Retreats

Discover the unique benefits of intensive learning in a group setting!

Develop the poise in your everyday life and learn how to confidently communicate what you’re passionate about.

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Multi-Day Retreats for Women

Registration for the Fall 2025 retreat has closed. Check back soon for next retreat dates!

I love doing intensive work and I love to travel —

So, I created destination event as a kind of incubator experience of 5 full days of individual hands on and group Alexander Technique work (mindfulness, posture, breathing) brought into real-life activities —

—giving you a grounded presence that you can take home with you...plus time for relaxation and recreation in the beautiful French countryside.

Why attend a retreat?

  • It’s efficient! Maximize your time with me with this event! Block out a few days in your busy schedule to spend some time working on yourself.

  • Discover what’s possible! I can’t emphasize enough how much improvement you’ll make dedicating 5 days to work on yourself and get hands-on and in-the-moment guidance.

  • The location is magical! You’ll get to experience a new place and culture and combine learning with rest and recreation and delicious locally sourced food .

  • Connection and Comraderie. Share the experience with a fabulous group of women in a relaxed atmosphere with no judgement. Group work will enhance your learning as you’ll get to observe others as well as work on yourself and you’ll make new friends and contacts.

You'll learn to:

  • truly transform your posture.

  • calm your body and mind.

  • discover a grounded presence that will leave you feeling refreshed. After the retreat, you’ll feel ready to bring a more confident, centered way of being into everything you do.

The retreat includes:

  • Individual, hands-on work every day as well as group and activity-based sessions to help you seamlessly integrate more mindfulness, ease, and better posture into your everyday activities at home and at work. 

  • Practice staying grounded, relaxed as you interact with others -- These are tools you can take with you to help you promote your business or improve your communication at work.

  • Rest, relaxation, and recreation in a beautiful environment that you'll have lots of time to enjoy...and we'll be eating freshly prepared, locally grown food (vegetarian and vegan options available).

What People Are Saying

“The retreat taught me a lot about how to adjust my body to eliminate blockages, especially tension in my shoulders and neck.
The exercises we did were based on simple daily activities life such as carrying objects, working on the computer, speaking in front of a group or cooking — helping me to become aware of being present in body, rather than being all up in my head.

Lindsay helps us by giving us subtle cues and these mini adjustments help us to release tension and move with more fluidity.

Since the retreat, I have been walking more mindfully, being more attentive to my environment, and I seem to have grown 2 cm!”
— Anne-Isabelle Goulard

Sample Schedule

Evening of Arrival

6pm - Opening session of retreat. Appetizers, drinks, and a light dinner with be offered.

Daily Schedule - 3-5 full days

8:30am - Breakfast

9:30am - Group Session (daily theme)

11am - Outdoor activity - Guided walk, with cues, along the Sevre River

12pm - Floor Work

12:30pm - lunch

2pm - 1:1 hands-on work and free time

3:30pm - Guided activity - cooking, gardening, using the computer…(we may split into two groups) - topics based on interest of group

OR outing (boat ride through the canals of Le Marais Poitevin/other local tourism)

4:30pm - Optional additional 1:1 hands-on work, review/discussion, or we end the day at this point (depends on interests and energy level of individuals)

4:30/5pm-6:30pm - Free time

6:30pm - Dinner served

7:30pm - Optional evening activity - live music, talent night (totally optional!), Fun game for learning some French to help you get around, movie night (on the big screen at the retreat!), board games and puzzle

“I approached this experience hopeful but hesitant. Would I get out of it what I hoped? The retreat delivered. I came away with practices and techniques that have made a deep and lasting difference. Perhaps most of all, I came away with a new sense of what is possible.

The biggest changes have been to my walking posture. I finally know - and can maintain in the moment - what walking without strain feels like. I’d had glimpses of this before, but being on the retreat gave me a safe and super-pleasant environment to explore and learn. It wasn’t a one-hour class, but a five-day practice with the space and grace to try and sense and experience and grow. I feel like the knowledge gained really belongs to me now.”
— Carol M.
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What People Are Saying

  • I sit and stand much more confidently now, speak more calmly and authoritatively in public settings, and generally feel healthier and more attractive. I can see myself looking different in photos.

    Katie T.

  • I won 20% of my energy back, just because I started 'doing less' to have 'good posture'. I immediately felt lighter and better.

    Joanna Podgorska, Google

  • This class has given me more confidence and I have been more at ease in the classroom and in presentations. It has made a huge difference in how I feel and how I am received.

    Rosemary Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor at The Graduate Center, CUNY

  • The workshop heightened my awareness of my posture and of how I sometimes overcorrect rather than attend to alignment issues. . .I spoke to a group of 80 people today and did not lose my voice by the end of the day.

    Giselle Martin-Kniep, President Learner-Centered Initiatives, Ltd.

  • A lifetime of poor posture made me skeptical about being able to improve, so I was surprised to discover how much I learned at each session and happy that the training has had such a positive effect on how I sit, stand, walk, and feel.

    Donna D., New York