Programs by Category: Featured Programs

Featured programs – one-of-a-kind offerings from special presenters. Don’t miss out on these gems – click here to read more.

Mindfulness Yoga Retreat: Dealing with Stress & Difficult Emotions

Mindfulness Retreat

with Susan C. Stone, Ph.D.
March 2–4, 2012
Tuition: $215. Add two nights accommodation.

Mindfulness – a deeply powerful practice to bring awareness to each and every moment.  Join us for a mindfulness retreat where we explore the Presence in the present moment and how that can help us transcend difficult emotions and the stresses of uncertainty.

We all long [...]

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Yoga for Scoliosis

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with Elise Miller
March 21–25, 2012
Tuition: $440. Add 4 Nights Accommodations

Join Elise Miller as she presents her internationally acclaimed workshop exploring how Iyengar Yoga can be used to meet the challenges of scoliosis. Designed for both Yoga students with scoliosis and as a Yoga teacher training, this workshop is a comprehensive opportunity to learn Elise’s approach to Yoga [...]

Spring Silent Retreat: Find the Still Point Within: Staying Balanced in Challenging Times

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Presenters: Senior Teachers including Swami Karunananda, Revs. Bhagavan and Bhavani Metro, Dr. Amrita (Sandra) McLanahan and Michael Smith with Rev. Prakash Shakti as the Retreat Director
March 29–April 1, 2012
Tuition: $225. Add 3 night Accommodations.
**20% Early Bird Discount good until March 2nd.

Join us for our time-honored tradition of silent Yoga retreat, with four days dedicated to reconnecting [...]

Yoga Nidra Loving-Meditation Retreat with Richard Miller

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Loving our Way to Freedom & Living our Loving Presence
with Richard Miller
April 10 – April 15, 2012
Tuition includes manual: $550. ($495 early bird*)
Add five nights accommodation and meals: Dorm: $395; Private/Share: $510; Private $595; Tent: $320
* Early bird rate applies to all reservations paid in full by January 1, 2012. Please contact the Ashram Reservation [...]

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Peaceful Weight Loss Ten-Day Retreat

Ten-day Weight Loss Retreat

with Bhanu Passalaqua & Anna Neiman
April 13 – 22, 2012
Tuition: $780.
Accommodations: Tent $420., Dorm $610., Private Room/Shared Bath $795., Private Room/Private Bath $925.

Join Brandt Bhanu Passalacqua, nationally recognized weight loss facilitator and author of Peaceful Weight Loss Through Yoga, to experience the yogic lifestyle as a profound and powerful opportunity to address weight issues in [...]

Peaceful Weight Loss Workshop

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with Bhanu Passalacqua
April 13 – 15, 2012
Tuition: $225. Add 2 Nights Accommodations

Join nationally recognized weight-loss facilitator and the author of Peaceful Weight Loss Through Yoga, Bhanu Passalacqua, as he introduces you to the concepts and practices that have helped him and his students lose weight and find balance in their lives. Explore easeful, breath-based Hatha [...]

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Healing with the Chakras

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Nischala Joy Devi
April 18 – 22, 2012
Yoga Alliance: 30 hours (approximate) RYT500
Tuition: $360. Add four nights accommodation and meals: Dorm: $320; Private Room/Shared Bath: $420 Private Room/Private Bath: $490; Tent: $220

Explore healing with the chakras -the whirling vortices of energy inside us.  The chakras contain valuable information about the mundane as well as the subtle [...]

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Yoga Retreat: Integral Yoga Immersion Program: Yoga Life Training

Yoga Retreat: Integral Yoga Immersion Program: Yoga Life Training

with Kali Morse
May 7–13, 2012
Tuition: $495. Add 6 nights Accommodation.

Do you want to fully immerse yourself in Yoga and feel the profound and transformative benefits that come from living a yogic lifestyle? Maybe you are attracted to the idea of taking Yoga teacher training but don’t see yourself teaching classes?

If you would like to learn more [...]

