Embark on a transformative two-night, three-day retreat program hosted by Liz Ilgenfritz — the creator and founder of a supported community that provides tools of empowerment through the journey of menopause — as well as a Yoga Teacher, Holistic Sexuality Educator, Embodiment Coach, and Pelvic Floor & Feminine Wisdom Guide.
Menopause is a threshold space, in between ways of being and ways we are becoming. In this space, there is an opportunity and an invitation to transform, to listen to what’s inside, and to change the script and become a more empowered version of YOU in this life.
Most of us have spent our womanhood striving towards cultural archetypes and suppressing our feminine nature. The biology of menopause is undeniable, opening a portal to the truth of our womanhood. We hold a unique power that thrives under conditions devalued in our culture; like spaciousness, rhythm and inner listening. With our attention and fierce grace, we can transmute our power and channel the energy used to override and suppress our feminine needs and focus it towards discovering our true nature to live in alignment with our needs and desires.
This retreat will provide you with feminine wisdom tools to practice and process post-retreat; self-care rituals and lifestyle hacks to bring into your life and home; pelvic empowerment knowledge and practices that facilitate strength and freedom; resources and referrals to support you on your menopause journey; daily rituals and mantras to bring your inspirations and intentions home; practical skills for sharing your menopause journey with your loved ones and asking for what you need; and a community of supportive sisterhood. The program is enhanced with spa and culinary experiences, as well as daily wellness programming led by the team at Shou Sugi Ban House, the Hampton’s first award-winning, luxury wellness retreat and spa.
Liz Ilgenfritz is a Yoga Teacher, Holistic Sexuality Educator, Embodiment Coach, and Pelvic Floor & Feminine Wisdom Guide. She is the founder of Space + Ritual; an educator-led, community-centered women’s well-being practice that empowers women to feel deeply connected and whole in themselves. Infused with Liz’s 5-Petals of Practice, her work facilitates women’s well-being by honoring the spaces that hold us and the rituals that carry us, through life.
“Like every woman in this world, life continually presents me with a unique array of challenges, gifts and surprises! Over my many trips around the sun, I’ve had four careers and four children. I’ve lived on two continents and currently in two cities. I’ve been married and divorced. I’ve been through motherhood and menopause. Through it all, I’ve been sustained by the power of community. Every woman’s journey is a wild ride! Fortunately, I understood from an early age that the one common thread of my life is ME and valuing my own well-being is essential to weathering the tides of life. I’ve been privileged enough to have access to resources and pathways with which I’ve created a foundation of well-being. Over the past thirty years, I have trained to become a teacher in various modalities that have been meaningful to me. I am both teacher and student. Life is always evolving, and so are we!” – Liz Ilgenfritz
- Nine activations designed and led by Liz Ilgenfritz including Women’s Circles, Rituals of Womanhood, Embodiment Practices, Pelvic Floor Yoga and Holistic Sexuality Education, Reiki and Crystal Healing, Menopause Altar Crafting, and more
- One-on-one discussion with Liz to talk about your personal journey
- Accommodations in one of the 12 private guest studios for one to two people, featuring a king or queen bed, luxurious soaking tub, modern gas fireplace, organic amenities, signature herbal teas, and nightly seasonal bath soak
- All-inclusive culinary program beginning with lunch on arrival day through lunch on departure day
- $250 credit towards a spa or healing arts treatment of your choice in the award-winning spa at Shou Sugi Ban House
