5 Day HeART of Autumn: Nature, Creativity & Yoga Retreat Colorado
5 Day HeART of Autumn: Nature, Creativity & Yoga Retreat Colorado
Up to 16 in group
September 30 - October 4, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- - Daily Yoga (Hatha, Yin, Gentle Flow)
- - Meditation (Silent, Walking, Nature)
- - Embodied Movement / Dance Journeys
- - HeART Craft & Morning Pages/Tea
- - Cacao Song Circles & Vocal Activation
- - Silent Mornings & Digital Detox
- - Rituals to Connect with the Elements & Mother Earth
- - Half Day Hike Beneath the Colorful Fall Aspen Leaves
About this Retreat
Matt Lawley is a yoga teacher, musician and permaculturist who believes there is an inseparable connection between healing ourselves and our ability to care for and steward the Earth. He began practicing yoga eleven years ago while healing from a life-changing car accident. Yoga helped him rehab much faster than expected and soon he was feeling better than ever before. Since then yoga, meditation and breathwork have been a driving factor in his life and led him to permaculture and regenerative work. Matt’s classes focus on alignment and release in order to activate energy centers, release stuck emotions and bring awareness back to our hearts. He incorporates guitar, singing bowls and mantras into his classes as well as themes around connection to the Earth, ecosystems, elements and the nature within us. Matt is trained in Alignment-Based Hatha (500 hours), Kundalini (200 hours) and Yin Yoga (100 hours). He has also worked at a top rated yoga retreat center in Thailand, a meditation retreat center in Mexico and a non-profit yoga festival. Yoga and meditation brought him to the path of permaculture and regenerative work. His goal is to offer these practices and tools as a way to bring more people into alignment with themselves and Mother Earth.
Lauryn is a spiritual coach and somatic guide who blends practices and teachings focused on somatic embodiment and energetic alignment. She founded Arise Alchemy in 2014 and infuses deep spiritual wisdom with her background in the healing arts, somatics, psychology, Yoga and energetics into her work. She guides individuals deeply through their transformation, while creating a safe space of possibility, expansion, and inspiration!
Lauryn believes we are all inherently creative beings, and that aligning with flow, synchronicity and healing, involves engaging with the frequency of creation. She brings a sense of play into everything she does and enjoys gathering people to cultivate deep, meaningful connection. She is an herbalist, sound alchemist, song carrier, musical being, writer, dancer, and intuitive, with a deep love for nature and a strong connection to the elemental realm. In her everyday life, she embraces simplicity and can often be found enjoying life as a mama.
Jenna is the owner and heart of Whimsical Wellness, a business dedicated to guiding others on their individual path to wellness. She believes that through our connection to food, movement, and mindfulness we can transform our reality and live a long and vibrant life. Jenna strives to create vibrant meal times that bring the community together around the table, leaving everyone feeling nourished and nurtured. Ayurveda, lovingkindness, and locally sourced/foraged foods, in collaboration with farmers; are all key ingredients in the dishes she creates. Her pathway to inspiring Earth tending is through bringing awareness to the foods we consume and how they are grown. Her mission is to flavor life with love and colorful reciprocity, a business dedicated to guiding others on their individual path to wellness. Jenna has completed a certification course in Ayurvedic Cheffing, 200 hr YTT, and has Reiki I & II attunements.
Details of this retreat
Fall Into Release and Renewal
We are delighted to announce the next edition of Express Your Inner Nature – The HeART of Autumn – a nature, creativity, and heart-centered yoga retreat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains this October 2026. For five days and four nights we will gather at Freebird Valley Collective, held by five acres of secluded mountain land, the blazing gold of the changing aspen groves and the quiet, unhurried wisdom that only this season carries.
No Creative Experience Necessary. All Levels Are Welcome.
We gather at this retreat to harvest the gifts, lessons and beauty of the year. To feel what is ready to be expressed and what is ready to be released. To sense the elements, the changing season and the wisdom of nature that lives within and around us. To move, sing, create and celebrate all that has grown while making space for what comes next. To free our hearts, trust the rhythm of life’s unfolding and listen deeply to what truly matters. To remember who we truly are and what we came here for.
Embody - NATURE
Listen - HEART
Create - RELEASE
Harvest - WISDOM
What We'll Explore Together
Throughout the retreat, we will explore practices that help us slow down, listen deeply and connect with the wisdom of the heart. Daily yoga (hatha, kundalini, and yin), meditation and pranayama will support us in cultivating presence, balance and inner awareness as we align with the rhythms of the season.
