October 8-11, 2026 just outside of Blowing Rock, North Carolina
My original women’s retreat.
Intimate groups.
Beautiful spaces.
Thoughtfully designed sessions for body, mind and spirit.
As the season shifts from the heat and fire of summer, we cool off. Take a beat. Flow with the change of the season.
While it’s a beautiful gift that so many trees remind us to ”let something go” with a fanfare of colored leaves, it’s just as beautiful to know that the annual pulling back of even the most evergreen is a universal act of conservation and a refocusing of energy. Fall then, is not just an act of releasing but of preserving what is most valuable from the prior seasons.
The Flow and Let it Go retreat is a reminder to evaluate and shift our energy. To use the longer nights to contemplate our season of growth and to intentionally decide what we keep and what we release. It’s the cooling off that allows us to release the fire of reacting and invite the softness of curiousity.
Whether you need a respite after a busy season that aligns with the calendar, or from a season of life you feel the shifts from, this retreat balances effort and ease to invite space for personal integration.
Our four day, three night women’s retreat in the mountains of North Carolina is an all-inclusive weekend reminder that a little time focused on ourselves can feel like magic, that a moment of intentional softness can spark internal and external connections.
This retreat is aligned with embracing the energy of the change of seasons. Moon Rising is a space to be fully taken care of and our time together is a reminder to let go of all the roles you fill for others and return to self. This is your invitation to a blend of yoga and camaraderie, of curiosity and comfort, of afternoon naps and dancing in the moonlight, of finding your flow and letting things go.
What’s Included?
4 days/3 nights at the Moon Rising Retreat Center with gourmet brunch and dinner, beverages & snacks.
Twice daily yoga, breathwork & meditation practices in a range of styles to suit every body.
Creativity based sessions with the one and only Jenny Runkel of Story Finder Studio
Daily thought sessions, rituals and gatherings designed to spark curiosity and invite ease.
Investment:
$1,280 private room (twin bed) w/ shared bath (bathrooms are jack and jill style and connect 2 bedrooms)
$1,480 private room (king bed) w/ private bath
Please Note: If you are traveling with a friend and wish to share a room, these may be reserved at $1080 per person.
Sample Daily Schedule
- 8:30am – All Levels Yoga Flow
- 10:00am – Brunch
- 10:45am – Creative Explorations with Jenny
- 12:00-4:45pm – Free time
- 4:45pm – Deep Stretch/Yin Yoga
- 6:00pm – Dinner
- 7:00pm – Thought Session (Guided explorations & reflections)
- 8:00pm – Sound Bath
- 9:00pm – Tea and closing the day
The retreat begins with check-in starting at 2pm on Thursday and concludes at 11am on Sunday. We formally begin at 5pm on Thursday with our opening circle. Kindly make travel plans accordingly.
As a Signature retreat offering, attendance is limited to ensure the connection, support, community and space for comfort and ease. I offer most of the rooms for solo occupancy to ensure each attendee can enjoy rest, solitude and the ease that can arrive in your won space. The Moon Rising Retreat Center has a majority of rooms that adjoin via a jack and jill style shared full bathroom, so for the most part two people with share each full bathroom, with each bathroom accessible only via those two bedrooms. If you are coming with a friend, I will place you in private rooms that share bathroom. Room requests are handled in order of reservation time/date. I will contact you within a day or two to confirm your room type.
To reserve your space click here. If you have any questions, please e-mail alison@breathtomotion.com. Please note I reply to most e-mail with 48 hours so do not fret if you do not get an immediate reply. IF the retreat is sold out, this page and the registration form will reflect that.
Your Host and Guest Instructors:
Your Host: Alison Gurevich is a full time yoga instructor (E-RYT500) based in Atlanta, Georgia. She has taught thousands of hours of yoga classes and has completed over 800 hours of yoga teacher trainings. In her classes, Alison offers pathways exploring the physical body and breathwork as access points to finding and creating ease in our minds. Alison has hosted more than 20 yoga retreats both locally and internationally in the last five years, offers a 200-hour yoga teacher training program and continuing education for yoga teachers, teaches at yoga festivals, hosts an online yoga community and teaches 15+ classes a week across four wonderful yoga studios north of Atlanta. Read her full bio here.
Guest Instructor: Jenny Runkel has been a “word nerd” as long as she can recall. She spent 20 years in the English classroom, teaching seniors in high school all about life via the written word. In her words now: “Stories are powerful things. They can take on a life of their own. Sometimes they propel us to great achievements; other times, they hold us back from being who we were made to be. Always, they can be coaxed into the light so that we can dust them off, see what they have to teach us, and then set them free. I call that StoryFinding. And now that I retired my red pen and picked up the paintbrush, it’s more fun than ever.” Jenny is returning for her second women’s retreat and I can’t wait for you to meet her if you weren’t at her first retreat with me!
Please Note:
Rates quoted above include all taxes and fees. A $640 deposit is required to hold your space and you are not reserved until your deposit is received. Payments can be made by Debit or Credit Card once a room request is submitted and your space is confirmed. Full payment is due 28 days prior to event. All deposits and payments become non-refundable 28 days prior to the retreat unless the retreat is sold out and we are able to fill your space from the waitlist. The retreat hosts may be able to offer a credit towards a future retreat in the case of documented illness.
Breath to Motion retreats align with those in recovery and/or pursuing alcohol and intoxicant free activities for a variety of reasons. As such, there will be no alcohol, illegal substances, or intoxicants allowed. Moon Rising holds this policy as well. If you bring alcohol, illegal substances, or intoxicants you will be asked to leave the retreat, no refunds will be granted. Smoking and vaping (or other similar activities) are prohibited in and near the buildings as well as restricted anywhere on the grounds.
All content I share here, elsewhere on my websites and in social media is created by me, Alison Gurevich – and not AI or other sources unless otherwise specifically attributed. This includes all photographs, writing, and ideas. All rights reserved by Alison Gurevich. “Flow and Let it Go – Fall Retreat” was originally published to www.breathtomotion.com on 4/28/202626. When you find typos or grammar errors, celebrate humanity and enjoy a little song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wKzyIN1yk (Human by Rag N Bone Man). In this post: the leading image (with sunburst in the sky) and the residential room photo under “Investment”, were provided by Moon Rising Retreat. Host and guest instructor head shots are used with permission.
