New Year, New You!
Free Yourself Art Process + Yoga
3 Night, 4-Day All-Inclusive Retreat
Bend of Ivy Lodge, Near Asheville, NC
Join us for a cozy, magical forest retreat.
Honor the release of 2023, and connect to your inner wisdom to envision 2024. Through an intuitive art process, you will set yourself up with fresh intentions, clarity, renewed energy to take on your next year with love and gusto.
Oversized paper, paints, charcoals, and pastels capture the color and energy of our intentions and radiate our full power and potential in the New Year.
This workshop combines Introspective Inquiry, Meditation, Personal Journaling, Sharing, Intuition Painting® and Mindful Release,
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Listen to incredible Client Stories.
Discover how to use art to:
Explore your hidden inner world and awaken your true potential through an intuitive-creative process in a safe, judgement-free space.
+ Release anxiety & stress
+ Practice meditative mindfulness
+ Move through swirling emotions
+ Transform your shadow self
+ Let go and become unstuck
+ Return to peace & calm
+ Reconnect with your aliveness
Taking Care of You
When was the last time you listened with compassion to your own needs? If it's been too long, you may feel drawn to join with like-minded people in releasing, grounding, and recharging ourselves.
Giving Back:
For every person who joins a Life is an Art retreat, we offer a scholarship for a free online Intuition Painting® course from our pool of applicants. Learn More.
No previous training or skills are needed. You will learn to paint as you never have before. Learn more about Intuition Painting®
“Words like ‘awesome’ and ‘incredible’ just don’t cut it. My heart, my soul — my entire me — was moved beyond all that I could imagine. Truly the most heartfelt emotions stirred inside me.”
— Maryanne, Joshua Tree 2018
About the Location:
Located 20 minutes north of Asheville, our retreat location is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. With over 63-acres of private land, it offers the space for a unique and unforgettable experiences.
The sleeping lodge is a former tobacco barn that has been beautifully converted and is the heart of the property Along with its expansive gardens, tranquil river, and breathtaking mountain views, this is the perfect place to get away.
Accommodations
Lodging is single or double occupancy. Private rooms have limited availability and are first come, first serve.
Meals
Daily, freshly-prepared healthy and delicious meals made by a local chef onsite.
Bodywork
Energy and massage sessions will be available for hire on a first-come, first serve basis with the very talented Kelie Micho.
Program Itinerary
1st Evening:
Arrival & Welcome
Orientation
Opening Circle
Station Setup
Dinner
2nd Day:
Yoga (optional)
Breakfast
Check in & Creativity Coaching
Meditation & Journaling
Release Painting
Lunch Break
Burn & Release
Labyrinth Walk
Free Time
Dinner
3rd Day Morning:
Yoga (optional)
Breakfast
Check in
Meditation & Personal Inquiry
New Year Dream Painting
Lunch Break
Authentic Movement
New Year Dream Painting (cont.)
Circle & Check in
Celebration Dinner
4th Day
Breakfast
Wisdom Embodiments
Retreat Closing
Breakdown & Clean Up
Departure
This all inclusive retreat takes place at a gorgeous 63 acre property next to the Ivy River, surrounded by Blue Ridge mountains.
You will be led by Montine Blank, a Master Intuition Painting® facilitator.
Retreat includes:
Accommodations onsite
Intuition Painting® & activities on all days
Breakfasts, lunches, dinners
Snacks and beverages
Labyrinth walks
Breathwork & meditations
Daily mindful movement and/or yoga classes (optional)
All art supplies
Free parking
Event Pricing:
Tuition: $795
Accommodations & Meals: (WAIT LIST ONLY)
+ $685 Single, Share Bath
+ $595 Loft, Share bath
+ $545 Double, Share Bath
+ $295 (Meals & Activities Only)
NOTE: Earlybird pricing has ended. Full price is listed above. The deposit to reserve is $350.
Payment Policy:
Deposit is $450 and the remainder is billed separately.
Full payment due 60 days prior to retreat start.
Cancellation Policy:
100% deposit refund:
180+ days before start date50% deposit refund:
60-179 days before start dateAll payments are non-refundable within 60 days of the event, but may be used as a credit for up to 12 months.
“Montine is a graceful, knowledgeable, gifted facilitator and her courses are incredibly inspiring. She helped me process my mental and emotional blocks gracefully and with ease.
I would highly recommend this workshop as creative therapy, to anyone seeking any level of transformative work, or break-through clarification and healing.
If something is holding you back and needs to be released..this is a fun, warm, beautifully challenging and supportive environment for getting going on that work. Cannot recommend it enough!”
