Breath of Life Oregon
Retreat Dates: 9/9/26-9/14/26 & 9/16/26-9/21/25
16 Spots Available
Retreat Dates: 9/9/26-9/14/26 & 9/16/26-9/21/25
16 Spots Available
We’re so grateful to invite you to our second Breath of Life Retreat!
A 6-day, 5-night immersive experience set in the breathtaking natural beauty of Blue River, Oregon, along the majestic McKenzie River. Just one hour east of Eugene in the heart of the Cascade Mountains, this retreat runs from 9/9/26-9/14/26 & 9/16/26-9/21/25 and is designed to deepen your connection to Self, nature, and community.
Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of McKenzie River, Oregon, where nature’s splendor invites deep reflection and renewal. This peaceful and powerful landscape offers the perfect setting for self-discovery and healing. During our retreat, you’ll connect with a community of like-minded individuals, share in transformative experiences, and tap into the wisdom of the natural world. Through nature hikes, natural cold plunges, breathwork and internal work, you will reconnect with yourself and uncover a deeper sense of purpose and peace.
This retreat is designed to facilitate profound inner transformation and self-discovery. Our program offers a unique blend of guided experiential practices, including morning and evening circles, somatic embodiment practices such as breathwork, movement, and nature-based activities. You’ll engage in activities that promote deep connection, from invigorating hikes along the McKenzie River and natural cold plunges to community sharing and reflective internal work. Each day, you’ll be immersed in nature and supported in uncovering deeper insights, fostering lasting change and personal growth.
Tucked neatly along the bank of the McKenzie River rests a row of historic cottages and suites with their own unique charm and personalities. The McKenzie River Cottages are perched over the river with brisk water flowing from Clear Lake. Each unit is connected to the wrap around patio overlooking the running river where we will do our breathwork, meditation, yoga and relaxation.
With a small group of just 10 participants, our retreat fosters deep, meaningful connections, creating an atmosphere where personalized interactions thrive. This intimate setting ensures that every voice is heard, promoting a strong sense of belonging and mutual support. It’s an ideal environment for personal growth, where each participant can fully engage, share, and develop lasting empathy within the group.
Together, Nick, Paulina, Aundi and Amanda bring a deeply integrative, heart-centered approach to healing and self-discovery. Blending breathwork, Internal Family Systems, yoga, mindfulness, somatic practices, and intentional community, their facilitation supports nervous-system regulation, emotional healing, and embodied self-leadership. Each facilitator contributes a unique lens shaped by years of clinical training, lived experience, and retreat leadership, creating a grounded and compassionate container where participants feel safe to explore, release, and reconnect with their authentic selves. United by a shared commitment to trauma-informed care, presence, and meaningful transformation, they guide experiences that invite clarity, resilience, and lasting inner change.
Each morning, you’ll enjoy a continental-style light breakfast at home, creating a warm and communal start to the day. For lunch and dinner, you’ll savor delightful meals catered by local eateries in the area. We are happy to accommodate dietary restrictions to ensure everyone’s needs are met. Throughout the retreat, you’ll also have access to coffee and tea, and snacks to keep you refreshed.
This retreat offers a harmonious blend of deep inner work and restful restoration. It’s a dedicated time for you to step away from your busy life and focus solely on yourself. Experience rejuvenating activities such as guided nature hikes, invigorating cold plunges, and moments of relaxation by the river. You’ll have opportunities to unwind with breathwork sessions and reflective group circles, ensuring a well-rounded experience that supports both personal growth and relaxation. Digital Detox Option: While not mandatory, we strongly encourage our guests to disconnect from electronics as much as possible. If you’re able to commit to a full digital detox, this retreat offers the perfect opportunity to embrace it fully.
Conscious Connected Breathwork will be a cornerstone of our retreat. This technique provides a safe and effective way to connect with your inner body wisdom, helping to activate and enhance the healing process. By soothing the rational mind and allowing emotions to emerge, this practice encourages deep emotional release and transformation. The breathwork process shifts your physiological state, enabling exploration of altered states of consciousness.
Combining IFS therapy with breathwork creates a powerful synergy for self-exploration and trauma recovery. Breathwork enables individuals to connect more deeply with their inner parts, facilitating access to Self-energy and releasing emotional burdens. Meanwhile, IFS therapy addresses and dissolves internal barriers and protective mechanisms, allowing individuals to surrender fully and tune into their inner guidance and bodily wisdom.
