About Women's Weekend Away! Women's Weekend Away! is carefully designed to be many things for many people. It provides a sacred space where the work of transformation and celebration of life can take place. It is an opportunity to remain outside of daily life. It is a place where you will meet many new friends, connect with what you love, and undoubtedly feel joy and inspiration. It is an experience that will touch all of your senses, awaken both the gutsy and graceful parts of you, as well as the playful and serious. Women’s Weekend Away! is a personal adventure of life, love, and laughter you will not soon forget! It is a wonderful way to bring friends together who live harried lives, mothers and daughters together who seek to deepen their connection, or for any one of us to meet like minded soul sisters and to make life more of what we dream. View schedule of events. Whatever your fancy, Women’s Weekend Away! is, without a doubt, a life changing experience that will lighten your heart and fill you with hope for your tomorrows…. The Food At Women’s Weekend Away! we are dedicated to the details. All of our meals are made from scratch with great love and natural ingredients. Our ingredient comes primarily from New Seasons Market, and we are committed to local and organic sources when possible. We believe that the quality of what we put into our bodies in food, thought, and experience will create an equal and parallel quality of energy we are able to return to the world through our relationships and our life’s work. The Accommodations Cedar Ridge Retreat Center is a simple and pristine facility. In the main house, we have a full kitchen, well stocked with coffee, water, tea, and light snacks. We have a great room with a soulful library of books, and a wood stove for warming our insides during the winter months. Throughout the main house and lodge, we offer shared accommodations with very comfortable single and bunk beds, nice linens, and shared full bathrooms. Map/Directions Click here to download directions to Cedar Ridge. You can also get directions and map it from your destination on Map Quest. Click here for a map.

The Experience We are rich with wildlife, spectacular sunsets, exceptional food and wine, a caring staff who take you in wholeheartedly, all inclusive amenities, and anything that you could possibly need to feel comfortable, at home, and rejuvenated after your stay. Indeed, we are not the Hilton. We are a very unique retreat center and will provide you with a personal experience that is designed around creating community and rejuvenation. We have no doubt you will enjoy your stay and appreciate the simplicities of life in doing so. About Britt Britt brings her passion for life and “keepin’ it real” to her work as a teacher, speaker, and facilitator. For more than a decade, "Britt has been leading women's wellness experiences through her wellness retreats and workshops, classes, and one-on-one sessions, where she has touched the lives of thousands of individuals. Her message has been received by businesses, colleges, hospitals, insurance companies, resorts, health clubs, and spas." She has her Master’s degree in Public Health, and her Bachelors in Exercise Science/Wellness. She has authored two books, and is a student of keeping life in balance and finding love in all corners of the world…"even in the scary and not so pretty ones!" As a national speaker and author, Britt invites women to seek what lives inside of them and bring it forward as the guiding force in day-to-day living. Britt has been called “sassy,” “gutsy,” “simple,” “fiery,” and “passionate.” Whatever you experience in Britt, you will undoubtedly walk away thinking, “I’ll have what she is having!” Britt lives in Portland, Oregon, with husband and love of her life, Larry, on a floating home, where they are regularly reminded of their place in the web of life … as they see new born goslings, great blue herons, bald eagles, loons catching fish, and during springtime, even the occasional sea lion swimming by the living room in search of lunch. Britt is a dancer of life, a playful explorer, and a wise teacher guided by compassion, kindness, guts, and humor. While in her presence, don't be surprised if you find yourself crying and laughing (sometimes even simultaneously)! She will undoubtedly shine a light on your soul that will illuminate your beauty, your graceful truth, and your power. Come experience Britt at Women's Weekend Away! It's a trip worth taking!