weekend in my life in sedona, arizona: retreat with my mom

If you're new, my name is Danielle, coming to you live from Sedona, Arizona. My mom and I are here for the weekend. It's a little birthday gift for her. We're doing a women's retreat. So excited. Don't really know what to expect. So we're here for four nights. It's Wednesday today. We're leaving Sunday night. I'm so excited to take you guys along. Probably won't be taking you guys to the actual retreat, but more so just like things we're doing in Arizona because we do a free time. It's not the type of retreat where we're all staying at the same hotel and we wake up and eat all together all the time. It's more so from like nine to four every day and we eat lunch with everybody, but we can do breakfast on our own, I think, and then dinner on our own. So we have like dinner reservations for us gals. So yeah, I'm here with my mom. She's changing right now. We're about to go to dinner. We're going to a place called Molay. Very excited. There's some great Southwestern food here and I'm excited to eat it up. Left this morning from New York. My mom left from Tampa. We met at the airport. We got a rental car and she surprised me and she got a Range Rover, which was really exciting. That was a surprise. And she actually has this app called Turo, which she found all on her own. I think it's so cool. It's like you rent people's cars instead of like doing a rental car. It's like Uber, but for, I don't really know, but it was really cool. And the car was so nice and a lot cheaper, she said, than, you know, normal rental cars. So that was exciting. And then we drove here. The drive was so beautiful from Phoenix to Sedona. So yeah, I'm excited to take you guys along. We're staying at the Enchantment Resort. It is absolutely stunning. I posted like a little photo of our balcony and so many of you guys were like, oh my God, is that Enchantment? Like I love that place. So we're about to go to dinner. I'll show you guys my outfit. But yeah, welcome to a little week in my life, weekend in my life. I don't know. We're here a good bit. Here is the outfit for tonight. I'm wearing this dress from Revolve. I think it's Song of Style or Camila Colo collection. I'll link everything that I wear this week down below. But I love it. It looks like it's like a shirt and a skirt, but it's like a full on little two-tone dress. It's a little chilly here at night, so that's why I brought a lot of like long sleeve dresses you'll see throughout the vlog. Bag is from Primark. I love this. As soon as I got it, I was like, this is going to be an everyday bag. It's so perfect. And then these shoes. I bought for Cabo and I never wore them. They're so cute. They're from the brand Alohas. I got them off of Revolve though. Really short heels, super comfy. Love a pointed toe, super flattering. So yeah, that is the little fit, just everyday little glowy makeup situation, straight hair. Yay. Guys, we just got back. It's so cold because we're in the desert, so it's like warm in the day, but at night it like drops. So we were walking back from dinner, I was like, like from the car to the, to our room, but I literally just brought a t-shirt to sleep in and I think I'm literally sleeping in this wearing the slippers. So since we're actually going to be here for, you know, four nights, I feel like I could actually unpack. So I actually, I keep saying I actually hung up my clothes. I don't usually do that, but I've been trying to do it more, especially if I have like dresses and stuff. So that's my mom's side. This is my side. I've got this little Cynthia Raleigh dress. I got the sample sale. This dress from Revolve, this Skims dress, it's the one my mom got for me Christmas. I love it. This jumpsuit, so cute. This dress. And then obviously I wore this one and then this is my one jacket that I brought that I will be bringing with me from now on at night. So these are all my little dinner fits or I don't really know, but over here I've got a whole little vanity situation going. My toothbrush, toothpaste, some moisturizer, Ella Lou's beauty oil. I just put some self tan serum on my face. So hopefully when I wake up in the morning, my face is nice and glowy. Tatcha face wash, Aqua for lip balm, just a whole little situation. I love it. I have this little thing over here too. Got my deodorant, hair stuff. And then I brought under eye patches, of course. My mom said she brought hers too. But yeah, we both just did our little skincare routine for the night. I'm going to read a couple pages of Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and then go to bed. And tomorrow's the first day of the retreat, but it doesn't start until like three o'clock. So we're going to go check out this local juicery that's literally called The Local Juicery and then potentially go on a hike and explore. So yeah, good night guys. We'll see you in the morning. Good night. Good morning. Wiper, bicycle. Morning. I immediately put my robe and slippers on. Mom's taking her supplements and she's got her eye patches on. I wake up, you guys, she is sitting here doing cat-cow yoga poses in the dark. Nothing has changed. Right here. Just right here. Look how... Yes, it's beautiful outside. I hear it's chilly out here, but I'm strapped up in my robe. Ooh. Yeah, it is chilly. Oh, it's so pretty. Oh my gosh. Hello, sun. I slept so well. It's 7 a.m., but it kind of feels like 10 a.m. So we love that. Yeah? It's a little damp. I mean, here we are. I cannot take myself seriously right now, you guys. We got the full hiking fit. This is a bodysuit actually from Spanx. I love it. Big Spanx girl these days. And