Release & Harvest
The autumn Retreat • september 18-20, 2026
People tend to arrive here from a few different places:
You don't need a crisis to belong at this retreat. You need a sense that something in your life has finished its season and you haven't yet given yourself permission to say so out loud.
You're at a threshold you haven't named yet.
A marriage, a career, a friendship, or a version of yourself that’s run its course, and some part of you has known it for a while. You're not here to blow anything up. You're here to get honest about what you already sense is true.
You're exhausted by your own accumulation.
Roles you took on for good reasons that have since become obligations. Commitments that made sense five years ago. A calendar and a life that have both gotten crowded with things you
You want to enter the next chapter on purpose.
Maybe nothing is in crisis. You simply sense that autumn is asking something of you, the way it asks something of the land, and you want to meet what comes next having actually chosen what comes with you rather than dragging the same load forward by default.
You're circling a decision you keep putting off.
Something is asking to be released, and the cost of staying in the in-between has started to outweigh the discomfort of deciding. You're ready to stop circling and decide.
You're grieving something you haven't had space to grieve.
An ending already happened, whether you chose it or not, and you've kept moving without ever properly setting it down. This retreat makes room for that. Letting go well usually means grieving well first.
A retreat for the season of discernment. What will you release and what will you carry forward?
September in the Willamette Valley is harvest season, and during harvest, it’s all about timing. The winemaker walks the rows and reads the vines. Some fruit comes off the vine now. Some stays a little longer. Knowing the difference is the key to the craft.
That same discernment is what this retreat develops in you. The discernment and timing for your life and your pursuits. We’ll consider the relationships, roles, habits, and stories you've been carrying that may no longer fit the person you've become. Most of us never learn how to tell the difference between what to keep and what to release. We just keep adding weight until the weight itself becomes the problem.
Release and Harvest is three days for sorting that out. You'll work on land that understands this season in its bones, alongside a small group of people doing the same honest work, and with guidance that knows how to hold the weight of consideration without flinching from it. This retreat invited heartfelt exploration. It's a retreat that invites you to look directly at what you're holding and choosing, and let go of what no longer serves you.
What to Expect
The Ripening retreat moves through two days of embodied practice, land-based learning, creative expression, and communal presence. Every experience is designed to serve the same intention: to help you locate what in you is ready to grow and to give it room.
Breath work
to open what has been kept quiet and release habitual patterns of contraction.
Somatic movement
practices that work with the body's wisdom rather than the mind's agenda.
Learning sessions
drawing on the wisdom of the summer season as an organic teacher.
Evening Fire Circles
for the kind of honest, witnessed, unhurried conversation that rarely happens anywhere else.
Creative expression
sessions offered as a practice of allowing rather than producing, a low stakes encounter with the experience of letting an art endeavor move through without editing it first. All materials are provided, and every level of creative experience is welcome.
Land-based mindfulness
practices using the farm in its fullest summer expression as a mirror for your own life.
Farm-sourced meals
that are nourishing, communal, and unhurried.
Your Investment
Individual Retreat
Each retreat in The Seasonal Life series is $2,250 per person-single occupancy and $1,650 per person-double occupancy, all-inclusive from the moment you arrive to the moment you depart.
Your investment includes:
• Two days and two nights of private lodging at Inn the Ground
• A spacious private room with a king bed, and comfortable sleeper sofa perfect for a solo traveler, two friends, or a couple
• Nutrient-dense meals from Saturday dinner through Monday breakfast, prepared from farm and locally sourced ingredients
• All facilitated sessions, teachings, and ceremonial experiences
• All materials and supplies needed for retreat activities
• Full access to the land, trails, and common spaces of The Ground throughout your stay
A Few Things to Plan for
The Ripening retreat is designed to be complete as offered, with everything you need for the experience included in your registration fee. A handful of things fall outside the package and are worth planning for in advance. We’ve also included a downloadable copy of the schedule.
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The retreat center is located in Yamhill County, Oregon roughly an hour and a half from Portland International Airport. Most participants arrange their own transportation. Carpooling information is shared with registered participants upon request and we can help with transportation for an additional fee.
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Although located in wine country, Inn the Ground focuses on nourishment and presence. We do not serve alcohol. Participants who wish to bring wine or beer for personal enjoyment during evening free time are welcome to do so. We ask that you enter teaching spaces in an unaltered state.
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These services may be available through local practitioners and can be arranged independently. We are happy to offer referrals upon request.
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The retreat includes group facilitation. Private sessions with any member of the team may be available separately and can be inquired about directly. Please inquire prior to the event for best scheduling.
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If you would like to arrive a day early or extend your stay after the retreat closes, additional nights at The Ground may be available subject to scheduling. Please inquire at the time of registration.
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The Ripening Summer Retreat Schedule can be downloaded HERE