08/10/2025
I never imagined Iโd be here - holding space for others, guiding them through their healing, and creating a sanctuary where safety and connection can be felt.
Before The Retreat opened its doors 10 years ago, yoga had already begun teaching me there was another way to live. Not just to survive, but to move, breathe, and feel in a more embodied way. It showed me glimpses of ease, wholeness, and vitality beneath the layers I had built to cope.
Then, in 2017, when my brother Brendan died by su***de, my world cracked open. Everything I had buried - grief, anger, fear - rose to the surface. Yoga steadied me, but I knew I needed to go deeper. I turned toward psychotherapy, completing a masterโs degree and studying with some of the worldโs leading trauma and somatic experts. I learned what Bessel van der Kolk describes so clearly: the body keeps the score. Healing has to include the body - it cannot happen through words alone.
Through yoga, movement, somatic practices, and the wisdom of the nervous system, I discovered that growth isnโt about โfixingโ ourselves - itโs about remembering who we are beneath the layers of survival. That loss, as painful as it was, also let the light in and grew a deeper compassion in me - for myself and for others.
This is what shapes The Retreat. Our classes have been created with this intention: to bring together yoga, movement, somatic practices, and nervous system wisdom. They are designed to support not just the body, but the whole self - helping us find ease, build vitality, feel more motivated, and experience the connection that reminds us we donโt have to walk through life alone.
Because hereโs what I know:
๐ You are not broken.
๐ You donโt need to do this by yourself.
๐ Life can feel lighter, stronger, and more connected.
๐ Ease, vitality, and motivation are closer than you think.
๐ A steadier, more spacious way of being is possible.
At The Retreat, weโve been walking this path alongside our community for 10 years - a space of connection and belonging, where you can come home to yourself and remember what it feels like to be supported, steady, and whole.
Pru x
