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ENCHANTED

Name: ENCHANTED
Start: 2026-10-25
End: 2026-10-28
Location: Menla
Rating: 4.8

4.8054 reviews

375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

October 25 - 28, 2026

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Ariel

Ariel Kiley

Ariel Kiley is an embodiment teacher, trauma resolution practitioner, program designer, published author, people person, and wild woman. She holds certifications as a Yoga Therapist (International Association of Yoga Therapists), an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, a lead teacher trainer for Tune Up Fitness®, and a certified Lumia® transformational life coach. For over a decade, she has taught thousands of yoga, meditation, and therapeutic yoga classes in New York City, Los Angeles, and beyond. Ariel has designed programming and led teacher trainings in therapeutic yoga, anatomy, trauma-informed yoga, and fitness therapy for Equinox Fitness, Tune Up Fitness®, Dou Yoga, Prema Yoga, and more. She designed and starred in the Yoga Fundamentals program on Daily Burn, and has taught stress reduction and trauma resolution techniques to Harvard Medical students, Yale University, and numerous corporations and workplaces — alongside her private work helping individuals resolve the physiological patterns of trauma. Ariel’s background as an actress and writer informs her approach to movement ~ as something creative and imaginative… There is always an unfolding story to harmonize with, and when we do, meaning and depth are amplified! She regularly hosts retreats in transporting locations around the world, including Costa Rica, Joshua Tree, and the Catskills. Her virtual embodied fitness program, FitBodLife.com, has run for over five years with a thriving online community, and her program Lady Quest helps people reconnect with purpose through nature. She also hosts The Lady Quest Podcast, sharing stories and techniques around self-development. Ariel is presently based in the Joshua Tree area of California. Ariel's ongoing mission is to awaken her students to their extraordinary potential to generate joy and wellbeing in their bodies, and to access the wisdom within.

Details of this retreat

A 4-Day Immersion Into Embodiment & Wonder

Take a somatic journey into your own enchantment — held in the Catskill Mountains as the season turns from gold to dusk. Through embodied movement, breathwork, meditation, and creative practice, you'll access the deeper consciousness that connects to that which is beyond yourself. You'll reawaken your sense of magic and access intuitive guidance in everyday life.

You'll be led by Ariel Kiley, a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and certified life coach with over 15 years of experience leading retreats and teacher trainings around the world — not to mention a life-long aspiring wild woman!

Before you arrive, you'll receive a personal (virtual) Tarot session — a mythopoetic reading into what wants to be seen, released, or called forward during the retreat. That thread will weave through everything on retreat: a cosmic tune-in under the night sky, a grounded day of earthy movement and creative foraging, an exploration of the luminous self beyond your biography, and a final morning identifying how to carry it all home.

You'll leave more at home in your body, more connected to nature, and lit up with a creative spark that aligns you with the greater forces guiding your life forward.

Enchantment isn't something you find here. It's something we remember together.

All genders, ages, experience levels welcome. If you are new to Ariel, she will set up a consultation conversation with you to answer any questions before registering for the retreat :)

Schedule:

Sunday, October 25th
The Cosmos Day

3 - 6 pm Arrive, settle in your cabin, and Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinnertime
7:30 - 9 pm Opening Circle, Restorative yoga and Night Sky Yoga Nidra meditation

Monday, October 26th
The Earth Body Day

7:30 - 7:50 am Silent meditation (optional)
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm Earth Themed Embodiment Journey
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm Free time to explore, rest, and enjoy nature - optional foraging for natural treasures
3:30 - 5:30 pm Grounding and opening deep stretch, therapeutic yoga and meditation
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 pm Gently structured community connection and reflection time (optional)

Tuesday, October 27th
The Light Body Day

7:30 - 7:50 am Silent meditation (optional)
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm Luminous Self Themed Embodiment Journey
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm Free time to explore, rest, and enjoy nature
2 - 3:30 pm Optional creative arts project time
3:30 - 5:30 pm Consciousness-expanding stretch, breath-work and meditation
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 pm Gently structured community connection and reflection time (optional)

Wednesday, October 28th
The Return Day

7:30 - 7:50 am Silent meditation (optional)
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 11:30 am Embodied Integration Journey and closing circle
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Departure

*Please note this schedule is subject to change.

