Yurt Retreats
Come renew your creative spirit and reset your intentions with each changing season
Apple Blossom Mindful Parenting Retreats guide you through how to Embrace each season and create nurturing routines and rhythms for children, healthy screen time habits, inspiration for more meaningful outdoor time, and peaceful rituals for calmer mornings, mealtimes, and bedtimes. Retreats include a nature walk, self-care, journal prompts, campfire or woodstove, light lunch/snacks, seasonal crafts and respite just for you!
This is an Adult Retreat, childcare for ages 3 - 10 years is available at an extra cost in the yurt next door. Newborns are welcome to stay with their caregiver for no extra charge, but we do not have care for mobile infants and toddlers available.
Looking for More? Check out our Opt-Outside Family retreat! Friday Evening and Saturday at the Yurts August 1st from 6 - 9:30 pm and August 2nd from 9 am - 4 pm, 2025. *15 adults Minimum $125/adult for the weekend and $50/child. Reduced Rate for Second adult in the same household and additional children. Kids under age 3 attend for free.
About the venue
Apple Blossom Village is located in the yurts and outdoor space at Rail River Folk School, 303 Railroad Street SW, Bemidji.
Drive through the silver gates and past the beautiful IEN (Indigenous Environmental Network) Garden and the Apple Blossom yurts to park down by the marina.
We have an outdoor porta potty with handwashing or hand sanitizer available. Enjoy a walk through the garden or along the lake. Take a break in our cozy yurt. Dress for the weather and plan to be outside as much as possible with yurts and tents and canopies as rain shelters.
Meet Apple Blossom Director and Workshop organizer Dacia dauner on the Staff page
Accommodations, restaurants, events, and things to do in Bemidji www.visitbemidji.com/
Journaling
Campfire
Next Retreat:
Setting our Summer Intentions
May 30th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Join us at the Yurts at Apple Blossom Village for meaningful nature and social connection while we work together to create healthy screentime habits for the whole family. Screen-free play fosters creativity, problem-solving, and joy!
In a non-judgmental and inclusive environment we will use this weekend retreat to explore how to resist the magnetic pull of screens, and instead enliven our family life or homeschool with more hands on learning and deeper relationships with our children. Parent topics will include:
Deepening our Connection to Nature,
The importance of Screen-Free Play and Movement on children’s development
The value of Sunlight, Simplicity, and Slowing down
Demonstrations on gardening, cooking, handwork, and nature activities with kids
How to foster curiosity, critical thinking, perseverance, and resilience
Approaching family life or homeschooling with a head, heart, and hands philosophy
,Bring the whole family! Children ages 3 - 10 can immerse themselves in nature play and exploration with our experienced and nurturing staff while parents enjoy adult discussions. Enjoy activities for adults and children together Friday evening and Saturday afternoon such as nature crafts, archery, string games, family yoga, Garden or Lakeside Sensory walks, yard games, and Imaginative Play. Enjoy stories and singing around the campfire Friday evening with a Shadow Puppet Show to end the evening. Bring an instrument if you wish!
Leave the screens behind while you re-connect with yourself and your family in nature. Use this time to reset your intentions for family life and bring back tips and tools to help you slow down and find a healthy daily, weekly, and seasonal rhythm for your family in our fast paced world.
Camp in local campgrounds or stay in lodging of your choice in the Bemidji area.
This Retreat is intended for Families with children ages birth to 12 but all are welcome. We will touch on screen use by tweens and teens within our discussions.
This is a secular family friendly retreat. All are welcome at Apple Blossom.
No drugs or alcohol
This retreat is intended to inspire healthy screen habits and help families reset their screen habits. Apple Blossom is a screen free zone for kids and tweens/teens.
Bring an instrument for Friday evening if you wish!
Tentative Itinerary will be sent by email upon registration and an Updated/Final itinerary will be sent by email 2 weeks prior to the event.
