Blog - Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreats

Amanda Imes leads several yoga retreats per year, has guided thousands of women in wilderness experiences, and has a focus on movement, mindfulness, and outdoor empowerment. She leads weekly classes at McQuade Safe Harbor with a goal of bringing mindfulness, community, movement, and appreciation for the sweet summer on the lake with her friends,...

“It took a while to get people to exercise 20 minutes a day, and now it’s drilled into our heads that you have to find a way to walk or get on the treadmill. We hope with this book to create a movement of people who understand that what art does to rewire your brain is just as important as those 20 minutes, and that every day is an opportunity f...

If you know me. You know that I love a good plan.

I cannot defend the fact that I’m about to get you hyped for winter 2027 while summer is right around the corner. All I can say is that having a great plan to look forward to is genuinely healthy for the brain!

When I chose the book Startlement for the spring retreats, I was sure it would be a 10/10 selection for everyone. The book is a collection of the best work of one our most talented poets, 24th poet laureate of the United States, Ada Limon. Limon has stolen my heart these past many years with the way she blends the mundane, the depths of...

Our upcoming retreats are inspired by the poetry of Ada Limon. Last fall I had the opportunity to listen to Ada and Robin Wall Kimmerer onstage in Minneapolis. One thing Ada shared with us is that she tries to stop her scrolling by telling herself, “I don’t want to hurt my beautiful brain.”