UPCOMING RETREATS
Unplug and Recharge - A Tech-Free Weekend Yoga Retreat
Nov 21 - Nov 24, 2019
Give yourself the gift of “you time”, to relax and reconnect going into the holiday season. Join international yoga teacher, shamanic energy practitioner, and integrative life coach Marni Pogachefsky at the Menla retreat center in the Catskills for an intimate tech-free weekend yoga retreat, away from the city and into nature! This long weekend retreat […]
Om Tara Yoga Retreat
Nov 22 - Nov 24, 2019
Jacqui is honored and excited to be leading Om Tara Yoga Studio’s 3rd annual retreat. To retreat means to withdraw. I invite you to withdraw from your routine and possibly stressful lives, immerse yourself in nature while practicing yoga, pranayama and meditation. Embrace the deeper study of yoga through philosophy discussions and take home with […]
Whirl in the Quantum Field of Oneness
Dec 13 - Dec 18, 2019
Listen! and allow this listening to lead you into movement and a dance that opens your heart and kindles your creative fire. Sama, the Sufi Dance of Oneness, is a central devotional practice of Sufism, the path of Love. If you long to meditate with movement and feel drawn to truly ground your spirituality in your ...
Here Comes the Sun: New Year's Dharma, Yoga & Devotional Chanting Retreat
Dec 27 - Jan 01, 2020
On this retreat we will invoke Krishna-Radha, Sita-Ram, Lokeshvara, Tara, and Hanuman, celebrating their tireless divine efforts to save the world from needless suffering with chanting, learning, meditating, and energizing and healing the body. This retreat combines Krishna Das’ bhakti and universal love teachings—descended from his guru, Maharaj Neem Karoli Baba—with Bob's teachings on mindful […]
Aquarian Medicine Wheel-South Direction
Jan 09 - Jan 12, 2020
YOU are your greatest healer! Your body is your greatest pharmacy! You have all the tools of self-mastery within… Release. Transcend. Create. Transform. Discover how to unlock these hidden treasures with the Aquarian Medicine Wheel! You will learn and experience ancient wisdom and healing tools of higher consciousness and awareness interwoven with the most up to […]
Psychedelic Integration in Psychotherapy: A Retreat for Clinicians
Jan 17 - Jan 20, 2020
Join Dr. Elizabeth Nielson and Dr. Ingmar Gorman at Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York for "Psychedelic Integration in Psychotherapy: A Retreat for Clinicians", an all-levels MLK Day weekend retreat.
Buddha & the Yogis: The Wheel of Time at the River of Stars
Jan 22 - Jan 29, 2020
This year’s Buddha & Yogis retreat in Molokai, Hawaii will intimately explore the super-subtle sciences of Vajrayana found in Mahayana Buddhist Tantras & the Yogic Tantras of Saivism and Vaishnavism. We will explore these subtle mind yogas intellectually and experientially with daily practices of yoga asana, pranayama, mantra & meditation within the tantric mandala, and […]
The Fool Within: Self-Discovery Through Clown and Mask
Jan 25 - Feb 01, 2020
This six-day intensive works deep parts of the imagination and the self, to help break down personal, creative and emotional blocks. The workshop combines the pioneering clown work of Richard Pochinko with Drama Therapy techniques to turn creative play into a tool for self-discovery and growth. The course is emotionally rigorous and quite physical, but […]
The Art & Science of Yoga
Feb 14 - Feb 17, 2020
“Yoga is both an Art and Science” -BKS Iyengar “Both Buddhism and science prefer to account for the evolution and emergence of the cosmos and life in terms of the complex interrelations of the natural laws of cause and effect. From the methodological perspective, both traditions emphasize the role of empiricism. For example, in the […]
Yoga for Social Activism: How to be Warrior for Change Through Service, Self-Study, and Community
Feb 28 - Mar 01, 2020
As the yoga and globalization continue to expand, how do we shift our practice into one of service, activism, and global change? By taking a deeper look into how to use the tool of yoga or “union” into a holistic life-style that encourages tangible compassion, mindful action, and social outreach, we are able to create a world in which we are […]
Embodying Love & Liberation: Taking Refuge in Silence and Stillness
Mar 11 - Mar 15, 2020
As changemakers (artists, activists, educators, healers, caregivers, parents, or anyone who seeks love & liberation for all beings without exception), we can sometimes neglect our own care in service of the collective. Except we can’t, because all change starts from within. Or, as bell hooks said: If you’re f’ed up and you lead the revolution, […]
Channels of Acupuncture : Exploring the Road Maps of Development and Sustenance
Mar 25 - Mar 29, 2020
During this retreat, we will follow the flow of our lives and our animals through the exploration of the Channels of Acupuncture. These Channels are the road maps for our development and are the sustenance for every individual, both animal and human. We will explore these channels through lectures given by Linda Boggie, DVM, a […]
Subtler Shifts: Steady Awareness in Practice and Life
Mar 27 - Mar 29, 2020
This weekend journey will offer your body and mind a comprehensive reset. From asana to meditation, active movement to nidra, explore what it means to cultivate the subtler shifts within you to welcome a sweet freedom in your daily life. Schedule Friday, March 27th 3 - 8pm Check- in 6 - 7pm Dinner 7:15pm Welcome Program/Practice Saturday, March […]
Mindful Leadership for the 21st Century©
Apr 22 - Apr 26, 2020
As leaders in an organization, we are charged with the responsibility of creating environments in which our colleagues and teams are nurtured and energized, our organizations innovate and flourish and the relationship with our consumers/clients/ patients/customers is built on a foundation of mutual trust and satisfaction. This is quite a complex assignment in a world […]
Heaven Holds Earth Qigong & Mudras: A Practice to Bring Harmony between Yin & Yang
May 15 - May 17, 2020
Qigong has been called the ‘grandparent’ of Tai Chi. It is the essence of the forces of creation, heaven, earth and all life. The microcosmic orbit is a loop of energy within the body on the path of the chakras which allies and balances our yin/yang, fire/water, the night and day of our natural circadian […]
Death and the Art of Dying: A Journey into the Bardos of Life and Beyond
May 29 - Jun 05, 2020
Join Andrew Holecek and guest lecturer Robert Thurman at Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York for "The Art of Dying: A Journey into the Bardos of Life and Beyond", an all-levels week-long retreat.
Kula Yoga
Aug 12 - Aug 16, 2020
Many moons ago we created Camp Kula for the urban dweller who couldn’t manage to carve out a full 90-120 minutes for their daily yoga practice. The concept: set aside the time to go deep with two daily Kula Flow classes and two daily workshops aimed at unearthing the more esoteric parts of the practice. […]
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