2024 Retreats at Wiawaka

Yoga Potpourri

July 12th-14th, 2024

Yoga potpourri is for anyone wishing yoga could be more accessible and user friendly. Whether your brand new to yoga, experience limitations with yoga, feel yoga is just beyond your ability, or a seasoned yogini, this weekend is for you. We will explore different forms of yoga, such as, gentle yoga, chair yoga, restorative yoga, meditation instruction, chants, and yoga mudras. We will have a sound bath on Saturday night, to round out the experience. I invite you to come enjoy a wonderful weekend exploring the beauty of various forms of yoga. There will be meditation instruction and a lots of yoga tidbits to mull over. Stretch, Rest, Relax and Release.

$450 for the entire weekend, includes overnights, meals and retreat. Contact Wiawaka at 518-668-9690 to register.

Retreat led by: LisaMary D. McGrail

The Art of Relating: Pathway to Expression

July 19th-21st, 2024

The Art of Relating: Pathways to Expression

An Exclusive Retreat on Lake George.

Join Relationship Expert and certified coach Joëlle Lydon for a nourishing weekend of deep coaching and art.

Support your personal and professional growth as:

  • Guided art sessions reveal your personal path to relationship mastery.

  • Dance and movement loosen your physical attachment to past patterns.

  • Heart-opening conversations reinforce that who you are truly matters.

  • Reflection in a spectacular setting lets you step outside routine, so you can return home refreshed and ready to express your gifts freely.

Give yourself or one you love a weekend of expression, reflection and movement that liberates your truest and most powerful self.

Use the QR code to secure your spot!


(Think yoga pants, comfy clothes, art supplies, nature, circle time coaching, no big screen power points, or stuffy business attire.  Just bring your favorite pens and a journal and YOU. Come, open your heart, rejuvenate your spirit, and build your self-trust in a way that will bring grounded confidence and clarity to relationships, life, and work.)


Registration for retreat is through Joëlle’s website: https://joellelydon.com/art-of-relating-retreat
If you have any questions, please contact Joëlle at (518) 727-5458 or at Joelle@JoelleLydon.comTo reserve an overnight contact Wiawaka at 518-668-9690.

YOUniquely YOU Putting Women First led by Sharon Burstein

July 26th-28th, 2024

Empowering women of all ages to become the best YOU! This fabulous weekend retreat is filled with laughter, love, connections and building you as a woman to new levels of personal growth and success in every aspect of your life, inside and out!

Registration is through Sharon’s website at http://www.SharonBurstein.com.
If you have any questions please contact Sharon at (518) 339-4027 or at Sharon@SharonBurstein.com.
This weekend is always sold out. Contact Sharon to make sure you have a spot!

Adirondack Ayurveda Presents

MOTHER NATURE’S REMEDIES

August 2nd – 4th, 2024

To learn more about the weekend including the presenters, the price, how to sign up and more click here!

Mother’s Healing Retreat with Facilitator Melodee James

August 9th-11th, 2024

The Mothers Healing Together Retreat is a weekend gathering for women who have endured the devastating loss of children.  Spending time together gives us an opportunity to share our stories, celebrate our children, learn from one another and develop new coping skills as we continue to walk this path of grief.
This year our retreat will begin on Friday evening and will conclude after breakfast on Sunday.  Feel free to book additional nights for relaxation and renewal. We are hoping that you will join us and also bring a friend.  We’re looking forward to seeing many new and old friends.

For more information contact Melodee James at gourdbox21ljt@gmail.com

9th Annual Appreciation Celebration Yoga Retreat led by Facilitators Kathleen Fisk and Tina Briscoe

August 22-24, 2024

Our Theme this year is Down to Earth Fun!

The 9th Annual Appreciation Celebration Yoga Retreat! This is your invitation to slow down, consciously breathe, come out of your head and take that 17-inch journey from your head to your heart. This creates a gateway for your Wise One Within (WOW!) to rise and be heard. As you practice connecting with this heart space of love and appreciation for yourself on this deep level, you begin to experience trust in yourself. You will guide and create your story from the inside out, expanding and influencing your experience for you, from you.

Kathleen Fisk and Tina Briscoe are both Kripalu, Energy Medicine Yoga Instructors, and your guides for this Yoga Retreat.

We are honored to play and assist you through the offering of Soul care rituals of Energy Medicine Yoga, Universal Sound Meditation, Drumming, Fire Ritual, Yoga Nidra, energy alchemy, hiking, swimming, napping, great food, and cozy lodging at Wiawaka Center for Woman on Lake George, NY. Registration is $475. Includes lodging, meals, and all offerings. No refunds. Extra charge for Energy Work. 

Contact Kathleen Fisk at inharmonyyoga137@gmail.com or 518.334.8169

Jane Austen Retreat

August 23rd-25th, 2024

Join the Jane Austen Society North America-New York Capital Region for the 13th Annual Jane Austen Retreat. Participants of the weekend will join scholars and enthusiasts in exploring Austen's life and times. This year's theme is For the Love of Jane Austen.
To sign up please contact Nancy Duell at 518-321-1887 or ardhn23@aol.com. Please call (518) 668-9690 or email wiawakareservations@gmail.com  to reserve your room. Don’t wait this weekend will fill up fast!

Quilting & Applique Retreat with Instructor Pat Bayard

August 24th-31st, 2024

Join Pat Bayard this summer for some fun and creativity. Everyone is welcome to join this group of ladies who love to Quilt! Beginners through Advanced skill levels are encouraged.

New participants are always welcome!

Bring along your sewing machine to work on your own project and/or Pat’s project. There will be ample time in the afternoon to enjoy Wiawaka’s grounds and beautiful Lake George. This year project is a fun and a easy felted design. Bring along your favorite felted wool materials. Pat will bring her supplies too. There will be plenty for everyone to pick from. She’s also bringing regular felt.

Dates are August 26th-30th all day long in the House of Trix with also a class with Eileen. Please contact wiawakareservations@gmail.com to make your reservation.

Beginners Quilting Class 1:30pm-4:30pm (All afternoons that there is a quilt class in the morning with Pat.)

Please call or text Pat if you have questions about the class at 518-760-1491.
Her email address is pbayard1@gmail.com.

The Women;'s Liberation Festival: Uncover your Inner Goddess

August 31st-September 2nd, 2024

Join Lauren Toolin, Yoga Therapist and Miracle Minded Life Coach and special guests for a weekend of discovery and joyful liberation. 

Using Yoga, Art, Storytelling and Introspection, we'll explore what it means
to be a fully realized woman and engage the world with all our beauty and power.
We will create a sacred, yet playful sanctuary for you to validate and give voice
to your fearless, joyful self, and awaken the dormant Goddess that is You!

Registration:www.laurentoolin.com