The lake, the woods, and the water on your terms.
- Guided hikes, foraging, and birdwatching
- Fishing, kayaking, and paddleboarding
- Sunrise and sunset over the lake
Three days. One purpose.
An itinerary built on evidence. It begins before you arrive. It follows you home.
Principles
Rest, based on evidence.
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Permission
No guilt. No earning it. You are here because the evidence says you should be.
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Design
Curated and personal. Built with a counselor before you ever pack a bag.
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Proof
Every offering is founded on years of research on recovery, attention, and healing. As that research advances, so does the practice.
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Continuance
You leave with methods to keep restoring yourself, and a counselor who follows up after you are home. What you practiced here stays.
The days
The days, in order.
It begins before you arrive. It follows you home.
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Before you arrive
A quiet session with your nutrition and research counselor. Fifteen minutes, or thirty. We design your three days around you.
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Sunday
Our team receives you. A sunset drink. A light dinner by the water. Nothing is asked of you.
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Monday
Sunrise stretching. A hike or a paddle, when the eagles are usually out. Lunch, then the Sanare methods. An afternoon of spa, gardens, and rest. Dinner, and only the activities you want.
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Tuesday
Sunrise stretching. Breakfast. In-person CME. More technique, more rest, and a five-course dinner to close.
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Wednesday
A packed breakfast. A transfer home. The house lets you go gently.
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After you leave
A follow-up with your counselor once you are back at work, to keep the methods in practice where they are needed. Rest does not end at checkout.
Offerings
What the house holds.
Four rooms of the retreat, each traced to the research on recovery.
An award-winning kitchen, and the science of what it serves.
- Award-winning culinary experience
- Science-based nutrition and healing education
- A five-course dinner to close
Spa, movement, and gardens made for recovery.
- Massage, sauna, and hot tub
- Sunrise stretching
- Healing gardens
Credit, craft, and methods you take home.
- In-person CME credit - on learning to rest
- Healing art therapy
- Data-driven methods you take home
The science
Why nature? Because the research is decades deep.
In 1984, a landmark study showed surgical patients with a view of trees recovered faster than those facing a wall. That is not a metaphor. It is Attention Restoration Theory. Directed attention, the kind medicine demands all day, fatigues. Soft fascination, a garden, water, open sky, lets it recover. Sanare is designed around that mechanism, from the porous perimeter to the trees framing every window.
Ulrich, R. “View through a window may influence recovery from surgery.” Science, 1984. / Wilson, E.O. Biophilia, 1984. / Design principles, Moody Graham.