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Snow Bright in Leavenworth

1/6/2020

The snow has been flying on the passes, which means the skiers and snowboarders headed to Stevens Pass got their wish this morning! Everything looks beautiful and bright here in Leavenworth, and while it should warm up in the next couple of days, there's more snow on the horizon for this week. Come visit soon and fall in love with winter.

Winter 2020 Wellness Retreats

12/9/2019

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Winter is a magical time at Snowgrass Lodge in Leavenworth, WA. The snowy season teaches us to turn inward for reflection, to find beauty and inspiration in stark landscapes, and to seek the company of others for warmth, connection and community. We have some wonderful yoga and wellness retreats coming up this winter to aid you in the process. Give yourself or a loved one the gift of wellness this season. Happy holidays from Snowgrass Lodge!

Women's Winter Yoga Retreat

February 7-9, 2020

In this special weekend-long, women-only workshop, Nicole Lobuzzetta will lead you in a meaningful Vinyasa yoga practice full of both challenging and restorative asana, breath work, philosophy and meditation. With a focus on connecting to nature and to each other, this retreat will create the space to look inward and practice the deep listening that can be supported by the winter season in Snowgrass Lodge’s tranquil setting by the Wenatchee River. We’ll find time for restoration and rejuvenation, whether through quiet candlelight meditation, misty forest hikes, a soak in the hot tub, or simply the good company of others. Through the weekend, nourishing and delicious vegetarian meals will be served by Jessica Myre of Green Girl Goodies. Learn more and register!

Mothers/Daughters Yoga Retreat

March 20-22, 2020

Seattle-based yoga teacher Camille Dodson leads mother/daughter retreats around the country, offering weekends full of love and learning and a chance for deepening connections with yourself, loved ones, and a group of women and girls. Camille's retreats, including this one at Snowgrass Lodge in Leavenworth, WA, center around yoga but also explore connection through journaling, meditation, conversation, art and the organic experiences that come from sharing a home together for a weekend. This retreat is open to mothers and daughters ages 7+ (note that mother and daughter can include many gender identities; all are welcome). Learn more and register!

Prenatal Yoga & Wellness Retreat

March 27-29, 2020

Are you expecting, or do you want to give an expecting friend a fabulous gift to support their preparation and well-being before birth? Kelli Mae Willis and Kristen Rubis will lead this incredible weekend retreat for expecting parents at Snowgrass as the spring season begins. The weekend event includes delicious organic meals, daily yoga, meditation, live sound healing performance, birth preparation activities, time to soak in the hot tub and enjoy the natural beauty of the area. We will also have guest presenters and prenatal massage available. A great way to prepare for your first birth, or to rest and rejuvenate before your family adds its newest member! No experience with yoga or meditation necessary. Learn more and register by contacting Kelli Mae at kellimaefly@gmail.com.

Spring Renewal Retreat

April 17-19, 2020

Join Shawn and Kym O'Reilly for a mindful retreat to reawaken your senses from the dormant winter months. An uplifting experience of relaxation and renewal through the tools of yoga, massage, sound healing and Ayurvedic wellness. Immerse yourself into a weekend of gentle and restorative yoga, sound bath, meditation, delicious and nutritious Ayurvedic meals, and connecting to nature and community. Prices will vary depending on lodging options. Learn more and register!

About Snowgrass Lodge

You'll love our mountain-and-river-framed corner of nature. Offering both nightly vacation rentals and rejuvenating wellness retreats, the property is ideal for families and groups to celebrate togetherness, all within reach of Leavenworth’s many attractions. Receive a 10% discount by booking directly through our our website! Also, please contact us for special discount rates for yoga and wellness retreats, team events or other special gatherings.

About your hosts

Hailing from Seattle, Hernan and Angela fell in love with the natural beauty and easy pace of the Leavenworth area many years ago. In 2017, they bought Snowgrass Lodge to fulfill their dream of creating a mountain sanctuary and wellness retreat for people to enjoy and reconnect with friends and family in community with nature.

Fall 2019 Wellness Retreats

9/5/2019

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Fall Wellness Retreats

After a nourishing Summer at Snowgrass Lodge, we now look forward to Autumn, the season that teaches us about transition and letting go of whatever may be holding us back. We have some wonderful wellness retreats coming up this Fall to aid you in that process...

