JUNE 23–25
Perfectly Imperfect: Finding Healing and Love Through the Beautiful Mess of Being Human Chris Grosso and Sera Beak Tuition $355 plus 2 nights
What does it mean to accept yourself fully, with all of your perfect imperfections? To take an honest, fearless look at your naked self and stay there, acknowledging both the frailty and the glory in the same glance? In this workshop, two young leaders of the new spiritual revolution, Chris Grosso and Sera Beak, will address these questions, guiding us to use our difficult life experiences as catalysts toward spiritual awakening. Make friends with your past, create space for healing, connect within to discover the truth about who you are and what you want, and step into your divine radiance to create the life you are made for.
JUNE 23–25
Reconnecting with Nature Through the Art of Survival Cliff Hodges Tuition $395 plus 2 nights
Longing for adventure? What would it be like to completely unplug and thrive off the grid? This weekend, join Cliff Hodges, cohost of Remote Survival on the National Geographic Channel, for an experience of the art of survival in the wilderness. In this exciting, hands-on, experiential program, you will face challenges, build new skills, and learn how to: • Construct earthen shelters • Start fire by friction • Collect and use wild, edible plants • Slow down and experience your connection to the natural world.
Chris Grosso is a public speaker and writer, the spiritual director of the recovery organization Toivo, and a teacher with Worldwide Insight. He is author of Indie Spiritualist; writes for ORIGIN, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health; and hosts the Indie Spiritualist podcast on the MindPod Network. Sera Beak is a Harvard-trained scholar of comparative world religions and the author of three books, including The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark. Sera’s work has been published in numerous magazines, and the New York Times called her one of the new role models of her generation.
Cliff Hodges is a wilderness survival instructor, adventure guide, and environmental advocate working with groups from school children to executives in Fortune 500 companies. He is founder and CEO of Adventure Out, California’s largest outdoor school and guide service, and cohost of the hit show Remote Survival on the National Geographic Channel.
You will take home the experience of natural happiness, decreased stress, greater capacity for critical thought, and increased fitness and vitality.
JUNE 23–25
Soulful Vinyasa Flow Lesley Desaulniers Tuition $285 plus 2 nights
Elevate your practice, deepen your experience of the subtleties of yoga, and experience a unique fusion of soulful, vigorous vinyasa, and eclectic music. Through inspired vinyasa flow, chanting, and guided stillness, you will sink into serenity and self-awareness as you learn to: • Move, sweat, and renew your body through special Jivamukti-based vinyasa and heart-opening music • Release old habits, fears, conditioning, and other obstacles to joy • Practice seated and walking meditation for health, happiness, and peace.
Lesley Desaulniers, featured in Orion magazine’s “Leaders Who Inspire” and named one of San Francisco’s top yoga teachers by Mantra magazine, is known for her energizing, soulful, and inspiring classes. Her workshops and retreats at premier yoga destinations throughout the year are imbued with a rare blend of sweaty vinyasa, scholarly study, spiritual awareness, and good humor. Voted Best of Marin, Lesley was also featured in Vogue.
This workshop—enlivened by Lesley’s choice of music, spirited chanting, deep meditation, and empowering vinyasa sequences—is a complete immersion of body, mind, and spirit into the experience of yoga.
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