then these biker shorts are from Spanx. I like the cut of them. They don't, like, chop your thighs in half, which I really, really like. It's flattering. And then I'm wearing my Merrells. They're so comfy. My mom got some Merrells, too. Merrells. Merrell gals. Hot Girl Walks. But I'm just, like, dying at, like, my high socks and everything. It's a little chilly right now, so we're gonna head to breakfast. I'm gonna pop on my Gals on the Go hoodie, of course, and we're gonna figure out what we're doing today. Okay, just kidding. I'm wearing this from Revolve. I really, really like it. The Gals on the Go hoodie, like, made me look like I wasn't wearing pants. So a little hiker fit. My mom's dying laughing because I don't look like myself. Hiker Danielle! I was like, give me my sunglasses. Give me my Saint Laurents. I literally look like a Patagonia something. I don't even know. You look horrible! I don't know why. It's just funny to me. Walking to breakfast. This is a movie. Oh, wait. I brought my water bottle. I'm literally Meredith Blake right now. Can you hand me my avion? Alright, we just stopped by the Concierge. They gave us a little trail hike situation. We're in an energy vortex in Sedona here, especially at this resort we're at. So it can either, like, I think mainly, yeah, it does boost your mood by like a thousand. It like really elevates your mood. Good energy. Like, the concierge was telling us everyone reacts so differently. Like, we slept like a rock last time, last night, but some people can't sleep. There's just like so many nerve endings and everything, so we're loving it. I'm chugging a liquid IV before we go on our hike because it's very arid here. I learned that word. Very dry here. So it's important to hydrate up because I tend to get headaches if I don't hydrate. So here we are. Amazing news and thank you to all of you who DMed me. Liquid IV just came back out with the Concord Grape flavor and I'm so happy about it and it's here to stay. I literally bought two bags and then they were like, it's gone and it's never coming back, but it came back. So I'm drinking this all I want now. All right, the gals are headed on a hike. She's got her DC backpack, TVT. She like popped in the airport with it. I did two different backpack launches. The first one was gray. The second one was black. She still uses it. Mine is like done. We have a ton of like samples. Like this one, I, well, this one was, it was like rose gold, but I wanted gold. So she's using like the rose gold one. It was like a prototype. Um, all right. Starting the hike. Woo. All right. I'm done. I can't. I'm joking. I like a good hike. And this isn't really a hike. It's um, a trail. So they said eventually, eventually elevate to like a hundred feet more, so that's not bad. We both got our Merrells on. Feels good. We're in the energy vortex. I mean, just look at that. I know. Look at that. Also, if you guys are Disney World fans, there's a mountain here called Big Thunder Mountain. And I couldn't believe it that it was, I was like, oh my God, it looks like Thunder Mountain. My mom's like, yeah, that's, that's that big one. So crazy. All right, here we go. Entering the trail. She's got her map. I literally love it. It's so good. So good. It's easier this way. An hour later, we made it. We're here, baby. Oh my gosh, you guys, we just got back. That was about like two and a half hours, but we did it. Almost gave up at points, but my mom was like, let's go, let's go. We got to the top. It was beautiful. We just changed into our suits. We're about to go to the pool. We don't have much time, but we're going to try and get some lunch by the pool and maybe hop in. I'm like sweating. Well, I'm not sweating because it's dry here, but you know what I mean. This literally looks like the pool in High School Musical 2. I cannot get over it. Nice. All right, retreat day one. Here is the fit. This is just like a half day, I'm assuming. We're doing, you know, ice breakers, that kind of vibe, but I'm just wearing a set from Princess Polly. I'm going to button in, I think, two sandals, did my makeup because we're going straight to dinner. Wow, my hair is actually a mess. We're going straight to dinner from the day, we're going to an Italian restaurant. So I packed my dress in there, brought a journal, water, an eye mask like she asked. So got everything here. I will talk to you guys after. Morning, guys. I'm out on the balcony right now. It's 7 in the morning and I just took a shower, eye patches on. The thing starts at 8 today, retreat day two starts at 8, or 8.30. Breakfast starts at 8, but I was scared that it was just going to be like a little breakfast and this is a long day because it's 6.30, so we ordered room service. I got my eggs. Oh, yesterday was like the first day, it was like a half day. It was honestly amazing. The other women that are on this are so great and I think it's going to be a lot about women empowerment, which I'm really here for, and like filling your own cup before you fill others. I'm a big people pleaser, so I think this journey is going to be really great. She'd basically give us prompts, she'd play like real, I told her she was like a meditation DJ, like really great music based on the mood when we were journaling, we would like dance around the room, we'd massage each other's shoulders, you know, do some meditation, do some breath of fire, and I know today we're doing a little bit of yoga. I don't know what we're doing. She was like, I know some of you really like schedules at me, but I encourage you to just kind of relax and go with the flow and whatever. So yeah, I hate that I can't really