THE RETREAT AUSTIN 2019
THE RETREAT AUSTIN TOOK OVER SOUTH CONGRESS HOTEL FOR SXSW WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS:
BETHANY C. MEYERS, LO BOSWORTH, RON BOSS EVERLINE, OUTDOOR VOICES + MORE!

Prominent fitness experts, wellness leaders, and industry shifters hosted classes, workshops and sat on riveting panels discussing topics like the founding of woman-for-woman, wellness company, Love Wellness, culinary delivery serviceSplendid Spoon, the use of natural medicine through medical marijuana with Surterra Wellnessand the be.come project, by Bethany C. Meyers.

The Retreat by FUNKSHION’s goal was to create awareness about relevant topics related to the ever-growing world of wellness. The morning of Sunday the 10th started with a VIP Editor & Influencer Breakfast with Lo Bosworth for her brand, Love Wellness, a curated, personal care, online shop for women, ranging in products from PMS care to vitamins.

The Retreat will continue to host its annual May event in the Miami Design District and is planning to host its first-ever New York edition in mid-September.

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The Retreat X Bethany C. Meyers

Bethany C. Meyers, who’s movement class, the be.come project, channeled strength, positivity and mental will, incorporating a vigorous yoga-like routine with the power of pilates and the movement of dance. In the music-driven routines, strength-training movements were reinvented using the body as the primary piece of equipment. Local Austinities and SX-goers lined up to take part in Bethany’s class, whose online platform has garnered great notoriety, as a leader in the LGBTQ space.

The Retreat X C4 Athlete, Ron "Boss" Everline

Alumni of the The Retreat, Ron “Boss” Everline together with best selling, pre-workout brand,C4, hosted an exclusive mental training workshop. “My business is called Just-Train, because that’s my motto: just train your mind and your body will follow.” Attendees worked with boss on achieving goals of all sorts from running a hundred-mile-trail-race to finding more time in the day to focus on personal wellness.

The Retreat X Lo Bosworth for Love Wellness

The morning of Sunday, March 10th, started with breakfast with Lo Bosworth for her brand, Love Wellness, a curated, personal care, online shop for women, ranging in products from PMS care to vitamins. On the panel, the Business of Wellness, Lo dove deep to discuss stigmas of the women’s wellness industry, trials & tribulations and building a community through digital and face-to-face interaction with consumers across the U.S.

The Retreat X Outdoor Voices + Wanderlust

The Retreat Austin kicked the right foot forward, or some would say, in warrior I position; Outdoor Voices teamed up with Wanderlust for a yoga class led by Neuroscientist and mindfulness expert, Nkechi Njaka to begin the 50-minute session with a guided-meditation before Wanderlust instructor, Amelia Raun, took The Retreat attendees through unique yoga poses this past Sunday at SXSW.