Do Balanced Wellness

05/24/2026

Honoring the Murph. Honoring Murphy. Honoring All Who Serve.

Tomorrow, on Memorial Day, we’ll be taking on the Murph workout —
1 mile run • 100 pull‑ups • 200 push‑ups • 300 squats • 1 mile run —
in honor of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, whose courage and sacrifice continue to call us into deeper gratitude and strength.

At our gym, all levels are supported.
Whether you’re modifying movements, pacing yourself, or pushing through the full challenge, you belong in this space. We’ll be there together — recognizing movement, honor, and strength in every form they show up.
MONDAY, MAY 25 @ 7:30 AM

This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about remembrance.
It’s about showing up with heart.

If you feel moved to continue supporting veterans in a meaningful, local way, you’re invited to join us for the James Tatro Memorial 5K Walk • Ruck • Run on 9/26/26. Your steps help support those who have served and the families who stand beside them.

Learn more or join us: James Tatro Memorial 5K

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05/17/2026

🌿 If You Missed Rooted to Bloom This Spring…

You’re invited into our next chapter — a 3‑night fall retreat designed to ground you deeply and expand you gently.

Introducing the Root & Ripple Retreat — where foundation meets flow, and one intentional choice creates a widening wave of renewal long after you return home.

November 12–15, 2026
Hillman Retreat House • Central Minnesota
Private wooded acreage • Lakeside quiet • Chef‑crafted meals • Holistic + functional medicine sessions • Movement • Breathwork • Nature • Sauna • Spacious rest

Preferred Pricing — Secure the Best Rate by June 10

The First Ripple — $1,600
Registration between May 10–June 29
✨ Registering by June 10 ensures preferred pricing and allows us to begin your personalized planning.

The Steady Wave — $1,875
Registration between June 30–July 30
(Payment plan available.)

The Full Immersion — $2,500
Registration between July 31–August 30

If you feel the ripple beginning… follow it.
Your season of renewal is waiting.

Retreat details + registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclHhu8X5CpOGtVs35ds0kw5OIMRS4wQNnXbfXy25wEGM7WQQ/viewform

✨ Interested in a private or small‑group retreat? You’re always welcome to reach out to me directly.

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05/03/2026

Fall Retreat Registration Is Now Open
November 12–15, 2026 | Hillman Retreat House
If your mind, body, or nervous system has been whispering for space… this is your invitation.
Join us for a 3‑night, all‑inclusive restorative retreat tucked into private wooded acreage in Central Minnesota — a place where the world softens, your breath deepens, and your whole self gets to exhale.
Expect:
• Meditation, movement, breathwork, and nature
• High‑end private‑chef meals
• Sauna + slow mornings
• Holistic + functional medicine sessions
• Creative + connection‑forward experiences
• A rhythm designed to restore you from the inside out
And for the first time, we’re offering preferred pricing through timed registration — with the most favorable rate for early planners.
If you feel the ripple beginning… follow it.
Your season of renewal starts here.
Learn more + register: https://forms.gle/wpJJjxorJgAFviri9

04/07/2026

🌊Volume Up

A single ripple never stays small.
It begins as the lightest touch on still water… then expands, widening its reach, shifting everything it meets in gentle, undeniable ways.

Standing at a future retreat site, watching the water move in widening circles, I felt that familiar truth rise again: healing begins the same way. One moment of presence. One breath. One choice to step toward yourself. And suddenly the shift is bigger than you imagined.

Our next public fall retreat is beginning its own ripple—more space, more connection, more room to land and rise. The energy is already moving, quietly gathering strength.

Details will open soon.
For now, consider this your first ripple.

If you’d like waitlist priority for Fall 2026, send me a direct message.

04/06/2026

30 Days and Counting…

Even as snow still covers the ground, our hearts are already leaning toward spring.

In just 30 days, we gather for Rooted to Bloom — a women’s spring experience shaped by renewal, truth, and the quiet courage of becoming.

While winter keeps offering us her white stillness, we’re dreaming in green:
the soft thaw,
the first brave shoots,
the way women rise when held in community.

Even beneath the snow, the earth is preparing.
And so are we.

The vision is clear.
The season is shifting.
The bloom is coming.

Rooted to Bloom — 30 days.
A return to center.
A return to self.
A return to the woman you are becoming.

🌸Here are some beautiful blooms from Mexico to help you think spring 🌸

03/19/2026

Today’s CPR class with Jessica Kleffman left us feeling grounded, capable, and ready to respond when it matters most.
We walked away with real skills, renewed confidence, and the ability to stay composed in a high‑stress emergency.
Grateful for this group and the life‑saving knowledge we now carry forward.
Jessica Kleffman
Deanna Do Balanced-Wellness
Do Balanced Wellness

03/14/2026

One of the most significant truths in nutrition—and one of the most powerful forms of biohacking—is understanding that we eat what is available, visible, and easy to access. This isn’t a flaw in discipline. It’s not a lack of willpower. It’s simply how our brains and nervous systems are designed to work.

When we understand this, we gain the opportunity to be less judgmental with ourselves and to work with our natural biology rather than fight against it.

From a trauma‑informed lens, this matters deeply. Our minds are wired to conserve energy, reduce friction, and choose what feels easiest in the moment. So if the most accessible foods in our homes are processed, packaged, and engineered to be hyper‑rewarding, that’s what we’ll reach for—especially when we’re tired, busy, overstimulated, or moving between responsibilities.

This is why environment design is one of the most loving, supportive practices we can offer ourselves.

In my own home, I treat whole foods the same way we treat convenience foods:
I make them easy. I make them visible. I make them inviting.

