Springtime Solace:
A Yoga for Grief and Loss Retreat
for the Brokenhearted
in the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Crozet, Virginia
at Mountain Light Retreat Center
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March 19-22, 2026
Join Karla for a nourishing, supportive 3-night retreat under the Spring Equinox new moon, at the peaceful and calming Mountain Light Retreat Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
This is your invitation to unplug from the rush and distraction of day to day life and engage in this sacred time for yourself. Take space and time to nurture your broken heart, explore your emotions, nourish your body, mind, and spirit, allowing Mother Earth and the renewing energy of the new moon to soothe your soul.
Experience thoughtfully curated activities designed to help you renew and rebuild your vital energy, which is so drastically depleted in the experiences of deep grief. Your days will be balanced with supportive activities for body, mind, heart, and spirit, allowing space for reflection, integration, and personal time. We will create art, write, engage in ritual, share nourishing meals, experience sound healing, and connect with the beauty of nature.
Your retreat experience will begin with dinner and a sacred fire on Thursday evening. Each day after tea, coffee and breakfast, all with time to take your time, we'll meet for morning meditation, centering, grounding, connecting and some gentle movement. Creative, reflective, and heart-supporting activities will be woven into each day with time and space for connecting and sharing. Each evening will include easeful movement and guided yoga nidra and sound baths. We'll conclude on Sunday morning after breakfast with an integrative closing circle.
Directions to Mountain Light Retreat and all details will be sent to you prior to the retreat following your completed registration and payment.
We have very limited space for no more than 12 attendees.
This retreat is especially for those who are navigating traumatic grief due to the death of a loved one.
Included in your retreat experience:
All teachings and retreat activities and all supplies needed. Scheduled activities including yoga and breathwork, meditation guidance, guided relaxation and visualization, ritual, nature walk, labyrinth walk, journaling prompts, art-making, and more.
You will enjoy delicious, body and soul nourishing, plant-based, locally sourced meals during your retreat. Meals will be lovingly prepared on-site by local RVA vegan chef, restauranteur, and bereaved mother Tracy Flitcraft, who does all she does in honor of her precious son John. Meals will include continental style breakfast (fruits, bagels, pastries, cereals, etc.) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday and Saturday lunches, and dinners on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
Retreat Investment:
Shared Rooms at Emerson House 1080 USD
Single Occupancy Rooms at Emerson House 1280 USD
Double Occupancy Rooms in Stone Cottage 1180 USD
Single Occupancy Rooms in Stone Cottage 1380 USD
This is your invitation to unplug from the rush and distraction of day to day life and engage in this sacred time for yourself. Take space and time to nurture your broken heart, explore your emotions, nourish your body, mind, and spirit, allowing Mother Earth and the renewing energy of the new moon to soothe your soul.
Experience thoughtfully curated activities designed to help you renew and rebuild your vital energy, which is so drastically depleted in the experiences of deep grief. Your days will be balanced with supportive activities for body, mind, heart, and spirit, allowing space for reflection, integration, and personal time. We will create art, write, engage in ritual, share nourishing meals, experience sound healing, and connect with the beauty of nature.
Your retreat experience will begin with dinner and a sacred fire on Thursday evening. Each day after tea, coffee and breakfast, all with time to take your time, we'll meet for morning meditation, centering, grounding, connecting and some gentle movement. Creative, reflective, and heart-supporting activities will be woven into each day with time and space for connecting and sharing. Each evening will include easeful movement and guided yoga nidra and sound baths. We'll conclude on Sunday morning after breakfast with an integrative closing circle.
Directions to Mountain Light Retreat and all details will be sent to you prior to the retreat following your completed registration and payment.
We have very limited space for no more than 12 attendees.
This retreat is especially for those who are navigating traumatic grief due to the death of a loved one.
Included in your retreat experience:
All teachings and retreat activities and all supplies needed. Scheduled activities including yoga and breathwork, meditation guidance, guided relaxation and visualization, ritual, nature walk, labyrinth walk, journaling prompts, art-making, and more.
You will enjoy delicious, body and soul nourishing, plant-based, locally sourced meals during your retreat. Meals will be lovingly prepared on-site by local RVA vegan chef, restauranteur, and bereaved mother Tracy Flitcraft, who does all she does in honor of her precious son John. Meals will include continental style breakfast (fruits, bagels, pastries, cereals, etc.) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday and Saturday lunches, and dinners on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.
Retreat Investment:
Shared Rooms at Emerson House 1080 USD
Single Occupancy Rooms at Emerson House 1280 USD
Double Occupancy Rooms in Stone Cottage 1180 USD
Single Occupancy Rooms in Stone Cottage 1380 USD
General Schedule:
Thursday 3/19 New Moon
5:00-6:00 p.m. Check in/Arrival
6:15 Group Dinner
7:30 Fire Circle
Friday 3/20 Spring Equinox and Saturday 3/21
Continental Breakfasts on your own
9:30 Morning Gathering
~Grounding, Centering, Gentle Yoga, Expressive/Creative/Reflective Activities~
Lunch 12:30
Free Time
3:30 Afternoon Gathering
~Expressive/Creative/Reflective Activities, Gentle Movement~
6:30 Dinner
8:30 Evening Gathering
~Yin or Restorative Yoga and Guided Yoga Nidra/Sound Bath~
Sunday 3/22
9:30 Morning Gathering
~Movement, Meditation, Closing Circle~
Thursday 3/19 New Moon
5:00-6:00 p.m. Check in/Arrival
6:15 Group Dinner
7:30 Fire Circle
Friday 3/20 Spring Equinox and Saturday 3/21
Continental Breakfasts on your own
9:30 Morning Gathering
~Grounding, Centering, Gentle Yoga, Expressive/Creative/Reflective Activities~
Lunch 12:30
Free Time
3:30 Afternoon Gathering
~Expressive/Creative/Reflective Activities, Gentle Movement~
6:30 Dinner
8:30 Evening Gathering
~Yin or Restorative Yoga and Guided Yoga Nidra/Sound Bath~
Sunday 3/22
9:30 Morning Gathering
~Movement, Meditation, Closing Circle~
When SHould I arrive?
