Solo Exploration

A new and transformational way to travel, guests are invited to curate their own experience with a resort stay. Whether seeking a quiet getaway to reflect and rest or an action-packed trip full of movement and adventure, Wild Rice Retreat is the perfect place to escape the everyday. Wild Rice welcomes adults and their newest little ones—ages 16 and up, with exceptions for infants under 18 months.

Your Resort Stay Includes

Scandinavian Modern Lodging
Two Fresh & Healthy Locally-Sourced Meals Served Daily (Brunch & Dinner)
Lite Breakfast Served Daily
Complimentary Daily Movement & Wellness Classes
24-Hour Sauna & Rain Shower Experience

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Movement

Designed to ground the mind, body and spirit. Movement classes may consist of yoga, meditation, nature walks, and more.

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Expression

Designed to nurture individual creativity. Expression classes may consist of watercolor painting, essential oil classes, and more.

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Nourishment

Designed to bring wellbeing full circle. Nourishment classes may consist of gardening, foraging, and spirit-free cocktail-making classes.

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Example Daily Schedule

Daily Class Calendar

Create your own schedule from our daily classes for the perfect blend of solitude and community. Classes are added to the calendar as soon as they are scheduled, up to a week in advance. Please check back prior to your stay for a complete look at the offerings available.

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July 17-19, 2026

Primal Reset: Awakening Primal Pathways for Modern Day Resilience

This is a Wild Rice Retreat–hosted workshop, part of our thoughtfully curated programming. We proudly partner with skilled retreat leaders to bring guided experiences to our resort—designed to inspire, nourish, and support personal growth in alignment with our mission.

This immersive experience fuses together the grounding benefits of nature immersion, the regulating power of breath work, and the complete restoration of Yoga Nidra to awaken your primal pathways for today’s fast paced society.

Here we aim to reset your nervous system and sharpen presence, vitality, and clarity by moving with the land, breathing into steadiness, and dropping into deep regulation. Here your nervous system recalibrates and your mind anchors in the biosomatic connection between breath and body.

Honoring the primal wisdom of the breath, movement, rest, and connection, these practices become practical tools you carry back into daily living, empowering you to respond with strength and awaken your enduring inner resilience.

Bio:
Sierra, Founder and Facilitator of Yog Collective and School of Women’s Embodiment, The Sacred Femme, has extensively studied the art of human optimization through different healing modalities for over 10 years. From studio owner of 7 years to a featured instructor of local, national, and international venues, Sierra’s passion is to build a community of seekers to collectively raise the frequency of the planet through svadyaya (self- study) and ahbyasa (applied practice) and a connection to divine sovereignty.

Social:
@sovereign_frequency

Registration:
For all guests on-site, the cost is $25 per workshop. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $25 drop in fee. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at [email protected].

Terms + Conditions:
Your workshop cost will be added on to your lodging reservation and paid for at checkout. If you need to cancel attendance at your workshop, please call the property directly or notify the Assistant Retreat Director, Jenna Erickson at [email protected].

August 9-12, 2026

Lifting the Light: An Aerial Yoga + Energy Healing Experience

Workshop Schedule

Aug 9, 6-8:30 pm
Aug 10, 7:30 - 8:30 am & 2-3 pm
Aug 11, 7:30 - 8:30 am & 2-3 pm
Aug 12, 7:30 - 8:30 am

This unique aerial yoga and energy healing experience blends strength, restoration, play, and deep relaxation using aerial slings/hammocks as supportive tools for movement and exploration.

Together we will move through a flowing aerial yoga practice inspired by traditional mat-based asanas — incorporating stretching, strengthening, balance work, and inversions in a supportive and accessible way. Between dynamic sequences, students will be guided into gentle movement, restorative shapes, and opportunities to explore what feels nourishing and freeing within their own bodies.

The experience deepens with daily Somatic Float sessions. A deeply restful cocoon practice inside the hammock featuring guided meditation, nervous system regulation, stillness, and energy healing designed to help you soften, reset, and reconnect.

This class is open to all levels and invites you to build strength, release tension, awaken creativity, and experience the joy of movement in a safe and supportive environment.

Attire: fitted yoga pants and shorts with sleeves. Think: covering the skin for the places the skill will be wrapped around the body. This is most comfortable.

Please avoid wearing clothing with zippers and dangling jewelry, especially rings.

BIO: Adge Lindsey is an energy healer, movement guide, and retreat facilitator with years of experience creating transformative spaces for healing, embodiment, and connection. Blending aerial yoga, breathwork, intuitive energy practices, and somatic movement, she offers classes that are both grounding and uplifting — where play, depth, and nervous system restoration meet.