update you guys while I'm there, but also like I'm not going to be doing that, but the center that it's at is beautiful, she had this beautiful like all of yoga mats in a circle and we're all facing each other, she had these chairs with like beautiful candles and flowers in the middle, it's so beautifully set up, and the lights are dim, there's actually a disco ball on the ceiling, which I thought was really random because that's like a spiritual center, they host lots of things there, but I'm like how's the disco ball there? But yeah, dinner last night was really nice, we were so tired, so we just like came home and went to bed, but I think tonight we're not gonna, I like think I was really ambitious with all these outfits because we're just so tired by the end of the day. So that's that, today goes from 8.30 to 6.30, I'm gonna get a lunch break, so I'll update you guys later, maybe at lunch, I don't really know the vibes, so I'm gonna change, I have a couple things I need to post before we get on with our day, I need to post gals on the go Friday polls, but yeah that's the update, it's so beautiful, I can't get over this, it literally looks like a 3D background, or like green screen should I say, waiting for our food now. Alright we got the spread, we both have our eyepatches on, I love it, I love it so much, I love it, oh, oh, oh, ta-da, oh yeah I asked for extra crispy this morning, is the toast in this little, wow, starting the day off right, you know, love it, love it, love it, love it. Retreat day 2 fit check, wash my hair, a little white top from Zara, this over top, cause we're doing some yoga today, so I'm wearing these yoga pants from Split 59, same sandals, Revolve, she looks more spiritual and goddess-y, I don't know how to do this, alright see you guys later. Retreat day 2 is done, we look like we're still on it, we are, we got out like an hour early today, so we're going to the pool, hopefully it's pretty warm, it's like 5.45 right now, so pretty, and the hot tub of course, so we just put on our robes and our bathing suits, and we're headed to the pool. Hello, just got back from the pool and hot tub, we actually had time before dinner to like shower, do our hair, makeup feels good, we're headed to one of the restrooms at the hotel, because it looks amazing, it's called Tiamo, there's two, Tiago or something, it's like the southwestern one, I'm really loving all the southwestern food here, but yeah I really want to show you guys my outfit, cause I like it, and just like my bathing suit, I feel like I'm matching Sedona with this color, had to happen. Mom's trying the Dyson Airwrap for the first time, it's looking good, it works so well, it's like you're using a brush and a blow dryer at the same time, all in one baby. Here is my fit for the night, might be slightly overdressed but that's okay, this jumpsuit is from Revolve, I'll link it below, it's got this little tie situation I'm trying to figure out, but it's just so comfortable, it's very Arizona, I feel like it literally looks like the red rocks here in Sedona, and then I'm wearing the same shoes, the Alohas heels, I love them, they're so comfortable, and again I just love the pointed toe, makeup, I just did everyday makeup but I put on a lot of the Ella Lou's beauty oil, because my skin's just extra dry here, I didn't even put on setting powder, I'm just using like cream products and stuff like that, hair, a Dyson Airwrap, came out great, see I need to, if I tie it in a knot it looks weird but, and then I'm just gonna use this bag again because it ties in with the shoes, so, let's go eat some food, good morning, that's so cool, wow, morning routine, and what's up, I went over, or sunny side up today, very excited, got my decaf coffee, it's Saturday morning and they gave us an extra hour to sleep in this morning, even though my mom and I totally didn't sleep in, it's nice to just have a leisurely morning because these days are definitely long and we get very deep, very emotionally dreaming, but also refueling at the same time, it's really cool cause it's like such a diverse group, one, and two there's so many different ages, so like I'm learning from some wiser women, and then like I'm the youngest, so like they're getting my perspective on things, some of it, since it's like a really long day, like some of the stuff we do I can't really connect with, just because for me it's really hard to like, it's really hard to meditate and we're meditating like 3-4 times a day, like different visualizations and such, but it's just like an honor to be there and I'm among so many great women and it's so important to be in these small circles of women and empower each other and learn about each other's struggles and trauma and relate to one another in certain aspects, so that's really cool and it's very special and we do like movement every day, we've been doing kundalini yoga, which is pretty intense, but they're doing it at like a smaller scale for us, it's actually the type of yoga that my mom teaches, if any of you are familiar, it's very, I don't know lots of breath work and also movement of course, and then we did something where we like had these flowers, one represented things that, or no not flowers, sticks, sorry, one stick we went out and picked them in the forest, one stick represented something that was negative in our life that we just want to let go of for once and for all, and then the other was something that we are so happy and proud of, whatever, I forgot the exact wording, but so then we like did a whole thing about it and then we went outside and threw the stick of like the negative stuff in the fire and