- Communal Hydrotherapy & Thermal Suite Access featuring three outdoor contrasting plunge pools, a warm infrared sauna, dry sauna, eucalyptus steam room, experience shower, and ice fountain
- Daily signature wellness activities led by the Shou Sugi Ban House team
- Open use of the hybrid indoor-outdoor Movement Pavilion featuring infrared heaters and an array of personal fitness training equipment
- Access to all of the property amenities during your free time including the Main Barn Lounge with gas fireplace, reading library, and curated retail shop; Demonstration Kitchen offering daily meals and à la carte food & beverage options; Meditation Hall for daily movement classes; and Outdoor Fire Circle
- Complimentary arrival and departure transportation in a House Tesla, within a five-mile radius of the property; complimentary on-site parking and use of EV chargers for personal vehicles
Friday
1:00-3:00pm Arrival & Check-in
2:00-3:00pm Welcome Lunch
3:00-5:00pm OPENING CIRCLE CEREMONY
5:00-7:00pm Personal Reflection Time: Healing Arts or Spa Treatments; Communal Hydrotherapy Suite Access; One-on-one Discussions with Liz
5:00-6:00pm Evening Movement: Breathwork & Yoga Flow
7:00-8:00pm Chef’s Tasting Menu Dinner
8:00-9:00pm SACRED SOUND JOURNEY WITH REIKI & CRYSTAL HEALING WITH LIZ
Saturday
8:00-10:00am Signature Breakfast Buffet Available
8:00-9:00am Morning Movement: Slow Flow Yoga
9:00-10:00am Communal Hydrotherapy Suite Access
10:00am-12:00pm YOUR PELVIC FLOOR AND MENOPAUSE: INVITING STRENGTH AND FREEDOM
12:30-1:30pm Personal Reflection Time: Healing Arts or Spa Treatments; One-on-one Discussions with Liz
1:30-2:30pm Lunch
2:45-4:45pm REFLECTION CIRCLE: WITNESSING & HONORING YOUR JOURNEY OF WOMANHOOD
5:00-7:00pm Personal Reflection Time: Healing Arts or Spa Treatments; Communal Hydrotherapy Suite Access; One-on-one Discussions with Liz
5:00-6:00pm Evening Movement: Yin Yoga & Sound
7:00-8:00pm Chef’s Tasting Menu Dinner
8:00-9:00pm SOMATIC RITUAL: RELEASING, EMBRACING AND CELEBRATING
9:00-9:30pm FIRE CIRCLE CEREMONY
Sunday
7:15-7:45am Sunrise Healing Circle: Kundalini Chanting & Mantras
8:00-9:00am WISDOM WOMAN YOGA: THE PRACTICE FOR MENOPAUSE
9:00-10:00am Signature Breakfast Buffet Available
10:00am-12:00pm THRESHOLD ALTARS: CHOOSING WISDOM AND CARING OF SELF
12:00-12:30pm Closing Ritual & Ceremony
12:30-1:30pm Farewell Lunch
2:00pm Check-out & Departures
OPENING CIRCLE CEREMONY
We gather to connect with our bodies, our truth, and each other, creating space for reflection and expression through rituals, and group and partner sharing.
SACRED SOUND JOURNEY WITH REIKI & CRYSTAL HEALING BY LIZ
An immersive experience, weaving together a combination of tuning forks, gongs, and Himalayan and crystal singing bowls to create a vibrational frequency, enhanced with Reiki and crystal healing.
YOUR PELVIC FLOOR AND MENOPAUSE: INVITING STRENGTH AND FREEDOM
Connect with your pelvic floor through postures, breath, and embodiment coaching. Learn about the anatomy, physiology, and energetic essence of your pelvis, pelvic floor, and core, and the changes that may be occurring during menopause. Unlearn bad habits and inaccurate instructions, Gain practical techniques for building and maintaining a healthy core and pelvic floor. Practice poses and breath to lengthen and strengthen, as well as to engage and relax these vital muscles. Discover your “Deep Core” with core-strengthening from the inside-out.
REFLECTION CIRCLE: WITNESSING & HONORING YOUR JOURNEY OF WOMANHOOD
The process of empowerment is rooted in our connection with truth. To own and step into our full potential, we must reflect, reconcile and honor the past. What happened, what did not, and our resulting emotional and mental experiences. Through Feminine Wisdom Rituals, personal reflection, and group and partner practices, we will journey into our past so we may stand wholeheartedly in the truth of the present.
