EarthWell Retreat Center Presents:
COUPLES RETREATS
Friday-Sunday
TWO OPTIONS: May 29-31 + August 21-23 | 2026
Cultivating Connection:
A Deep-Dive Retreat for Play, Presence & Pleasure
With Tatianah Thunberg & Carisa Wilder
Couples Wellness Weekend
A Spacious Weekend with Wellness Classes
With Emily Adama, Tatianah Thunburg, Connor Otto
WHEN
August 21st-23rd 2026
WHEN
May 29-31st 2026
WHAT
WHAT
In a world that pulls partners in a thousand directions, we offer a gentle, joyful reset—three days devoted to curiosity, presence, and the simple pleasure of being together. This retreat invites you to step out of the rush of daily life and into a slower, sweeter rhythm: one filled with playfulness, ease, intimacy, and renewed aliveness.
Through inquiry, loving touch practices, shared movement, and creative play, couples will explore new ways of attuning,
listening, and tending to the heart of their connection.
This is not couples therapy. This is a playful space where your edges can soften so your connection may expand into co-creative possibilities.
What to Expect: Across the weekend, we weave science, artistry, and embodied exploration into a grounded pathway for relational renewal. Everything is invitational and paced with great care, allowing each couple to choose their own adventure.
The Couples Wellness Weekend offers a unique chance to rest and renew together— supported by time-honoured wellness practices designed to reconnect you with yourself and to the delight of simply being together. Stepping away from the pressures of daily life, you and your partner have a chance to enter a more nourishing tempo that invites rest, presence, play, intimacy, and a renewed sense of connection.
A spacious weekend together nestled on 140 acres of nature preserve. Enjoy six wellness sessions with seasoned facilitators to nourish the mind, body and soul, and to cultivate attunement and connection with your partner. Simple, off-grid cabins or camping, and farm-to-table meals.
This retreat has less programming and more free-time for couples in the schedule than the August Retreat.
This is not couples therapy.
FOR WHO
FOR WHO
Couples of all orientations, identities, ancestries, ages and stages who want to:
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reconnect after a stressful season
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deepen intimacy and trust
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learn embodied tools for co-regulation and authentic relating
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explore touch, play, and presence while creating pathways of safety
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reignite creativity, sensuality, and delight
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experience relational nourishment within a supportive community
Couples seeking a spaciously-structured mindful retreat to slow down and spend intentional time with each other – balancing free-time with mind-body wellness sessions for you and your partner.
Ideal for those comfortable in off-grid, “glamping”-style lodging, and who enjoy spending time outside.
Couples of all orientations, ages, stages and backgrounds welcome. This is not couples therapy.
All Welcome
What You'll Experience
Cultivating Connection:
Couples Wellness Weekend
A deep-dive retreat for Play, Presence & Pleasure
A Spacious Weekend with Wellness Classes
With Tatianah Thunberg & Carisa Wilder
With Emily Adama, Tatianah Wilder, Connor Otto
✨ Polyvagal Basics & Co-Regulation Practice
Learn how your nervous systems shape connection—and how simple practices can restore safety, deepen intimacy, and soften protective patterns.
✨ The Art of Giving and Receiving Consensual Touch
The Wheel of Consent is a powerful framework for clear communication, clarity of desire, pleasure, and consensual non-sexual touch. Discover the joy of asking for what you truly want and learn to navigate the tender boundaries of consensual giving and receiving.
✨ Partner Yoga & Thai Massage
Gentle postures and massage help release tension, guiding you into slow, nourishing contact where presence, trust, and playful co-regulation can flourish.
✨ Inquiry & Shared Listening Practice
Structured, compassionate conversations guided by curiosity rather than problem-solving. Learn the art of slowing down, truly listening, and revealing your heart with ease and presence.
✨ A Playful Outdoor Adventure
Explore a new landscape side by side, letting the elements spark play, wonder, and unexpected moments of joy.
✨ Dance Party
A co-creative evening of music, movement and serenade where rhythm softens the edges, emotion finds expression, and your bodies remember how to move in joy. Outdoor by a campfire, weather permitting.
Note! Every activity is rooted in the principles of challenge by choice and consent—offering options that invite everyone to stretch without overwhelm.
✨ Six wellness sessions with the flexibility to attend only what’s calling to you—plus spacious free time to nap, hike, read, journal, swim, rest, and simply be.
Guided Sensory Walk (Nature Connection)
A mindfulness-based sensory walk through nature to deepen presence and awareness.
Mindfulness Meditation
Gentle, guided meditation practices to support nervous system regulation, present-moment awareness, and inner calm. Accessible to all levels of experience.
