Wild Rice Retreat Feature

If you turn inland from Bayfield, Wisconsin’s Lake Superior shoreline to its storybook forest, you’d find charming Scandinavian-inspired lodges that house guests at the Wild Rice Retreat. The instructor-led retreat focuses on three pillars: expression, movement, and nourishment, where activity is considered tantamount to the holistic healing process. Daily schedules tend to run from 8:00 am to the evenings, with the choice to design your own experience. Wild Rice curates breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals from local purveyors, and offers guided retreats focused on yoga, honing crafts like encaustic painting, and of course, managing spiritual life with topics including career exploration, mastering positive self-talk, and navigating modern love. In addition to the retreat’s set programming, guests are also free to roam the various walking paths, perch on the brownstone cliffs at the edge of the property, and unwind in the sauna and rain room of the Sanctuary.