SOMATIC RITUAL: RELEASING, EMBRACING & CELEBRATING
The illumination of truth surfaces content that must be released and grieved, desires to be celebrated, and calls to be honored. Together, we enact this powerful processing through ritual.
FIRE CIRCLE CEREMONY
An embodied ceremony of release. Allow yourself to let go of old ideals and past experiences to make space for the divine feminine power that is YOU.
WISDOM WOMAN YOGA: THE PRACTICE FOR MENOPAUSE
A foundational daily yoga sequence created for the time of menopause. Restoration, strength, and spaciousness are the pillars of this practice. This is an opportunity to put into motion the wisdom you’ve embodied in the pelvic floor workshop.
THRESHOLD ALTARS: CHOOSING WISDOM AND CARING FOR SELF
After honoring and processing what we leave behind, we choose what we take forward. This is a creative process of building individual Menopause Threshold Altars. Engaging with both space and ritual, we incorporate our wisdom gained, truths learned, and intentions chosen to carry into Life.
CLOSING RITUAL & CEREMONY
Together, we activate our menopause threshold altars and mantras. Crossing the menopause thresholds together, we leave behind what no longer serves, and we take with us what we choose and the wisdom we’ve gained.
SUNRISE HEALING CIRCLE
Begin your day with guided Kundalini practices that incorporate healing mantras, breathwork, and gentle movement to rejuvenate the body, mind, and spirit.
COMMUNAL HYDROTHERAPY & THERMAL SUITE RITUALS
A ritual that has long been used for its therapeutic benefits. Facilities include an indoor thermal suite with infrared sauna, dry sauna, aromatic steam room, experience shower and ice fountain, as well as three outdoor, contrasting saltwater plunge pools.
MORNING & EVENING MOVEMENT
Daily wellness activities led by the Shou Sugi Ban House team include offerings focused on mindful movement, postural alignment, and breathwork techniques to suit all levels of practice. *Movement classes are subject to change based on practitioner availability.
SUGGESTED SPA & HEALING ARTS TREATMENTS
A $250 spa and wellness credit allows you to enjoy signature treatments that offer continued wisdom. Liz Ilgenfritz suggests the following service:
WOMEN’S WELLNESS | PERSONAL NUTRITION CONSULTATION
60 mins • $250
A female-focused session for support in optimizing hormone health and maintaining blood sugar levels.
CLEAR THE PATH | HYBRID MASSAGE
60 | 90 mins · $250 | $350 (Monday – Friday)
60 | 90 mins · $270 | $380 (Saturday – Sunday)
A combination of movements from Western and Eastern massage. An invigorating massage using an oil blend of organic sesame with hinoki, grapefruit, and rosalina essences. Complementary cupping therapy can be included to help reduce inflammation and promote increased circulation.
HARMONY BODY RITUAL | TATA HARPER
60 | 90 mins · $300 | $400 (Monday – Friday)
60 | 90 mins · $320 | $430 (Saturday – Sunday)
This treatment begins with a singing bowl ritual, followed by the use of thermal Gua Sha stones to help ease tension, promote lymphatic drainage, and tone the body for a sculpted, lifted look. Tata Harper’s Resurfacing Serum helps to smooth and hydrate the skin for a brighter, more even-looking appearance throughout.
Ninety-minute treatment includes whole-body dry-brushing to help loosen dead skin cells.
POLARIZED LIGHT THERAPY
30 mins · $125
Polarisol Innova light therapy system stimulates the body’s energy supply by initiating a cellular chain reaction through the use of an innovative multi-layer polarizing film and LED technology. LED light therapy has both a local and systemic effect, reducing inflammation, and initiating a cellular chain reaction in the body.
TIMELESS YOUTH | TATA HARPER
60 | 90 mins • $275 | $400 (Monday – Friday)
60 | 90 mins • $295 | $430 (Saturday – Sunday)
A luxurious and rejuvenating facial incorporating the ancient art of Japanese Kobido massage with the natural efficacy of Tata Harper Skincare. This transformative facial begins with a three-dimensional cleansing followed by Tata’s famous Glow Getter mask, instantly brightening and refreshing your skin. A Kobido massage follows, to stimulate circulation, promote cellular renewal, and naturally lift facial muscles. The session is enhanced with a tuning fork ritual on facial marma points, harmonizing your body’s energy.