Genius of Anxiety Workshop

The Genius of Anxiety Workshop

September 27-29, 2019

Anxiety is a crucial roadblock on the path to success, health and happiness. In this workshop, Katie McKenna, LMHC, and Embodiment Coach Titus Kahoutek help participants rewire and transform anxiety on multiple levels (body, mind, spirit) through reflective action, integrated learning and advanced somatic techniques. Designed to expand emotional range and improve capacity to handle stress, this workshop includes daily movement classes, 5 active learning sessions, reflective time, and decadent nourishing meals in a luxurious setting. Learn more and signup!

Women’s Mountain Meditation Retreat

October 25th-27th, 2019

Clear Out. Clarify. Create! Join Amber Tande for a weekend retreat aligned with the arc of the new moon, focused on stilling the mind, accessing clarity in intuition and guidance, and visioning beauty toward the manifest. Each day we’ll spend several hours in silence, anchoring the practices of Meditation, Journeying, and Visualization, learning how, when, and why to work with each practice to support us through our daily doings, living in the present and creating a life aligned with our soul vision. We’ll also sing, move (very light, all levels movement), breathe, write, and connect. And enjoy local, organic deliciousness. Special dietary needs accommodated. To register or learn more, email amber@mysticliving.org or visit www.mysticliving.org

Fall Yoga Retreat

Nov 1-3, 2019

Feel the message of Fall through nature, healing foods, and yoga in this nourishing weekend retreat led by acclaimed local yogi, Jennifer Isaacson. Ride nature’s rhythms by rising and falling with the sun, hiking beside the river, practicing yoga and soaking in the hot tub beneath a canopy of stars. Move strength and energy into the body using Vinyasa Yoga, settle into the slower pace of Yin Yoga and target tissue that’s been stressed by repetitive movement with Myofascial Release. Each of these techniques support meditation and provide space to deepen your inner relationship. We’ll have the entirety of Snowgrass Lodge to ourselves, chef Aria Peterman designing a healing menu and yoga tailored to your needs. No matter your experience with yoga, Jennifer supports and challenges everyone on the retreat. Learn more and register!

Fall G ratitude Gathering

Nov 22-24, 2019

Join Nathan Getzin and Ada Ketchie of Nada Wakes for a special autumnal Grateful Gathering! As the seasons shift with Thanksgiving right around the corner, it offers us a special occasion to retreat into cozy company, make space for rest and reflection, and expand our hearts through the power of gratitude. As musicians, sound healers, and yoga instructors, we use music, mindfulness, and movement infused with the practice of gratitude to shift patterns of negative thinking and nagging stress. We will gather in community to nurture this transformative practice of awakening appreciation through beautiful music, calming meditation, cathartic movement, deepening connection, nourishing food, and epic nature. All of our favorite things in one place! Beautiful people, immersive sound bath meditations, rejuvenating yoga, fireside folk music & storytelling, take-home tools & practices, family dinners, star gazing from the hot tub, and more awaits you. Wake up to your most gratifying life! To learn more, register, and snag the early bird discount ending Oct 1st, visit www.nadawakes.com/gratefulgathering. For additional questions email hello@nadawakes.com.

Snowgrass Lodge

You'll love our mountain-and-river-framed corner of nature. Offering both nightly vacation rentals and rejuvenating wellness retreats, the property is ideal for families and groups to celebrate togetherness, all within reach of Leavenworth’s many attractions. Get a 15% discount by booking directly through our new website! Also, please contact us for specials discounts on hosting yoga/wellness retreats, team events or other special gatherings.

About your hosts

Hailing from Seattle, Hernan and Angela fell in love with the natural beauty and easy pace of the Leavenworth area many years ago. In 2017, they bought Snowgrass Lodge to fulfill their dream of creating a mountain sanctuary and wellness retreat for people to enjoy and reconnect with friends and family in community with nature.

Summer & Fall 2019 Wellness Retreats

6/27/2019

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Summer & Fall Retreats

With the Solstice behind us, we look forward to the healing warmth of summer and fully immersing ourselves in the river and mountain beauty of Snowgrass Lodge. Read on to learn about some of the great wellness retreats and workshops we have lined up for you this Summer and Fall.

Alpine Yoga Adventure

August 16-18, 2019

Acro Yoga lovers and outdoor adventurers will enjoy a unique fun-filled weekend retreat with Brian Charlton & Gravity Lift at Snowgrass Lodge. Hike to an alpine lake for a dip, float a majestic river, enjoy 5+ hours of yoga with three experienced leaders, eat deeply nourishing meals together, and soak up the sweet acoustics of the beautiful timber frame Snowgrass Lodge that we'll call home for the weekend. Learn more and sign up!

