Rustic Roots Retreats

02/02/2024

Love Yourself First this Valentines Day season 🤍 We will begin at 9am with an energizing hour-long warm yoga flow led by Izzy, followed by tea and a short discussion. Next we will move into a deep mediation with Danna embracing "Om Namah Shivaya" (Bowing Down to the Inner-Self). Finally, we will surrender to a calming & uplifting Sound Bath led by Desi.

9am-11:30am
Sunday, February 11th
The Yoga Shop (please sign up via MindBody App)
$35/per person -- SPACE LIMITED !

07/12/2023

Take a moment to pause before the busy holiday season 🙏🏽 Meet us at WinMan trails before 3pm to grab a hot winter beverage and a snack. We will begin our workshop with a short meditation and gentle yoga to honor the duality between lightness and dark. Then, embark on a short sunset trek around WinMan! Snowshoes are provided. Return back to the chalet to enjoy a warm drink around the bonfire before heading home with your solstice gift. You will leave feeling renewed, reconnected to nature, and clear on your intentions leading into the new year. SPACE IS LIMITED! Visit WWW.RUSTICROOTSWI.COM to snag your spot :)

05/11/2023

A huge thank you to Whisky from for joining us last weekend to share her art & energy! Swipe to see some of her work from the weekend 🤍✨️

05/11/2023

Sharing some of our favorite shots from this year's Fall Retreat. We were blessed with nearly 40 amazing humans joining us to connect, relax, and reset in the beautiful Northwoods. Guests enjoyed homemade & mindul meals, engaged with countless opportunities to move & explore, and focused on stoking their inner fires 🔥 to prepare for the slower & more reflective months ahead.
HUGE thank you to our amazing staff, massage therapists, & incredible kitchen help who contributed so much of their energy and time to the weekend. And to Vanessa for snapping so many great photos!

Rustic Roots is growing! Stay tuned for exciting news about what is ahead for us:)

- Danna & Izzy

25/10/2023

We are gearing up for a weekend filled with nature, connection, and reflection 🔥
See you Friday!

08/10/2023

We are ❕️less than 20 days away❕️from a weekend filled with opportunities to fuel your Inner Fire 🔥
We are all closing the door on a busy summer, filled with changes and unique life shifts. Now is the perfect time to prioritize YOU & check in with your path as we inch closer to winter.
Below are a few things you can expect from the weekend:
✨️ Delicious & Homemade Meals & Mindful Wine!
✨️ Biking & Guided Nature Hikes!
✨️ Massage Therapists & Tattoo Artists!
✨️ Paint n' Sip, Journaling Workshops, and more Inner Fire crafting opportunities!
✨️ All Levels Vinayasa Yoga, Sculpt, Meditation, & Sound Bath!

08/08/2023

At your Fall Getaway, we will be igniting our inner fire 🔥 and preparing the mind, body, and spirit for the long winter season.
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May is a beautiful book that we will be pulling wisdom from throughout the weekend. THE NEXT 10 SIGNUPS will receive a free copy of the book (everyone who has signed up already has a copy secured)
✨️Visit WWW.RUSTICROOTSWI.COM to view the schedule & other weekend details✨️

05/07/2023

✨️ Happy 4th Of July Week from Rustic Roots ✨️
Private Yogas always available at beautiful Rest Lake :)

23/05/2023

We invite you to join us for our 2nd Annual Fall Retreat Weekend, in beautiful Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin!
Together we will work towards stoking our 'Inner Fire' in preparation for the slower, colder months to follow the Fall season. This weekend will offer space to reconnect with Mother Earth and tune into the way your body and mind transition into Winter.
Scheduled for the last weekend in October, this year will be filled with countless events and activities that you can be part of--or not! We are grateful to be working with local artists, instructors, naturalists, and wellness advocates to create an array of opportunities for you to feel grounded and self-sustaining.

You have choices and options to make this YOUR retreat. Bring a loved one along or wing it solo! Spend time relaxing, socializing (or not), hiking, biking, arts, food, massage, yoga & meditation, campfires, organized events… choose what resonates with you.
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Check out our website www.rusticrootswi.com for all information!

01/05/2023

Happy May Everyone!

