Choose You Retreat

This Valentine’s weekend, skip the roses and reservations and spend a day cultivating the most enduring relationship of all: the one you have with yourself.

Join retreat facilitator Ashley Draklich, Zen Diego founder Shannon French, and Delve founder Anna Dubrovsky for a joyful, nourishing wellness retreat devoted to self-compassion, connection, and scratch-made comfort food.

Held at a private residence in Oceanside, this intimate gathering invites you to dote on yourself. Release tension with self-massage techniques. Silence your inner critic through loving kindness meditation. Wrap your nervous system in a warm embrace through mindful movement, nature, and sound.

Whether you arrive solo or bring a plus one, Choose You will leave you feeling heard and held. Our day together includes:

☕ Cacao Ceremony

Set intentions and tap into feelings of warmth, gratitude, and self-love though a heart-opening ritual using ceremonial cacao.

☀️ Sun Salutations

Celebrate another day of being alive with a breath-linked yoga practice honoring the light-giving orb that never stands us up.

🧘 Loving-Kindness Meditation

Direct goodwill toward yourself and others to soften judgment and expand compassion.

🌿 Nature Hike

"Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet,” as Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh used to say, reconnecting with the natural world.

🌀 Self-Myofascial Release

Melt tension and improve mobility with guided self-massage techniques and simple tools such as massage balls and yoga blocks.

📿 Mala Making

Create your own wrist mala — a fetching bracelet that comes in handy during meditation and breathing practices — using carefully chosen crystals associated with love.

🎶 Sound Bath

Seal the day with deep rest amid a symphony of soothing vibrations.

🎟️ $129 early bird through Feb 7 | $149 regular | includes lunch, snacks, herbal tea, and take-home keepsakes