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Gratitude Yoga Fall Yoga & Meditation Retreat: Inviting the Qualities of an Awakened Heart
September 18 - September 21, 2026
Gemma Farrell
Please join us for an immersive weekend of yoga, meditation, and renewal. As autumn turns quietly toward stillness, we take time together to soften and listen inwardly as our shared practices guide us to the qualities of an awakened heart: kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity, generosity, gratitude, authenticity, vulnerability, and forgiveness.Our days will open with Mindfulness Meditation, welcoming the morning with steadiness and ease. We will move together through a Midmorning All-Levels Vinyasa Flow to awaken vitality and later settle into an Afternoon Deep Stretching session to create space within. Evenings will close with a relaxing Yoga Nidra or a Sound Bath, inviting deep rest. There will be unhurried time for walking among the trees, journaling, resting, and sharing wholesome plant-based meals in warm community.You are welcome to join us for either a two- or three-night stay, whichever feels most supportive to you. It would be a joy to welcome you into this circle of practice as we step gently into fall together.Schedule:
Friday, Sept 18
3 - 8 pm Check-In
6 -7 pm Dinner
7:30 – 8:45 pm Deep Stretching/Intro & Orientation
Saturday, Sept 19
7:30 - 8 am Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm All Levels Vinyasa Flow Yoga/ Loving Kindness Practices
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 pm Free Time for walking, journaling, reading, spa services, rest
4 - 5:30 pm Deep Stretching/Compassion Practices
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 8:45 pm Live Music with Ross
Sunday, Sept 20
7:30 - 8 am Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm Vinyasa Yoga/ Appreciative Joy Practices
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 pm Free Time for walking, journaling, reading, spa services, rest
4 - 5:30 pm Deep Stretching/Equanimity Practices
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 8:45 pm Yoga Nidra/Guided Relaxation
Monday, Sept 21
7:30 - 8 am Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 - 11:30 am Vinyasa/ Integrating the Qualities of an Awakened Heart
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Free Time/Departures
ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Gemma Farrell
Gemma Farrell has studied various styles of yoga, including Iyengar, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Sivananda, Jivamukti, Yin, Insight, and Integral Yoga. Her current approach to teaching fuses the precise alignment principles of Iyengar yoga with the freedom and creativity of a Vinyasa Flo...
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