Please arrive at Mountain Light Retreat Center for check in between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:15 p.m. followed by a Fire Circle at 7:30 p.m.
What if I need to arrive Late?
Please try to arrive by the 7:30 Fire Circle, but if there are extenuating circumstances, email, text or call Karla directly.
Can I attend for only part of the retreat?
Because of the nature of this program, please plan to attend for the entire retreat.
What are Start and End Times?
Check in at Mountain Light Retreat Center is between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Thursday March 19, 2026. Dinner is served at 6:15 p.m. with a Fire Circle at 7:30 p.m. We will conclude the retreat by 12:00 p.m. on Sunday March 22, 2026.
What Should I bring?
Please bring a yoga mat if you have one. Comfortable clothing, preferably layers. Comfortable shoes and shoes suitable for walking or hiking for nature walks in the surrounding forests. Feel free to bring any comfort items, such as special blankets, or meditation shawls. If you have a meditation cushion, you can feel free to bring that as well.
Please check the weather in Charlottesville, Crozet, and the surrounding areas closer to the retreat to plan your packing. Springtime weather in this area can range from very cold to very warm.
We will have a group altar space for the duration of the retreat. Please bring any photos, mementos, keepsakes, or any other kind of representation of loved one(s) you would like to include. Feel free to bring any other sacred objects you would like to place on the altar. The items you bring can represent your own grief, trauma, or object(s) you would like to focus on for strength, love, support. At the end of the program you will take your items back home.
We will also be creating and building personal altars: Please bring any special objects you might want to include in this. These might also be things that represent your individual love, grief, focus, and intentions throughout the retreat.
We will also be creating personal mandalas during the retreat. Basic supplies such as paints and some embellishments will be provided. If you like feel free to bring any personal ephemera, memorabilia, pictures etc. for use in creating your mandala.
Please check the weather in Charlottesville, Crozet, and the surrounding areas closer to the retreat to plan your packing. Springtime weather in this area can range from very cold to very warm.
We will have a group altar space for the duration of the retreat. Please bring any photos, mementos, keepsakes, or any other kind of representation of loved one(s) you would like to include. Feel free to bring any other sacred objects you would like to place on the altar. The items you bring can represent your own grief, trauma, or object(s) you would like to focus on for strength, love, support. At the end of the program you will take your items back home.
We will also be creating and building personal altars: Please bring any special objects you might want to include in this. These might also be things that represent your individual love, grief, focus, and intentions throughout the retreat.
We will also be creating personal mandalas during the retreat. Basic supplies such as paints and some embellishments will be provided. If you like feel free to bring any personal ephemera, memorabilia, pictures etc. for use in creating your mandala.
Where is the nearest Airport?
The property is about 30 minutes from downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. You can fly into the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO), which is the closest airport with daily non-stop domestic flights. For a wider selection of flights, especially international ones, consider flying into Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) or Richmond International Airport (RIC), though these will require a longer drive to Mountain Light Retreat Center.
Do you Provide travel Arrangements?
No, travel arrangements, including cars or shuttles are not provided.
How do I get there?
Directions to the retreat center will be sent with confirmation of your registration. You can also visit Mountain Light Retreat Center's webpage for more information.
What if I need to cancel?
If it is necessary to cancel your registration for the retreat, please provide as much advance notice as possible.
If a request for cancellation is received thirty (30) or more days prior to the start date, a refund of the retreat cost minus a $100 administrative fee will be issued in addition to the non-refundable deposit.
If a cancellation request is received between thirty (30) days and fourteen (14) days prior to the start of a retreat, 50% of the program cost will be refunded.
If a cancellation request is received less than fourteen (14) days prior to the start date of the retreat, none of the retreat cost will be refunded.
If a request for cancellation is received thirty (30) or more days prior to the start date, a refund of the retreat cost minus a $100 administrative fee will be issued in addition to the non-refundable deposit.
If a cancellation request is received between thirty (30) days and fourteen (14) days prior to the start of a retreat, 50% of the program cost will be refunded.
If a cancellation request is received less than fourteen (14) days prior to the start date of the retreat, none of the retreat cost will be refunded.
How do I pay?
You will be contacted after your registration form is received to arrange payment. Payments can be accepted via Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, or through Venmo or PayPal. A $200 nonrefundable deposit is required to reserve your space.
Do you have a payment plan?
Payments may be broken down into 2 or 3 installments after the deposit is received. There is a 3% administration fee on payment plan payments. Your debit or credit card will be required for these payments.
what are the accomodations like?
We will have the entire five and a half acre property to ourselves for the retreat. Emerson house has 6 bedrooms with two twin beds each and there are shared baths with showers down the hall. The Stone Cottage has three bedrooms, one with a queen bed, two with double beds. The full bath is shared and there is another half bath upstairs. Please feel free to visit Mountain Light Retreat's website to see photos and learn more.