Greetings! This is Angie, the founder of Moon In Scorpio, and one of the co-hosts for this retreat. I started my yoga journey in 2016 and, nearly 10 years in, I am so excited to offer another retreat opportunity.  In the past decade I have learned so much about yoga. I am so grateful that this craft has allowed me to build relationships with co-collaborators and wonderfully interesting people. I would not be on this retreat journey if I had not been reintroduced to Ella Floyd. She was a good friend to my sister, Becky, in high school.  When I ventured to The Center in 2021 I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she taught yoga there. I started to take her classes and eventually she approached me with the idea of hosting a retreat.  The idea of planning a retreat intimidated and excited me. We started to brainstorm and hosted our first Grounding Retreat in the fall of 2023. The retreat was a great learning opportunity for us. We learned the importance of taking time to honor the self and that we do have the skills to host a successful retreat. After our first experience we decided to make our retreat collaboration an annual event. Becky helped us greatly during our first retreat experience. Since then she has become a great asset to our retreat planning team. When I started going to Ella’s classes I encouraged Becky to join me and the two of them rekindled their friendship. I also pushed Becky into taking a 200hr Teacher Training with me. The training was a great opportunity for us to grow our sisterly relationship and for Becky to discover her talent for teaching yoga.  The Ritual Retreat this fall will be our third retreat offering. Since our first experience we learned so much about ourselves, strengths and challenges. Each of us continues to nourish our passion for yoga. Ella is now an ANFT Certified Nature  & Forest Therapy Guide. This certification is a great asset to our retreat offerings and was my favorite part of the Rest Retreat last year. Becky grows her love of yoga through teaching classes in Fond du Lac. She is now a Certified Reiki Practitioner and has a great gift for guided meditations. You can look forward to her guided moon meditation this year. I continue to work towards my RYT-500 certification. I recently completed courses through Yoga Medicine on Resilience & Burnout, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga & Politics. I am looking forward to integrating some of the skills I’ve learned into this year’s Ritual Retreat.  We thank you for your interest in our retreat and hope to get to know you this fall!