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September 22, 2026  4-6 pm

Plein Air Artist Talk & Social

Celebrate plein air painting in Bayfield, WI with an artist talk and social at Wild Rice Retreat, sponsored by Bell Street Collective.  This is the first annual Plein Air event taking place on the beautiful shores of Madeline Island and in Bayfield, WI. 

Hosted at Wild Rice Retreat, Artist Stephen Wysocki will be doing a demo and artist talk, joined by event Judge, Jack Dant.  Enjoy a cash bar and light bites while you mingle and enjoy the evening with other plein air painters, art fans, and collectors.

Please add your name to the RSVP form here if you plan to attend - thank you!

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December 4-6, 2026

Winter's Breath: New Moon Rising - An inward voyage of breath, sound, sacred ritual, and divine connection

This is a Wild Rice Retreat–hosted workshop, part of our thoughtfully curated programming. We proudly partner with skilled retreat leaders to bring guided experiences to our resort—designed to inspire, nourish, and support personal growth in alignment with our mission.

Join Sierra Kliscz for this immersive workshop series held within the potent energy of the New Moon. This weekend's programming offers a sacred space for deep reflection, profound renewal, and spiritual alchemy. It’s an invitation to listen beyond the noise, to surrender into the embrace of winter’s sacred silence, and to emerge renewed, awakened, and aligned with your true nature.

Immerse yourself in this series of immersions under the luminous energy of the New Moon. Through guided breathwork, yoga nidra, and ceremonial circles, we will journey into the depths of your inner landscape, honoring the sacred cycles of darkness and rebirth. Experience the divine resonance of a sound bath, connect to your body with breathwork and movement, awaken your spirit on winter’s trails, and find refuge in the healing warmth of the sauna. 

Bio:
Sierra, Founder and Facilitator of Yog Collective and School of Women’s Embodiment, The Sacred Femme, has extensively studied the art of human optimization through different healing modalities for over 10 years. From studio owner of 7 years to a featured instructor of local, national, and international venues, Sierra’s passion is to build a community of seekers to collectively raise the frequency of the planet through svadyaya (self- study) and ahbyasa (applied practice) and a connection to divine sovereignty.

Social:
@sovereign_frequency   

Registration:
For all guests on-site, the cost is $25 per workshop. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $25 drop in fee. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at jerickson@wildriceretreat.com.

Terms + Conditions:
Your workshop cost will be added on to your lodging reservation and paid for at checkout. If you need to cancel attendance at your workshop, please call the property directly or notify the Assistant Retreat Director, Jenna Erickson at jerickson@wildriceretreat.com.

REGISTER HERE

January 3-6 , 2027

Immersion Series: Cori Hildebrant

OPEN FLOOR MOVING MEDITATION CYCLE

Sunday, January 3rd | 7:30–8:30 PM

Come allow yourself to be present to what’s moving in and around you, draw support from the ground beneath you, and deeply connect with yourself, nature, and others. You will be guided through three rounds of sitting, walking, and moving meditation using Open Floor International principles. Music supports the practice. Time will be spent sitting, standing, walking, dancing, talking, breathing, lying, and modifying as needed. Open Floor practice is for everybody.

60 minutes, Peace Pod

More About Open Floor Practice: Open Floor teaches resource-based mindful movement, embodiment, and conscious dance. The benefits of an Open Floor practice include building strength/coordination/mobility, lifting mood, reducing anxiety/stress, regulating the nervous system, encouraging connection to self/others/spirit, increasing self-awareness, and building resiliency. People who have a regular embodiment practice approach life with more ease, creativity, and flexibility. Be one of those people!

INNER WELL, OUTER WORD SPONTANEOUS WRITING WORKSHOP

Monday, January 4th  | 3-4:30 pm

Calling all writers and non-writers! Come creatively engage with your inner world, meeting yourself through directed prompts and exercises, outrun your inner critic. Cultivate a sense of clarity, meaning, and perspective. A sense of connection and support. Opportunity for healing, personal growth, and insight.

90 minutes, Great Room 

Is This Workshop Right for Me? No writing experience necessary. Willingness to be curious, open to possibility, to write, to speak, to listen, to be heard, and to be seen. Group process, experiential exercises, and creativity help cultivate belonging, security, significance, personal growth, and wellbeing.

“Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.”

― Charles Bukowski

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.”

― Maya Angelou

SELF-BRAINSPOTTING: A SIMPLE & POWERFUL MINDFULNESS PRACTICE TO SELF-REGULATE

Tuesday, January 5th | 12:30–2pm

Come learn about Brainspotting (BSP), a powerful and effective neuroexperiential therapy, and through demonstration and practice learn how to do self-brainspotting. BSP uses where you look to access stored material in your subcortical brain, metabolizing, and moving you towards regulation. BSP can help with sleep issues, depression, anxiety, irritability, negative self-beliefs, interpersonal issues, trauma, stress, and pain. 

90 minutes, Great Room 

Bring: Smartphone/device with headphones/earbuds to play music if you have  them available.

For guests on-site these classes will be included. For our community members wanting to attend the Brainspotting workshop on January 5th - the drop in fee is $35. Stop by the desk or call to be added to the class list: 715-779-0178.

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BIO: Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN, Psychotherapist, Owner of Coriander Living Collective LLC, Certified EMDR & BRAINSPOTTING Therapist, Licensed Clinical Supervisor, Certified Open Floor International Teacher

A socially interested, resourceful professional dedicated to promoting self-sufficiency, awakening awareness and insight, encouraging action, fostering healing, and cultivating satisfaction in the lives of others. Stands that we all have a responsibility to nurture healthy people and communities. Committed to ongoing learning and growth. Believes we all want the same thing; to live our best life. 

She holds appreciation for her roots, experiences, and the people who have supported, challenged, and allowed her to witness what being human entails.

She is a lover of variety, simple pleasures, gathering pearls of joy, and wandering this big, bad, beautiful earth. Measures a good day by her sense of productivity, freedom, and connection. When not dreaming about her next big adventure or vicariously living through someone else’s travel planning, she can be found playing psychotherapist, meditating, dabbling in small adventures, or drooling over anything related to creative, quality food.

https://openfloor.org/teachers/cori-hildebrandt/

https://www.corianderlivingcollective.com

QUESTIONS?: info@corianderlivingcollective.com

July 10 & 17, 2027 | 12-3 pm

Artist In Residence - Dietlind Vander Schaaf

This is a Wild Rice Retreat–hosted workshop, part of our thoughtfully curated programming. We proudly partner with skilled retreat leaders to bring guided experiences to our resort—designed to inspire, nourish, and support personal growth in alignment with our mission.

Painter Dietlind Vander Schaaf will be serving as artist-in-residence on either end of her July 2027 retreat.

She will be giving an evening lecture and slideshow on encaustic painting that touches on contemporary artists working in the field, as well as highlights the versatility of the medium. During the day she will offer a 3 hour mini workshop that covers application, color mixing, and basic techniques including leaf stencils and working with mixed media.

Attendees will create a small painting to take with them.

Bio:
Dietlind Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, and On Center Gallery, among others, and been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, UPPERCASE, and Downeast magazines.

Vander Schaaf is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has taught workshops throughout the country, including Haystack, Arrowmont, Castle Hill, Snow Farm, Penland, Maine College of Art, R&F, and internationally at Zijdelings in The Netherlands, Essence of Mulranny in Ireland, and Kunstfreiraum in Switzerland. The recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission and International Encaustic Artists, as well as a Tending Space Artist Fellowship from the Hemera Foundation, she is represented by Portland Art Gallery and Artemis Gallery. Vander Schaaf is a 500 hr Kripalu yoga instructor with specialty training in meditation, advanced asana, Ayurveda, vinyasa, and pranayama.

Social:
@dietlindvanderschaaf 

Registration:
For all guests on-site, the cost is $75 for the workshop. For our community members, this class is open to the public with a $75 drop in fee. Please sign up using the button below or visit us at the front desk in the Retreat Center. Contact Jenna Erickson, Assistant Retreat Director, with any questions at jerickson@wildriceretreat.com.

Terms + Conditions:
Your workshop cost will be added on to your lodging reservation and paid for at checkout. If you need to cancel attendance at your workshop, please call the property directly or notify the Assistant Retreat Director, Jenna Erickson at jerickson@wildriceretreat.com.

REGISTER HERE