🌽 ELLINGWOOD FARM
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🌽 PLACE: ELLINGWOOD FARM
A nature-based wellness retreat for high-performing leaders.
Since the pandemic, the migration to upstate New York is no secret. Located in bucolic Canaan, New York, Ellingwood Farm is a 34-acre refuge offering intimate, curated wellness retreats for individuals and small groups. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, the area has long attracted tired visitors from the nearby metropolises of Boston and New York City. Writers, musicians and artists have made the pilgrimage to this place for decades, with many claiming the mountains and land possess healing and spiritual powers.
The sprawling farmhouse, built in 1807, was recently converted to a serene sanctuary for guests to reconnect with their minds, bodies, and spirit. The 5-bedroom home features a light-filled chef's kitchen, quiet nooks to rest and reflect, and a library with hundreds of books on contemplative practices, spirituality, and healing. A wellness studio situated off the main foyer is open to guests and has been fitted with yoga mats, meditation cushions, and dried herbs for rituals. Behind the home is a beautiful working farm that produces vegetables and flowers in the summer, as well as walking trails that wind through a private wooded forest terminating at a serene reflection pond.
The residence has a two-hundred-year history of gathering and nourishing the community since it was built, first as a minister's home and meeting house, then as a large working farm, and finally, as a vibrant inn for guests visiting the crystal-clear waters of Queechy Lake. The home retains many original details, including a large working fireplace, stained glass, and wrap-around porches with Adirondack chairs ideal for journaling or just catching a bit of fresh air.
Stephanie Schott, the General Manager, first conceived the space after struggling to find solutions to address her own burnout after years climbing ladders in corporate America and helping to build and sell a services startup. Frustrated that her options were limited to weekly talk therapy or faraway retreats accessible only by long flights and vacation time she didn't have, Schott determined to create a better third option for people like her.
The most popular retreat, drawing high-capacity leaders from the city, is the 3-day Reset Weekend. Stephanie designed this retreat specifically to address the holistic wellness of leaders and provide opportunities for self-reflection and transformation. While each guest receives a customized itinerary, a typical weekend includes talk therapy or somatic therapy sessions, experiential coaching, hand-selected meditations, curated journal prompts, forest bathing, reiki and more.
A stay at Ellingwood Farm includes well-appointed, luxurious rooms, a stocked fridge of local chef-prepared meals, organic snacks, locally-roasted coffee, and herbal teas grown on the farm. CHECK IN HERE.
🌽 PERSON: STEPHANIE SCHOTT
Founder and Retreat Leader at Ellingwood Farm
Stephanie Schott is an executive coach, growth and culture strategist, speaker, facilitator, and certified yoga teacher with more than a decade of experience helping Fortune 500 leaders transform their organizations, teams, and selves to become more resilient during times of disruption.
As she navigated her business through the pandemic, she realized that most of the leaders she spoke with lacked the resources to traverse the ever-increasing uncertainty and complexity they face. Many were losing passion and joy for their work, unable to be their authentic selves during an unprecedented global health crisis, social justice movement, and political instability. Numerous individuals left the workforce altogether, leaving behind decades of hard work, unable to balance the dizzying changes at work and home.
Stephanie’s work taught her that positive organizational change demands leaders set down familiar ways of working and inspire their employees to embark on an entirely new and often unknown path. Doing so takes tremendous courage and humility, frequently inspiring an individual awakening. Over time, what started off as a professional passion became a personal one.
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🌽 WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
Your wellness fix in all dimensions.
💪 PHYSICAL: Workout and tone your body at SLT in the Hamptons. You still have time to get that body for Labor Day Weekend! I recommend Taylor Pearl who is a fan favorite. CHECK IT OUT.
💗 EMOTIONAL: The Shift: Poetry for a New Perspective. Each pair of poems inspires a shift from the old way of thinking to the new: from guilt to gratitude, resistance to surrender, and fear to love.
📚 MENTAL: In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the famous naturalist, explores one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope, especially during the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval…
🙏 SPIRITUAL: Join Dara Hart and Franck Raharinosy on August 30th at 6:15 PM at Live the Process Studio for a 75 minute immersive sound journey to fully reset your senses and your soul. Price is $44. SIGN UP HERE.
😎 SOCIAL: Check out the NYC Puppy Yoga benefitting Dogs and Cats of Antigua. Meet the adoptable pups and enjoy an all levels Yoga class on Arlo's rooftop on August 25th! Tickets are $54. GET TICKETS HERE.
🌎 ENVIRONMENTAL: The Green Vision Foundation and Zangrillo Family Foundation are hosting The Footprint of Life Gala. This exclusive event is dedicated to the preservation of our planet with a focus on efforts to protect our rainforest/wildlife and empower indigenous people. August 24th from 6 PM - 11 PM. Tickets are $535. Email auraswellcollective@gmail.com for more information.
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