Refuge, Reflection & Creativity: A New Year’s Retreat to Nourish Your Heart & Enliven Your Spirit

Poetry, Meditation & Community in Extraordinary Beauty

You are warmly invited to join Heidi Bourne and Rosemerry for 4 days and 3 nights at Hell’s Backbone Grill & Lodge, a magnificent oasis among the ancient plateaus and canyons of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument of southern Utah.

Gathering in the quiet of winter, our New Year’s retreat is a time to meet yourself just as you are, to take refuge in this stunning landscape while mindfully engaging in and exploring contemplative creative expression: writing, movement, meditation, self-guided art, or anything else that calls your heart.

Offering a relaxed spacious schedule, we’ll begin each day in silence with gentle movement appropriate for all bodies, mindfulness meditation, and a quiet breakfast. Heidi will guide our contemplative mornings with a variety of meditation practices along with a dharma talk to support the day. After time for rest and personal exploration, Rosemerry will guide our afternoons with poetry and writing. Our evenings will be a time to connect with each other – hang out, share our writing, and maybe even have a dance party.

Everyone is welcome. New and seasoned meditators, experienced writers or those just trying it out, please join us. This is a time for deepening our connection to ourselves, each other, and the inspiration of the natural world.

When & Where:

Wednesday to Saturday | January 6 – 9, 2027
Hell’s Backbone Grill & Lodge
Boulder, Utah

Costs:

Lodging: Variable, see options when you register
Tuition & Meals: $1,500
Deposit to Reserve Your Spot: $500 non-refundable
Balance Due: December 6, 2026

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