Genius of Anxiety Workshop

The Genius of Anxiety Workshop

September 27-29, 2019

Anxiety is a crucial roadblock on the path to success, health and happiness. In this workshop, Katie McKenna, LMHC, and Embodiment Coach Titus Kahoutek help participants rewire and transform anxiety on multiple levels (body, mind, spirit) through reflective action, integrated learning and advanced somatic techniques. Designed to expand emotional range and improve capacity to handle stress, this workshop includes daily movement classes, 5 active learning sessions, reflective time, and decadent nourishing meals in a luxurious setting. Learn more and signup!

Women’s Mountain Meditation Retreat

October 25th-27th, 2019

Clear Out. Clarify. Create! Join Amber Tande for a weekend retreat aligned with the arc of the new moon, focused on stilling the mind, accessing clarity in intuition and guidance, and visioning beauty toward the manifest. Each day we’ll spend several hours in silence, anchoring the practices of Meditation, Journeying, and Visualization, learning how, when, and why to work with each practice to support us through our daily doings, living in the present and creating a life aligned with our soul vision. We’ll also sing, move (very light, all levels movement), breathe, write, and connect. And enjoy local, organic deliciousness. Special dietary needs accommodated. To register or learn more, email amber@mysticliving.org or visit www.mysticliving.org

Fall Yoga Retreat

Nov 1-3, 2019

Feel the message of Fall through nature, healing foods, and yoga in this nourishing weekend retreat led by acclaimed local yogi, Jennifer Isaacson. Ride nature’s rhythms by rising and falling with the sun, hiking beside the river, practicing yoga and soaking in the hot tub beneath a canopy of stars. Move strength and energy into the body using Vinyasa Yoga, settle into the slower pace of Yin Yoga and target tissue that’s been stressed by repetitive movement with Myofascial Release. Each of these techniques support meditation and provide space to deepen your inner relationship. We’ll have the entirety of Snowgrass Lodge to ourselves, chef Aria Peterman designing a healing menu and yoga tailored to your needs. No matter your experience with yoga, Jennifer supports and challenges everyone on the retreat. Learn more and register!

Leavenworth Community Farm-to-Table Dinner

August 21, 2019

Join us for a magical evening celebrating local food and culinary delights in a stunning setting. The Leavenworth Community Farmer's Market (LCFM) Annual Farm to Table Fundraiser will be on Wednesday, August 21st. Local chefs from Visconti’s, Mozarts, Mana, Wildflour, Whistlepunk, Watershed, and Good Mood Food preparing a beautiful multi-course meal for you with wine from Eagle Creek Winery. Get tickets and more information here. In the meantime, see you at the farmer's market every Thursday from 4-8pm at the Lion’s Club Park in Leavenworth.

Snowgrass Lodge

You'll love our mountain-and-river-framed corner of nature. Offering both nightly vacation rentals and rejuvenating wellness retreats, the property is ideal for families and groups to celebrate togetherness, all within reach of Leavenworth’s many attractions. Get a 15% discount by booking directly through our new website! Also, please contact us for specials discounts on hosting yoga/wellness retreats, team events or other special gatherings.

About your hosts

Hailing from Seattle, Hernan and Angela fell in love with the natural beauty and easy pace of the Leavenworth area many years ago. In 2017, they bought Snowgrass Lodge to fulfill their dream of creating a mountain sanctuary and wellness retreat for people to enjoy and reconnect with friends and family in community with nature.

Spring Newsletter: Upcoming Events

4/18/2019

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Snowgrass: Spring Newsletter

Spring Newsletter

What's New & Upcoming

It's thawing out here in Leavenworth, and we're looking forward to beautiful spring and summer seasons at Snowgrass Lodge. Read on to find out what's happening here in the upcoming months, from women's gatherings, yoga and body-awareness retreats, and health-focused workshops, to our local farmers market (Snowgrass is a sponsor!).

RISE: Reciprocity in Sisterhood Exchange
May 31, 2019 - June 2, 2019

This 3-day women’s gathering will offer lessons from various teachers in the areas of Nature-Driven knowledge, Arts & Expression, and Healing. Throughout the weekend, there will be a variety of workshops, yoga, healing and movement classes along with local, wholesome meals prepared in the lodge we’ll be sharing. Learn more and sign up! For any questions, contact risegathering@gmail.com.

Farmers Market Thursdays
June-October

Plus, join us for Benevolent Night @ München Haus

Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 5-9 PM

Snowgrass Lodge is a new 2019 sponsor for the Leavenworth Community Farmers Market, bringing you local food, crafts and music every Thursday, June through October. Stop by Lions Club Park on June 6th at 4pm for the kickoff of the season and be a part of the locals' experience. Donations are key to supporting LCFM's multiple initiatives and to serving thousands in the Wenatchee Valley. Join the community effort here.

