Breathwork, Cold Exposure, and Meditation Experience
Sun, Feb 5, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm
Silverwood Park
Sponsored by Explore MN
Join The Point Retreats for an unforgettable breathwork and cold exposure therapy experience at the beautiful Silverwood Park.
Format:
Introduction and education from The Point Retreats
20-30 minute breathwork class
15 minute shiver walk (see below)
Sound Bowl Meditation
A shiver walk is an outdoor walk in minimal clothing (swimsuit or shorts and t-shirts, plus boots, hats, and mittens) to practice the breathwork you have just learned that will help you withstand the cold.
As a participant, you can expect this opportunity to grant you:
A deeper understanding of mindset and the emotional and physical shifts you can make yourself using proven breathing techniques
Greater understanding of your nervous system
Knowledge of how breathwork, cold, and heat exposure can create physiological change and mental clarity
Introduction to using breath, heat, and cold environments to improve fitness performance
Familiarity with recovery techniques
Take home skill set for everyday stress management
A fun, unforgettable, community experience
A greater appreciation for the Minnesota and cold
Participants, please plan to bring the following: water bottle, yoga mat or sitting pad/bolster, hat, gloves or mittens, sweatshirt, layers to manage temperature change/weather, bathing suit and towel (or whatever shiver walk attire is comfortable for you), comfortable clothing to stay seated/lay in while doing breathwork indoors, carrying tote for all of the above.
About the instructors:
Jamie Petschow (Facilitator, Educator & Director of Business Operations) is an instructor and facilitator of breathwork, cold plunging, and sauna therapy. She has advanced education and certification in Sherpa Breath and Cold Exposure. She practices several breathing modalities and mindfulness techniques with her clients, including and other evidence-based methods.
When not educating, facilitating groups, or coaching individuals, Jamie directs business operations for The Point Retreats Center in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota—an experiential retreat and medical platform offering accreditation for personal and professional health education.
Christa Rymal (RN, Educator, Facilitator, Point Founder & CEO) is an instructor and facilitator of breathwork, cold plunging, and sauna therapy. She has advanced education and certification in Sherpa Breath and Cold Exposure. She practices several breathing modalities and mindfulness techniques with her clients, including and other evidence-backed methods.
As a registered nurse who has, having worked in healthcare for more than 20 years, Christa has extensive medical knowledge in emergency medicine, cardiac care, orthopedics, primary care, diabetes education, and endocrinology. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Masters Degree in HealthCare Leadership, Advanced training from the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Institute of Functional Medicine, and American Academy of Functional Medicine.
Through her work with patients, Christa became determined to bring the science and practice of lifestyle medicine to more people living with a chronic disease or aiming to prevent one. Realizing the important role that nurses serve as they speak the language of medicine, healing, and health, Christa felt empowered to bring to life the mission of The Point Retreats. Reaching out to those who had personally or professionally inspired her own journey to improved health, Christa brought together a team of experts in lifestyle and functional medicine to help a large population, and diverse communities of professionals, discover a longer healthspan.
Mariah Jorgensen (Facilitator, Yoga Instructor and Multimedia Specialist) is an instructor and facilitator of breathwork, cold plunging, and sauna therapy. She has advanced education and certification in Sherpa Breath and Cold Exposure. She practices several breathing modalities and mindfulness techniques with her clients, including and other popular methods.
Nicolas Zahasky started practicing nine years ago after moving to Minnesota. Feeling its benefits for himself, and being instructed by a leader in Iceland, he decided to add other breath work modalities to his nature-based practice as well. Nic is also a certified hyoppressive instructor. He not only uses these specific breathwork practices daily, his true passion is to share this craft with more and more people.
An executive chef since 2002, Nic has launched, run and redeveloped restaurants and food-service programs in Nevada, California, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. He has cooked for many elite figures such as Madeline Albright, Micheal Pollan, Arun Gandhi, Wailin’ Jennys, the King and Queen of Norway and Five for Fighting, along with independent contracting for the bullet proof executive himself, Dave Asprey.
In 2011, Nic retired from his executive chef role and left “the corporate lifestyle” to pursue self-training (and shortly after, training many others who sought him out) with functional fitness and Paleo nutrition. He began racing for the first time with this new-found energy, strength and passion, and began to consistently win national obstacle course races and competitions. Quickly becoming a public figure and personality for Paleo nutrition and ancestral health, he designed Cultivate in 2016 to bring more awareness and accessibility for ancestral nutrition, his Low-Impact model and functionally appropriate movement to the international stage.