We are starting the month off with a ton of SNOW, but looking forward to some of the Summer/Fall happenings we are planning. Stay tuned! 😍
For now, peak at some of the yoga & other fun ways to move with us this month! Attached is the calendar for the YogaShop in Arbor Vitae. Check out classes available at the MAC as well (we are there every Saturday morning!)

Stay Warm Everyone!

22/04/2023

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Happy Earth Day to All!

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12/04/2023

Spring has arrived in the Northwoods! 🌱🫡
We are busy here at Rustic planning our Summer/Fall Happenings so stay posted :) For now, we are planning a FINAL MEETING for our book club! Whether you have been to all or none of our book club hangouts thus far...you are welcome to attend on May 1st, when we will be discussing the final three agreements and summarizing the book.
We are adding a little optional yoga flow this time to kick it off. Snacks and beverages will be there, feel free to bring something to share!
SEND YOUR EMAIL to receive all official information, zoom links, and guided questions !

✨️When: Monday, May 1st.
✨️Where: The Lodge, Manitowish Waters
✨️Time: 5:00 Optional Gentle Yoga @ the Lodge (outside if it's nice and sunny! Extra mats will be available!) 6:00PM Book Club starts

16/03/2023

Push through the winter with us! Roll out your mat and give yourself the gift of movement and relaxation. There is a TON of yoga offered in the area throughout the rest of the winter season & into the highly-anticipated spring 🌱
✨️See Izzy and Danna's schedule below!
✨️& be sure to check out the additional amazing classes in the area offered in Arbor Vitae, the MAC in Manitowish Waters, and Rooted Soul Studio in Mercer.

🤍SUNDAY
9:30-10:45 Heated Vinayasa Flow @ The Yoga Shop

🤍THURSDAY
8:30-9:45 Heated Vinayasa Flow @ The Yoga Shop
9:30-10:30 Warm Slow Flow @ The MAC
4:30-5:30 Community Flow @ NL Grade School

🤍SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 Vinayasa Flow @ The MAC

✨️In recognition of the changing seasons, the Yogashop & .body.mind have been teaming up to offer a 108 Sun Salutations Flow ~followed by~ a Relaxing Community Sauna Session✨️
Consider joining from 9-12 this Sunday!

23/02/2023

Hello All!
We are nearing the end of February & preparing for our second book club meeting on:
Monday March 6th at 6:00pm
Location: The Lodge in Manitowish Waters (or via Zoom!)
Complimentary snacks, libations and comfies included! All are welcome, whether or not you made it to the first meeting.
We will be posting a short summary on the first hangout to bring everyone up to date :)
This upcoming meeting will be on THE FIRST AGREEMENT, arguably the most important on pages 25-46. Cuddle up with this short chapter or throw it on audible and dive deeper into what it means to be "Impeccable With Your Word". Feel free to join us solo or bring a friend, we have an amazing group of women coming together to discuss & create a new a understanding with ourselves and the world at large.
Send us your email to hop onto our list!

28/01/2023

❄️FINAL CALL!❄️ The deadline is approaching to commit to our Winter Hygge Weekend Getaway 🙃 Grab a friend, loved one, or wing it solo & dedicate the weekend to cozy, warm, intentional movement and connection.
You have until February 1st (three days) days to sign up before the booking closes!
Visit www.rusticrootswi.com for more information

23/01/2023

Come Hang With Us!
✨️Event Reminders✨️

Our first Book Club Hangout is in 2 weeks!!
❄️We will meet the first Monday of each month, embracing "hygge" in-person in Manitowish Waters (complementary snacks, libations, & comfies included!) or online via zoom
❄️Free and open to the public

We will send out an email next week outlining some guiding questions to get your mind buzzing. If you havent already, let us know if you would like to join!

ALSO- Don't forget about NL Community Yoga on Tuesday & Thursday evenings --resuming after last week's snowy hiatus! Text 1-715-482-0452 to RSVP

20/01/2023

❄ Rustic Roots Monthly Newsletter ❄ - https://mailchi.mp/662c27fc8e74/rustic-roots-monthly-newsletter-8314

19/01/2023

✨️RETREAT ANNOUNCEMENT✨️

We are excited to announce our Winter "Hygge" Weekend Retreat this upcoming March 3rd-5th ❄️
Join us for a weekend inspired by "Hygge" - the Danish cultural concept and value of warmth, happy coziness, and togetherness.

