There is nothing more important for the body and the mind than to make the time to get away, away from your work for awhile, away from your home, your everyday responsibilities and environment.
Not only to get away, but to
go to a place where you are taken care of in a way that you can
actually feel stress melting away from your body and your mind.
Somewhere where you are not in charge of holding the world up if just
for today.
Making the time to get away and release stress, and manifesting the
money to do this, is not a luxury. It must go to the top of your
priority list, for stress that does not release turns into disease. Most
of us realize that we are holding stress that can hurt the body and the
mind, but many of us don’t even begin to realize how much we are
holding until we retreat.
I know that this is much easier said than done, until we begin to create a healthy habit of getting away on a regular basis. That is why 10 years ago I began to lead weekend Retreats in Julian, California, just an hour East of San Diego, and now I lead week long retreats in Montana at Feathered Pipe Ranch. Taking a full week to retreat on this beautiful land is an experience you will never forget. It is a week that will fill your soul.
I know that this is much easier said than done, until we begin to create a healthy habit of getting away on a regular basis. That is why 10 years ago I began to lead weekend Retreats in Julian, California, just an hour East of San Diego, and now I lead week long retreats in Montana at Feathered Pipe Ranch. Taking a full week to retreat on this beautiful land is an experience you will never forget. It is a week that will fill your soul.
Below is an article I wrote for the
Feathered Pipe website about what to expect at a Retreat with me.
I
hope you enjoy it.
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I have led retreats for 10 years now. They are truly one of my greatest joys. To get people to realize that we are working to live, not living to work is a great accomplishment. It is something that yoga is teaching me. To get ourselves to carve out the time and re-assign our money to travel to a place where we unpack, relax, do not need to go anywhere, or do anything to feel happy or fulfilled; this is a great joy! I know for some of us it is not easy to take this time off, or to manifest the funds to do so, but if you are ready ask the universe to guide you and you will be shown the means and the way.
To be asked back to Feathered Pipe Ranch for a 2nd year is a great honor. It is with deep respect that I follow outstanding Feathered Pipe teachers like Lilias Folan and Judith Hanson Lasater who have made great differences in my life. To spend time with India Supera, founder of Feathered Pipe, is a true treat. She is a woman without pretense, and a great mystic. To hear her stories of being with her guru Sia Baba, and her adventures in India, and how she was gifted the Ranch is worth the fee all by itself. Her stories alone expand our mind and awaken our consciousness.
The land of Feathered Pipe is nothing less than magical. The morning hikes led by Mary Superak, (Meri Canary) with her magical flute singing right along with the birds is a gift you give yourself that you will never forget. Feathered Pipe staff is kind and loving. The accommodations are great! The healing massages and body work treatments offered are some of the best I have ever had.
Feathered Pipe will feed you three wholesome and delicious meals. You will be fully taken care of without dishes to wash! There is nothing you need to do. Everything is optional. This is a true vacation. You can spend as much time, or as little, with me as you wish. I am your guide to teaching you different levels of letting go.
All I will ask of you is to practice letting go. For in letting go we begin to realize the limitations we have put upon ourselves, and only in “letting go” do we begin to see how limitless we really are. If you are experiencing the “aging process” with me, or if you have a body that does not easily move, this is a very important practice, for our habits and thinking today determines the health of our body tomorrow.
If you choose to attend my two daily workshops, you will be introduced to two different styles of yoga:“Mediation in Movement Soft Yoga” (MIMSY) and Aalamba Yoga - Yoga with Support. MIMSY is a unique style of yoga that focuses on floor poses connecting to the energy of Mother Earth beneath us. It is a unique combination of restorative and gentle yoga, with many subtle, specific movements designed to illicit the relaxation response.
When this is experienced, a deep inner shifting begins within, opening you up to your many different bodies within bodies. It is yoga for your back, hips, spine, your central nervous system, and much, much more. This style of yoga needs to be experienced and practiced, not studied. The more you relax the more your body remembers yoga. MIMSY is usually the most delightful yoga for students new to yoga who are intimidated by more active practices, and often times the hardest yoga for traditional teachers, but a very important way to get yoga teachers to slow down, and a wonderful way to get all students ready for quiet meditation.
Aalamba Yoga takes the traditional & restorative poses that are being taught in many yoga classes and studios, and breaks them down to make them doable for any body, any size, any age, any ability. Aalamba Yoga helps a yoga teacher learn how to teach rewarding multi-level classes, and teaches yoga students how to enter a yoga studio or class and know how to modify poses for their body and their needs.