We will gather for morning pages, afternoon playshops and evening experiences to explore creative expression, reflective writing, embodied movement, vocal opening/song circles, cacao, fire circles and rituals that help us honor what has grown, express what is ready to be released and create space for what is yet to emerge. Throughout our time together, we will deepen our relationship with nature through practices of reciprocity, gratitude and connection to the living world and our inner nature.
A highlight of the retreat will be a half-day hike into the vibrant aspen groves near Kenosha Pass, where we can witness the season’s sacred act of letting go and harvest the quiet wisdom it offers.
What the Season - Already Knows
Going on retreat is an opportunity to step back and temporarily withdraw from our daily routines, commitments and obligations. As autumn invites the natural world to slow down and turn inward, we invite you to do the same by observing silent mornings and a digital detox. This retreat is an opportunity to reflect on the lessons, growth and gifts of the past season while reconnecting with the nature within and around you before reentering daily life with renewed clarity, perspective and inspiration. When we recognize that we are nature and that the sacred elements live within us, it becomes instinctive to treat ourselves, the Earth and all around us as sacred.
Presence - SILENCE
Reciprocity - OFFERING
Rest - RENEWAL
Ritual - REVERENCE
The Alchemy of Autumn
As we enter autumn, we arrive at a threshold between the fullness of the year and the quiet stillness of winter. This is a time to gather the fruits of what we have lived, to honor the joys, lessons, growth, and challenges that have shaped us, and to release what is no longer needed. Through creative expression, we are not trying to make something perfect or bring something new into being. We are creating as a way of feeling, expressing, clearing, and letting go. This HeART craft is less about the final creation and more about the act of release itself. By giving form to what we have been carrying, we create space within ourselves to soften, slow down, and move with the natural rhythm of the season. Just as nature lets seeds fall to the ground in autumn to rest and be activated in the dreamtime of winter, our creative process helps us shed what is complete and plant the quiet seeds of future growth.
Freebird Valley Collective
Nestled in a quiet mountain valley surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado Rockies, Freebird Valley Collective is a beautiful retreat house set among the changing Aspen trees. Located 20 minutes from Kenosha Pass in Fairplay Colorado the property features expansive views of the Mosquito range. Surrounded by five acres the land has been embedded with 44 crystals with the intention is to hold safe space for surrender, reconnection, healing and growth. The house features mountain views, a large deck, outdoor fire pit and dedicated yoga space designed for you to slow down, listen deeply, and align with the rhythms of the natural world.
We are delighted to announce the next edition of Express Your Inner Nature – The HeART of Autumn – a nature, creativity, and heart-centered yoga retreat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains this October 2026. For five days and four nights we will gather at Freebird Valley Collective, held by five acres of secluded mountain land, the blazing gold of the changing aspen groves and the quiet, unhurried wisdom that only this season carries.
No Creative Experience Necessary. All Levels Are Welcome.
We gather at this retreat to harvest the gifts, lessons and beauty of the year. To feel what is ready to be expressed and what is ready to be released. To sense the elements, the changing season and the wisdom of nature that lives within and around us. To move, sing, create and celebrate all that has grown while making space for what comes next. To free our hearts, trust the rhythm of life’s unfolding and listen deeply to what truly matters. To remember who we truly are and what we came here for.
Embody - NATURE
Listen - HEART
Create - RELEASE
Harvest - WISDOM
What We'll Explore Together
Throughout the retreat, we will explore practices that help us slow down, listen deeply and connect with the wisdom of the heart. Daily yoga (hatha, kundalini, and yin), meditation and pranayama will support us in cultivating presence, balance and inner awareness as we align with the rhythms of the season.
We will gather for morning pages, afternoon playshops and evening experiences to explore creative expression, reflective writing, embodied movement, vocal opening/song circles, cacao, fire circles and rituals that help us honor what has grown, express what is ready to be released and create space for what is yet to emerge. Throughout our time together, we will deepen our relationship with nature through practices of reciprocity, gratitude and connection to the living world and our inner nature.
A highlight of the retreat will be a half-day hike into the vibrant aspen groves near Kenosha Pass, where we can witness the season’s sacred act of letting go and harvest the quiet wisdom it offers.
What the Season - Already Knows
Going on retreat is an opportunity to step back and temporarily withdraw from our daily routines, commitments and obligations. As autumn invites the natural world to slow down and turn inward, we invite you to do the same by observing silent mornings and a digital detox. This retreat is an opportunity to reflect on the lessons, growth and gifts of the past season while reconnecting with the nature within and around you before reentering daily life with renewed clarity, perspective and inspiration. When we recognize that we are nature and that the sacred elements live within us, it becomes instinctive to treat ourselves, the Earth and all around us as sacred.
