JUST 3 SPOTS LEFT FOR OUR YOGA AUTUMN EQUINOX RETREAT IN CRESTONE, COLORADO...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR AND BLESSINGS FOR A PEACEFUL 2020!  

I am thrilled and honored to be hosting a yoga retreat in my magical home town of Crestone, Colorado on the Autumn Equinox 9/22-27!  Our venue is the secluded Vajra Vidya Retreat  Center nestled in the pristine forests of the Baca National Wildlife refuge, whose residential monastic community we will join daily for Tibetan Buddhist prayers, sutra chanting and silent sitting in the Karma Kagyu tradition.   We will have morning Mysore-style (self-paced) yoga classes suited to all levels.  Covid precautions will be observed including: social distancing indoors and in the yoga room, daily temperature checks and masks when appropriate.  We will have a variety of optional afternoon wilderness adventures combined with 3 organic vegetarian meals daily.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ashtanga-yoga-and-buddhist-meditation-with-leigha-nicole-registration-80787155557
  

Here is a sample itinerary:

Day 1

3:00 pm - Arrive at Vajra Vidya Retreat Center

settle into accommodations

Walk to the Tashi Gomang Stupa or other Crestone spiritual centers

6:00 pm - Dinner

7:30 pm -  Orientation with the VVRC residents

8:00 pm - Star gazing!

  Day 2

5:00 am - Coffee/tea/fruit

6-8 am - Mysore Ashtanga Yoga practice

8:30 am - Breakfast
9-10:30 am - Prayer/chanting/silent meditation with the resident monastics

Rest/forest exploration

12:30 pm - Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 pm  Silent hike to Secret Prayer Flag Mountain
4-5:45 pm - Japanese Tea Ceremony

6:00 pm - Dinner

Day 3

5:00 am - Coffe/tea/fruit

6-8 am - Mysore Ashtanga Yoga practice

8:30 am - Breakfast
9-10:30 am - Prayer/chanting/silent meditation with the resident monastics

Rest/forest exploration

12:30 pm - Lunch

1:30 - 5:30 pm - Hike to Zapata Falls and sand boarding at The Great Sand Dunes National Park

6:00 pm - Dinner

Day 4

5:00 am - Coffee/tea/fruit

6-8 am - Mysore Ashtanga Yoga practice

8:30 am - Breakfast
9-10:30 am - Prayer/chanting/silent meditation with the resident monastics

12:30 pm - Lunch at VVRC or pack lunch

2-4 pm - Short hike to secret Tibetan Prayer Flag mountain
OR
12:30 - 5:30 pm - Longer forest hike up Willow creek trail to the meadow
6 pm - Dinner

Day 5

5:00 am - Coffee/tea/fruit

6-8 am - Mysore Ashtanga Yoga practice

8:30 am - Breakfast
9-10:30 am - Prayer/chanting/silent meditation with the resident monastics

Rest/forest exploration
12:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 6 pm - Day trip to swim in the Arkansas River and Salida Aquatic  Hot Springs
6 pm - Dinner

Day 6

 5:00 am - Coffee/tea/fruit

6-8 am - Mysore Ashtanga Yoga practice

8:30 am - Breakfast
9-10:30 am - Prayer/chanting/silent meditation with the resident monastics
Packing up
11:30 am - Closing circle
12:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 pm - Good bye hugs! 


I hope you can join us for deepening our contemplative practices amidst the raw natural beauty of Colorado!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY NEW DECADE!

I hope for all of us more patience, tolerance, compassion, kindness and glowing health in 2020.  I am excited to be going back to The Mindful Body  www.themindfulbody.com  for another 2 weeks of Mysore-style teaching starting this Sunday.  The Sunday class will now be 2 1/2 hours to accommodate a larger student base.  Sunday Mysore classes are 8 - 10:30am and M - F classes are 7 - 9am (doors open at 6am - adjustments start at 7am).  Also, I am doing a back bending workshop on Saturday January 18th; 2-5pm....

   BLISSFUL BACK BENDING

The Second Series of Ashtanga Yoga (Nadi Shodhana) starts with an accessible group of back bending postures which will provide the outline for this workshop.  We will explore the gravity-reversing back bending process in a gentle sequential way with lots of safety tips and researching poses along the way.  
Technical inquiry and a little partner work will be included to create a lively forum for investigation.
Practitioners should have some comfort with the Ashtanga Primary Series but, no experience with the Intermediate Series is necessary.  
This workshop counts as 3 hours of CE through Yoga Alliance.
https://themindfulbody.com/workshops-events/