Essential Yoga Studio is excited to partner with various holistic wellness practitioners and nature-related organizations to provide unique, safe, and soul-nourishing retreats to our community!
Camp Crystal 2025: Mt Ida
ONLY 1 SHARED SPACE LEFT! Get it for 20% off with code CC2025 at checkout!
Join Kimberlee Boise of Red Riding Hood Society, Seder Kojdecki of Mystical Thoughts, and Sunni Nutt of Essential Yoga Studio for a retreat full of community, comfort, and crystals! On this three night, two-and-a-half day getaway, you’ll have the opportunity to explore your connection to yourself, other women, and the earth through hiking, yoga, guided meditation, journaling and introspection, and crystal mining in Mt Ida, Arkansas! Only seven spots are available, both for shared sleeping spaces and solo, and all meals, transportation (after arrival at the Retreat site), and mining supplies are provided to attendees!
Ready to book? Click here for our remaining shared space!
Our agenda for our time together includes the following:
- Dinner Thursday; breakfast, lunch, and dinner Friday and Saturday; and a to-go breakfast Sunday morning before departing for home;
- Yoga, including guided meditation, gentle stretching, and movement each morning and evening;
- Hiking, swimming, sunbathing, snoozing riverside, dancing in the moonlight;
- Mining for “Arkansas ice” crystals (you get to keep all you mine!);
- Journaling and connecting with like minds, hearts, and souls
Accommodations include indoor sleeping arrangements with two full beds (one sleeper each) and two queen beds (two sleepers each), full bathrooms with walk-in showers, amazing views and outdoor fire pits overlooking the Ouachita River.
Transportation to cabins in Mt Ida is not provided though carpooling is encouraged; transportation from cabins to mines, hiking, or other destinations will be provided.
Some restaurants and a Dollar General are a short distance away though attendees are encouraged to bring snacks and beverages (alcohol is a-ok!) and to pack all toiletries, sleeping bag (if preferred), and towels/washcloths needed for the weekend.
Tickets are $444 each for a shared sleeping arrangement for the full weekend (purchase a ticket with a friend you don’t mind to sleep next to or bring a sleeping bag to “keep it separated!”) or $466 for a solo sleeping arrangement for the full weekend. All meals and mining materials included!
Upon registration, attendees will be asked to complete a form to collect pertinent registration information and preferences, such as sleeping arrangement and dietary restrictions, and be required to sign a Waiver for Release of Liability for all three partnering hosts. Any questions about this event may be directed to Seder, Sunni, or Kimmy. We’re so excited to share time, space, sunshine, and community with you!
Ready to book? Click here for our remaining shared space!
Embracing the Sacred Pause: A Wintering Retreat November 6-9, 2025
Book a shared King bed space here or solo Twin bed space here!
As autumn leaves fall and daylight grows shorter, nature invites us to turn inward and, at our first annual Wintering Retreat, we choose to accept this invitation.
This November, Essential Yoga Studio and Altruistic Energy invite you to honor this natural rhythm in a safe space designed for women ready to release the year’s accumulated stress and prepare their hearts and spirits for the season ahead. Our Retreat home is on Beaver Lake in Rogers, Arkansas – just two hours from Springfield.
Over four nurturing days, we’ll explore the wisdom of Ayurveda through dosha assessments that reveal our unique constitution and explore where we might have imbalances and how diet and activity can support balance in our constitution. We’ll learn how to better understand our body’s deepest needs, and carefully crafted meals will honor our individual doshas, nourishing us from within.
Each participant’s journey will include a full-body massage tailored to your specific needs—a gift of presence and healing touch that allows tension to melt away. In our creative space, you’ll engage in mindful crafts that ground you in the present moment: blending custom bath salts infused with intention, hand-pouring candles that will carry your retreat’s peace into your home, and painting ceramic mugs that become daily reminders of this sacred pause.
The healing power of sound will wash over you during our immersive sound bath, where vibrations support our nervous system and energetic bodies and invite deep restoration. Daily yoga practices will move energy through our bodies while honoring where we are in this moment—no performance, just presence.
Participants will also receive a thoughtfully curated swag bag filled with treasures to support your continued journey of self-care and seasonal attunement.
This retreat isn’t about pushing through or powering on—it’s about permission to slow down, to breathe deeply, and to tend to yourself with the same care you give to others, especially as we approach the holiday season. It’s about remembering that rest is not a luxury but a necessity, and that preparing for winter’s introspection is both wise and wonderful.
Join us for this rare opportunity to pause, restore, and emerge renewed as we collectively embrace the art of wintering well.
There are 8 spaces available at the following price points:
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Bedroom 1 |
1 King Bed – 2 spaces available (2 people per bed) | $533 per person |
| Bedroom 2 | 1 King Bed – 2 spaces available (2 people per bed) | $533 per person |
| Bedroom 3 | 2 Twin Bunk Beds – 4 spaces available (1 person per bunk) | $488 per person |
Book a shared King bed space here or solo Twin bed space here!
Tickets include ALL meals, snacks, materials, and supplies. A detailed agenda and vegan/gluten free menu will be shared two weeks prior to the date of our Retreat.
Note: participants will be asked to complete a mandatory information collection form at enrollment.
Questions? Connect with Sunni at (417) 619-3317 or sunnshineyogallc@gmail.com.
Book a shared King bed space here or solo Twin bed space here!
Past Retreats
Reset, Receive, Retreat: Spring 2025 in Bella Vista, AR was, again, such an incredible experience. Our intimate group of 9 found time to relax, connect, hike, create, laugh, and to BE. We can’t wait for next year!
Camp Crystal 2024: Phantom Quartz was a beautiful experience of early Fall in the Ozarks! We mined for Phantom Quartz, played in the Ouachita river, hiked, roasted marshmallows, pulled cards, journaled, relaxed, ate good food, and found connection with each other and the earth. Here are a few photos of our time together!
Reset, Receive, Retreat: Spring 2024 in Bella Vista, AR was INCREDIBLE! One of our participants summed it up perfectly with the following feedback: “This weekend was magical! There is nothing I would change. You guys did such a great job putting everything together… you made it seem effortless and I know you put in your heart and soul, an amazing amount of effort and care. From start to finish, everything seemed PERFECT from my perspective. I couldn’t tell you one thing I would change for next time. I can’t even think of a better word than “magical!”
Camp Crystal: Mt Ida Fall 2023 was PERFECT! We are so incredibly grateful for the gorgeous souls who attended and can’t wait for our next mining Retreat – this time at a phantom quartz mine – in Fall 2024! Here are a few photos of Fall 2023’s retreat to hold you over until that announcement goes live May 1, 2024!
