EMERGENCE: A Spring Women's Yoga Retreat

With Melba Payan

April 23 - 25, 2027

Date and Time Details: Check-in begins at 2:00 pm Friday, Check-out is by 2:00 pm Sunday

Location: Thanksgiving House

Location: 81 Hobart Lane, Sautee Nacoochee, GA, USA

  • Thanksgiving House (Please click REGISTER NOW for information and pricing options) – $0.00

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Emergence

Step into a space created entirely for you. As spring returns to life, Emergence is an invitation to step out of the noise and back into yourself. A place where roles, expectations, and constant doing fall away so your body can soften, your mind can quiet, and your own voice can come forward again.

This 3-day, 2-night women’s retreat is designed for the woman who has been holding a lot. The one who shows up, gives fully, and keeps moving, yet knows there is a part of her ready for space, clarity, and a more honest rhythm. There is nothing you need to become here, only space to return to what has been waiting beneath the surface.

Like a seed beneath the soil, something within you has been quietly building strength, clarity, readiness. When given the right conditions, space, warmth, and time, it begins to open. This retreat honors that in-between space, the pause where you can reconnect, listen inward, and recognize what is ready for your attention. Every detail is intentionally designed to support you in slowing down with ease. Through guided practices, intentional stillness, and spaciousness, you are invited back into connection not through effort, but through presence.

From Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, your days unfold with intention and flow. Grounding yoga, restorative practices, breathwork, meditation, and quiet moments are woven throughout. You will be held in intimate women’s circles, immersed in nature, and invited into creative expression. Nourishing meals are shared, and space is offered for both connection and solitude so you can move at your own pace while feeling fully supported.

When you allow yourself to pause, something begins to shift. The internal weight softens, your body steadies, and your mind clears. You reconnect with yourself in a way that feels grounded and true. What emerges is not something new, but something remembered, steady, honest, and already within you. A presence you carry with you long after you leave. This is more than a retreat. It is a return.

No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed. Only a willingness to arrive as you are.

Sample Schedule

DAY 1

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Arrival and Check-in
  • 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM Welcome circle
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
  • 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Women’s Circle
  • 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Restorative Yoga + Meditation

DAY 2

  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM Yoga Flow
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
  • 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Nature Walk
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Free time (hiking, journaling, massage, reiki, etc.)
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Women’s Circle + Creative Expression
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Candlelight Yin Yoga + Meditation

DAY 3

  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM Yoga Flow
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Free Time
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Closing Circle
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Group Pictures + Departure

EMERGENCE

From within the stillness, something stirs.

About the Leader

Melba Payan

Melba discovered yoga in 2016 during a season of deep burnout and emotional exhaustion after an 18-year career as a high school Spanish teacher. What began as a personal refuge soon became a powerful path to healing. Through movement, breath, and stillness, she found relief from years of stress and anxiety—and most importantly, a way […]

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