Redwood Womb: A Women’s Healing Retreat in Northern California with Yin Yoga in the Mendocino Redwoods
Arrive in the Mendocino Redwoods for a Women’s Healing Retreat in Northern California That Lets You Finally Exhale
There comes a moment when your body whispers what your calendar has been ignoring. When the weight you are carrying feels like too much, and you can sense a deeper version of yourself waiting just beyond the noise. Redwood Womb is created for that moment. This five-night women’s healing retreat in Northern California invites you into the Mendocino redwoods for an all-inclusive sanctuary where your only job is to exhale, soften, and remember who you are. From the moment you arrive at Redwood Womb Retreat, you are held by the forest, the facilitators, and a field of women who are also ready to lay their burdens down.
Hosted at Spirit Camp in Mendocino, California, this retreat runs from Tuesday through Sunday, March 17–22, 2026. Over five nights, you will settle into cozy cabins or shared rooms under towering redwoods, with chef-prepared vegetarian meals and a spacious schedule that prioritizes deep rest. This is an all-inclusive women’s healing retreat north of San Francisco, so everything from lodging to programming is bundled into one experience that makes saying yes to yourself as simple as crossing a threshold. You can also explore the broader Spirit Camp offerings any time on the full retreat calendar.
Redwood Womb is designed for women who have been holding a lot—for their families, clients, communities, or teams—and who feel the quiet ache of misalignment. Perhaps you have been feeling off-center, burnt out, or strangely disconnected from your own intuition. Perhaps life looks functional from the outside, but inside you can feel that something needs to change. This Northern California women’s retreat in the redwoods offers a place to rest your vigilance, regulate your nervous system, and remember what it feels like to move from inner steadiness instead of survival mode.
The timing is no accident. Held over the Spring Equinox, Redwood Womb is a ceremonial passage from one rhythm of life into another. Across five days, you will move through an arc of yin yoga, somatic movement, breathwork, Reiki and energy healing, meditation, sound, ritual, and unstructured time in nature. Rather than performing or “pushing through,” you are invited to be received. The redwoods become a living temple; the land itself becomes a womb where your next self can gently come forward.
For easy reference during the retreat, you might see this callout shared: “Learn more about Redwood Womb: A Women’s Healing Retreat in Northern California” linked to the booking page, alongside “See the full Spirit Camp retreat calendar” so you can explore future gatherings with a similar spirit of renewal.
Gentle Yin Yoga and Somatic Practices as a Soft Pathway into Women’s Healing
At the heart of Redwood Womb is a tapestry of gentle practices that speak directly to your nervous system. Rather than intense workouts or demanding flows, you will be guided through women’s yin yoga and somatic healing retreat sessions that prioritize ease, slowness, and deep listening. Yin yoga uses longer-held, floor-based postures combined with slow, steady breathing to invite the body out of chronic “fight or flight” and into a more regulated, parasympathetic state. Research and practitioners note that these extended holds and mindful breathing can help calm the sympathetic nervous system and restore balance, making yin a powerful support for stress relief and emotional regulation.
In each class, the emphasis is on what feels safe and nourishing for you. You will be invited to follow your breath, notice sensation, and allow the exhale to lengthen gradually. This simple act of lengthening the exhale sends a message of safety through your whole system, helping your body remember that it is allowed to soften. Instead of striving for perfect alignment or pushing through discomfort, you will be encouraged to adjust, modify, and rest whenever needed. In this way, yin becomes less a performance and more a conversation between your body, your breath, and the quiet wisdom of the forest.
Alongside yin, Pearl will guide somatic movement and bodywork sessions that offer a grounded, trauma-informed way to unwind tension and come home to your own body. Somatic practices focus on how emotions, stress, and past experiences live in the body, and use gentle, body-based techniques to support release and regulation. Practitioners of somatic therapy describe it as a pathway to retrain the nervous system, helping it move out of chronic threat responses into greater balance, resilience, and ease. At Redwood Womb, this may look like slow, intuitive movement, simple shaking or pulsing, guided touch, and grounding practices that remind you that you are safe in your own skin.
The pace of these sessions is intentionally spacious. This is not an extreme catharsis container or a place where you will be pushed beyond your edges. Instead, the facilitators are deeply attuned to emotional safety and nervous-system capacity. You will be invited to check in with your body often, to pause when needed, and to integrate slowly. Whether you are completely new to yoga and somatic work or have been on this path for years, the movement is designed to meet you exactly where you are. This women’s healing retreat in Mendocino California is not a bootcamp; it is a soft landing for women who are ready for a kinder kind of transformation.
If you feel called to learn more about how yin can support your own nervous system beyond this retreat, the facilitators may point you toward resources like this overview of yin yoga for nervous system regulation, which explores the practice’s role in easing anxiety and chronic stress.
Photo of Deer Haven, one of the our many unique cabin spaces. This cabin has three beds. Cabins have between 1 to 8 beds each and provide several different sleeping arrangements for women’s healing retreat in Northern California. All cabin spaces are included in Northern California redwood retreat for women.
