Winter Wellness
Winter invites you to slow down and make time for you. Unshakable Determination is a winter online retreat informed by Chinese medicine, a sacred space to care for yourself.
Rest, replenish, and align with your purpose in the new year
Unshakable Determination is a winter retreat—a sacred space to care for yourself. Here you set aside the modern noise of texts, emails, and scrolling to be with your body and your breath, to listen to what inspires you and where you want to put your attention in the new year.
The retreat is grounded in Chinese medicine and in this tradition the kidneys belong to winter. Winter is like the bottom of the ocean—dark, silent, and still. There the octopus lives: steady and adaptive, a deep reserve of will and resilience floating inside salty black water.
As a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, I will guide you through self-care rituals along the kidney channel and into your body’s ocean. Each ritual draws you closer to your inner life and imagination. You’ll rest, restore, and gather energy, and find that you, like the octopus, are resilient and unwavering.
What’s Included
All 5 ritual cards in the Unshakable Determination set
The Winter Set
A moxa warming stick, Chinese herbs and tea blend, and vetiver essential oil
Ritual Kit
Guidance through videos and audio for each ritual
Online Guidance
Meet with Paige on Zoom each Sunday for this guidance and reflection on this week’s rituals
4 Live Sessions
“This ritual series offered me a space and time to slow down and tend to my whole self, and I have felt healthier and more grounded in my mind and body than I have felt in a long time”
Laura P. Unshakable Determination participant
“After a season of deep personal grief, the summer series was a powerful callback to life. Paige’s skilled, layered, and empathetic approach created a beautiful, safe space to re-emerge, even in a virtual format.”
Karen Campbell
Spirit Luminosity participant
“Paige’s summer retreat was a salve for the soul. She weaves her Chinese medicine wisdom and physical body care into a tapestry of practical rituals to take into the week.”
Mary Beth Anthony
Spirit Luminosity participant
Your Four-Week Journey
Over four weeks, we travel the kidney channel from the water well of your body to the ocean, from the unknown into the depths of your inner life, where your steady power gathers.
Live rituals meet on Zoom, Sundays from 1:00 to 2:30pm PT
Live ritual · January 31
Gushing Spring
We begin at the bottom of the foot, the water well of your body—a place that nourishes and cannot be exhausted. This week you rest and refill.
Live ritual · February 7
Great Mountain Stream
At the stream there is a spark, and the current picks up momentum. Here source qì enters the kidney channel, transforming the flow into a rapid, life-giving river. This week you connect to your flow of energy and find the spark of what you want to cultivate this winter.
Live ritual · February 14
Yin Valley
Like an estuary, at your knee’s crease, the river meets the ocean. We’ll explore feeling our bodies as the ocean’s depths and light. This week you feel your power gather, and with it the power to manifest your light.
Live ritual · February 21
Integration
We bring together all that we’ve learned into one flow: one body of water, one body of light, one body of winter. You leave feeling whole and ready, anchored in your power, with direction for what you want to grow in spring.
Questions
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Each ritual takes 10 to 15 minutes. Plan on three to five rituals a week, on your own time.
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A moxa warming stick, Chinese herbs (individual herbs and a full tea blend), vetiver essential oil, and a five-card deck of Unshakable Determination ritual cards. The kit is valued at $80 and is included in your registration.
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Registration closes January 14. Kits ship January 15 and arrive no later than January 22, in time for the first live ritual on January 31. Kits ship within the US only. If you live outside the US, email peonymedicine@gmail.com.
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A basin to soak your feet in, a journal and pen, and a candle.
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The rituals are gentle, and the herbs are used mainly as a foot soak. If you are pregnant, nursing, or taking prescription medication, check with your healthcare provider before drinking the tea blend, and email peonymedicine@gmail.com before registering.
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All four live rituals are recorded and posted in the course on Podia.
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You have access to the retreat for one year.
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Full refund before you receive your kit. After your kit arrives, a refund minus $80 for the kit. No refunds once the retreat begins on January 31.
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Log in to your retreat here.
