Winter Rest: Restore Your Energy and Focus
With Lizzie Lasater
Picture by Daniella Gruber
Weekend Urban Retreat
Winter is the season of cold, grey days that end too soon. It can feel monotonous, lonely, and dark. It can also bring a low-grade mental fog that never quite lifts. But what if we stopped resisting winter?
Winter is also the season of deep rest. Of wool socks and warm tea. Of turning down the noise of the outside world so we can finally hear our inner voice. It’s an invitation to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with our creative insight.
Join Lizzie Lasater for this two-day urban retreat where we will honor the wisdom of the season through a blend of gentle somatic movement, Restorative Yoga, and guided journaling. This retreat is a space for yoga teachers and committed practitioners to fill their own cups, to rest, restore, and remember the joy of being together in person.
Creativity is born from blank space. It doesn’t arise from pushing ourselves or from knowing exactly what comes next. Creativity flourishes when we allow ourselves to be empty, soft, and receptive. Restorative Yoga offers this blank space by supporting the body in stillness while the nervous system shifts into parasympathetic mode. Brain waves change. Cortisol drops. Breath deepens. This physiological shift opens the door to emotional healing, intuitive insight, and the sense of coming home to yourself. Together, we will invite inspiration not by chasing it, but by becoming ready to receive it.
Here’s how we’ll spend our two days together:
Gentle somatic asana practice to awaken your body
Restorative Yoga to soothe and support your nervous system
Reflective guided journaling to receive the wisdom of your unconscious mind
Meaningful connection with yourself and a like-hearted community
Together, we will embrace winter’s quiet power as medicine.
What to bring?
1-2 blankets from home
Journal and writing materials
Eye cover
YACEP: 12 hrs of Continuing Education
Dates & Times: 20-21 February 2026 | daily 12.30 - 18.30 with a 1-hour break
Location: Yoga Moves Studio One | Sint Janshovenstraat 1 | Utrecht
Prices* €225
Early Birds:
Before 1 Oct: €175
Before 1 Jan: €195
*We are CRKBO registered, exempt from VAT (BTW).
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