Namaste: Capturing a Wellness Retreat | Finger Lakes, NY

From the moment we all arrived, the energy was warm and welcoming. We were all there with a common purpose: to take a moment out of our busy lives to help better ourselves. I was there to capture the retreat, and it was an honor to meet and befriend each of the incredible women in attendance.

I had watched my sister, Sandi, dream up this retreat and put in all of the hard work to make it a reality over the last year. To see her face as she watched this dream come true brought tears to my eyes.

We spent time at the most incredible retreat house in Penn Yan, NY in the Finger Lakes Region. We laughed, we cried, and we all came away with a deep sense of gratitude and joy.

We welcomed Erica Keays from Spa Studio Adirondacks for an aromatherapy workshop and chair massages (she was WONDERFUL and SO knowledgable!) And Melissa Golub joined us for restorative yoga flow and an embodiment and self-compassion workshop. Sandi herself ran a presentation on food and how it affects your mood, which was SO educational. And in between, we shared meals, laughs, and a renewed sense of friendship with a group of women who started off as strangers.

Capturing wellness retreats is one of my FAVORITE aspects of event photography; I always come away feeling so honored to bear witness to the team’s energy and love. I can’t wait to capture another retreat for later this month at Silver Bay YMCA in Lake George, NY!