You can also join us for a Benevolent Beer Night of giving at München Haus on May 7th, when 25% of all sales from 5pm to close will be donated to Leavenworth Farmers Market.

Alpine Yoga Adventure

Alpine Yoga Adventure
August 16-18, 2019

Acro Yoga lovers and outdoor adventurers will enjoy a unique fun-filled weekend retreat with Brian Charlton & Gravity Lift at Snowgrass Lodge. Hike to an alpine lake for a dip, float a majestic river, enjoy 5+ hours of yoga with three experienced leaders, eat deeply nourishing meals together, and soak up the sweet acoustics of the beautiful timber frame Snowgrass Lodge that we'll call home for the weekend. Learn more and sign up!

Embodied Anatomy Immersion

Embodied Anatomy Immersion
August 28-September 1, 2019

This 4-day training retreat with Liam Bowler and Mike Hamm at Snowgrass Lodge will have body-centered practitioners learn via palpation, movement, meditation and anatomical insight. At its heart is common ground underlying all body-based disciplines. It’s not another technique to add to your bag of tricks; it's an in-depth examination & systems training on the bag itself: how you see, feel and imagine a human body. Learn more and sign up!

Genius of Anxiety Workshop

The Genius of Anxiety Workshop

September 27-29, 2019

Anxiety is a crucial roadblock on the path to success, health and happiness. In this workshop, Katie McKenna, LMHC, and Embodiment Coach Titus Kahoutek help participants rewire and transform anxiety on multiple levels (body, mind, spirit) through reflective action, integrated learning and advanced somatic techniques. Designed to expand emotional range and improve capacity to handle stress, this workshop includes daily movement classes, 5 active learning sessions, reflective time, and decadent nourishing meals in a luxurious setting. Learn more and sign up!

Women’s Mountain Meditation Retreat
October 25th-27th, 2019

Clear Out. Clarify. Create! Join Amber Tande for a weekend retreat aligned with the arc of the new moon, focused on stilling the mind, accessing clarity in intuition and guidance, and visioning beauty toward the manifest. Each day we’ll spend several hours in silence, anchoring the practices of Meditation, Journeying, and Visualization, learning how, when, and why to work with each practice to support us through our daily doings, living in the present and creating a life aligned with our soul vision. We’ll also sing, move (very light, all levels movement), breathe, write, and connect. And enjoy local, organic deliciousness. Special dietary needs accommodated. To register or learn more, email amber@mysticliving.org or visit www.mysticliving.org

Snowgrass Lodge

Snowgrass Lodge

Whether it's your first time here or a return visit, you'll love our mountain-and-river-framed corner of nature. Offering both nightly rentals and a relaxing retreat for small groups, the property is perfectly set up for families and groups to celebrate togetherness, all within reach of Leavenworth’s many attractions. Contact Us about hosting your retreat or, if you're looking for a nightly rental, Book Now.

About your Snowgrass hosts

Hailing from Seattle, Hernan and Angela fell in love with the natural beauty and easy pace of Leavenworth many years ago. In 2017 they bought Snowgrass Lodge to fulfill their dream of creating a mountain sanctuary for people to enjoy and connect, surrounded by nature yet within reach of Leavenworth’s many attractions.

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Snow Till Spring

3/10/2019

Spring may not be right around the corner in Leavenworth, but that's okay--the extra winter means extended skiing, silent nights, and frosty walks through an icy kingdom. Here's a photo of the world outside, with evergreens and icicles and palatial mountains. Not bad, March. Not bad at all.

Happy New Year!

1/2/2019

We are so thankful for the Leavenworth community, for the wonderful guests we've had at Snowgrass Lodge and Heartwood House, and for the beauty of the Leavenworth area. We’re looking forward to an amazing 2019!

We wish you all the best and hope your year is filled with adventures with family and friends in the most beautiful places on earth. If you are looking to come to town for the winter season, please check for availability on www.snowgrasslodge.com

Big group? Snowgrass Lodge sleeps up to 12 and has private rooms for 4 couples.

Just a few? Heartwood House is perfect for two couples or a family of four. There are still several ski season weekends open this winter!

Happy Thanksgiving from Snowgrass!