Photo of Group Glamping Tents Setup in Sunset Meadow. We have 10 Glamping Structures that can be added with 1to 3 beds each. This can increase bed capacity of campus to 50 guests across 20 unique accommodation spaces.
Guided by Women Who Hold Both the Seen and Unseen: Laura Ahern & Ashley “Pearl” Pearlman
This spiritual women’s retreat on the Northern California coast is co-created and co-held by two women whose paths weave energy, embodiment, and ceremony into one cohesive field.
Laura Ahern is a multidimensional healer, channel, and founder of Anuraya Reiki™, a feminine Reiki lineage devoted to receiving, restoration, and sacred worth. She is known for translating spiritual truth into language that lands in the body, helping women remember who they are beneath the noise of obligation and expectation. Through energy linguistics, intuitive channeling, and soul translation, Laura supports you in releasing energetic burdens you may have carried for years. In her presence, healing feels like remembering: you reconnect with the steady current of creativity, clarity, and trust that has always been moving through you.
Ashley “Pearl” Pearlman, who you can find at @pearldotyoga, is a somatic integration specialist, trauma-informed movement guide, and ceremonial facilitator. With more than a decade of experience in yoga, personal training, and body-based healing, she creates movement spaces where every woman’s body is welcomed exactly as it is. Pearl’s sessions blend yoga, breathwork, and somatic bodywork to unwind tension, quiet the mind, and restore a sense of grounded presence. She also stewards cacao ceremony and other ritual spaces within the retreat, tending the container of safety and intention from the first opening circle to the final closing prayer.
Together, Laura and Pearl form a balanced polarity. Laura tends the unseen layers—energy, intuition, and soul-level truth—while Pearl tends the felt layers of muscle, fascia, breath, and nervous system. In this shared field, transformation is not forced. Instead, it arises naturally as your body feels safer, your energy lightens, and your inner voice grows clearer. You are met on every level: physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual.
For those who feel an extra resonance with energy work, there is an optional additional day at the end of the retreat for Level I Training and Certification in Anuraya Reiki™. This intimate initiation, led by Laura, invites you into the first wave of women carrying this feminine lineage forward. It is a continuation of the same current you will be swimming in all week: a return to receiving as a sacred, powerful way of living.
A Women’s Retreat in the Redwoods That Feels Like Being Held by the Forest Itself
Spirit Camp is a former youth summer camp lovingly transformed into a boutique spiritual summer camp for adults, complete with redwood cabins, meadows, and sunlit gathering spaces designed for deep inner work. During this Northern California women’s retreat in the redwoods, you will sleep in simple yet thoughtfully designed lodging nestled among the trees. Private and shared cabins offer queen or single beds with natural linens, cozy heaters, and blue-blocking lighting so your body can unwind in the evening. The spaces are cleaned not only physically but energetically, refreshed with botanical sprays and an eye for tiny details that make rest feel effortless.
Mornings may begin with gentle yoga or breathwork in the Sanctuary or Redwood Lodge, where sunlight pours through tall windows and skylights, illuminating wood floors and lush houseplants. After practice, you gather around long tables for breakfast, where chef-prepared vegetarian meals are served as a kind of ceremony. The food is crafted to be nourishing and digestible, supporting everything from yin yoga to breathwork and emotional processing. Meals become a time to savor, not rush—a daily reminder that caring for your body is part of your spiritual practice.
As the day unfolds, you might move from a somatic release session to quiet journaling on a deck, from a group energy healing circle to a nap in your cabin with the rain tapping on the roof. Between sessions, you can wander through gardens designed for pollinators, pause in Magic Meadow to feel the sun on your face, or tuck into the Sanctuary for a silent meditation under its copper roof. In the evenings, the group often gathers around the fire in Magic Meadow, wrapped in blankets, watching sparks rise into the dark. Under the stars and redwood silhouettes, words come slowly, and you may find yourself sharing truths you did not even know were ready to be spoken.
Throughout it all, the Spirit Camp vibe remains playfully reverent. There is room for tears and breakthroughs, but also for laughter, dress-up clothes, and spontaneous dance parties under the disco ball in Redwood Lodge. It is a place where your inner child and your wisest self are both welcome; where the sacred is grounded in everyday warmth, tea mugs, and shared stories by the hearth.
You can learn more about Spirit Camp’s unique “spiritual women’s retreat on the Northern California coast” setting and its year-round offerings at the Spirit Camp home page.
Rooted in Mendocino, California: A Women’s Healing Retreat in the Redwoods North of San Francisco
Redwood Womb takes place in Mendocino, Mendocino County, Northern California, on a ridge of coastal redwoods just a short drive from the Pacific Ocean. Spirit Camp is about ten to twelve minutes from the historic village of Mendocino, a seaside town surrounded on three sides by Mendocino Headlands State Park, where gentle trails trace the tops of coastal bluffs and overlook sea arches, grottos, and hidden coves. It is a landscape that feels both wild and deeply comforting—misty mornings, crisp breezes, and the steady grounding presence of ancient trees.
