Step into Conscious Living Retreat

March 13-15, 2026

What to Expect

Come take a gentle pause from the pace of everyday life.

The Step into Conscious Living Retreat is designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and return to yourself—through guided experiences, restorative space, heightening your inner voice, and time to simply be.

❋ Expert Facilitation

We blend guided moments, open exploration, and space to reflect—so the experience feels both focused and fluid.

❋ Collaborative Energy

Connection is a core part of the process. You’ll learn just as much from the group as from the content itself.

❋ Experience somatic & nature-based wisdom

Led by experienced guides who know how to hold space, encourage participation, and keep things moving with purpose.

❋ A Supportive Space

Our events prioritize comfort, safety, and respect—so you can show up as you are and fully engage in the process.

Retreat Highlights

  • Enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains

  • Reconnect with your Inner Echo

  • Release mental noise

  • Experience somatic & nature based wisdom

  • Cultivate conscious leadership techniques

  • Return home renewed

Retreat Facilitators

John and Jeanne Adams

Misa Fujimura -Fanselow

Rashmi Kumar Shah

John and Jeanne Adams relocated to the east coast in 2021, after years of living in the mountains of Colorado. For two decades, John and Jeanne fostered a community at Inner Connections Yoga in Castle Rock, Colorado, imparting wisdom and guidance through diverse classes, workshops, teacher trainings, and global journeys. With each of their expertise exceeding 40 years in fitness, wellness and yoga, this lovable duo has been nurturing minds, bodies and souls since the 1980s. They provide a range of wellness treatments such as Tibetan Singing Bowls, Intuitive Touch Therapy bodywork, and Yoga Therapy for those managing pain, injury and illness. From personal experience, you cannot help smile when you are with them.

John and Jeanne Adams --

Misa Fujimura-Fanselow is an executive coach who helps leaders step into their most authentic, effective, and grounded version so they can create the impact they aspire to have. She is a lecture fellow at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she received her MBA, and serves in a leadership role in The Bridgespan Group. She is a mom to a multi-cultural young daughter, and guides clients to combine strategic insight with deep human connections to honor their roles within and outside of the workplace With deep empathy, she celebrates strengths, illuminates blind spots, offered candid feedback, and tools to lead with clarity and purpose.

Misa Fujimura-Fanselow --

Details

The journey calls for rest and restoration in the Blue Ridge Mountains:


Retreat Begins:

Friday, March 13th at 4PM


Retreat ends:

Sunday, March 15th. at 1PM


Location:

639 Whispering Hills Road, Boone, NC 28607 - hosted @ the Art of Living nonprofit retreat center


Closest Airport:

Charlotte, NC (CLT) is the closest major airport. It is a beautiful 2-hour drive from CLT to the retreat location. We will provide a list of car services that regularly drive this route to attendees


How do I grab my spot?

Email rashmi@theinnerecho.com to find out more, and reserve your spot!

  • Once you arrive, there will be nothing for you to plan/organize. Rest your executive functioning and let us guide you.

  • We will take care of your full retreat experience, lodging and all food is included.

  • We are intentionally limiting retreat spots to 20 to create an intimate space. Reserving a spot is first-come, first-serve. We will open a waitlist as need be.

  • We are reserving three discounted retreats spots for Executive Directors of nonprofits. We honor the work they shoulder for our social good. Please let us know if you want to highlight someone for this.

  • For travel planning purposes, on the first day of the retreat, check-in for rooms opens up at 4PM. We will meet for dinner at 6PM as a group for kick-off.