OUR STORY
The Coast Ridge was created from a simple belief: when we spend time in nature, move with consistency, and are deeply nourished, the body and mind remember how to reset. Set above the Pacific in Stinson Beach, California, the land itself is part of the experience. The culinary garden and micro-farm offer a daily reminder that care of self and care of the land are deeply connected. From this intention, The Coast Ridge brings together guided hiking, restorative practices, and plant-forward meals made with local organic ingredients in a small-group experience designed to build strength, restore energy, and create clarity. For many guests, time here becomes more than a retreat — it becomes a felt understanding of what truly supports lasting change.
Yarrow Schley
Co-FOUNDER
Yarrow has spent much of his life exploring the restorative power of the natural world. Born in California’s Eastern Sierra and shaped by years in Santa Fe, he came early to yoga, contemplative practice, and the steadying rhythm of time outdoors. A decade in Brazil, where he co-founded an NGO focused on ecological sustainability and community resilience, deepened a belief that continues to guide his work today: personal well-being and care for the land are deeply connected.
At The Coast Ridge, Yarrow helps shape the deeper rhythm of the experience — one rooted in movement, presence, and time in wild places. His approach is steady and grounded, inviting guests to reconnect with their own strength, settle mental noise, and return to a more natural way of being.
Angela
Co-FOUNDER
Angela brings warmth, discernment, and a deep love of place to The Coast Ridge. A Bay Area local and lifelong outdoorswoman, she has spent years exploring the coastal trails of California as well as landscapes farther afield, from Spain and Peru to the Swiss and Italian Alps. Her connection to movement in nature is matched by an equally deep connection to food, hospitality, and the kind of care guests can feel in every detail.
She shapes much of the nourishing heartbeat of the retreat through meals that are plant-forward, seasonal, and thoughtfully prepared from high-quality local organic ingredients. Inspired by the culinary garden, nearby farms, and the beauty of simple food made well, Angela’s approach is not about restriction — it is about creating meals that feel vibrant, generous, and deeply supportive of steady energy, recovery, and clarity.
Her care is also woven through the atmosphere of each stay. From the table to the guest experience as a whole, Angela helps create the sense of warmth, ease, and intention that allows people to settle in, feel held, and reconnect with themselves in a meaningful way.
TOGETHER
Together, Yarrow and Angela have created The Coast Ridge as a place where movement in nature, thoughtful nourishment, and genuine care come together in a way that helps guests feel clearer, stronger, and more connected to what sustains them. What they have built is both refined and deeply human — deeply restorative experienc shaped by the rhythm of the land, the power of daily movement, and the simple return to what supports lasting well-being.
