Name: Root & Rise Spring Energy Balancing Half Day Retreat
Start: 2026-04-11T08:45:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-11T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Terra House

Root & Rise Spring Energy Balancing Half Day Retreat

As the seasons begin to shift, so does our energy. After the heaviness of winter, many of us feel the need to slow down, reset, and reconnect before stepping fully into the brightness and activity of spring.
Root & Rise is an intimate half-day retreat designed to gently calm the nervous system, restore energetic balance, and reconnect you to your physical and emotional body. Through a combination of guided reflection, restorative movement, Reiki-infused sound healing, and meditative art, this experience creates space to pause, reflect, and realign.
This retreat is intentionally limited in size to create a supportive and welcoming environment where participants can relax, connect, and move through the experience at their own pace.
The Morning Flow
8:45 AM – Arrival & Settling In
Guests arrive, settle into the space, and prepare for a calm and grounding morning.
9:00 AM – Wellness Wheel & Guided Journaling with Claire
Through guided reflection and a simple hands-on worksheet, participants will assess the balance of their wellbeing across multiple areas of life and identify one dimension they feel ready to nurture more intentionally.
10:00 AM – Restorative Yoga with Andrea
Gentle, supported yoga postures designed for all levels help release tension and calm the nervous system, preparing the body for deeper energetic work.
10:45 AM – Snack Break & Mindful Eating with Claire
A short guided practice in mindful eating, where participants are invited to slow down, savor their snack with full sensory awareness, and cultivate gratitude for the interconnected conditions that brought the food to their plate.
11:15 AM – Reiki-Infused Singing Bowl Sound Bath with Andrea
Crystal singing bowls combined with Usui Holy Fire Reiki create a deeply relaxing vibrational experience that supports energetic release and restoration.
12:00 PM – Meditative Art with Andrea
A simple, calming art practice inspired by Zentangle offers a creative and reflective way to integrate the experience of the morning.
12:45 PM – Closing Circle & Integration
The retreat concludes with a gentle closing discussion to reflect on the experience and set intentions for the season ahead.
Guests will leave feeling more grounded, centered, and connected as they move into spring with renewed clarity and balance.
Event Details
📅 Saturday, April 11
⏰ 8:45 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Terra House
25 Buffalo Street, Akron NY
This intimate retreat requires a minimum of 8 participants and is limited to 14 guests.
Investment:
Early Registration: $105 per person (available through March 28)
Regular Registration: $115 per person
Register by phone: 716-418-6836 or email [email protected]
Registration closes April 4.
Claire DeNies is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), mindfulness teacher, and the founder of Nourish Holistic Living. She supports heart-centered women who hold a lot – work, family, caregiving, responsibility – and look like they’re doing fine on the outside, but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and deeply craving spaciousness and ease.
Claire specializes in stress reduction, self-connection, and embodied wellness. Through mindfulness, guided reflection, and nervous system-supportive practices, she helps women move out of go-go-go survival mode and into greater presence, ease, and joy. Her work gently invites women to slow down, listen inward, and cultivate sustainable change – without hustle, extremes, or perfection.

Andrea Neidrauer has spent the last 17 years dedicated to health and wellness. In 2010, she received a Master's of Science in Cancer Prevention and Pathology from the University at Buffalo division at Roswell Park, in 2015 she co-founded the Familial Cancer Foundation of WNY, a nonprofit organization that provides information and support to individuals with genetic cancer mutations, and in 2018 she received her certification as an Integrative Nutritional Counselor and also started her business Living Roots Health and Wellness, now Terra House. She is also a certified Yoga Instructor and Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master. Andrea focuses on the five fundamentals of optimal health and wellness: nutrition, emotional well-being, sleep, physical activity, and spiritual health.