She lives and works internationally offering retreats, trainings, mentorship, and wellness experiences designed to reconnect people to their bodies, creativity, and inner wisdom. Known for her warm presence and dynamic teaching style, Adge creates an environment that feels professional, welcoming, and deeply alive — encouraging students of all levels to explore self-expression in a supportive space.

SOCIAL:
Web: https://www.adgeofwellness.com/
IG: @adge_of_wellness
FB: https://www.facebook.com/adgemarz

REGISTRATION: For all guests on-site, the cost is $500 per workshop. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $500 drop in fee. For community members not staying on property, payment for workshop must be made in advance by calling Wild Rice Retreat at 715-779-0178. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at [email protected].

TERMS + CONDITIONS: Your workshop cost will be added on to your lodging reservation and paid for at checkout. If you need to cancel attendance at your workshop, please call the property directly or notify the Assistant Retreat Director, Jenna Erickson at [email protected]

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September 10-13, 2026

Plein Air Sketching in Watercolor: Sand Island Views with Dana M. Johnson

Plein Air (Outdoor) Sketching with watercolor, beginners welcome! In this workshop, participants will discover a new way to enjoy the outdoors through observation and painting. We will learn to look slowly, work quickly, and not worry about being perfect.

Participants will spend time painting together on the beautiful grounds of Wild Rice Retreat, and, weather depending, will also be going off-site for an afternoon of plein air painting on Sand Island to sketch the dock, boats, and historic lighthouse.

Course participants are welcome to bring their own materials, however it is not necessary as basic materials will be provided.

Event Schedule:

Thu: Optional dinner with the artist 6-7 pm followed by 7:30 - 8:30 pm class
Fri: 12-3 pm
Sat: 12-4 pm
Sun: 11 am - 12 pm

For students staying off-site, there is an option to join Dana for Dinner with the Artist at Wild Rice on Friday at 6-7 pm, for $34 / person plus tax.

Bio:
Dana paints outdoors year round and works in oils, watercolor, and ink. She has a BFA in Illustration from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and studied plein air oil painting with Joe Paquet at his studio in St. Paul and at the Madeline Island School of the Arts. She loves books and even more loves combining painting and bookmaking.

Most of her work starts on location. For Dana, it’s about being in that moment and immersed in a place, especially by water or in a forest. The longer she paints in one place, the more she sees. When not painting, she works with kids and adults to introduce them to sketching outdoors and book-making. Dana lives and works on the South Shore of Lake Superior.

Social:

Website: https://danamjohnson.square.site/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danamjohnson/

Registration:
For all guests on-site, the cost is $480. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $480 drop in fee. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at [email protected].

Terms + Conditions:
Your workshop cost will be added on to your lodging reservation and paid for at checkout. For community members not staying on property, payment for workshop must be made in advance by calling Wild Rice Retreat at 715-779-0178. If you need to cancel attendance at your workshop, please call the property directly or notify the Assistant Retreat Director, Jenna Erickson at [email protected]

July 10 & 17, 2027 | 12-3 pm

Artist In Residence - Dietlind Vander Schaaf

Painter Dietlind Vander Schaaf will be serving as artist-in-residence on either end of her July 2027 retreat.

She will be giving an evening lecture and slideshow on encaustic painting that touches on contemporary artists working in the field, as well as highlights the versatility of the medium. During the day she will offer a 3 hour mini workshop that covers application, color mixing, and basic techniques including leaf stencils and working with mixed media.

Attendees will create a small painting to take with them.

Bio:
Dietlind Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, and On Center Gallery, among others, and been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, UPPERCASE, and Downeast magazines.

Vander Schaaf is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has taught workshops throughout the country, including Haystack, Arrowmont, Castle Hill, Snow Farm, Penland, Maine College of Art, R&F, and internationally at Zijdelings in The Netherlands, Essence of Mulranny in Ireland, and Kunstfreiraum in Switzerland. The recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission and International Encaustic Artists, as well as a Tending Space Artist Fellowship from the Hemera Foundation, she is represented by Portland Art Gallery and Artemis Gallery. Vander Schaaf is a 500 hr Kripalu yoga instructor with specialty training in meditation, advanced asana, Ayurveda, vinyasa, and pranayama.

Social:
@dietlindvanderschaaf

Registration:
For all guests on-site, the cost is $75 for the workshop. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $75 drop in fee. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at [email protected].