that never happens. We joked we brought them home with us beause John is from Phoenix. The magic is real!
We can't promise anything but we have calculated the perfect time + location with the odds in our favor. And of course, we have a good feeling about the magic and know even if we don't see them, we are planning out plenty of opportunities to see them and enjoy the stars and the wildness that is the last frontier.
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Daily holistic health classes including: yoga, meditation, sound healing, breathwork, and aromatherapy in our cabin's great room will be provided to keep the mind, body +soul warm.
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Nightly aurura meditation + journaling as we search for the Northern Lights
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Warming [healthy] drinks served at our in cabin bar
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Hot tub soaks under the stars and northern lights*
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HOT SPRINGS + ICE BAR
We will spend a half day at Chena Hot Springs for peace + fun. We will soak in healing waters of a natural hot spring (to leave your body feeling relaxed + tension free and your mind feeling calm, peaceful + centered. There is the option (extra cost of appx. $20) for you to go to the famous Ice Bar + get an "aurora martini" (for extra cost of appx. $20 a drink) and engage in the traditional to make a wish as we break with our martini ice glass outside the bar!
30 minute massages in cozy, private cabins (for an extra fee) can be booked in advanced for extra pampering (extra cost of appx $150). Snowmobiling can also be booked as an extra excursion while at the springs (extra cost of appx $250).
DOG SLEDDING
Come for an unforgettable experience where these cute + strong dogs will take you on a tradtional dog sled. You will get to meet and play with the dogs too!
They pant with excitment as soon to see you + love running in the snow + doing dog sled rides. It is really an adorable + fun experience. This is not included in the retreat price and can be added on as extra service for appx $200 per person.
THE NORTH POLE
Christmas in March? Why not? Even if you don't traditionally celebrate the holiday, we will have a fun, childlike experience full of wonder + merriment. The city of the North Pole will bring out the kid in you. We will have a "second" Christmas in the North Pole as we visit the Santa Claus house (you can sit on Santa's lap and tell him your manifestations) + see Santa's reindeer, get Chinese food for our own traditional Christmas dinner, + exchange a gift to our new retreat friends in a white elephant at our cabin.
