Joy Retreat

Joy Retreat is a winter weekend wellness retreat at Cedar Valley Retreat Center in West Bend, Wisconsin, led by yoga teacher Kelsey Beine of Lead with Light. It is designed especially for caregivers, helpers, and healers who spend much of their energy looking after others and want a supportive place to set that down for a few days.

The invitation is simple: step away from daily responsibilities, release some inner tension, and nourish your playful inner child. If you are looking for a cozy retreat in Wisconsin that makes room for lightness as well as reflection, this one is built around that balance.

What to Expect

The weekend begins on a Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm and closes on Sunday at 4:00 pm, so it unfolds over two full days with an evening at each end. The organizer describes the time as a chance to reflect, connect, and have fun, and the program draws on four ways of doing that: art, music, writing, and movement.

Rather than asking you to perform or achieve, the retreat is meant to turn up what the organizer calls the joy factor. Creative expression and play sit alongside quieter reflection, and the setting is described as cozy and supportive. For people whose work is giving care, the emphasis falls on receiving some of it back, in the company of others who understand the role.

About Kelsey Beine

Kelsey Beine is a yoga teacher and the founder of Lead with Light, which blends mindfulness, creativity, and leadership into learning experiences for students and clients. Her work rests on the idea that every person carries an ever-present inner light, and that awareness of it allows us to live, love, and lead authentically.

She describes her dharma as teaching, mentoring, guiding, and leading with knowledge, wisdom, and compassion. That calling became clear to her during the summer of 2022 in the jungles of Costa Rica, and she founded Lead with Light in 2023. She calls herself a liberal artsy thinker and lifelong learner who likes to bring together ideas from different subjects, healing modalities, and cultures. An introvert, she is drawn to the inner workings of mind, body, and heart, and she specializes in creating spaces for reflection and deeper self-awareness.

The Setting

The retreat takes place at Cedar Valley Retreat Center in West Bend, Wisconsin, in the winter season. Staying in a retreat center, away from home and work, is part of the design: the weekend is meant to be a real break from the usual rhythm of responsibilities.

Who It Is For

The retreat is shaped with caregivers, helpers, and healers in mind. That can include people in professional helping roles as well as those who care for family and community. If you feel stretched thin and are ready to laugh, create, move, and write alongside others, this weekend offers a place to do it.