Journey Into the Heart of Nature: Sacred Yoga Backpacking Pilgrimage
Do you long for deep connection with yourself, nature, the divine feminine and a break from your everyday life? If so, this pilgrimage is for you!
This is a journey of a lifetime, one that invites you into deep positive change and opens you to a reverence for all that is, for there is nothing quite like practicing and exploring the Goddesses of yoga in Her earthy roots, sleeping at the base of magnificent trees, drinking from glacial waters, feeling rain on your face and the summer sun on your skin.
Event Dates: August 18-21, 2016
Price: $749 until June 21st (International Yoga Day!) $897 after June 21st until August 1st, 2016.
Come with Ashram of Arts Founder Stephanie Renee dos Santos and Clara Lindstrom as they lead you on the path into Mother Nature, Her majesty, Her pure reality – you. Mother Nature and these nondual Tantric and Shaktism goddess teachings have the power to heal and open energy pathways like no other places and practices can, as you explore yoga in its original setting – in Mother Nature.
Highlights of this yoga retreat:
- Daily goddess Hatha Yoga flow
- Yoga goddess studies in nature
- Archetypal astrology sign reading
- Day hike from backcoutnry camp to special moss covered mountain ridge forest
- Sacred circle practices in old growth and with glacier vistas
- Learn backpacking and base-camp skills
- 3 nights tent accommodation
- 4 days of goddess yoga immersion
- Daily breakfast and dinner
- Art, writing and activism
About your yoga retreat guides:
Stephanie Renee dos Santos (Yoga Transformational Guide)
Stephanie’s passion is empowering people to fully embody and heal body and soul through nondual Tantric and Shaktism goddess wisdom and aligning with natural cycles, so you can thrive in life. She’s known as an inspiring, loving, creative, compassionate, and uplifting yoga guide, who possesses the Hindu goddess Bhuvaneshwari-like quality to create sacred healing, creative-expressive and meditative spaces. Certified in Integrative Yoga and Kum Nye (Tibetan yoga), she also is a follower of Sally Kempton’s nondual Shakti/Shiva teachings, with a focus in the divine feminine and Kundalini. She holds a B.A. in Studio Arts from Whitman College. In addition, she studies Bharathanatyam classical Indian dance and contributes spiritual writing to literary journal, Lalitamba. Stephanie offers pathways to create healthy life rhythms, access your innate intuition, creativity, and healing capacity, while connecting with others, the divine and caring for the Mother Earth.
- Lifetime of wilderness experience in the North Cascades Range
- 19 years on yoga path and multiple yoga training certificates
- B.A. in Studio Arts, Whitman College
- Wilderness First Aid Certified
Clara Lindstrom (Transpersonal Guide)
Clara Lindstrom holds psychology degrees from the University of Washington (B.A. with College Honors, 1995, Summa Cum Laude) and the California Institute of Integral Studies (M.A., 2006). She is currently a doctoral student at CIIS in East-West Psychology where her focus is ecofeminism and depth psychology, the intersection of spirit and matter, and transformational crisis and breakthrough. She uses an alchemical lens to view the relationship between psychological, spiritual, and somatic growth and change, and finds archetypal astrology a useful map for navigating this process on an individual basis. Outside of academic study, Clara works with scholars, teachers, and activists to create content for CIIS Public Programs and Performances’ workshops and lecture series. She is involved in ecological activism, and has a deep passion for storytelling and community building.
- Lifetime of wilderness experience in the North Cascades Range
- M.A. East-West Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies (current doctoral student East-West Psychology program)
- Your astrological guide
- Wilderness First Aid Certified