FALL

RETREAT

10.10 to 10.13

for Creative Entrepreneurs

Nourish your soul.

Honor your growth.

Reignite your vision.

EARLY BIRD ENDS JULY 21

EARLY BIRD ENDS JULY 21

Join a group of creatives and entrepreneurs in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for a retreat with Meg and Elyse.

This retreat is your invitation to slow down, reconnect with your purpose, and celebrate the journey you've been on this year—personally, professionally, and spiritually.

Join a soul-aligned community of visionary leaders and creative entrepreneurs for four days of rest, renewal, and reconnection in the Rockfish Valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

🌿 What You’ll Experience:

  • Daily yoga, meditation & movement 

  • Intentional journaling & creative expression

  • Fall harvest celebration of your year’s growth

  • Local farmers market outing & nourishing meals

  • Guided nature hikes & evening bonfires

  • Deep community connection & resource sharing

  • Soulful and strategic business workshops to grow with clarity and intention

💫 This Is For You If:

  • You’re a creative entrepreneur or community leader

  • You love your work, but struggle to slow down

  • You give a lot and crave time to receive

  • You’re spiritually curious and love tools like astrology, human design, and holistic wellbeing

  • You want to be in community with other ambitious, heart-led visionaries

🌟 The Promise:

  • A sacred pause

  • A celebration of how far you’ve come

  • A soulful space to rest deeply, reconnect with yourself, and rejoin your mission from a place of wholeness

  • Day One

    Human Design for Creative Entrepreneurs 

    Discover your unique energetic blueprint for sustainable business growth.

  • Day Two

    Rituals for Creative Courage

    Cultivate sustainable creative practices through sacred routines and mindful experimentation.

  • Day Three

    Community Building 101

    Learn to create meaningful connections that naturally expand your business.

  • Day Four

    Q4 Planning Workshop

    Design an aligned end-of-year roadmap that honors both your ambition and well-being.

join us

meet eLYSE

Woman with curly hair wearing a brown top and polka dot skirt kneeling on carpeted floor, smiling at camera, with tarot cards and books around her in a cozy room with bookshelves, window, and framed pictures.

Elyse (she/her) is a Soulful Business Coach and Community Builder who provides grounded, practical teachings to help creative entrepreneurs and community leaders embrace bold leadership without burning out.

She empowers ambitious, heart-centered leaders to own their power, honor their soul’s calling, and thrive in community. Instead of prescribing solutions, she creates an environment where clients feel inspired, nourished, and deeply connected—enabling them to maintain the consistent, devotional energy required to build a thriving business that feeds their soul and serves the world.

Learn more at Elyse at www.elysepreston.com.

“Working with Elyse challenged me in all the ways I’ve needed to be. The tight-knit community of all women provided a safe space for me to share my ideas and have them affirmed. The space also importantly allowed me to be held accountable by other passionate women who were all in varying stages of their soulful journeys. If you have been trying to make more sense out of your deepest desires and looking for a container in which to plant and nurture them, then this is for you.”

— Qubilah H.

meet meg

Meg Brackett she/her with dark brown hair, glasses, and a white shirt sitting cross-legged on a pink sofa, smiling in a brightly lit, modern indoor space.

With Yoga Brain, Meg (she/her) merges right and left-brain thinking, combining extensive expertise in business and communications with over 18 years of practice on a yoga mat. She applies these skills with a mindful marketing approach so that wellness leaders can focus on essential, fulfilling work.

When collaborating with clients, she incorporates elements of astrology, numerology, and the moon cycles to align every project with the forces of the universe.

She trained with Faith Hunter in 2013 and completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. She believes the best way to connect with the present moment is through practice and strives to incorporate a mindful and positive attitude in all aspects of life.

She is grateful to live and work in the ancestral homelands of the Nacotchtank (or Anacostans), and neighbors the ancestral lands of the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples.

“As an Indigenous healer and coach, I felt at ease with Meg in sharing this nuance and how I wanted to show up more authentically. I was seen, supported, and nourished by Meg in ways that are hard to describe, but they touch the soul.”

— Jessica Sandhu

LOCATION

Programming is held at Gold Finch Farm, Meg’s family property. Guests will stay within walking distance of the property, surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, with plenty of access to nature.

 

aCCOMMODATIONS

private room, shared bath

$1,550

$1,450 eARLY BIRD

Four cabins are near the property for a cozy farm stay. Each cabin has two rooms and a shared bath.

shared ROOM, Shared bath

$1,400

$1,300 Early bird

Four cabins are near the property for a cozy farm stay. Each cabin has two rooms and a shared bath.

Early bird ends July 21, 2025. A $500 deposit is due to hold your spot; your remaining balance is due by September 1, 2025. Payment plans are available, split into your deposit + 2 more payments.

Two girls practicing yoga outdoors during sunset, performing a backbend pose on a grassy field with mountains and trees in the background.
A wooden cabin with a raised porch and stairs, surrounded by trees and green grass.
Wooden cabin with a porch, two green chairs, and house number 45, surrounded by trees.
Cozy cabin living room with two windows, two armchairs, a small sofa, a coffee table with magazines, a TV showing Netflix, and a corner electric fireplace with shelves and books above.
A cozy bedroom with wooden log walls, a metal bed with green bedding, two bedside tables with lamps, and a curtain on a window.
A grassy field with purple irises in the foreground, a tall brick chimney structure in the distance, surrounded by trees and under a cloudy sky with rays of sunlight breaking through.
A cozy cabin room with wooden walls, pink curtains, a small wood-burning stove, and a gaming table with a board game set up. There's a gray armchair and large windows letting in natural light.
A landscape view at dusk with a grassy field, trees, mountains in the background, and a partly cloudy sky with the sun setting.
A person wearing a hat driving an old red tractor on a grassy farm trail surrounded by green fields and trees, with hills and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

offerings

dAILY YOGA + MEDITATION

On retreat, you’ll have time for morning meditation, yoga, and a spacious schedule to deeply connect to nature's rhythms.

