WELCOME SUMMER RETREAT

All About the Welcome Summer Retreat

Your retreat begins the moment you get out of your car. We greet you and show you to your private teepee where you will find a bed that is so comfortable that you'll forget you're camping.

Inside your teepee, you will find a diffuser with a relaxing essential oil blend, fresh eucalyptus to ward off any insect visitors, your yoga mat, towels, toiletries, and a special gift from us.

On our first evening, we will get to know each other with a connection circle that offers the chance to share or to take everything in at your own pace. Dinner will be artfully prepared onsite while you're practicing a gentle vinyasa to help ground you from your travels.

When you've finished up yoga & supper, we will settle in around a campfire with s'mores and the chance to be present with each other.

As you begin to hear the birds chirping Saturday morning, we will gently knock on your teepee with your fresh coffee delivery. Once you've had those first precious sips, you're invited to join us on a silent hike through nature. You will then wake up with your first yoga class of the day before eating a hardy breakfast to fuel you up.

From breakfast, we will head off to our horseback riding session. If it's your first time, no worries! Our partners at the stables are accustomed to leading beginners on trail rides. Step out of the ordinary as you connect with these magnificent, healing animals.

After your trip through the forest on horseback, you'll eat lunch before heading off to the water's edge where you will be able to try your hand at stand-up paddleboarding. Let your host guide you into some cool asanas (poses) or just ease your way around and relax. If you're worried about falling in - don't be because it's the most fun part!

After you're all dried off and in comfortable clothes, we will meet for a Yoga Nidra session. Yoga Nidra means, Yogic Sleep, so while this will be less than an hour, you will feel like you've had a long nap to get you through the rest of your day.

With free time awaiting you on the other side of your "yogi nap," you have the option to add on a massage, a helicopter ride over the river, a private yoga class, or a light therapy session.

These are all add-on activities that need to be scheduled in advance but if they do not suit you, this is also a wonderful time for rest, journaling, reading, or exploring. There will also be an optional breathwork activity during this time.

As the day winds down, we have another yoga class to help release the rest of your energy while dinner is being prepared. We will eat our meals together, family style, as the sun sets over the pasture.

Night slowly starts approaching and the sky becomes a blanket of stars with a beautiful full moon that sets the perfect ambiance for our connection circle.

Here, you're offered a safe place to be vulnerable and connect with guests and your true self with no expectations and nobody wanting or needing anything at all from you. Before bed, you may enjoy a gentle chair yoga series or a nighttime meditation to ease the mind and body.

Sunday morning, wake up feeling refreshed as you enjoy your coffee and morning hike. You'll flow right into your yin yoga practice to marinate your body in healing postures before enjoying your breakfast. After you eat, meet in our connection circle for a love-filled closing ceremony.

Then, the only downfall of the retreat, leaving! We will miss you, but after our weekend, you'll be part of the Yoga Elements Retreats family forever!