The Breathe Retreat – Confident Grief Coach School

The Confident Grief Coach School is Proud to Host Our

Breathe

Grief Retreat

A space to reconnect, find healing and learn how to breathe again after your loss

September 4-7 in Spring Grove, MN

Grief changes everything—and it’s so easy to feel lost, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to move forward. If you’re longing for a space to rest, reconnect with yourself, and begin to make sense of life after loss, this retreat was made for you. The Breathe Retreat is a transformative, heart-centered experience grounded in the B.R.E.A.T.H.E. model for grief—a proven and powerful framework developed by the Confident Grief Coach School to help people not just survive their grief, but truly find healing and reclaim their lives. Whether your loss is recent or several years old, you are welcome here.

Why Attend?

Because you deserve more than just “getting by.”

Over the course of four deeply nourishing days, you’ll be guided by professional grief coaches, surrounded by a compassionate community of fellow grievers, and gently supported through practices that invite clarity, connection, and true healing.

You’ll walk away with:

A personalized set of tools to navigate your grief with greater confidence and resilience
A tailor-made support system you can lean on after the retreat—one where you can ask for what you need and receive it
Deeper self-awareness of who you are now, and how grief has reshaped your identity
Opportunities for ritual, ceremony, and remembrance to honor both your loss and your growth
Actionable steps to help you stay grounded, supported, and clear as you return to daily life
Practical, effective strategies for relieving stress when grief becomes overwhelming—so you can navigate your days with more peace and ease.

For those seeking even deeper physical restoration, you’ll have the option to add on craniosacral therapy sessions, a gentle and powerful bodywork practice that helps the body release tension, integrate emotions, and support your healing on a cellular level.

Your Healing Space

This all-inclusive retreat takes place on a beautiful, serene 15-acre farm in southeast Minnesota, designed for deep rest and restoration.

Enjoy:

Luxury accommodations on-site
Farm-to-table meals (all included)
Daily programming and workshops rooted in the B.R.E.A.T.H.E. coaching model for grief
Nightly candlelight yoga, bonfires, and stargazing
Peaceful hiking trails, cozy porches, and space to simply be

For more information about location and accommodations,

visit Big Raven Farm’s website.

This is your invitation to exhale—to be held, seen, and supported as you tend to your grief and rediscover your strength.

If you’re ready to experience deep rest, compassionate support, and meaningful healing in a space that truly understands grief—this retreat is your invitation.

Spaces are limited. Come as you are, and leave with everything you didn’t know you needed.

$400 downpayment + final payment due 30 days before the event

Accommodations by

Premiere Suite with private bath

$975/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout (for private room, must purchase both tickets)

Our premiere guest suite, this double-occupancy room on the second floor features two twin XL (extra-long) beds (optionally convertible to a single king-sized bed), leather sofa, and private marble bath with tub.

Please note that you will be sharing this room with another retreat guest (unless you purchase both tickets); if you and a friend intend to share the room, please be sure to coordinate your purchases.

Pink Room (with Private Bath)

$975/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout (for private room, must purchase both tickets)

This double-occupancy room on the second floor features a private bath with a shower. This room features two twin XL (extra-long) beds, optionally convertible to a single king-sized bed.

Please note that you will be sharing this room with another retreat guest (unless you purchase both tickets). If you and a friend intend to share this room, please be sure to coordinate your purchases.

Blue Room (with Shared Bath)

$925/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout

This double-occupancy room on the top floor shares a bath with all top-floor rooms. It features amazing lighting and incredible south-facing vistas of the surrounding countryside. This room features two twin XL (extra-long) beds, optionally convertible to a single king-sized bed.

Cobalt Room (with shared Bath)

$925/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout

This double-occupancy private room on the top floor shares a bath with all top-floor rooms. It features tree-top views of the surrounding woods and fields. This room features two twin XL (extra-long) beds, optionally convertible to a single king-sized bed.

Grey Room (with Shared Bath)

$925/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout

This double-occupancy room on the second floor features two twin XL (extra-long) beds, optionally convertible to a single king-sized bed. Shared bath is accessible from the hallway.

Silver Room (with Shared Bath)

$875/ticket

number of tickets available for this room will be shown at checkout

This quadruple-occupancy room on the top floor shares a bath with all top-floor rooms. It features tree-top views of the surrounding woods and fields. This room features four twin XL (extra-long) beds, optionally convertible to single king-sized beds.