it really is so crazy how awesome and powerful that felt to like throw it in the fire and be like, ah, you're gone, burn, you know, so that was pretty cool and yeah, there's, it's a lot of, we just like sit in a circle every day, it's a really beautiful circle with like a little chairs and we get lots of breaks for tea and snacks and the food was delicious, I was worried because I'm not vegan and sometimes like, I don't know, vegan food doesn't always fill me up, depending on what it is, not to generalize, but if we had like delicious carrot and ginger soup and like quinoa salad that was delicious and pita, I love pita bread, and lots of watermelon, which you guys know I love, so that's that, we're about to head to the local juicery, we still haven't made it there, sorry, it's so bright, um, and it's literally called the local juicery, so I'm gonna get a ginger shot, some green juice, and we're starting today and we're ending the day with a sunset hike, which I'm so excited about and we're doing like a thing up there too, so yeah, update, we're doing well, it's definitely long days and it's a lot for me, but I knew this was gonna be a challenge, so I'm proud of myself for being here, I'm trying to lean into it as best as possible and it's just so nice to be here with my mom and obviously in Sedona, it's so beautiful, I can't get over it, but yeah, I like didn't pack proper clothing, everyone's dressed so beautiful and like in shawls and like flowy clothes, and I'm literally wearing my gals on the go hoodie, my parallel apparel like tank top, I mean this is like what I wear, and like flare yoga pants, um, so but it's funny, because I mean some of the other like younger girls are wearing kind of similar outfits to me actually, like sweatshirts and joggers and stuff, but then like for example, this is my mom's outfit for today, she looks gorgeous, aww, thank you, this is my do, so yeah, she's like you're in my territory now, so we're gonna head to the juicery, get some juices, some shots, and uh, I'll check in with you guys later, maybe I'll vlog on the sunset hike, if they let us have our phones. One last morning, you look so pretty, it's the goddess in you, I got green juice this morning, I think I got the same thing, oh that's yours, oatmeal, I'm a creature of habit, wrong vacation, okay, eye patches are on, these mornings are literally the same, every day, last morning we're packing, because it ends at 12.45 today, and then from there, we're headed to the airport, and we're off, retreat day 4, it's only a half day today, and then we drive to the airport, my mom's flight is at 6, mine's not till 11pm, so it's okay, I'm an avid traveler, so I have access to 2 different lounges now, my credit card, and then also the delta lounge, so I'll get a lot done, just charge my social battery, I was gonna meet up with my friend Gabriella who lives here, but I would have to like Uber 40 minutes away from the airport, and then go back, it's just like a lot, so I will just sit my booty down and charge my social battery, so goodbye enchantment resort, it's been awesome, you are so great, I love you. Alrighty, we're pulling into Phoenix, we just figured out we're not in the same terminal, so we have been driving for about 2 hours, this is a hat from one of the girls that was at the retreat, she has a company, so I bought her hat, I love it, it's so cool, I feel very cool, but it was such a lovely weekend mom, I'm so glad I got to spend it with you in Arizona, thank you, it was a great weekend, yes, it was definitely a challenge for me at times, and it was out of my comfort zone, we're laying down again, oh my gosh, shavasana again, if you guys know yoga, like you know shavasana, you like lay down after meditation, after like yoga, we do that like 4 times a day during this, and I've never closed my eyes and not fallen asleep, like I've never closed my eyes so much in a day than this weekend, if that makes sense, like because you're not supposed to fall asleep, no, it's just like a quick integration, it's a quick integration, no, it's totally good for you, it's like centering, it's grounding, but it was just so funny, we do like one thing, it's like okay everyone shavasana, and I'm like oh my gosh, I'm just getting started for the day, like a lot of meditation, which is just like challenging for me, but it was good, I'd say I'm a little bit better at meditating now, better at meditating, so yeah overall it was great, I was the youngest one there, I don't know if I said this already, everyone else was a little bit older than me, which was really cool to just like talk to everybody, but yeah, so now we're approaching the airport, and we're out of the retreat bubble now, we're on our phones, I mean we've been on our phones every evening, but she was like take that inner peace with you, don't just like let it leave you once you leave, so we're gonna go return this rental car, and then yeah my mom's flight's at 6, so we're trying to get there, we are getting there for her flight, but then my flight's until 11pm, so I'm gonna be at the airport for like six hours, but I have a lot I want to get done, so I'm just gonna sit there, I forget if I already told you guys this, but yeah so that's that, I'll vlog when we get to the lounge because I'm excited to see what it looks like, but okay we're in the sky lounge still, it's 8 30, I still don't board for another two hours, but I'm getting a lot done right now, so I'm gonna end the vlog here, but I hope you guys enjoyed Sedona, it was absolutely beautiful, I definitely want to come back, and I'll see you guys very soon for my next video, thanks for watching!