Dinner Retreat: An Evening of Nourishment & Connection
Join us for an intimate dinner retreat designed to nurture and nourish through food, connection, and conversation. Experience a mini retreat on our magical screened-in back porch, where candlelight creates the perfect ambiance for an unforgettable evening among friends.
We are hosting this event because we crave connection at our core and need it to thrive. It’s the contours of connection that create the rich landscapes of our lives. Being together is medicine in these times of distraction, disconnection, and overwhelm.
This is your invitation to taste the retreat experience—to discover that we can indulge in health, treating ourselves while honoring our bodies. Here, delicious meets nourishing. Every dish is crafted with 100% organic, locally sourced ingredients that taste as good as they make you feel.
The dinner table, like the yoga mat, is a sacred space where we find health, connection, and presence. This evening retreat embodies the yoga principles we practice: intention, well-being, connection, and mindful awareness. Through the relational realm of food and community, we explore what it means to live in deeper connection to place, season, and each other.
Taste becomes a doorway to the present moment, rooting us into our bodies and opening us to new experiences. This curated dining experience is unlike any other in our area—a chance to delight in conscious nourishment while building genuine community.
What to Expect:
Intimate candlelit dinner in a magical outdoor setting
100% organic, locally sourced seasonal menu
Five-course meal: appetizer, soup, salad, main course, dessert
Meaningful conversation and connection. The kind of dinner party conversation you actually want to have—real stories about life, dreams, challenges, and what lights us up. Between the laughter and delicious food, we'll share the good stuff that makes us human. It's the difference between talking about the weather and talking about what matters.
A nourishing evening that feeds body and soul
Recipes for all the dishes served
Like our yoga classes, this is a sliding scale, donation-based event—Suggested donation range $75 to $125 per person (BYOB, gratuity not included)—making this transformative experience accessible to all. Limited to 8 people. All allergies and dietary restrictions will be accommodated.
Come as you are. Leave nourished, connected, and inspired.
Meet Your Hosts
Betsy Bertram
Hayden Willis
Betsy Bertram is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Polarity Therapist, Reiki practitioner, writer, and speaker. She offers group classes, workshops, customizable one-on-one sessions, and retreat experiences. She is also the creator of the Embracing Death & Dying Program. In all of her work she supports health and healing, increases well-being, and nurtures people to live in alignment with their values.
Hayden Willis has been working in and out of commercial kitchens since the age of 18, shaping nearly two decades of experience across styles—from southern food to fusion fine dining. Her work has taken her through multiple states and flavors, but one truth has remained: food is central to healing, joy, and human connection.
Hayden’s cooking is an offering. Every dish she prepares is an act of reverence for the ingredients, the people she serves, and the stories that unfold around a shared table. She believes food can comfort, communicate, and celebrate. It nourishes more than the body; it becomes memory, meaning, and can be a powerful medicine.
Approaching food as a full-sensory experience, Hayden believes it is something that should nourish the eyes as much as the body. Every element on the plate is part of a larger ritual that honors both the natural beauty of the ingredients and the moment of sharing.
For Hayden, food is a gift. A way of honoring life itself. Preparing meals to ground, delight, and sustain, leaving guests feeling full in body, mind, and spirit.