Massage Therapy
Enjoy a 30-minute clothed massage session in a shared, tranquil space.
Hearthstone Sauna
A wood-fired sauna relaxes muscles, supports circulation, and calms the nervous system. Optional cold plunges enhance clarity. Private and community sessions available.
Body Scan + Sound Bath
Rest in stillness as you’re guided through the body, inviting deep relaxation and emotional release. A therapeutic sound bath—featuring bowls, chimes, and other instruments—supports balance, grounding, and renewal.
Partner Yoga & Thai Massage Workshop
Join Tatianah Thunberg and Connor Otto for a transformative Partner Yoga and Thai Massage experience. Explore supported stretches, mindful touch, and connection, concluding with a restorative sound bath. Variations are offered for all bodies and experience levels.
Opening & Closing Circles
Opening and closing circles offer space to arrive, set intentions, connect, reflect, and honor the personal shifts that unfold throughout the weekend.
Sample Schedule
Friday
3:00-4:30 PM: Arrivals & Settling In
4:30-5:00 PM: Land Orientation
5:00- 6:00 PM: Dinner
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Opening Circle + Group Container
6:30-8:30 PM: Polyvagal Basics & Co-Regulation
8:30-9:00 PM: Reflection Circle
SATURDAY
8:30-9:30 AM: Breakfast
9:30-10:30 AM: Morning Movement + Polyvagal Play
10:30-12:30 PM: Inquiry + Wheel of Consent
12:30-1:00 PM: Reflection Circle
1:00-2:30 PM: Lunch + Free Time
2:00-3:15 PM: Playful Outdoor Adventure
3:30-5:00 PM: Partner Yoga/Thai Massage
5:00-5:30 PM: Reflection Circle
6:00-7:30 PM: Dinner & Free Time
7:00-8:30 PM: Dance Party
8:30-9:00 PM: Reflection Circle
SUNDAY
8:15-9:15 AM: Breakfast
9:15-9:45 AM: Inquiry & Shared Listening Practice
9:45 - 10:30 AM :Next Steps - Bringing These Practices Home
10:30-11:00 AM: Closing Circle
Departures by 1 PM
Sample Schedule
Friday
3-5pm Arrival
5-545pm Guided Sensory Walk
6-7pm Dinner
715-745pm Opening circle, Orientation
8pm-9pm Yoga Nidra Sound Bath
SATURDAY
8am-915am Breakfast Buffet
930-1230pm Partner Yoga & Thai Massage
1245-145pm Lunch
230pm- 530pm – Sauna (included) and Massage (optional Add-on) rotations
6pm-7pm Dinner
730pm-930pm Additional Sauna and Massage rotations
SUNDAY
8am- 915am Breakfast Buffet
945am-1045am Meditation & Closing Circle
11am-1230pm Departure
ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS
Canvas Cabins
BATHROOMS ARE A 1-2 MINUTE WALK FROM CABINS
The Lower Bungalow
(3-season canvas)
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2 twin mattresses
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Screened in windows/doors on all four sides for the maximal amount of airflow, and minimum amount of mosquitos!
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Linens and pillows (no towels)
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Battery-operated fans
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Located down the hill from The Upper Bungalow very close to the pond
The Upper Bungalow
(3-season canvas)
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2 twin mattresses (in a bunk bed), and a stand alone twin.
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Screened in windows/doors on all four sides for the maximal amount of airflow, and minimum amount of mosquitos!
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Linens and pillows (no towels)
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Battery-operated fans
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Located up the hill from The Lower Bungalow not far from the pond.
"Elemental" Cabins
BATHROOMS ARE A 1-2 MINUTE WALK FROM CABINS
The WATER Cabin
(1-room, insulated cabin):
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Queen Bed (with extra Twin mattress under the Queen)
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Solar-powered minimal lighting
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Bed linens and pillows (no towels)
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Battery-operated fans
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Screened in porch
The AIR Cabin
(1-room, insulated cabin)
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King Bed (with extra Twin Trundle)
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Solar-powered minimal lighting
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Bed linens and pillows (no towels)
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Battery-operated fans
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Screened in porch
The FIRE Cabin
(1-room, insulated cabin)
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Two Twin Beds (& Twin Trundle)
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Solar-powered minimal lighting
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Bed linens and pillows (no towels)
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Battery-operated fans
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Screened in porch
The Earth Cabin
BATHROOM ATTACHED
The EARTH Cabin ("Historic Spike Cabin")
(2-room, 3 beds, insulated cabin)
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One bedroom/one living room
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3 beds: two twin futon beds, one Queen Mattress
Air conditioning/Heat
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Electrical outlets/lighting
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Bed linens and pillows (no towels)
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“Camp kitchen” with toaster, mini-fridge and 5 gallon water dispenser.