We will immerse ourselves in "comfortable conviviality", with an array of organized and self-guided activities designed to provoke tranquility, friendship, laughter, security and relaxation

We will use this weekend investigate our relationship with ourselves, and ways in which we create sacred space - in not only the outside world, but in the mind and body.

SPACE IS VERY LIMITED - We are hoping for 10-15 participants. Sign up soon! Visit WWW.RUSTICROOTSWI.COM to to view the schedule, to sign up, & for more information!

10/01/2023

✨️Yoga is for Everyone✨️
New classes starting at North Lakeland School THIS WEEK!
Curious or eager about starting your own yoga practice? ❄️Beginner/Intro to Yoga on Tuesday's! Join us for a slow, relaxing flow to help you learn the basics while building strength & confidence
❄️On Thursdays we are offering a Vinyasa Flow, designed to link one posture to the next through breath. Join us to unwind, keep active, and forge a deeper connection with yourself & personal journey.

PLEASE RSVP 🙏🏽 via text message to Izzy at 715-482-0452 by noon on the DAY OF to confirm your spot and to avoid class being needlessly canceled :)

06/01/2023

❄️Attention lovers of movement, relaxation, winter & connection! ❄️
We are beginning our Winter Yoga Classes (beginner and intermediate!) -- held at the North Lakeland Grade School in Manitowish Waters!
Incorporate these hour long, restorative classes Tuesday/Thursday evenings at 4:30pm, beginning January 10th

Swipe for Discription ➡️ if you would like to attend, please contact Matt Pritzl at [email protected] or 715-543-8417 ext. 322

02/01/2023

Happy New Year from Rustic Roots!
Wishing you all a brand new year full of exploration, discovery, and growth. Take time to thank yourself for the moments in 2022 you devoted toward spiritual & emotional growth ✨️
We will have plenty of opportunities in 2023 to move, relax, reset, and reconnect as we all move further on our own individual journeys.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement as we began our Rustic Roots adventure this last year. Let us know what you would like to see from us in 2023! Stay tuned for all upcoming events 😍

~Around this sun of ours
On a new revolution we embark
Allowing our inner lights to guide
Curiously, we look only forward
To the gentle unfolding of that
Which patiently awaits~

23/12/2022

awesome local yoga page!!
give Des a follow✨️😊
we love love this post 🙏🏽

21/12/2022

Happy Winter Solstice! ~ Welcome to the shortest day & longest night of the year 🤍

A reminder that our
❄️Winter Solstice Yoga Social❄️ is this evening at 4:30! It is FREE, fun and relaxing...a perfect way to connect, move your body, try some yummy wine and food, and prepare the mind for the holidays (and this epic blizzard we have in the forecast here in Wisconsin). Please RSVP on our page.

We started celebrating today by practicing the traditional 108 Surya Namaskar with
It was a beautiful and powerful way to celebrate 🧘‍♀️ I will share more about this practice in upcoming posts :)

Stay Warm & Happy Holidays From Rustic Roots 🙏🏽

13/12/2022

If you are not residing in Northern Wisco this Winter, you can still be a part of the fun!
Rustic Roots ✨️BOOK CLUB✨️ will be the first Monday of each month at 6:00pm, beginning this February - in person or via zoom!

That gives you plenty of time to snag your own copy of "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" and page through the first few pages before our first meeting. We hope RR book club will help set aside time each month for YOU and your personal journey.

~Our group leader will help guide the discussions along. Meetings will be completely free, relaxed, and intentional~

Please email us at [email protected] to get on the Book Club email list 😁

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13/12/2022

Happy Holiday Season Everyone! 🌲✨️ Consider joining us in our small Northwoods community this December for some reflection, connection, and movement before the New Year!
-->Swipe to see more info on our "Day of Intention" morning workshop on December 29th 🤍 *Spaces Limited!*
Please visit our website for details on all of our Winter Happenings 🙏🏽 www.rusticrootswi.com

“We do not belong to the past dawns, but to the noons of the future"
~Sri Aurobindo