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I have led retreats for 10 years now. They are truly one of my greatest joys. To get people to realize that we are working to live, not living to work is a great accomplishment. It is something that yoga is teaching me. To get ourselves to carve out the time and re-assign our money to travel to a place where we unpack, relax, do not need to go anywhere, or do anything to feel happy or fulfilled; this is a great joy! I know for some of us it is not easy to take this time off, or to manifest the funds to do so, but if you are ready ask the universe to guide you and you will be shown the means and the way.
To be asked back to Feathered Pipe Ranch for a 2nd year is a great honor. It is with deep respect that I follow outstanding Feathered Pipe teachers like Lilias Folan and Judith Hanson Lasater who have made great differences in my life. To spend time with India Supera, founder of Feathered Pipe, is a true treat. She is a woman without pretense, and a great mystic. To hear her stories of being with her guru Sia Baba, and her adventures in India, and how she was gifted the Ranch is worth the fee all by itself. Her stories alone expand our mind and awaken our consciousness.
The land of Feathered Pipe is nothing less than magical. The morning hikes led by Mary Superak, (Meri Canary) with her magical flute singing right along with the birds is a gift you give yourself that you will never forget. Feathered Pipe staff is kind and loving. The accommodations are great! The healing massages and body work treatments offered are some of the best I have ever had.
Feathered Pipe will feed you three wholesome and delicious meals. You will be fully taken care of without dishes to wash! There is nothing you need to do. Everything is optional. This is a true vacation. You can spend as much time, or as little, with me as you wish. I am your guide to teaching you different levels of letting go.
All I will ask of you is to practice letting go. For in letting go we begin to realize the limitations we have put upon ourselves, and only in “letting go” do we begin to see how limitless we really are. If you are experiencing the “aging process” with me, or if you have a body that does not easily move, this is a very important practice, for our habits and thinking today determines the health of our body tomorrow.
If you choose to attend my two daily workshops, you will be introduced to two different styles of yoga:“Mediation in Movement Soft Yoga” (MIMSY) and Aalamba Yoga - Yoga with Support. MIMSY is a unique style of yoga that focuses on floor poses connecting to the energy of Mother Earth beneath us. It is a unique combination of restorative and gentle yoga, with many subtle, specific movements designed to illicit the relaxation response.
When this is experienced, a deep inner shifting begins within, opening you up to your many different bodies within bodies. It is yoga for your back, hips, spine, your central nervous system, and much, much more. This style of yoga needs to be experienced and practiced, not studied. The more you relax the more your body remembers yoga. MIMSY is usually the most delightful yoga for students new to yoga who are intimidated by more active practices, and often times the hardest yoga for traditional teachers, but a very important way to get yoga teachers to slow down, and a wonderful way to get all students ready for quiet meditation.
Aalamba Yoga takes the traditional & restorative poses that are being taught in many yoga classes and studios, and breaks them down to make them doable for any body, any size, any age, any ability. Aalamba Yoga helps a yoga teacher learn how to teach rewarding multi-level classes, and teaches yoga students how to enter a yoga studio or class and know how to modify poses for their body and their needs.
Aalamba
Yoga is all about joyful active movement, and customizing yoga for the
needs of your body.
Each workshop ends with deep relaxation (savasana) or quiet meditation. Each evening is filled with practical yoga philosophy, story, fun, or music.
What seems to be most unique about my retreats, classes, workshops, and teaching styles is my ability to bring together both the true beginner, and most experienced students of yoga, and find not only a common ground, but a melting down of the prejudices we consciously or unconsciously hold against ourselves and each other. In this “melting down” we all discover that we are more alike than we are different. We all walk away with a bond of trust and understanding. We stop taking ourselves, our bodies, or each other for granted. We all leave knowing ourselves, and liking ourselves a whole lot more. Just as we are today. It would be an honor to have you with us!
Each workshop ends with deep relaxation (savasana) or quiet meditation. Each evening is filled with practical yoga philosophy, story, fun, or music.
What seems to be most unique about my retreats, classes, workshops, and teaching styles is my ability to bring together both the true beginner, and most experienced students of yoga, and find not only a common ground, but a melting down of the prejudices we consciously or unconsciously hold against ourselves and each other. In this “melting down” we all discover that we are more alike than we are different. We all walk away with a bond of trust and understanding. We stop taking ourselves, our bodies, or each other for granted. We all leave knowing ourselves, and liking ourselves a whole lot more. Just as we are today. It would be an honor to have you with us!
Lanita Varshell
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Good Blog. Very informative. Thank you o much for sharing.
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