This 6-day retreat offers a transformative inner journey, blending the powerful practice of Conscious Connected Breathwork with the profound depth of IFS techniques.
You’ll have the opportunity to create space for your inner experiences and address them with trusted guidance. It will feel like coming home to yourself—a spacious and welcoming environment for all aspects that need attention.
The guided group work will help you embody a more compassionate presence in your therapeutic practice, equipping you with advanced tools to elevate your work to the next level.
Having held hundreds of breathwork sessions, we are now thrilled to expand this into a deeper, more enriching experience and time together.
All of this, and much more, will be part of our 6-day IFS & Breathwork Retreat along the McKenzie River in Oregon. Together, we will co-create a sacred space for exploring Conscious Connected Breathwork and IFS, gaining deep insights, building a vibrant community, and fostering lasting friendships
This retreat is mainly for:
Nick Terry TNT is a breathwork and retreat facilitator with over a decade of experience in wellness and recovery. He specializes in conscious connected breathwork to support emotional release, nervous-system regulation, and reconnection to self-trust and purpose.
He is the co-founder of Breath of Life Wellness, co-owner of Honu House Hawaii, and best-selling author of Breath of Life: Finding Long-Term Recovery with Breathwork and Stepwork. Nick’s facilitation blends breathwork, cold immersion, mindfulness, and community to create trauma-informed, heart-centered spaces where people can release, reconnect, and remember who they are.
Amanda Dykann is a yoga teacher, retreat leader, and spiritual coach with nearly 20 years of experience. For over 15 years, she has guided luxury yoga retreats around the world, blending movement, mindfulness, and holistic healing in breathtaking locations. Trained in Bikram, Vinyasa, and Yin yoga, and holding a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, Amanda creates deeply transformative experiences rooted in both yoga and spiritual growth.
Paulina and Aundi, PAUNDI, are honored to share the insight and lived experience they have gained through their education and advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS). Both are currently pursuing their doctorate degrees in psychology and are Level 3 IFS trained. Becoming IFS trained in the same year marked a meaningful alignment and the beginning of a shared path in this work. What began as parallel journeys naturally evolved into a shared mission to bring IFS into the world in a way that feels accessible, embodied, relatable, and fun.
To book your spot on this retreat, please contact Nick and Paulina at tntohana808@gmail.com
or text/call us directly at 808-339-4435
To secure your spot:
We accept all card payments, Zelle, Venmo, and PayPal.
Full payment is required to secure your place.
The weather in McKenzie Bridge can be a bit unpredictable. It can be in the high 70s or the low 40s. We should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Some people think late September is the best time for year up the McKenzie.
Here is what you should bring:
After the incredible success of our first retreat, we knew we had to return to this magical space. This is more than a getaway…it’s a sacred pause. A moment to breathe, reflect, and heal in the embrace of nature. Each day will include conscious connected breathwork, guided meditations, soul-nourishing hikes, and invigorating cold plunges in crystal-clear rivers, mountain lakes, and natural hot springs.
We’ll also be introducing you to Internal Family Systems (IFS): a transformative therapeutic approach that helps you gently explore and understand the inner parts of yourself. When combined with the power of breathwork and the grounding energy of the land, deep healing becomes possible.
Over the last three years, we’ve had the honor of privately coaching individuals through our TNT Coaching Program —a powerful integration of daily breathwork, IFS, and life coaching. We’ve witnessed remarkable transformations. Now, for the first time, we’re offering this private coaching container within a retreat setting.
This retreat is your opportunity to experience the magic of what we’ve been offering one on one… and now supported by the collective energy of a group and the healing forces of nature.
Here’s what makes this work so powerful:
Conscious connected breathwork opens a doorway. It allows the protective parts of our internal system to rise – parts carrying shame, grief, anxiety, depression, or memories we’ve buried deep. These parts often show up as tension, resistance, numbness, or heaviness in the body. With gentle guidance, we create space to meet these parts with compassion and curiosity, not fear. As we begin to witness and understand them, we realize: We are not our pain. We are the ones who hold it with love.
From that place, IFS and breathwork work in harmony, awakening the wise, calm, and compassionate Self that lives within each of us. And from that grounded center, we can soften, release, transform, and alchemize what no longer serves us.
We can’t wait to share this sacred journey with you <3