I put out trays of grab‑and‑go fruits and veggies and leave them right on the counter. Every time someone walks into the kitchen, they’re met with color, freshness, and a gentle invitation to nourish themselves. No barriers. No friction. No “shoulds.” Just access.

And the beautiful part is that this works because it honors our biology.
We are meant to reach for food.
We are meant to respond to what we see.
We are meant to choose ease.

Today alone—working from home with three kids running around on spring break—I’ve refilled this tray twice. Not because anyone was trying to “eat healthy,” but because the whole foods were simply there, open and ready. The processed snacks stayed untouched, not from discipline, but from design.

This is the heart of how I coach:
We remove barriers.
We create safety.
We honor the nervous system.
We make nourishment accessible, not stressful.

And this is the work I feel blessed to do every single day—helping clients reconnect with what already exists within them: their wisdom, their capacity, their desire to feel good in their bodies. I look forward to serving more and more people in ways that empower their environment, their choices, and their sense of agency.
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03/02/2026

Nutrition matters because it’s one of the few daily practices that quietly shapes how we feel, how we move, and how our bodies respond to the goals we set for ourselves. And one of the simplest, most empowering skills any person can build is the habit of reading a food label with consistency—not for restriction, but for awareness, alignment, and choice.

✨The reality many clients face

In a recent virtual circle of fellow trainers, we’ve been exploring the barriers our clients experience in both movement and nutrition. What we’re seeing is familiar and deeply human:

💪People are working hard.
🌯They’re eating what they believe are “healthy” meals.
💦They’re showing up for workouts with genuine effort.
🏋️‍♀️And yet… the progress doesn’t match the energy they’re giving.

This isn’t a lack of commitment. It’s often a lack of clarity. Without understanding what’s actually in the food they’re choosing, even the most well‑intentioned habits can quietly work against the goals someone is striving toward.

✨A simple example that changes everything

Take the bowl of granola in the photo.

It looks like a normal, everyday serving—something a person might eat without a second thought. But when we look at the label, that “normal” pour is five servings of granola. That means:

• 700+ calories before adding milk
• A significant amount of sugar and fat
• A daily or multi‑week habit that can directly influence whether someone sees progress or stays stuck

And importantly: this wasn’t an “unhealthy” choice. It wasn’t overeating in the way people imagine. It was simply a familiar routine paired with incomplete information.

Learning to read a label isn’t about restriction—it’s about truth. It’s about understanding what your food provides as an energy source so you can make choices that feel aligned, empowered, and supportive of the life you want to live.

What consistent label‑reading builds

🧐Awareness — seeing what’s actually there
👏Alignment — choosing what matches your goals
💪Agency — making decisions from a place of empowerment
🌱Sustainability — building a skill you can use anywhere

This is the heart of coaching: not telling people what to eat, but helping them understand their food so they can trust themselves and take action that supports their goals.

✨The part that matters most to me

This is the work I have the blessing of doing with my clients every single day—helping them uncover what already exists within them, strengthening their confidence, and supporting them as they turn knowledge into aligned action. And I look forward to serving more and more people in ways that empower their own inner wisdom, resilience, and capacity to thrive.

02/23/2026

1 spot left for CPR training + certification with Jessica Kleffman at Do Balanced Wellness 💙

Deanna Do Balanced-Wellness

3/18/2026 @ 12:00 PM (plan for 2 hours) LIFE CPR class includes: Basic Life Saver (refresher class, for those that have had previous certification). We will go over life saving techniques for Adult, Child and infant with AED. Lots of practicing and time for questions throughout the class. Plan on 2....

02/21/2026

We have a few more spots available for CPR training on 3/18/2026. All are welcome and encouraged to attend — whether it’s your first certification, a recertification, or simply a chance to learn how to save a life.
Your coach is Jessica Kleffman, whose knowledge and calm, practical teaching style make this training approachable for everyone.
Use the link below to reserve your spot.
3 spots remaining 💙

3/18/2026 @ 12:00 PM (plan for 2 hours) LIFE CPR class includes: Basic Life Saver (refresher class, for those that have had previous certification). We will go over life saving techniques for Adult, Child and infant with AED. Lots of practicing and time for questions throughout the class. Plan on 2....

02/20/2026

🌿 Samantha Joy — Inspired Joy

Meet Samantha Joy, founder of Inspired Joy and one of the deeply attuned providers joining us at the Rooted to Bloom Retreat this May.

For more than five years, Samantha has nurtured a practice centered on personal reclamation, nervous system safety, and embodied empowerment. Her work aligns beautifully with the heart of Rooted to Bloom — inviting women to renew, heal, and step into thriving resilience.

Certified in EFT, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, and offering ionic foot detox, Samantha blends energetic precision with grounded, practical support. Her sessions help women release what’s heavy, realign with what’s true, and reconnect with their own innate wisdom and power.

Her guiding belief remains at the center of all she does:
You are not meant to suffer — and your power is not negotiable.

We are so honored to have her with us.

🌸 Retreat Update

We now have just ONE Grain Bin lodging option remaining for our May 6–8 retreat at Gathered Oaks.
It can be booked solo or as a shared lodging option (shared lodging simply reduces the lodging portion for one guest).

If this retreat has been calling to you, this is the moment to step in. Direct message for this special opportunity that remains 💙

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🍂 Fall Retreat Waitlist Now Open

If you’re feeling the pull but can’t join us this spring, we’ve opened an exclusive waitlist for our Fall 2026 Retreat.
Waitlist members receive first access to registration before it opens publicly. Direct Message 💙