Ready, Reset, RECOVER Women’s Retreat

Thursday arrival can be arranged at anytime but usually starts at around 2:00pm. Check in and get comfortable in your accommodations. Reception dinner is at 6:30pm, where you'll get to know your guides and the other guests. After dinner, we'll discuss our plan for the weekend.

Highlights for Day 1:

• Yoga (optional)
• Freshly roasted in house Coffee
• Healthy Breakfast
• Stand-Up Paddling at Pactola Lake, a breathtaking mountain lake in the Black Hills. 
• Picnic Lunch
• Afternoon thought group in the beautiful Black Hills 
• Healthy Dinner
• Selfcare; including detoxifying foot soak and facial peel
• Bonfire/ Hot Tub Time

Highlights for Day 2:

• Yoga (optional) 
• Fresh Roasted in house Coffee
• Breakfast
• Rock and crystal hunt
• Hike in the Black Hills 
• Picnic lunch and thought group 
• Journaling on a mountain peak 
• Dinner
• Evening thought group and crystal work
• Bonfire / Hot Tub

Day 3:

• Yoga (optional) 
• Coffee 
• Healthy Breakfast 
• Oxygen bar
• Closing / Goodbyes
• Check-Out: 11am

If you wish to explore the Black Hills on your own, Hisega Lodge is offering your Sunday night stay for an additional $99, select at booking.

Real Tools for your Success moving forward

• Values 
• Burnout plans
• Self-care 
• Boundaries 
• Mindfulness 
• Self massage 
• Reflexology
• Goal setting

Included:

• Transportation to all off-site activities
• All meals, coffee and various non-alcoholic beverages  (guests will pack a picnic lunch each day)
• Trail snacks
• Your room at Hisega Adventure Lodge
• Stand-Up-Paddleboard rental
• Good times, outstanding guidance, adventure and new friends!

Packing List:

• Yoga Mat
• Day Pack with ability to carry food and water
• Hiking Shoes
• Rain Jacket / Evening Jacket, weather can be hot, nights can be chilly. 
• Lake Swimwear and water shoes
• Swimwear for Hot Tub use, robe and slippers are nice to have.

Our itinerary is loose and subject to modification based on weather and needs of the group as a whole. There is time built-in for self-reflection and alone time.  All food, activities (and transportation to them) is included in the price of the retreat but you are expected to make and pack your own lunch to take (the food is provided). This is a sober retreat, we will not have alcohol for sale.  Physical ability to hike 6 miles on a moderate trail @ 6,000’ elevation.

Our weekend takes place at the Historic Hisega Adventure Lodge,  on the eastern edge of the Black Hills National Forest, twenty minutes from Rapid City Center. Here you can enjoy the sights and sounds of nature — the wind blowing through the ponderosa pines and the relaxing babble of Rapid Creek as it flows along the property. For the past 114 years, travelers have been visiting Hisega Lodge as it is the oldest bed and breakfast in the Black Hills, we consider ourselves very lucky to secure this venue as it's the perfect place for a reset. You will be greeted by Casper, the friendly dog; Webster and Stella resident hairless cats.

Hisega Adventure Lodge is located at 23101 Triangle Trail, Rapid City, SD 57702. The nearest airport, the Rapid City Regional Airport, is located 25 miles east of the Lodge. Transportation to and from the airport is available to all guests. For guests who choose to drive to the lodge, here are directions from well-known locations.

Sioux Falls, SD:

Take I-90 W 345 miles to Rapid City, then take exit 57 for I-190 S/US-16 W toward Black Hills National Forest/Mt. Rushmore/Downtown Rapid City. Stay on this road for roughly 1.5 miles, then turn right onto West Main St. In 5 miles, turn turn left onto Jackson Blvd/SD-44. You'll stay on this road for 9.3 miles. You'll see a sign for Hisega Lodge, and will turn left onto Hisega Rd. Continue for 1.3 miles until you come to a T intersection. Take a left here, and you'll see the lodge on your right.

Minneapolis, MN:

Head out of Minneapolis on US-169 S. Take this for approximately 73 miles, then continue straight onto MN-60 W for 87 miles, then turn right onto I-90. Stay on I-90 for 399 miles then take exit 57 for I-190 S/US-16 W toward Black Hills National Forest/Mt. Rushmore/Downtown Rapid City. Stay on this road for roughly 1.5 miles, then turn right onto West Main St. In 5 miles, turn turn left onto Jackson Blvd/SD-44. You'll stay on this road for 9.3 miles. You'll see a sign for Hisega Lodge, and will turn left onto Hisega Rd. Continue for 1.3 miles until you come to a T intersection. Take a left here, and you'll see the lodge on your right.

Denver, CO:

Head North on I-25 N. You'll stay on this for around 110 miles. You'll enter Wyoming, pass Cheyenne, then take exit 17 for US-85 N toward Torrington. Stay on US-85 N (which will merge with US-18 E at Lusk, WY) for 178 miles. Then turn right to stay on US-18 E and head into South Dakota. Stay on US-18 E for 34 miles, then turn left onto SD-89 N. Continue on SD-89 N for 57 miles, merging with US-385 N at Pringle, SD and US-16 E at Custer. Turn right onto SD-44 E and drive 7.7 miles, then turn right onto Hisega Road. Continue for 1.3 miles until you come to a T intersection. Take a left here, and you'll see the lodge on your right.

Dr. Mo, (Melissa Dittberner), PhD, CPS, PS, LMT, is a lecturer at the University of South Dakota. She has a Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychology in Education, a master’s in Addiction Studies and a bachelor’s in Health Sciences. Dr. Mo is a licensed massage therapist and teaches many different types of healing, mindfulness, helping skills, counseling skills and self-awareness. Dr. Mo is a co-author of Shift (an individualized mindfulness method to create a healthy relationship with alcohol.) She speaks publicly on adaptability, resiliency, motivation, stigma and her own lived experience story. Dr. Mo is a person in long-term recovery. Her mission is: to help people learn to help themselves.