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Saving the Planet (and Ourselves!)—One Breath at a Time

Yoga Workshop: Saving the Planet (and Ourselves!)—One Breath at a Time

with Beryl Bender Birch
May 11–13, 2012
Tuition: $240. Add 2 nights Accommodation.

It is no mistake that the ancient practice of classical Yoga is popping up these days, all over the planet, like dandelions in the spring time. Yoga may not be the only path to greater awareness, but it is an extraordinary methodology that can work to [...]

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Ageless Yoga: Teaching Yoga to Our Elders

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John Schlorholtz
May 17 – 20, 2012

Yoga Alliance: 20 hours (approximate)
Tuition: $240
Add three nights accommodations and meals: Dorm: $245; Private Room/Shared Bath: $330
Private Room/Private Bath: $385; Tent: $170

As our elders change in body and mind they need new approaches to help foster health.  The models for body and mind work that took them through their middle [...]

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Yoga, Power and Spirit

Yoga, Power, Spirit, Shamanism

with Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.
May 18-20, 2012
Tuition: $250. Add 2 nights Accommodation.

Through the ages, Yogis and shamans have sought to master levels of consciousness that have helped them to break free from suffering and bring them to a direct and immediate experience of the Divine. In this transformation, we too can recover the passion and life [...]

Yoga of Devotion Retreat with Krishna Das

KRISHNA DAS/ALL ONE

with Krishna Das
May 25 – 28, 2012
Tuition: $290. Add 3 nights accommodations.

Come to Yogaville and immerse yourself in the sacred sounds of Sanskrit chanting. Join renowned musician Krishna Das in an experiential weekend retreat filled with joyful kirtan (chanting of sacred sounds). Let your participation in chanting these holy mantras elevate your mind, relax your [...]

Erich Schiffmann ~ Freedom-Style Yoga

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with Erich Schiffmann
June 1 – 3, 2012
Tuition: $260. Add 2 nights accommodation.

Erich Schiffmann is a one-of-a-kind teacher in the American Yoga world. His unique “Freedom-Style Yoga” offers an intuitive approach to Yoga as the art of living. Using this approach, you meditate (listen inwardly for guidance) when you sit quietly, when you practice poses and [...]

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Gentle Yoga Teacher Training

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With Judi Hamsa Spagnola
Aug 24 – Sept 2, 2012
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Yoga Alliance Hrs: 60 (approximate) RYT 500
2012 Tuition: $1250
Room, Meals: Dormitory $610; Private Room/Shared Bath $795; Private Room/Private Bath $925 Tent (own) $420
Gentle Yoga Teacher Training allows you to teach yoga classes to population of people who may be limited [...]

Yoga as Medicine: The Science and Practice of Therapeutic Yoga

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Timothy McCall, M.D.
September 9 – 16, 2012

Yoga Alliance Hrs: 37 (approximate)
Tuition: $550.
Add seven nights accommodations and meals: Dorm: $465; Private Room/Shared Bath: $590
Private Room/Private Bath: $685; Tent: $315

Join physician, author, and yogi Dr. Timothy McCall to discover—or deepen your appreciation of—the potential of using yoga as medicine for everything from depression to infertility to heart [...]

Yoga For The Special Child

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With Sonia Sumar
Sept 21- 28, 2012
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Yoga Alliance Hrs: 55 (approximate) RYT 500
Tuition, text:     $960
Room, meals:    Dormitory: $465; Private Room/Shared Bath: $590
Private Room/Private Bath: $685; Tent: $315
This comprehensive training program provides the essential tools for working with children with special needs. Using hands-on and video [...]

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The Yoga of Recovery Certificate Course – Durga Leela

The Yoga of Recovery Teacher Training

with Durga Leela
October 25 – November 4, 2012

Yoga Alliance Hrs: 80 (approximate)
CEUs available: Inquire with durga@yogaofrecovery.com

Tuition, manual: $875
Room, meals: Dormitory: $675; Private Room/Shared Bath: $870
Private Room/Private Bath: $1015; Tent: $460

Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit approach [...]