FRESH cuisine

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are prepared with seasonal ingredients to nourish your mind, body, and soul.

Transformational Business Workshops

Grow your business with intention—guided by your unique gifts and rooted in practices that nourish, not deplete.

“Meg is without a doubt, the behind-the-scene brain for my business! Her insight on my approach and what makes my work stand out was affirming and helped me figure out strategies to connect with others that feel deeply rewarding vs. gimmicky. I value our conversations — she both meets me where I'm at and gently nudges me to try new things. She has "translated" work that other tech professionals do (but don't always know how to teach), which has been invaluable in overcoming logjams. Most of all, Meg meets her clients where they're at — as a lifelong learner herself, she has none of the formulaic mindsets I've encountered in the past and instead looks to see what we can both learn from the process of working together.”

— Yael

CUISINE

The cuisine is centered around local foods that can easily accommodate most diets. Every meal will focus on local seasonal fruits and vegetables.

This is an alcohol-free retreat.

A wooden bowl filled with oatmeal topped with fresh raspberries, slices of banana, shredded coconut, chia seeds, and almond butter

Breakfast

Three bowls of creamy pumpkin soup garnished with chopped green onions and black pepper, served with slices of whole wheat bread on a white surface.

Lunch

A colorful vegetable and grilled fish salad with slices of lemon, avocado, radish, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, shredded purple cabbage, and quinoa on a white plate, placed on a black textured surface with scattered peppercorns.

Dinner

"During our work together, Elyse affirmed me, my ideas, and my strengths, helped me organize and realize how aligned the ideas for my business were. I began to feel much more confident in my capabilities and in my business. She is an active listener and is very skilled in not only helping streamline business goals, but also seeing you realize them as well. She provided me with practical tools and techniques after each session that were designed to further develop my business. By the end of our mentorship, I had a solid business objective and a crystal clear plan for sharing it with the public. I truly felt Elyse's dedication to seeing me succeed. I learned so much from her and am forever grateful for having her as my mentor.”

— Josie C.

retreat Schedule

DAY 1  |  FRIDAY

12:00 pm Arrival lunch, and Welcome Circle

4:30 pm Workshop: Human Design for Creative Entrepreneurs

6:00 pm Welcome Dinner

8:00 pm Restorative Yoga and Meditation

9:00 pm Quiet time

DAY 2  |   SATURDAY

7:30 am Slow Flow Yoga and Meditation 

9:00 am Breakfast

10:30 am Tour the local Farmers Market

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Optional Hike on the Appalachian Trail

4:30 pm Workshop: The Creative's Courage Lab

6:30 pm Dinner

9:00 pm Quiet time 

DAY 3  |   SUNDAY

7:30 am Slow Flow Yoga and Meditation 

9:00 am Breakfast

10:30 am Optional Bird Watching Tour

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Optional Tea Making Class

4:30 pm Workshop: Community Building 101

6:30 pm Dinner

8:00 pm Fire Ceremony

10:00 pm Quiet time 

DAY 4  |   MONDAY

7:30 am Slow Flow Yoga and Meditation

9:00 am Breakfast

10:30 am Workshop: Q4 Planning Workshop

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Circle Closing 

4:00 pm Departure

“Working with Meg has been an incredible experience! I could write so much about how Meg has helped us but the short of it is she helped launch our non-profit, provided coaching around personal growth, and is a partner that truly grows with you.”

— Sahar

What’s included

  • Pre-trip assistance

  • Three nights accommodations

  • Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners

  • Daily yoga and meditation

  • Business and creative coaching and workshops

what’s NOT INCLUDED

  • Airfare or travel

PAYMENT

A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required to hold your spot. Final payment for all participants by September 1, 2025.

Cancellation POLICY

No refund is available if the participant cancels for any reason after September 1, 2025.

Terms and conditions

Please carefully read the Terms and Conditions for full policies.

Only ten Spots available

SCHOLARSHIP


We have reserved one $300 scholarship for a creative soul to attend. Please email megbrackett@theyogabrain.com to secure your spot. First come, first serve basis.

“When I began working with Elyse, I already owned my private practice and was doing it full-time. It kept itself moving without minimal effort, and I knew I could offer more than just 1:1 sessions, but I didn't know how. Elyse gave me the tools, illuminated limiting beliefs that kept me from growth, and fueled my confidence to break out of the reliable mold in which I had become so comfortable. I strongly recommend Elyse to anyone looking for a business coach who can support you in both a logistical and soulful way.”

— Mimosa C.

Night sky with stars, the moon, and a pink aurora over dark silhouetted mountains.

  • In early October, the weather in Charlottesville, Virginia, is mildly cool, with average highs of 70°F and lows of 48°F.

    You can expect mild sunny days with cool evenings, with low to moderate humidity.

    • The closest airport is Charlottesville, which is 50 minutes by car. 

    • The next closest airport is Richmond, which is 2 hours by car. 

    • The closest train station is the Charlottesville CVS station, which is 40 minutes by car.  

    On Friday, the first day, guests should arrive by noon. 

    Carpool options from DC will be available Friday morning 

    Guests are responsible for their transportation to and from the retreat location. 

  • Of course! Meg teaches at all levels, gives a variety of modifications, and encourages students to go at a slower pace during yoga sessions.

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