Please note that you will be sharing this room with 3 other retreat guests; if you and a friend (or friends) intend to share the room, please be sure to coordinate your purchases.

Location

Big Raven Farm, Spring Grove, MN

From the moment you walk in the door, you will be swept away by the classic charm of our Italian marble floors, open staircase and remarkable hand-built craftsmanship throughout!

We have free-range chickens, a family dog (Auggie), and breathtaking views. You will most likely see deer, turkeys, pheasants, bald eagles, and lots of squirrels, rabbits, woodchucks, and the occasional fox.

We have an on-site yoga studio, office, gift shop and an incredible dining hall with 13-foot ceilings and an abundance of natural light that serves as our studio during craft retreats.

We’ve got great wifi, with a high-speed fiber optic connection linking all the buildings to the outside world. Bedrooms do not have TVs but if you bring a portable device our high-speed network will allow you to stream without interruption.

We have a 2+ mile hiking trail that surrounds our property and we have great patios and porches, and best of all we have no mosquitoes — you can hang out on the porch all night and never see or hear or feel a single mosquito. (We live in the Driftless area, which is defined by steep valleys, rivers, and running water. There’s almost no standing water in which mosquitoes can breed.)

Guests are invited to explore all parts of our property, aside from our private bedroom and the workshop below the yoga studio where we print custom yoga mats through our Big Raven Yoga site. In particular, guests are welcome to use the great room (living room), music room, kitchen, kitchen annex, dining hall, game room, and all outdoor seating areas.

Spring Grove is home to the highly acclaimed and well-regarded RockFilter Distillery, Spring Grove Soda Pop, Fat Pat’s BBQ & Brewery, Heart Rock Coffee Roasters, the Norwegian Ridge Birding Trail, and the Giants of the Earth Heritage Center. Main Street also features the fantastic Bluff Country Artists Gallery!

Nearby airports include Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP), La Crosse Regional (LSE) and Rochester Regional (RST), but we are an easy drive from nearly anywhere in the Midwest!

This retreat is for you if...

You’re exhausted by pretending you’re “okay” when you’re anything but
You feel alone in your grief, like no one truly understands what you’re going through
You’ve tried to take steps forward, but something inside you still feels stuck or numb
You’re overwhelmed by waves of sadness, anxiety, or guilt and don’t know how to cope
You feel disconnected from your body, your purpose, or your sense of self
You long for a space where you don’t have to explain your grief or hide your pain
You’re ready to feel supported, resourced, and more like yourself again
You want real tools—not just talk—that will help you navigate life after loss with more ease

Retreat Schedule Overview

Friday & Saturday – Retreat Days
Coffee available: ~8:00 AM
Breakfast: ~9:00 AM
Lunch: ~2:00 PM
Dinner: ~7:00 PM
Daily workshops, healing activities, and free time for rest and integration

What our clients are saying

I was profoundly affected by the love, time and emotional support given to me right after the death of my niece, who was as close as a daughter to me. When I first called Pat, I could scarcely breathe or get out of bed. I found myself completely supported by her innate gift of being able to grasp and connect with the depth of my loss, grief and pain. Her wisdom concerning how to move through initial grief and into the journey of grief's path, gave me what I needed to begin again. I am eternally grateful…

This helped me go places in my grief journey that I couldn’t go to on my own and helped me to better understand the grieving and healing process following the loss of my son. Pat introduced me to tools that have allowed me to move forward with my grieving rather than to move on from the loss of my son. Because of our time together I now have a path to peace and confidence to move forward with my healing.

When I think of how working with you has helped me, I keep coming back to the same word and that is CLARITY. Whenever we have conversations, it helps me to lift my sadness and I always feel a renewed sense of purpose. You have taught me so many helpful things and I know that I have the strength within me to keep doing good things and be the best possible version of myself. Thanks to you, I have learned that by honoring the life of my son, that will always bring me great joy!

Pat helped me find my way back to peace and joy. She made it easy to start, simple to participate and offered the support to clear the way for where I am now…

Breathe

Grief Retreat

Why Attend?

Your Healing Space

Accommodations by

Premiere Suite with private bath

$975/ticket

Pink Room (with Private Bath)

$975/ticket

Blue Room (with Shared Bath)

$925/ticket

Cobalt Room (with shared Bath)

$925/ticket

Grey Room (with Shared Bath)

$925/ticket

Silver Room (with Shared Bath)

$875/ticket

Location

Big Raven Farm, Spring Grove, MN

This retreat is for you if...

Retreat Schedule Overview

What our clients are saying

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