Presence - SILENCE
Reciprocity - OFFERING
Rest - RENEWAL
Ritual - REVERENCE
The Alchemy of Autumn
As we enter autumn, we arrive at a threshold between the fullness of the year and the quiet stillness of winter. This is a time to gather the fruits of what we have lived, to honor the joys, lessons, growth, and challenges that have shaped us, and to release what is no longer needed. Through creative expression, we are not trying to make something perfect or bring something new into being. We are creating as a way of feeling, expressing, clearing, and letting go. This HeART craft is less about the final creation and more about the act of release itself. By giving form to what we have been carrying, we create space within ourselves to soften, slow down, and move with the natural rhythm of the season. Just as nature lets seeds fall to the ground in autumn to rest and be activated in the dreamtime of winter, our creative process helps us shed what is complete and plant the quiet seeds of future growth.
Freebird Valley Collective
Nestled in a quiet mountain valley surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado Rockies, Freebird Valley Collective is a beautiful retreat house set among the changing Aspen trees. Located 20 minutes from Kenosha Pass in Fairplay Colorado the property features expansive views of the Mosquito range. Surrounded by five acres the land has been embedded with 44 crystals with the intention is to hold safe space for surrender, reconnection, healing and growth. The house features mountain views, a large deck, outdoor fire pit and dedicated yoga space designed for you to slow down, listen deeply, and align with the rhythms of the natural world.
Schedule
ARRIVAL - DAY 1
2 PM - Arrival
3 - 4 PM - Retreat Introduction
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Yoga/Movement/Meditation
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Opening Ceremony
DAY 2
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9:30 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Silent Breakfast
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Morning Pages & Tea Ritual
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DAY 3
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 - 8 AM – Silent Breakfast
8 - 8:30 AM – Drive to Hike
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM – Nature Immersion + Morning Pages + Yoga + Hike
12:30 PM – 1 PM – Drive Back
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DAY 4
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9:30 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Silent Breakfast
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Morning Pages & Tea Ritual
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DEPARTURE - DAY 5
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9 – 10:30 AM – Breakfast & Pack Up
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Closing Circle
1 - 2 PM – Departure
2 PM - Arrival
3 - 4 PM - Retreat Introduction
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Yoga/Movement/Meditation
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Opening Ceremony
DAY 2
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9:30 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Silent Breakfast
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Morning Pages & Tea Ritual
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DAY 3
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 - 8 AM – Silent Breakfast
8 - 8:30 AM – Drive to Hike
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM – Nature Immersion + Morning Pages + Yoga + Hike
12:30 PM – 1 PM – Drive Back
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DAY 4
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9:30 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Silent Breakfast
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM – Morning Pages & Tea Ritual
1 – 2 PM – Lunch
4 – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Playshop
6 – 7 PM – Dinner
7 – 9 PM – Evening Experience
DEPARTURE - DAY 5
7 AM – Rise and Shine!
7:30 – 9 AM – Morning Yoga/Movement/Meditation
9 – 10:30 AM – Breakfast & Pack Up
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Closing Circle
1 - 2 PM – Departure
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Directions
Flying: The closest major airport is Denver International Airport (DEN). From the airport, the drive to Freebird Valley is approximately 2–2.5 hours, depending on traffic and weather conditions. Most guests choose to rent a car, though we will also help coordinate rideshares between participants with a carpool request/offer list.
Driving: From Denver, take Highway 285 southwest through the foothills and over scenic Kenosha Pass before descending into South Park Valley. Freebird Valley is located near Fairplay and Alma, offering a peaceful mountain setting while remaining easily accessible from the Front Range. During autumn, this route is one of Colorado’s most beautiful drives, with golden aspen groves lining the mountainsides.
Driving: From Denver, take Highway 285 southwest through the foothills and over scenic Kenosha Pass before descending into South Park Valley. Freebird Valley is located near Fairplay and Alma, offering a peaceful mountain setting while remaining easily accessible from the Front Range. During autumn, this route is one of Colorado’s most beautiful drives, with golden aspen groves lining the mountainsides.
Accommodation
Happy Camper - Camping (Bring Your Own Tent)
Trundle Bundle - Twin Trundle Bed
The Bunkhouse - Twin Bunk Bed
The Roost - Female Only - Shared Loft with Full Beds
Solo Sanctuary - Private Room with Queen Bed
Peaceful Private - Couples Private Room with Queen Bed
What's Included
- - Daily Yoga / Meditation Classes
- - Workshops / Activities
- - 4 Nights Accommodation
- - Meals - (Day 1 - Lunch/Dinner Only, Day 7 - Breakfast Only)
- - 1 Hour Post Retreat Integration Call
- - Special Retreat Pricing for Private Sessions with Lauryn
What's Not Included
- - Airfare to Colorado
- - Transportation To and From
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