What It Is:Brooke Burke’s Body Transformation Retreat, a three-day getaway for women to focus on their physical, mental and emotional health
Level of Difficulty:3/10
WhenBrooke Burkeextended an invite for me to attend her upcoming “body transformation retreat” at theMonarch Beach Resort in Dana Pointearlier this month, I signed up with zero hesitation. I mean,have youseenher? Brooke is the queen of the booty burn (she teaches a class in Malibu, but fans can work out with her on herfitness app Brooke Burke Body), and I’m all for trying anything that will get my abs looking even the tiniest bit more like hers.
Before heading down to the resort, I wasn’t sure what to expect. How much time would we be spending with Brooke? What were the other women going to be like? Would I survive the workouts? About a two-hour drive later, my colleague and I checked into our stunning room (hello, ocean view!) and slightly apprehensively made our way downstairs to meet the rest of the women, who were all so welcoming right off the bat.
Brooke Burke.Kristen Brady
After settling into an intimate circle with Brooke out on the patio of the hotel, she asked us all to introduce ourselves and talk a bit about what we hoped to gain from the weekend. There were tears — and tons of laughter — as everyone told bits and pieces of the stories that led them to this retreat, and I could tell within 10 minutes that this weekend was going to be so much more than just about Brooke whipping our butts into shape.
Brooke Burke body transformation retreat.Kristen Brady
After a hearty lunch, we headed into a “living vision book workshop” withHeather Hayward, an immersive experience leader who teaches atUnplug Meditationin L.A. During the nearly four-hour session, we were encouraged to dig deep and really think about what we wanted to manifest and accomplish in the next 90 days. It was a very emotional experience for most of the women, who rarely are able to focus entirely on themselves for even a brief period of time because of their responsibilities as wives, mothers, friends or employees. As she was the entire weekend, Brooke was fully immersed in the experience and even went on to tweak the planned itinerary after seeing how affected the group was following the session. Instead of a sunset stretch and recovery, Brooke led a relaxing meditation in the room and encouraged everyone to process all the thoughts and emotions that had come up over the last few hours.
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