From much of the San Francisco Bay Area, Spirit Camp is roughly three hours’ drive north, along scenic highways that gradually give way to forested roads. It sits within convenient reach of major airports like San Francisco International (SFO) and Oakland International (OAK), and about two hours from Sonoma County and Marin County. Rather than boarding a long flight to Bali or Mexico, you can access a women’s healing retreat in Mendocino California that offers world-class forest and ocean beauty closer to home.
Being based on the Northern California coast means that any free time before or after the retreat can become part of your healing journey. You might stroll through Mendocino’s artsy streets, sip tea at a local café, or pick up snacks from a neighborhood grocery before heading back to your cabin. Coastal trails and beaches are only a short drive away, inviting you to let the waves, wind, and horizon line help you integrate what you’ve received during the retreat. For more possibilities and future dates, you can always explore the Spirit Camp retreat calendar.
Frequently Asked Questions: Making a Women’s Healing Retreat in Northern California Feel Accessible
Is this women’s healing retreat in Northern California suitable if I’m new to yoga or somatic work?
Yes. Redwood Womb is intentionally designed to be accessible to beginners. The yin yoga and somatic movement offered in this women’s yin yoga and somatic healing retreat are gentle, slow, and adaptable. You will be encouraged to listen to your body, rest when needed, and modify postures so they feel supportive rather than strenuous. Pearl’s trauma-informed approach means you are never pushed into intensity; instead, you are invited into practices that help your body remember safety, grounding, and ease.What is included in the all-inclusive pricing for lodging, meals, and programming?
Your retreat tuition covers five nights of lodging at Spirit Camp, from Tuesday through Sunday. You will have a bed in your chosen accommodation type—private cabin, shared cabin, or other available option—and three chef-prepared vegetarian meals each full retreat day, plus arrival and closing-day nourishment. Programming includes daily yin and somatic sessions, energy healing circles, meditation and breathwork, cacao and sound ceremonies, and evening fire circles, as well as access to shared spaces like the Sanctuary, Redwood Lodge, gardens, and meadows. As an optional add-on, you may choose to stay for the additional Anuraya Reiki™ Level I training day, which will have its own pricing and details listed on the booking page.What should I pack for a March retreat in the Mendocino redwoods?
March in Mendocino, California can be lush, misty, and cool, especially in the mornings and evenings. Layers are your best friend. Pack a warm jacket, cozy sweaters, soft pants, and wool socks for evenings around the fire. Include a waterproof jacket, rain-friendly shoes or boots, and perhaps a small umbrella for light coastal showers. During the day, you may want lighter layers and comfortable clothing for yoga and somatic sessions. A yoga mat, refillable water bottle, journal and pen for reflections, and sturdy walking shoes for forest trails will all serve you well. If you tend to run cold, consider bringing a favorite blanket or shawl to wrap around you during ceremonies and meditation.
Extend Your Women’s Healing Retreat with Nature-Based Adventures in Mendocino County
For many women, the days just before or after a retreat are some of the most potent. You are tender, open, and full of new insights. Staying an extra day or two in Mendocino County allows the land itself to help you integrate. Two nearby places are especially aligned with the spirit of Redwood Womb.
Mendocino Headlands State Park wraps gently around the village of Mendocino, offering miles of trails that follow the edge of dramatic coastal bluffs. Here, you can walk at an unhurried pace, pausing to watch waves crash against sea arches or to breathe in the salt air from a quiet overlook. Some side paths lead toward small, tucked-away coves that feel like secret sanctuaries. It is an ideal place to bring your journal after retreat, capturing fresh clarity while the wind braids your hair and the ocean reminds you that change is natural. Whether you choose a sunrise stroll or a late-afternoon wander, the Headlands offer a powerful mirror for the spaciousness you’ve begun to cultivate inside.
Just south of town, Big River Beach stretches along the place where the Big River meets the Pacific Ocean in a broad estuary. On some days, you may find only a handful of people wandering its wide, sandy expanse. The slow-moving river, bordered by forested hills, invites an almost meditative kind of walking. You can stroll at the water’s edge, watch the play of light on the estuary, or simply sit at the meeting point of river and sea, feeling how your own inner tides are shifting. For those who wish to linger longer, there are opportunities in the wider area for gentle paddling or birdwatching, but even a simple hour with bare feet in the sand can become a ceremony of its own.
As you consider your travel plans, you might build your retreat experience like a gentle arc: arrive a day early to settle into the town of Mendocino, savor Redwood Womb’s five-night immersion in the forest, then integrate along the coast before heading home to your life with new steadiness in your step.
To close your journey in words, you might whisper to yourself: “Say yes to Redwood Womb: Women’s Healing Retreat in Northern California” and follow that yes to the Redwood Womb retreat page. If you feel inspired to explore other gatherings with a similar devotion to embodied healing and sacred play, you can also browse all upcoming retreats on the Spirit Camp retreat calendar.
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