11/21/2018

Our loved ones may be far away from us geographically this holiday, but they’re still here in our hearts. In the spirit of the season, we're reminiscing about the fun times we've had with family recently. Here’s a blog post Angela wrote about taking her mom to Norway this summer. Hope you are planning lots of adventures with your loved ones.
-Hernan & Angela

Fjord Travels With Mom: Flåm, Gudvangen & the Sognefjord>>

Autumn Leaf Festival Parade 2018

9/30/2018

Thank you, Leavenworth and the Autumn Leaf Festival Association for a wonderful parade yesterday! It was a fun spectacle! If you missed it, you can find out more about the Festival at http://autumnleaffestival.com. See a few pics and some videos below!

Fall’s Deep Learning

9/23/2018

Fall colors, salmon festivals, bird migrations & yoga meditations…autumn in Leavenworth inspires mindfulness about the natural world.

Fall returns to the Pacific Northwest like an old friend bearing gifts. The trees are gathering their bouquets: maples are turning heart red, aspens burnished gold. There’s a cool edge to the air, and the scent of campfire stirs the memory, playing with our sense of time. Autumn holds a poignant beauty, precious in its impermanence.

It's a nostalgic season. Back-to-school feelings still tug at us from the past, as do our deep cultural ties to the land, around which the public school year was originally designed. There is so much nature has to teach us in the fall, and I realized I'd better start paying closer attention. Here are a few recent experiences in which I found myself in the role of student again.

Salmon in Session
Last weekend I visited the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, located a quarter-mile from Snowgrass Lodge. Built in 1940, the hatchery was one of three created as reparation for the Grand Coulee Dam’s devastating impact on migratory fish populations (salmon, steelhead) after the dam blocked access to spawning habitats in the Columbia River basin.

The Leavenworth hatchery helps restore Chinook Salmon to the rivers and streams, and replenish Native American tribal fishing grounds.

As I toured the grounds, looking at young fingerlings in their tubs and full grown salmon born last year, I learned about the incredible the lengths they’ll go, traveling miles and miles of waterways to reach the Pacific Ocean, where they’ll live for years before returning (by scent) to the rivers of their youth. Back to this very spot.

Their life is literally a journey, their marathon swim upstream a perfect metaphor for perseverance. Nature, I thought, is the best teacher.

This weekend, on the September Equinox, I returned to the hatchery for the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival. Featuring hands-on learning activities for kids, reptile shows, birds of prey exhibits, and Native American art, the free community day celebrated the return of the salmon to our Northwest rivers.

Other Migration Lessons
I also recently went on a bird walk at nearby Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort a half-mile farther up Icicle Road. There, I joined more than a dozen early morning risers armed with binoculars. Led by retired U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist Heather Murphy, we spotted American goldfinches in the aspens, osprey on the wing, and dippers in the river, and we chased an elusive white-headed woodpecker through the organic garden, its call leading us down the primrose path.

As we scoured trees and snags like detectives, searching for signs of life that hadn’t yet migrated south, I felt grateful for the thrill of discovery, and to be learning something new. It was the final bird walk of the season, and last chances are always exciting.

Perhaps that’s fall’s hold on us, too—the last-chance splendor that feels like “a second spring, when every leaf is a flower."[1] Fall reminds us to be ever mindful, to not miss a thing.

A New Practice
Autumn is an ideal time for starting new activities, and not just outdoors. One of the founding texts on Hatha Yoga, the Gheranda Samhita, suggests starting a new yoga practice in spring or autumn, “for in these seasons success is attained without much trouble” and one “does not become liable to diseases.”[2] Sounded good to me.

After the bird walk, I took in a gentle yoga class at Sleeping Lady led by Joanna Dunn. The transition from investigating the natural world to more inward observation felt like the right progression to me.

Clearly, fall has already been working its magic on me. For me, the deep learning of autumn lies in paying attention to my changing world. I like to think of every trip around the sun as a metaphor and a microcosm of a whole lifetime, from the spring of our youth, to our ripe autumn years. The current season holds great lessons for us, not the least of which is to make the most of our lives with the vibrancy that fall knows best.

What feelings does fall inspire in you? What activities are on your calendar? Share them below!

[1] Voiced by a character trying to connect with an estranged family member, this line from Act II of Camus’ play, Le Malentendu (The Misunderstanding), seems to assert that life offers us second chances. The encouraging quote belies the play’s dark themes and Greek tragedy-style ending, but I still love the metaphor. You can read contextual dialogue along with one reader’s commentary here.
[2] The 17th century Gheranda Samhita, translated by Rabbahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu, is viewable online here.

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Angela is a writer who loves sharing people’s stories. Hernan is a designer who creates uplifting experiences. Snowgrass Lodge is the mountain sanctuary they share with others.

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