RELAX. CONNECT. RESTORE.

Rejuvenating classes and retreats in a healing haven.

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A Wellness Center in Rutland, Ohio

The Equinox Sanctuary is a haven for renewal — a unique outdoor wellness center nestled within a beautiful, protected forest and thriving herb farm on 220 serene acres. Here, you’re invited to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with yourself, your community, and the living world that surrounds you.

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Our Offerings

Throughout the year we offer a variety of classes, retreats and experiences. Our offerings flow with the natural rhythm of the seasons. If you are interested in any of the offerings that are not currently scheduled, please contact us to explore your options.

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Gentle and Restorative Yoga

Nurturing and mindful yoga that weaves gentle movement and strengthening postures with breath awareness. Each class includes restorative poses fully supported by props, allowing the body to rest deeply and surrender into healing nourishment.

Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra or yogic sleep is one of the most restorative and transformative practices. The state of consciousness experienced offers deep healing for the body, mind, and spirit, guiding us home to our essential essence.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness is the practice of remembering to recognize the present-moment experience with a kind, curious, and non-judgmental awareness. Learn the foundations of mindfulness meditation or deepen your existing practice in a safe and supportive space. Together, we cultivate mindfulness through guided meditations, talks, and group sharing.

The Brahma Viharas: Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy & Equanimity

Heart practices for well-being—the four radiant heart qualities of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are profound medicine for both heart and mind. Cultivating these qualities transforms how we relate to ourselves, to one another, and to the world around us. Lonnie offers classes that explore one or all of the Brahma Viharas.

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Flower Essences

Vibrational medicine for emotional, spiritual, and energetic well-being.

Lonnie has collected dozens of flower essences over the years and tends an apothecary of hundreds of essences, including her own Equinox Botanicals Flower Essence line. She offers flower essence meditations and one-on-one sessions for deeper healing, creating custom blends for clients to journey with, as well as hands-on or distance energy work with the essences.

Plant Walks

Immerse yourself in the beauty, natural history, botany, and medicinal uses of plants. Join Lonnie in the fields and forest of Equinox Sanctuary for a sensory exploration of native and medicinal plants. She’ll often bring botanical extracts, flower essences, and dried herbs on the walks to also experience and meditate with the medicine and spirit of the plant.

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Herbal Tea Circles

Sip freshly and ethically harvested herbal infusions from Equinox Farm & Botanical Sanctuary. Each circle features 4–8 teas served blind (unless needed otherwise), inviting you to connect with the plants through direct sensory experience and intuitive listening.

We share our reflections in circle, learning from each other and from the plants themselves. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of each herb’s medicine and how to integrate them into your daily life.

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    Current Classes

    Experience a deep rejuvenation through nature, yoga, meditation, herbs, and community connection.

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    The Sanctuary

    Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Equinox Botanical Sanctuary is a haven of biodiversity and natural beauty.

    Immerse Yourself
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    Herbal Medicine and Equinox Botanicals

    Equinox Botanical Sanctuary is also home to Equinox Botanicals, an herbal products business and working herb farm.

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Flow through yoga on our open-air deck beside the forest, where birdsong and gentle breezes guide your practice. Discover the Golden Healing Pond and the Cave of the Fallen Cow, sacred spaces that hold the land’s gentle medicine and quiet wisdom.

Wander the trails that weave through our biodiverse hollows, alive with forest streams, towering trees, and flourishing medicinal herbs. Whether you come to rest, learn, or grow, The Equinox Sanctuary invites you to be part of a living, breathing ecosystem — where wellness, nature, and community thrive together.

Practices, energy work, and rituals that restore and nourish

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BREATHE

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A space to slow down, rest, heal, and reattune with nature and seasonal rhythms.

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