Being Love: Yoga & Meditation Retreat
With Gemma Farrell
October 18 - 21, 2024
Settle into the stillness of autumn with a weekend devoted to yoga, meditation, deep relaxation, and spiritual reflection. Our retreat invites us to open our hearts to the abundant love already present within us and to release the many ways in which we resist the inner calling to live from that place of pure presence.
Our daily retreat schedule includes guided mindfulness and meditation, vinyasa and deep stretching classes, loving kindness practices, free time to read, rest, or walk in the woods, wonderful plant-based meals, and plenty of warm friendship. You may stay for either two or three nights.
We look forward to sharing this special time of discovery as we seek to embody peace, love, and gratitude in our world.
“May everyone be happy and safe, and may all hearts be filled with joy.
May all beings live in security and in peace – May all of them dwell in perfect tranquility… Let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. Our love will know no obstacles.” – The Metta Sutta
Friday, October 18
- 3 – 8 pm Check-In
- 6 – 7 pm Dinner
- 7:30 – 8:45 pm Deep Stretching/Orientation
Saturday, October 19
- 7 – 8 am Meditation
- 8 – 9 am Breakfast
- 10 – 11:30 am Vinyasa Yoga/Loving Kindness Practices
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch/Free Time
- 4 – 5:30 pm Deep Stretching/Mindfulness
- 6 – 7 pm Dinner
- 7:30 – 8:45 pm Singing Bowls/Sound Therapy
Sunday, October 20
- 7 – 8 am Meditation
- 8 – 9 am Breakfast
- 10 am – 12 pm Vinyasa Yoga/Compassion Practices/Guided Meditation
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch/Free Time
- 4 – 5:30 pm Deep Stretching/Mindfulness
- 6 – 7 pm Dinner
- 7:30 – 8:45 pm Yoga Nidra/Guided Relaxation
Monday, October 21
- 7 – 11 am Check-out of rooms
- 7 – 8 am Meditation
- 8 – 9 am Breakfast
- 10 – 11:30 am Vinyasa/Loving Kindness Practices
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch/Free Time/Departures
*Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
About the Leader
Gemma Farrell
Gemma Farrell has studied various styles of yoga, including Iyengar, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Sivananda, Jivamukti, Yin, Insight, and Integral Yoga. Her current approach to teaching fuses the precise alignment principles of Iyengar yoga with the freedom and creativity of a Vinyasa Flow practice while incorporating the deeper release stretching and meditative aspects of Yin Yoga. Gemma […]
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