Wild Rice Retreat
We'd like to introduce a new initiative we're embarking on, called Need For Nature. Here, you'll find resources that support the thermic cycle, including unique experiences, stays, recipes, and playlists - all in an effort to celebrate to those prioritizing and designing for slower time. As we prioritize our health and wellness, we begin to make more focused decisions about how we plan travel, spend time, and invest our resources.
In today's Need For Nature, we're highlighting our first intentional trip and stay to Wild Rice Retreat, a wellness destination located in Bayfield, Wisconsin. This 100-acre property offers the ultimate refuge, with a wide range of amenities that focus on expression, movement, and nourishment. We spent two nights immersed in their hospitality programming, soaking up all that the property had to offer.
From the first drive in, to the check-in process, to their guided yoga practices, to their Ayurvedic-inspired, whole-food culinary focus - their staff was filled with kindness and intention that kept us centered throughout our stay. What we discovered was that we had a profound need to slow down, leave our phones behind, quiet the outside world, and make ourselves available to whatever nature would bring. From morning intention-setting, to coffee walks in the woods, to midday saunas and cold bucket showers - we were able to flush away so much of the chaos and stress that we brought to the stay.
By the time we packed up to leave, something had shifted in us. It wasn't just relaxation, but a recalibration of perspective. Our stay sent us away with a new approach and focus: being more intentional with how we spend our time. Wild Rice Retreat wasn't just an experience to enjoy over a weekend and then forget by Wednesday, but something far more transformative. That's the whole idea behind Need For Nature for us: it's about opening ourselves up to transformative wellness, finding refuge from the chaos of our modern world, and putting our bodies and minds back into alignment with our evolutionary design.
