Women's Mindfulness Retreats
There are seasons in a life when questions matter more than answers.
TrailBliss retreats offer women a quiet place to sit with those questions together twice a year.
Each retreat follows the rhythm of the season and centers on a single, honest inquiry.
Two Invitations
Fall Bliss Retreat: Rhythm of Release
Fall is a time of release. This retreat moves with that same rhythm, turning gently toward the weight of what has been carried too long. Patterns, stories, and fears soften their edges. In that softening, something lighter begins to rise, clarity, breath, and a quieter kind of strength.
Winter Bliss: The Light Within
Winter calls for stillness. This retreat is an invitation to uncover your own essence, to connect with the light within you, and to let it shine a little clearer and steadier in daily life.
How the Retreat Unfolds
These retreats are quiet by design. They offer space to step away from noise and distraction, and to meet yourself with honesty and care. The days unfold through a mix of practices, guided by presence and ease. Each one moves with the light, the group, and the rhythm of the land.
Yoga
Movement that meets the body where it is. Alignment, props, and breath support ease and awareness. Each posture is an opening, not a goal.
Meditation
Moments of stillness held by the land. Breath and sound guide attention inward until thought quiets and the body remembers ease.
Reflection
Open time for writing, drawing, or silence. A chance to listen inward without rush or structure.
Time in Nature
The land shapes the rhythm. Walks through forest and marsh invite attention to light, scent, and the quiet language of the season.
Mindful Activities
Sound, art, and fire circles offer gentle ways to explore shared themes. Participation is always a choice.
Retreats stay intentionally small so the space remains grounded, clear, and personal.
Retreats are held at Aldermarsh Retreat Center. Aldermarsh is situated on the edge of a beautiful marshland on the south end of Whidbey Island. The wooded 5 acre facility is integrated with its natural setting where community, collaboration and sustainability thrive. The grounds include a cordwood sauna, an outdoor heated Japanese soaking tub, beautiful gardens, an outdoor fire pit, and maintained pathways through acres of natural wetlands.
Retreats are guided by Sarvinder Kaur, founder of TrailBliss. She is a 500-hour registered yoga teacher and mindfulness meditation teacher with more than two decades of personal practice. Her learning has been shaped by teachers in India and the United States, and by years of steady work on the mat and in daily life.
Sarvinder teaches from lived experience rather than theory. Her aim is to offer clear, grounded tools for cultivating peace, compassion, and resilience in an ever-changing world.
Outside of teaching, she is a hiker, backpacker, mountaineer, and long-time volunteer with King County Search and Rescue.
