April 16-19, 2026 | Old Fort, NC
The Chrysalis
A healing retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains...
From day to day, you may feel like you’re simply existing…or even surviving. True transformation often requires a step away from everyday life into a safe space where you can soften, explore, feel, and re-emerge as a fuller version of yourself. We have sought to foster that sacred space with the Chrysalis Retreat: a women-only, small group experience mindfully designed to be intimate and unique to help you truly step away from your responsibilities and focus purely on yourself.
Weekend Overview
What to expect...
With sessions centered around healing and restoration, you’ll have room to notice, grieve, celebrate, process, and release—whatever you need to do to feel more like you. We’ll take care of the details, the planning, the meals, the tasks—you can just show up.
Check in on Thursday afternoon-evening. Unpack, unwind, spend some free time getting settled, and savor dinner with the group.
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Reacquaint yourself with your body, heart, and soul with structured sessions Friday through Sunday morning. Sessions will include:
Fascial Maneuvers & Self-Myofascial Release (SMR)
Trauma-informed Somatic Integration
Gentle Yoga and Embodied Movement
Energy Work
Meditation
Sound Healing
Hiking (weather permitting)
Enjoy one last breakfast and a closing ceremony on Sunday, before you head home, rejuvenated and grounded.
We'll be staying in this beautiful A-frame in the Blue Ridge Mountains, surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest, 30 minutes east of Asheville.
Where you can enjoy quiet moments with an incredible view.
This is an opportunity to connect more deeply with yourself + nature.
Enjoy the spectacular view from inside or out.
Just 10 minutes away, we'll hike Catawba Falls (weather permitting).
All meals are included and lovingly prepared by Chef Sonia. We refuse to host a retreat w/o her, she's that good.
Accommodations
Select your room
King Beds
Single or shared occupancy
King En Suite- SOLD OUTKing bedshared bath (2nd Floor) - SOLD OUT-
King bed - shared bath (basement, open layout) - AVAILABLE
Single occupancy - $1800 early bird, $1900 after Feb 23rd
Shared occupancy - $1250/pp early bird, $1350 after Feb 23rd
Queen Bed
Single or shared occupancy
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Queen bed - 3rd floor loft, shares bathroom on 2nd floor
Single occupancy - $1600 early bird, $1700 after Feb 23rd
Shared occupancy - $1100/pp early bird, $1200 after Feb 23rd
Bunk Room
Sleeps 4
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Single beds - first floor, shared bath
$999 early bird, $1050 after Feb 23rd
Early bird pricing through February 23rd
Ready to book? Message to save your spot!
About Us
Meet your hosts...
Angela Tara Hsu
E-RYT 500, YACEP, REIKI MASTER, FASCIAL MANEUVER COACH
Angela began practicing yoga just as a means to complement her skydiving career. Competing in the discipline of freestyle (which is like dancing and acrobatics in the sky), flexibility and strength helped to create interesting and dynamic movement for competition routines. However, yoga quickly became much more than just an aid to reach her skydiving goals. In addition to the physicality of yoga, the mental and spiritual benefits quickly came to light – and have been an integral part of her life since.
Completing her first YTT in 2011, Angela has since accumulated over 6,500 hours of teaching. She is a featured yogi in the documentary Why We Breathe, a Lululemon Legacy Ambassador, and was also featured in ORIGIN Magazine as part of their “Women who eat impossible for breakfast” series.
Angela is also a certified Reiki Master and sound healing practitioner. As a result, her teaching style is an alchemy of her experience, modalities and ongoing education that create a uniquely nourishing experience for all. She offers a wide range of classes, workshops, and trainings accessible to everyone – incorporating various styles of yoga, energy work, myofascial release, sound healing, meditation, breath work, and more.
To learn more about Angela, visit bio.site/angelatarahsu or find her on Instagram @AngelaTaraHsu.
Macarena Gallardo
E-RYT 500, REIKI II, LMFT
Macarena began practicing yoga years ago when she realized that working multiple jobs and going to school full-time was taking a toll on her mind and body. Living in such a “go go go” society and finding it hard to slow down, she experienced intense emotional distress. The solutions offered to these issues were just band-aids to overcome the situation. That’s when she was introduced to yoga. She quickly figured out that slowing down wasn’t a bad thing, and it didn’t equate to being lazy or something being wrong. Taking care of her whole self – mind, body, and spirit – was now her priority. Yoga was a moving meditation that allowed the movement of the body with the breath and the quietude of the mind to all intersect. She started off practicing in the Ashtanga lineage, which brought some structure to her life and familiarity.
She became certified at the 200-hour level in the spring of 2012. She later completed certifications in Hot Yoga (flow-less sequencing) and Hands On Assists with Hot Asana Yoga University, as well as Yin Yoga, Restorative, Y12SR (Yoga for 12 Step Recovery), Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga, and Yoga for Athletes. After moving to New York, she continued her training with YogaWorks and completed an extra 500 hours of training.
Macarena is also a Reiki practitioner levels I & Usui/Holy Fire III level II and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, really bringing her two worlds of passion together, on and off the mat. Her classes are filled with life experiences, ongoing education, lots of love, and some challenges, suitable for both those who have never stepped on a yoga mat and seasoned practitioners looking to deepen their practice. To learn more about Macky, follow her on Instagram @Macarena.LMFT
Sonia Rondeau
CHEF
Sonia’s love of cooking first sparked when she was just a kid, cooking chapatis (Indian flatbread) with her grandmother and sister and boxed mac and cheese with her grandfather. By high school, she had evolved to entering culinary competitions and buying her own groceries so that she could experiment with different recipes.
Though medical school had always been the plan post college, Sonia couldn’t ignore her passion; she took a leap of faith instead, taking a job at a salad station at a local restaurant. She built her career upon those early beginnings and is currently leading as Sous Chef at Church and Union in Charlotte, NC.
Sonia’s background of South Asian dishes and love of Latin flavors come together to create a unique blend that is rich, colorful, bold, and all her. She is committed to learning and growing, constantly experimenting with new flavor profiles and layered tastes. Each intuitive dish that she creates balances nutrition and taste. Above all, Sonia seeks to create a memorable experience for her audience—to feel satiated, cared for, and full in every sense of the word.