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How to go on a yoga retreat by ugogrl

"Not what I expected"

How I did it: I guess I had hopes and expectations as to what I was going to be doing.  I thought I would get up and begin a discliplined yoga practice.  I mean after all I flew 3,000 miles from east to west coast and drove up from Sacramento to Nevada City to get to "The Expanding Light Retreat".  I did a four-day stint.  I barely practiced any yoga.

But I did meet a lot of super interesting people.  I was "attacked" by three baby fawns on my way back from the store as they were intent on getting my ice cream cone.  I ate a lot of healthy food.  I hiked the area and spent some time looking at the lotus pond.  I helped someone who was grieving to spread her loved one's ashes. I went swimming with a bunch of the other guest members at this beautiful out-of-the-way lake.

I smelled the sagebrush and red wood pine my entire time there. I basked in the sun.  I played a Haronium for the first time ever. Didn't practice much in the way of yoga but it was an experience.

Lessons & tips:

  • Be open to experience, it might be more important then practicing yoga
  • That is *NOT* me in the picture. Some amazing yogi person I found on flickr. Hope she doesn't mind me borrowing it for show.

Resources: http://www.expandinglight.org/

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Jan 27, 01:20PM PST | 2 comments | 3 cheers


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    CookieRa What to do, what to do . . . hmmm . .

    someday in the not too distant future 5 months ago

    I will go on one. I’d really like to but think i should improve my practice a bit more so I don’t feel like I’m wasting the experience with beginners yoga

    Feb 10, 03:23AM PST | 0 comments


    greystreet9 is studying

    Untitled 8 months ago

    I’ve been practicing yoga on my own for a few years now, and after going on a short meditation retreat, I really want to go on a yoga retreat someday. I think it would be a lot of fun & refreshing. Even though I’m not as flexible as I’d like to be :)

    Oct 31, 12:56PM PDT | 0 comments


    loriio is starting #4-organize my house

    I need a little more time 10 months ago

    I just got back into yoga after a brief hiatus, but i’m hoping sometime in 2009 i can find one not too far from home.

    Aug 24, 2008, 06:28AM PDT | 1 comment


    littleruby

    for.. 15 months ago

    now…

    Mar 27, 2008, 04:24AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


    samanthabalk

    Yogi. 16 months ago

    I have been practicing vinyasa for 3 years & I love it. I think it would be so much fun to go on a retreat with my friends & do yoga! Maybe costa rica?

    Feb 28, 2008, 06:27PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


    littleruby

    2008 goodies 18 months ago

    I am saving to do this Jivamukti Yoga Retreat in May and I am also saving to do this Anatomy & Physiology training starting in April.

    It seems like I’ll be staying on shopping sabbatical for a while yet ;)

    Jan 06, 2008, 12:54AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


    littleruby

    i need to STOP 19 months ago

    ....trying to fit things in, in silly amounts of time.

    i haven’t had a holiday for over 2 years and I’m exhausted. so I bailed on the retreat day i paid for and was meant to happen y’day, and slept all day. and FELT FAB!!!!!

    and today, i slept again. I just need this!

    Dec 02, 2007, 01:19AM PST | 3 cheers | 3 comments


    lizadoo76

    I'm not giving up on the tree pose . . . 19 months ago

    Today, I found some seated poses that all look completely doable. I didn’t check, but I think I should see if there are any DVDs that focus on seated and reclining poses. Considering the wide variety of yoga videos/DVDs out there, I should be able to find something I can do.

    Nov 21, 2007, 12:33PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


    lizadoo76

    Untitled 20 months ago

    I may be kidding myself here, but why not? I’m sure I won’t always be looking at my yoga brick with utter disdain. After all, I’m getting better at some of the poses. Maybe in a few month’s time, I’ll be over my “let’s tip over like a felled tree” routine and be quite happy to begin paying for the privilege of doing this in public.

    Nov 16, 2007, 07:39AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


    littleruby

    enrolled! 20 months ago

    today i found and paid for a one day yoga wellness retreat – well, it’s a day (7am to 5pm) in the city, so it’s a bit different to a normal ‘going away’ retreat, but without accom etc it means it is also affordable.

    check it out!!! It is a Yoga, Nutrition & Lifestyle event – http://www.bodymindlife.com.au/pdfs/LIVING_YOGA_RETREAT_A4.pdf

    Nov 05, 2007, 11:57PM PST | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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