Your age doesn’t have to determine how strong, mobile, or vibrant you feel. In this uplifting retreat with Essentrics® creator and Aging Backwards author Miranda Esmonde-White and her team of master instructors, you’ll experience how intelligent full-body movement and music can help restore ease, energy, and freedom in the body. Through science-based Essentrics and Classical Stretch workouts, you’ll improve mobility, increase body awareness, support healthier posture, and reconnect with movement as something that can feel good rather than something you have to endure.
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Greater Mobility
Increase your range of motion and experience more freedom and ease in the way your body moves.
Renewed Energy
Activate the entire body through dynamic, low-intensity movement designed to help you feel more awake, energized, and vibrant.
Pain Relief
Explore gentle full-body movement that can help reduce stiffness, relieve chronic discomfort, and support greater physical ease.
Body Awareness
Develop a clearer sense of how your body moves, where you hold tension, and what helps you feel more balanced and aligned.
Emotional Wellbeing
Experience how movement and music can shift energy, reduce stress, and create a greater sense of calm and emotional vitality.
Movement Confidence
Rediscover trust in your body and feel more inspired to move fully, comfortably, and consistently in everyday life.
Over the course of the retreat, you’ll begin to experience your body less through limitation and more through possibility. As you learn how full-range movement affects muscles, joints, fascia, posture, and overall wellbeing, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of what your body needs to stay healthy and resilient over time. The combination of movement, music, and education creates space to feel more connected, uplifted, and capable, while giving you practical inspiration to keep moving with greater freedom and confidence long after you return home.
Experience dynamic, full-body sequences designed to strengthen, stretch, rebalance, and improve mobility without high-impact strain.
Move through Miranda’s signature approach to lengthening, strengthening, and restoring the body through fluid, accessible movement.
Explore movements that support healthier joints, greater range of motion, improved balance, and more ease in everyday activity.
Learn the science behind full-body movement and how it can support healthy aging, posture, mobility, and physical wellbeing.
Experience how inspiring music can enhance movement, emotional expression, body awareness, and your overall sense of vitality.
Bring your questions to Miranda and her team and gain practical insight into movement, mobility, pain, posture, and healthy aging.
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This experiential retreat offers a well-balanced schedule that combines structured educational sessions with flexible time blocks – ensuring you have ample opportunity to engage in learning while also allowing personal time to explore the retreat center, participate in activities, and enjoy moments of reflection and relaxation.
(Program schedule subject to change.)
Check-in Begins 4:00 pm
Dinner 6:00–7:00 pm
Property Orientation 7:00–7:20 pm
Session 1 7:30–9:00 pm
Breakfast 7:30–9:30 am
Session 2 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Lunch 12:30–1:30 pm
Session 3 2:00–4:00 pm
Free Time 4:00–6:00 pm
Dinner 6:00–7:00 pm
Breakfast 7:30–9:30 am
Session 4 9:30–11:30 am
Room Checkout 11:00 am Luggage may be held at Reception.
Lunch 12:00–1:30 pm
Breakfast 7:30–9:30 am • Lunch: 12:30–1:30 pm • Dinner: 6:00–7:30 pm
Optional activities include
Yoga • Meditation • Kirtan • Bonfire • Labyrinth • Nature Trails
Miranda Esmonde-White is one of North America’s leading advocates for healthy aging and lifelong mobility, and the creator of the Essentrics® technique, a dynamic full-body approach designed to strengthen, stretch, rebalance, and recondition the body while supporting greater mobility, reduced pain, and overall well-being.
Prices include daily vegetarian meals from dinner on the night of check-in through lunch on the day of checkout. (Rates below are per person.)
Ideal for individuals, couples, or friends seeking hotel-style comfort and amenities.
Ideal for friends seeking hotel-style comfort and amenities.
Ideal for individuals, couples, or friends seeking simple surroundings for peace and clarity.
Note Room may contain extra single beds.
Fully furnished 665 sq.-ft. apartment (max: 2 persons)
Note Furniture may vary; each apartment is different.
Fully furnished 995 sq.-ft. apartment (max: 4 persons)
Note Furniture may vary; each apartment is different.
Free activities include
Interactive Nature Hikes
Cooking Demos
Meditation & Movement Classes
Wellness Workshops
Paid activities include
Pottery Classes
Ayurvedic Wellness & Healing Arts Treatments
Take your rejuvenation to another level. Our spa offers treatments and therapies that integrate ancient Ayurveda with contemporary wellness.
Call to check availability during Shankara Ayurveda Spa business hours; seven days a week, 9:00 am–6:00 pm.
For room reservations, Ayurveda Wellness Retreats, and Art of Living Retreat Center (AOLRC) signature retreats, we have the following cancellation policy:
AOLRC reserves the right to cancel a program at any time. If AOLRC cancels a program, you will receive a full refund. Some programs may have special cancellation policies; see individual workshop descriptions. For all other retreats, please be sure to check the registration page specific to that retreat.
Unless otherwise indicated, our programs are open to participants 18 years of age and older.
To encourage a healthy environment, we ask that guests not consume alcohol or meat in our public spaces. However, guests may enjoy these items in their rooms.
Our property is always smoke-free.
Yes, we ask that guests with food allergies simply inform us so we can communicate those needs to our chef. Typically, we label potential allergens such as gluten, dairy, and nuts. You may email us at info@theartoflivingretreatcenter.kinsta.cloud.
Thanks to the cool climate of the Blue Ridge Mountains, air conditioning is rarely needed. For the occasional warm day, there is a fan in each room to help keep you comfortable.
We do have lodging and event venues that are ADA-compliant. Due to the topography of our mountain campus, some are easier to access than others, so please speak to Guest Services (800.392.6870) prior to registering to ensure we can best accommodate your needs. We also have shuttles that run frequently throughout the campus.
We are committed to the safety of our guests and staff. Our mountaintop location and the surrounding areas are spacious, remote, safe, and secure.
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Transportation Options Between Charlotte and the Center
Hickory Hop Shuttle Service Book online hickoryhop.com The Hickory Hop shuttle goes from Charlotte airport to Boone five times daily. Reservations are required, so book ahead online and be sure to confirm shuttle times coordinate with your travel plans.
High Country Limo 828.898.9595 highcountrylimo.com
Oscar’s Car Service 704.965.5800
Edwardo’s Car Service 704.949.6775
Blue Bird Transportation 828.989.7286 Blue Bird of Boone
Abby Cab 828.475.2988 abbycab.com
Uber or Lyft Book in app on arrival.
Other airports within driving distance from the Art of Living Retreat Center include
Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI) in Johnson City, TN (80 miles)
Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) in Greensboro, NC (110 miles)
Visit our directions page for more information.
Step into a world where mindfulness meets beauty. Our gallery captures the essence of the Art of Living—from serene moments of reflection to vibrant celebrations of life, wellness, and connection.
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