Relieve yourself of the stress of decision-making in your everyday life by allowing the Kaf team to make all of the right calls for you as you bask in the majesty of the Rainier Backcountry. Recharge as you hike through alpine meadows and canyon streams. Practice daily yoga and meditation with our instructors among alpine wildflowers. Take home a clear head and newfound perspective, and leave with new friends as outdoor yogis and yoginis.
This course has been strategically timed to coincide with the first total solar eclipse in North America since 1979. If a meditative experience in the wilderness isn’t enough, join us in relishing the near-total eclipse as it casts its shadow over Rainier. Leave this backcountry experience with amazing stories and a refreshed spirit.
Prerequisites:
This retreat is appropriate for yoga practitioners of all levels of experience and fitness. Yet, this experience is also backpacking retreat; you will be expected to carry a pack of 30 – 40 lbs. on your back for up to 4 hours at a time through relatively flat terrain. No backpacking or yoga experience is required.
What you will learn:
- Connection with self, community, and nature
- Yoga and Meditation
- Local ecology, geology, flora and fauna
- Route planning and navigation
- Camp craft
- Leave no trace ethics and environmental practices
Included:
- 4 nights, 5 days of majesty, scenery, relaxation, and guided instruction provided by Kaf Adventures.
- Tasty and healthy back-country food
- All group equipment (shelter, cooking, maps, water purification, sanitation supplies)
- Twice daily yoga and meditation practice
- Carpooling options to and from Seattle
- Park entrance fees plus camping and permitting fees
- Help with logistical planning and pre-trip planning
- An unforgettable experience crafted to build backpacking skill, deepen your yoga practice and experience the Self in the purity and awe of nature
Schedule:
- Monday – Friday
- Aug 21- 25, 2017
Cost: $1,250
About the Instructor: Jessica A. Lindmark
Jessica A. Lindmark (Leaf to Root Yoga), your instructor for this course, grew up in Southern Oregon, falling in love with the beautiful mountains, waterways and scrub forests surrounding the Rogue Valley. That love of the outdoors has followed her through her life and into her yoga teaching career. As a result, outdoors is her favorite place to practice.