Luminous Tranquility: Retreat to Asheville

Welcome to the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, where you’ll enjoy a four night pilates and yoga retreat with Lumos Instructor Sara Houser. Part of the Appalachian range, the Blue Ridge Mountains are among the oldest in the world, and are known for their distinctive “blue” color, emanating from it’s mountain forests. Our days include hikes in the mountains, a visit to the NC Arboretum, checking out some breweries, dinners at James Beard award nominated restaurants, and daily vinyasa and mat pilates classes.

Come away with us and experience the magic!

The Itinerary

Wednesday

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone back to Bent Creek Lodge! We’ll start the retreat with a Yoga session on the deck, followed by dinner at an Asheville favorite, All Souls Pizza.

Thursday

Start your morning off with an energizing Mat Pilates class on the deck, followed by breakfast. We’ll hop onto the Blue Ridge Parkway to drive up to Craggy Pinnacle, one of the most well-known hikes in the Asheville area. Twisted, jagged, rocky “crags” give Craggy Gardens its name, but these high elevation summits are home to stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We’ll enjoy a picnic lunch, before returning back for some relaxing down time at the Lodge. We’ll enjoy an afternoon yoga session before departing for dinner at Curate, a James Beard Award-winning restaurant.

Friday

We’ll start the day off with Mat Pilates, followed by breakfast. We’ll head out to the NC Arboretum - enjoy walking around their curated gardens and trails, before we head to Hi-Wire Brewery for cubanos at resident food truck Guajiro. We’ll return back to the Inn for some afternoon down time, including a yoga session. Later, we’ll go to a local brewery (Sierra Nevada, Highland, or Wicked Weed) for dinner.

Saturday

We’ll start again with Mat Pilates, followed by breakfast, before departing for Grandfather Mountain for Rhododendron Rambles. Grandfather Mountain is famous for its spectacular rhododendron and azalea blooms. The mountain hosts the annual Rhododendron Rambles in late May for just a short two-week window. For our final night, we’ll head to Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse, a funky combination of Japanese Soul Food and American BBQ Techniques.

Sunday

We’ll offer a final Yoga session before breakfast, and depart from the lodge. For those catching an evening flight out, we will store your bags offsite at a secure location about 20 minutes from the airport. Feel free to spend this day exploring more of Asheville!

Bent Creek Lodge

Bent Creek Lodge is a B&B located in Arden, NC - just a short drive into downtown Asheville, and is conveniently located a few miles from the regional airport - the ideal location for hosting our retreat, away from the bustle of the downtown area. We’re excited to return back to the Lodge for a second retreat!

The Lodge features 10 guest rooms on 3 different levels. All rooms have private baths and individual heating and air conditioning.

Bent Creek Inn has been fully reserved by Lumos for this retreat!

How to Book Your Room

• Select your room - In the main lodge, there are six Queen Rooms, one room with two twin beds, and two King Rooms.

• Queen Rooms rooms are single occupancy only. The Twin and King Rooms are either double occupancy for a couple or two friends, or the King rooms can be booked as single occupancy. King Rooms are listed as single occupancy on our booking site, please email us at info@lumosfitness.com for us to change it to double occupancy for booking.

• A non-refundable $500 deposit is required at the time of booking. The remaining balance is due by December 30th, and partial payments can be sent in before.

• Payment plans are available. After you have paid the deposit, email info@lumosfitness.com and we can set up a plan for anywhere from 3 up to 8 installments.

Now through October 30th, we’re offering an early bird discount! Take $200 off the retreat price with promo code “BLUERIDGE”. Discount applies to final payment if doing a payment plan.

The Instructor