Why I Struggle to Call These Retreats
These aren’t your typical yoga retreats. They’re soulful journeys for women in their wisdom years, full of connection, culture, laughter, and quiet transformation. No kumbaya circles. No pressure. Just real life, shared beautifully.
This Is Not a Retreat. It Is a Return.
I often find myself struggling with what to call these journeys. They are not yoga retreats. Not really.
Yes, we move our bodies most mornings, but the practice is gentle and entirely optional. It exists to help you find your breath and sync your internal rhythm to the pulse of a new place. It is not about nailing a handstand or touching your toes to your forehead. You can show up in your jeans for all I care. No one is judging.
These adventures are not silent or solemn. They are joyful, real, and sometimes a little bit wild. We are not sitting in a circle singing Kumbaya, though if the spirit moves you, I will be the first to hand you a tambourine.
The Weight of the Work
For years, I included a three-day personal growth workshop in every journey. It was powerful, heartfelt work. Women still write to me to share how it helped them reclaim their voices and soften into themselves. But it was heavy. It was beautifully heavy, but it was weight nonetheless.
After doing my own deep work over these past few years—navigating repatriation, step parenting, burnout, and big love—I have come to realize that not every moment needs to be processed. Growth does not always require a whiteboard or a worksheet. Sometimes, the most profound shifts happen in the unstructured spaces.
Transformation occurs in the way we let our guards down over a slow dinner with women who feel like lifelong friends. It happens in the belly laughs around a fire or in the quiet awe of watching the sunrise from a place your soul has always wanted to see.
You Are Not Broken
These adventures are not about fixing yourself. You are not broken. You are simply becoming.
While I am reimagining my old workshop as a separate, local gathering for this wisdom season of our lives, these international journeys are something else entirely. They are a break from the exhaustion of holding it all together. They are a chance to say a resounding yes to yourself.
They are not vacations, and they are not retreats. They are returns. They are a return to joy, to curiosity, and to the feeling of being yourself again.
The Crossroads of Midlife
Midlife is not a crisis. It is a crossroads. You do not need to retreat from it; you simply need the space to step into it.
If you have been longing for something more meaningful than a standard vacation but less intense than therapy, these trips are for you. We will move our bodies, eat beautiful meals, and immerse ourselves in cultures that crack our hearts wide open. You will come home with new stories and perhaps a part of yourself that you didn't even know you had lost.
I will be right beside you when you take that first step.
In adventure and friendship,
Penny
The 2026 Compass
Bali: Final preparations are underway.
Peru: Ancient paths and high places.
Morocco: The spice of the Sahara.
Botswana: Five spots remain for the wild heart.
Bhutan: This journey is now fully committed.
India 2027: A journey into the sacred.
On the Horizon for 2027
We are currently weaving together the details for Japan, Thailand, the Galapagos, and Argentina and more.