Modern gas fireplace
Private garden patio
Custom furniture by local artisan, All Things Dirt
King or queen organic mattress
Traditional Japanese hinoki ofuro or BainUltra modern air massage soaking tub
Walk-in shower with Graff rainhead
Radiant heated bathroom floors
Organic bed linens, and towels
Pure flax linen robes
Organic Sasawashi slippers (take-home amenity)
Organic Sangre De Fruta luxury bath products
Nightly in-room SSBH signature herbal bath soak
SSBH signature soaps
Sustainable bamboo toothbrushes
Hair dryer
Electric tea kettle
SSBH signature teas
Climate control
Structured water system
In-room safe
Complimentary WiFi
Main Barn Lounge with gas fireplace, reading library, and curated retail shop
Demonstration kitchen offering daily meals and à la carte food & beverage options
Meditation Hall for daily movement classes
Saltwater Swimming Pool
Featuring chaise lounges, complimentary natural sunscreen, and poolside food and beverage service
Movement Pavilion
Open access use of the indoor-outdoor fitness center
Outdoor Fire Circle
Outdoor Rooftop Solarium Deck
Cherry Orchard
Transportation & Parking
We offer complimentary arrival and departure transportation in a House Tesla, within a five-mile radius of the property. In addition, we have complimentary on-site parking and use of EV chargers for personal vehicles.
Local transportation in a House Tesla is subject to availability and fee. See all local destinations by clicking here.
PRICING FOR OVERNIGHT GUESTS
During your stay, you will have access to Shou Sugi Ban House’s world class facilities, communal spaces, wellness amenities, and culinary offerings. Each of our guest studios accommodate one to two people and feature a king or queen bed, luxurious soaking tub, modern gas fireplace, and two private entrances, as well as organic amenities, signature herbal teas, and nightly seasonal bath soak. All amenities can be viewed here.
All meals from Shou Sugi Ban House’s acclaimed culinary program are included, beginning with lunch upon arrival, through lunch prior to departure. À la carte food and beverage options, as well as organic, biodynamic, or sustainably sourced wines are available at an additional cost.
You will also enjoy a $250 Spa and Wellness credit to be used towards spa or healing arts treatments that support your journey, and can be scheduled during daily Open Reflection Time. Additional services may be scheduled, subject to availability and cost.
Early Booking Rate (reserve by March 31st)
$3,990 single occupancy; 3,215 per person, double occupancy*
Standard Booking Rate (reserve on/after April 1st)
$4,290 single occupancy; $3,515 per person, double occupancy*
*Taxes and gratuities are not reflected in the package price and will be applied at the time of check-out. Food & beverage options not noted on the list of inclusions, such as wine and à la carte food items are not included in the package price and may be added at a supplemental cost. Any additional items, including spa & healing arts services not covered by the package credit, will be added and applied at the time of check-out.
All retreat reservations require a 50% deposit at the time of booking, with the remaining balance payable by credit card 30 days prior to the event start date. Deposits are fully refundable if cancellation is made 60 days of the event start date. Deposits are partially refundable (25% of the total program fee) if cancellation is made 30 days of the event start date. All bookings made within 30 days of arrival will be charged the full package cost upon booking.
Taxes and gratuities are not reflected in the package price and will be applied at the time of check-out. Food & beverage options not noted on the list of inclusions, such as wine and à la carte food items are not included in the package price and may be added at a supplemental cost. Any additional items, including spa & healing arts services not covered by the package credit, will be added and applied at the time of check-out.
Please note that the spa & wellness credit may only be used towards spa or healing arts services, cannot be applied to other associated costs of the retreat, and if not used will be forfeited. Preferred services are subject to availability at time of booking.
Shou Sugi Ban House reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.
