In partnership with Carrie Magill, LLC:
SoulJoy Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat
Rediscover your joy through grounding, play, and connection!
September 20th, 2025
9:30am-8:30pm
This full-day retreat is for women longing to reconnect with their inner-joy and groundedness through yoga, mindfulness, time in nature, and the support of sisterhood.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life.”
- Mary Oliver
Our collective focus will be on reconnecting to our inner-joy. We will rediscovery the depths of joy within each of us by turning inward through meditation and yoga, moving through our blocks with emotion embodiment tools, sharing space with like-minded souls, engaging in creative and playful activities, and tuning into the wisdom of the natural world.
Join us in reconnecting to your child-like wonder and joy!
Escape your busy life for a day to find solitude, quiet, groundedness and time to connect with your inner self. Only 30 minutes from St. Louis, this quiet farm oasis feels a million miles away from the worries and stress of modern life.
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
- Annie Dillard
This retreat is for you if:
you are longing for a deeper connection to your own joy and tools to access it more easily
you want to feel more grounded and calm in your daily life
you need a pause from the rest of your life to reconnect with yourself
you desire time to connect to nature and other likeminded souls
you hope to cultivate strength and compassion within yourself
you want to live from joy, groundednss, and inner strength rather than fear and reactivity
Meet your leaders:
Carrie Magill, M.D., RYT-200
Carrie is a Transformational Coach with a passion to help people live their best lives. As a former Pediatrician also board certified in Holistic and Integrative Medicine, Carrie is also a certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, Mindfulness Based Eating Coach, 300-hour certified Yoga Instructor, Awakening Joy coach, and soul-dance instructor. When Carrie is not supporting others on their journeys home to themselves, she enjoys spending time with her four adult children and husband, thru-hiking, biking, and learning new things.
Zoe Vlastos, MA, LPC
Zoe is a passionate psychotherapist and owner of SolVida Psychotherapy in Boulder, Colorado. She specializes in working with adolescents and young adults, eating disorder recovery, and anyone wanting to connect more deeply with the essence of who they truly are. She has a background in wilderness therapy, social justice counseling, emotion embodiment and conscious living practices, and eating disorder treatment. When not supporting others on their journeys, she enjoys creating community, traveling, baking muffins and soaking up as much sunshine as possible.
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What’s Included:
Two guided yoga and mindfulness sessions
Two SoulJoy Experiential Activity sessions focused on reconnecting to your inner-joy and groundedness through emotion embodiment tools, accessing creativity, and playful self-expression
Creative activities for sparking joy which may include hiking, art making, dancing, and playing games
Homecooked farmhouse dinner
Evening bonfire ceremony
Access to secluded 40 acre farm oasis with pool, outdoor shower, kitchen, and many magical nooks where you can connect with yourself or with an old or new friend
Time and space for solitude in nature
Access to extensive hiking trail system in Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve
Investment: $149 for full day
Friend-bring-friend discount of $20 off per person
$50 refundable deposit to register your commitment
Housing options available on the property if desired, including tent camping and private or shared farmhouse rooms. Please indicate in your registration that you would like to be contacted to coordinate housing if this option is of interest to you!
Sample Day of SoulJoy:
Everything is an invitation, we trust you to engage in as much or as little of the activities as you desire!
Check-in: 9:00am
Morning Session: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Yoga & Mindfulness in the Barn.
SoulJoy Experiential Activity (example: Shifting our Emotional State & Choosing Joy)
Lunch break: 12:30-2:00pm
Afternoon Session: 2:00-5:00pm
SoulJoy Experiential Activity (example: Joy Blocks & Emotion Embodiment)
Mindfulness, Yoga & Reflection
Free Time: Jump in the pool, go for a hike, journal, chat with a friend or do whatever feels right for you to integrate
Homecooked Dinner: 6:30pm
Bonfire Ceremony & Closing: 7:30pm
Goodbyes (for now): 8:30pm
Where we will be:
Bask in the peaceful beauty of this private farm in Southern Illinois.
Honey Hills Farm and Barn is an oasis of midwestern charm. Private, calm, welcoming, and cozy! The modern farmhouse and vast barn are nestled into rolling hills and deep woods at the end of a private road on property that connects to the trail system in the 200 acre Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve. There are also a private inground pool and an outdoor shower. The reconstructed pre-civil war era barn has spaces for yoga, movement, and groups as well as the sheep, goats, and cats that live in the pastures.
