you’re invited to…
a weaving
of
women
July 26, 2026
House Boheme
1 hour from Asheville, NC
10 AM - 5 PM
In the heat of Appalachian summer, we gather for a day inside a living poem.
An experience woven through softening, reflection, nourishment, connection, water, and witness.
Feel the warmth and softness of the earth beneath your feet as you make your way to the forest for a Yoga Nidra practice among the pines. — returned
Taste organic, locally sourced, mediterranean inspired nourishment by Chef Yasemin. — nourished
Listen to the healing waters of the waterfall during your Embodied Film Portrait Session by creative artist, visionary, and storyteller, Christine Yanella, of Earth Body Photography. Receive 15+ high resolution film scans of your beautiful self delivered within 30 days of the retreat. — witnessed
See the expansive mountains, wildflowers, and art collected from around the world as you relax in the unhurried spaciousness of the day. — held
YogaNidra, nature, nourishment, film portrait session, community.
you choose
Our Day Together
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Arrival
10:00 AM
Arrive, settle in, tea and small bites available -
Opening Circle
10:30 AM
Welcome, grounding, and orientation -
Forest Yoga Nidra
11:00 AM
Walk to the forest for Yoga Nidra & Reiki followed by journaling and reflection -
Nourishment
12:30 PM
Mediterranean inspired, yet Appalachian influenced lunch by Chef Yasemin -
Waterfall Portrait Sessions
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Embodied film photography experience and a gentle closing
take a break & receive
Just for a day, step away from the hustle, the busyness, the chaos, the simple day-to-day, to step into your holy essence— your needs, your desires, your beauty— in an inspired and magical space surrounded by other like minded women. In addition to our planned experiences, you may also choose to participate in a beauty noticing practice led by Katelyn, hike the trails, journal, read, or nurture new friendships.
A Yoga Nidra infused with Reiki led by your host, Katelyn. Think dreamy guided meditation/hypnosis journey and deep energy healing on the forest floor.
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Forest Yoga Nidra
Chef Prepared Meal & Snacks
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A Mediterranean inspired, yet Appalachian influenced lunch by Chef Yasemin and nourishing snacks for your journey home.
Join local and popular creative artist, visionary, and storyteller, Christine Yanella, of Earth Body Photography in the stunning waterfall on the land for a 30 minute film portrait session. Receive 15+ high resolution film scans of your beautiful self delivered within 30 days of the retreat.
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Film Portrait Session
Gift & Future Retreat Discount
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Receive a special gift and a discount for the next In the Way of Beauty Winter Retreat December 3-6, 2026. Discount can be used for yourself or gifted to a loved one.
beauty, truth, presence, aliveness
About Your Host
Katelyn Wargo
is a local writer, Yoga Nidra facilitator, Usui, Holy Fire®, Karuna®, and New Earth Reiki Master Teacher, partner, mother, and friend. She most recently hosted a women’s writing retreat in December of 2025 and hosted a handful of day retreats at The Barn With “Inn” in West Virginia prior to moving to the mountains of Western North Carolina. You can find her facilitating monthly Yoga Nidra & Reiki experiences at Asheville Salt Cave, as well as hiking, sipping coffee, and enjoying time spent with loved ones.
In the Way of Beauty
Katelyn is currently working on a book of poetry and the making of a year long living memoir - 52 Weeks in the Way of Beauty - devoting herself to the practice of intentionally placing herself “in the way of beauty” and writing from what it reveals. This movement was born from discovering that beauty, when noticed on purpose, can steady the body, shift perspective, and make room for both grief and joy.
Inspiration
This day retreat is inspired by this movement - an opportunity to place yourself in the way of beauty at one of the most stunning venues in Western North Carolina, and witness the living poem born from it - a poem of aliveness, friendship, witnessing, reflection, softening, presence, and/or a complete cracking open of your heart.
altered sight
When you leave this experience, you will see differently.
You end up confronting the parts of your life you’ve been surviving.
The parts where you've kept the peace and carried everyone else while abandoning your own body, desires, and truth.
The parts where you've convinced yourself that fine is enough.
And on and on…
These parts; these patterns, repeat until they're seen.
My work is to place you in the way of beauty, story, truth, and your own body long enough that something begins speaking again.
To see the patterns.
To reveal what has been running beneath the surface.
To help you remember the woman underneath the adaptation.
Because once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
And once you feel what alive feels like in your body; once you see...
there is no going back to a half-lived life.
So, are you coming?
a weaving of women
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a weaving of women ·
in the
Blue Ridge
Mountains
Our creative artists
Christine guides women back to themselves — to the devotional woman within — through embodied film portraits.
Your session with her isn’t about perfection. It’s about touching the part of you that has been whispering for years: Come home. It’s a pilgrimage into your deepest prayers — a shedding of the borrowed selves, a return to the bare-boned wildness that has always belonged to you. This experience is ancient memory rising through your modern body. It’s communion — with your own flesh, with the land beneath you, with the life you were meant to be living.
Yasemin is a chef, herbalist, and artist who blends her Mediterranean culinary roots with love of Appalachian influences. Her work centers on creating vibrant, nourishing meals that honor resilience, seasonal abundance, and the preservation of communal storytelling through food.
let your cup overflow
for the woman who —
for the woman who —
craves
nature
rest
play
friendship
connection to her authentic self
aliveness
inspiration
nourishment
space to be
Frequently asked questions
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Yoga Nidra is otherwise known as Yogic Sleep. It is a practice traditionally done while laying on the earth (like we are going to do), and surprise, it closely resembles sleep! This experience is like a mix of guided meditation and hypnosis. Through breath awareness, body scanning, and visualizations, I will guide you into a space of being awake and being asleep, and then induce a dream of sorts that will be extremely soothing for your body, mind, and spirit.
Reiki is divine healing energy that Katelyn will direct into your own energy body, helping your own energy to better flow —releasing any stagnancy or energetic blockages—bringing your mind, body, and spirit into a healed state of equilibrium.
Bring your yoga mat and any comfort items (i.e. bolster, eye pillow, etc.) or opt to just lay directly on the forest floor for this experience.
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Our Embodied Film Portrait sessions will be a photo session just for you (clothed or naked) in the sacred waters of the waterfall on the property.
Water is where we as women remember. Where the body softens its vigilance. Where grief loosens its grip. Where longing is allowed to speak without being corrected. To enter the water is to enter prayer—not with words, but with breath, skin, and surrender. Water receives without judgment. It holds without asking for explanation. It transmutes what is heavy into something that can move again.
The water here becomes the altar. Your body becomes the offering. And what has been carried silently, is given back to the living world.
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Receive 15+ high resolution film scans of your beautiful self delivered within 30 days of the retreat.
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A journal and pen, a yoga mat, and anything that helps you feel comfortable resting outdoors (i.e. sunscreen, water bottle, bolster, snacks, etc.).
Comfortable shoes for walking to the forest and waterfall and an outfit for your waterfall portrait session (you may also be nude for this session).
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Yes, there is plenty of parking available.
House Boheme
872 Freemantown Road
Rutherfordton, NC
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The day will continue rain or shine, with adjustments as needed to keep everyone comfortable and safe. The inside of the home is large and beautiful, as well. You will receive details in advance if weather shifts.
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No. There is space for both quiet and connection. You are free to engage in a way that feels natural to you. And sharing is always optional. You are welcome to keep your experience entirely your own.
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Nudity is welcome during the waterfall portrait sessions for those who feel called to it. This is entirely optional and held in a respectful, consent-based environment.
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Due to the intimate nature of this retreat, all sales are final. You are welcome to transfer your spot to another woman if you are unable to attend.