Going on retreat is not the same as escaping. Rather than seeking entertainment and distraction to avoid the challenges and difficulties life naturally presents, retreats offer the opportunity to sit with what is so; feel deeply into one’s experience; contemplate events, understand one’s role in the continuous unfolding, and integrate the lessons. This process allows the release of what has been and empowers you to consciously and creatively contribute to what will be.

This is my fourth time making the pilgrimage up to the whimsical fairyland of Heathen Hill Yoga and I must say each return somehow gets a little bit better.

Yoga Practice: our practices will be a blend of pranayama, yin & slow flow yoga, a few restorative poses, meditation, visualization and deep rest. Don’t fret if you haven’t been practicing as much as you wish. Many of us have felt timid about getting back to the mat.…