Getting Here

Menla, 375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

Accommodation

Economy Single - Shared Bath

Standard Single Room with a Twin Bed and Shared Bathroom Bathroom is Shared with One to Six Other Guests on Your Floor. A phone is not available but high-speed WiFi is available in the room Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note rates include meals and accommodations.

Economy Double - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

Standard Double with Twin Beds and Shared Bathroom The bathroom is Shared with other rooms on the same floor. High-speed Wi-Fi is available in the room. Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations * Please note: this is an open door policy room, meaning there are no keys to lock the door (we have lockers you can use at Lhasa if needed) * This booking is for one bed in a double shared room: We May Assign You Roommates if You Do Not Register with others

Customer Reviews

4.80 out of 5.0 average rating

Robin • Jul 01, 2026

4.0

Verified

This is a special place

I attended Menla for a Therapist Ketamine retreat. There were approximately 35 attendees and 8-10 faculty. The buildings and the grounds are stunning and do what they set out to do..... force you to relax! The conference center offered so much space and ability for smaller groups to break out. I was fortunate enough to stay in a deluxe room which had stunning and peaceful decor and a very comfortable bed.

The Menla staff was welcoming and helpful.

I was disappointed with the meals. I live in the SF Bay area and am fortunate to have access to very high quality and thoughtful vegetarian food. I found the meals to be Okay but not delicious. I should mention that our group didn't have breakfast. I did appreciate the creative beverage offerings and constant access to fresh fruit - the apples were yummy!

Anonymous • Jul 01, 2026

3.0

Verified

Nice place, kind staff, pricey, food was not good, not enough

The cabin was comfortable, and the shared areas were nice. The food, however, was extremely limited—mostly beans and vegetables, essentially a $2 meal with no meat or chicken. After one hour of being served, most of the food was gone and not replenished, so arriving around 1 p.m. meant finding almost nothing left. Beans can also trigger gas and discomfort, and the Indian dishes were too spicy, causing bloating. For the price of the stay, the meals felt inadequate.

Staff should wait until meetings are finished before moving items or making accommodations. The trail signs were also confusing and unclear; improving them would make a big difference.

Anonymous • Jun 29, 2026

5.0

Verified

Breathing in the Heart of Nature

I've visited the center twice, in June 2025 and June 2026, and both times I found it restful, peaceful, and a place to feel at one with nature, with many opportunities to swim, walk, and hike without leaving the center. It's a great place for meditation, reflection, care, and nourishing food. I had a spa session with Nitty, a Reiki practitioner with over 30 years of experience, and it was better than expected. While there, I saw many animals and birds, and a woman using the Cornell University bird app was able to identify 37 species in one sitting on the patio of the main building. The staff is very friendly, and the spa center with a swimming pool is the most luxuriously built of all the buildings. The biggest luxury I've found in Menla is silence.

Sherri • Jun 24, 2026

5.0

Verified

Wisdom Path with Isa and Bob

What a time to be at Menla! What a time to be blessed to work with Isa and Laura at the Sacred Stream and to partake in the Wisdom Path at Menla this past weekend. It was not hard to feel Bobs immense energy xoxoxox

Thank you for the beautiful room, the delicious food and the friendliest staff! And thank you for welcoming my two small doggies!! Sending you all lots of love and light, Sherri Serino

Annie • Jun 18, 2026

5.0

Verified

Such a beautiful setting

Menla is the best retreat location I have been to. (Others are Garrison Institute, Omega, Art of Living in N.C., and Insight Meditation in Barre, MA) It's beautiful, peaceful, has great walking trails. It's beautiful campus to walk across. The lodging is excellent-- great beds, linens, rooms, artwork on wall. And the food is the best I've had-- all vegetarian but with lots of flavor.

ENCHANTED

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Ariel Kiley

Details of this retreat

Getting Here

Accommodation

Economy Single - Shared Bath

Economy Double - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

This is a special place

Nice place, kind staff, pricey, food was not good, not enough

Breathing in the Heart of Nature

Wisdom Path with Isa and Bob

Such a beautiful setting

Economy Single - Shared Bath

Economy Double - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

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