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Direct view of the pond
This cabin is our largest, and with the most ammenities. Additionally, participants are allowed to drive their cars right up to the cabin to drop off bags.
All-inclusive pricing
* Pricing is per COUPLE and includes lodging, programming and meals. Price does NOT include add-ons like massage/private sessions
Cultivating Connection:
A deep-dive retreat for Play, Presence & Pleasure
August 21-23, 20226
With Tatianah Thunberg & Carisa Wilder
BYO CAMPING
$1050
1 couple at this price
TENT/MAT RENTAL
$1150
1 couples at this price
BUNGALOWS (Canvas Cabins)
$1250
2 couples at this price
CABINS
(Water, Fire, Air)
$1350
3 couples at this price
EARTH CABIN
Toilet/Electricity
$1475
1 couple at this price
Couples Wellness Weekend
A Spacious Weekend with Wellness Classes
May 29-31st, 2026
With Emily Adama, Tatianah Thunberg, Connor Otto
BYO CAMPING
$950
1 couple at this price
TENT/ MAT RENTAL
$1050
2 couples at this price
BUNGALOWS (Canvas Cabins)
$1150
2 couples at this price
CABINS
Water, Fire, Air
$1250
3 couples at this price
EARTH CABIN
Toilet/Electricity
$1375
1 couple at this price
Your Facilitators
TATIANAH THUNBURG
TatiAnah Thunberg, LMSW (she/hers) is a couples therapist, somatic psychotherapist, and experiential facilitator with nearly 30 years of clinical experience. Her work integrates attachment theory, Polyvagal Theory, parts work, and consent-based practices to help couples cultivate secure connection, navigate rupture and repair, and build embodied, compassionate intimacy. Rooted in both science and soulful presence, her approach blends nervous system awareness, creative expression, and relational attunement to support couples in moving from old protective patterns toward deeper trust, playfulness, and co-regulation.
CARISA WILDER
Carisa Wilder, LMSW (she/hers) Carisa is a holistic, trauma-informed couples therapist dedicated to helping partners cultivate authentic, mutually fulfilling relationships. Trained in PACT (a psychobiological approach to couples therapy), Non-Violent Communication, Internal Family Systems/Parts Work, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Polyvagal Theory, and attachment theory, she supports couples as they center their partnership, update their relational dynamics, co-create consensual intimacy and heal the impact of intergenerational trauma. Carisa brings a neutral, friendly, compassionate presence to her work, inviting couples to discover play, connection, and secure functioning together.
EMILY ADAMA
Emily has a background in social work, mental health, and mindfulness-based therapies, as well as a deep love for the natural world.
Emily has over twelve years of experience as a mindfulness/meditation practitioner, and holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan in Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health (2015). She facilitates EarthWell's monthly "Days of Mindfulness", and co-facilitates many more retreats throughout the year.
Over the past 10 years, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Intro to Meditation classes at settings including Dawn Farm Residential Addiction Treatment Center, Dawn Farm Spera Detox Center, the Ann Arbor YMCA, Great Oak Cohousing, and in private practice.
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GUEST WORKSHOP LEADERS
CONNOR OTTO & TATIANAH THUNBURG
Experience healing land
The heart of the property is a spring-fed swimming pond situated on forty acres of rolling prairie, forest and wetland, surrounded by one hundred acres of Washtenaw County Nature Preserve.
Six off-grid sleeping cabins dot the landscape, all within a short walk to our Common House (featuring a large gathering space, community kitchen/dining and bathrooms/shower).
Nourishing Food
Enjoy five carefully curated farm-to-table meals from local chef, Kori Kanayama from Purslane Commons.
Kori is a community farm chef devoted to cooking in harmony with nature. Drawing from her Japanese heritage, her cooking reimagines traditional Japanese, American, and other culturally rooted recipes through the lens of Southeast Michigan’s four seasons. Her meals are focused on simple, energizing dishes that honor the natural flavors and vitality of ecologically grown, local produce at peak freshness. The result is unfussy, delicious vegetarian cuisine—authentic, seasonal, and crafted with intention.
Kori gracefully accommodates guests’ dietary needs.
Learn more about Kori
www.purslanecommons.com
CANCELLATION POLICY
If you cancel your reservation more than 30 days before the retreat, you will receive a full refund. If you cancel 0-30 days before the retreat, we will offer a full refund ONLY if we are able to find a replacement for your spot (from the waitlist or late-sign up) –
MINUS a $50 administrative fee.