About
Hi, I’m Maren.
I lead small retreats for people who are tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. Walking, breathwork and long, quiet meals, mostly on wild coastlines, always in small groups.
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The long version
For ten years I was a product manager in San Francisco. I was good at it, and I was tired all the time, in a way no weekend ever touched.
In 2016 I took a month off and walked the Oregon coast from Astoria to Brookings, about 360 miles, mostly alone. I left my phone in my bag. By the second week I could hear myself think again. By the fourth I knew I wasn’t going back.
I moved to Cannon Beach that winter and started leading walks for friends, then friends of friends. I trained in breathwork facilitation and restorative yoga, because I kept noticing that people needed help slowing down their bodies, not just their schedules.
“The point was never the mileage. It was the hour after lunch when nobody needed to say anything.”
Today I run a handful of small retreats a year, a six-week course, a monthly membership and a podcast where every conversation happens on foot. I still walk most mornings, still leave my phone at home, and still think the best part of any day is the long table at the end of it.
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What I believe
Three things I’d tell you over dinner.
i.
Slow is a skill.
Most of us have forgotten how to do one thing at a time. It comes back faster than you’d think, with a little practice and a good trail.
ii.
Rest is not a reward.
You don’t have to earn a quiet afternoon. Every retreat leaves room in the middle of the day for doing nothing at all.
iii.
Small groups, real tables.
Twelve people is the most I’ll take. Any more and it stops being a conversation and turns into an event.
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Speaking & team days
Bring the slow indoors.
Keynotes
Thirty to forty-five minutes on attention, rest and doing less, better. For conferences and company offsites.
Team days
A half or full day outside with your team: a walk, a breath practice, a long lunch and one good question.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions for studios and wellness teams who want to bring walking and breathwork into their own work.
Trained in
Breathwork facilitation
And
Restorative yoga, 200 hours
Certified
Wilderness First Responder
Since 2016
140+ retreats led
