*Winter
Yoga and Ski Retreat
Mazama Inn, Mazama, Washington
February 15–18, 2013
Join Melina and friends for the Presidents’ Day weekend adventure in the picturesque town of Mazama, Washington. Daily yoga classes and wellness discussions will complement your ski adventures. Outside the door of the Mazama Inn, you’ll find half a million acres of virgin timberland and mountains that reach all the way to Canada. So if you’re looking for a wide variety of recreational activities, or just a respite from the stresses of modern civilization, you’ll find what you’re looking for at the Mazama Inn.
*Spring
Advanced Yoga Training Retreat
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon – TWO SPACES LEFT
With Melina Meza, Chiara Guerrieri, and Anne Phfye Palmer
April 6–13, 2012
Looking to broaden your yoga practice and see it more clearly as a means to discover and fulfill your dharma (purpose or life’s work)? Then join Melina, Chiara, and Anne Phyfe at Breitenbush Hot Springs in April. This residential retreat-complete with healthy food, mineral-rich baths, thermal sauna, and the nurturing qualities of the old-growth forest in which Breitenbush is nestled-offers an ideal environmental to enhance your growth as a wholesome yogi/yogini.
Yoga & The Creative Fire – Urban Retreat in Austin, Texas
Location: All classes will be at East Side Yoga
With Melina Meza & Havilah Rand
May 3-6, 2012
Join us May 3-6, 2012, when we will be serving as both yoga and creativity coaches as well as tour guides of this incredibly fun and exciting city. The weather and atmosphere will be perfect for practicing yoga, delving deep into our authentic selves for creative inspiration, swimming in the crystal clear waters of Barton Springs, sampling food at a few of Austin’s best restaurants and listening to some of the best live music at legendary venues
Spring Vinyasa Yoga and Surf Retreat
Tofino Botanical Gardens, Vancouver Island, Canada
With Melina Meza and Milagro Retreats
May 25–28, 2012
To honor this unique time of year, our retreat will focus on asanas for cleansing and purification, journey into yogic philosophies and personal ethics while nourishing our bodies with delicious abundant feasts prepared with LOVE by Milagro Retreats. In your free time enjoy walking through the Botanical Gardens, hiking, sea kayaking or surfing.
Spring Rhythms: Embodied Yoga and Dance Intensive
Kalani Oceanside Resort, Big Island, Hawaii
With Melina Meza, Chiara Guerrieri, and Lara McIntosh
March 18–23, 2013
We invite you to drink in some fun this winter! Join us for a new, dynamic collaboration where Melina’s Seasonal Vinyasa Ayurvedic insights, Chiara’s core-awakening style of yoga, and Lara’s Afro-infused Wassa Dance (Afro-infused blend of elemental movement) come together to nourish your body, lift your spirits, and shake your bootie to kick off the winter season. Melina, Chiara, and Lara each bring over 15 years of dedication to their practice, and together they will help you free up vitality and luminosity.
*Summer
Advanced Yoga Training Retreat, Part II
Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon
With Melina Meza, Chiara Guerrieri & Jenny Hayo
July 6–13, 2012
8 Limbs Yoga Centers, a 500-hour RYT certified school, invites yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners to join our Advanced Yoga Training Retreat II. As students, we are always learning, filling our wells and receiving deeper insights through continued practice and study.
Permaculture & Yoga Backpacking Trip: The Ecology of Union
Ventana Wilderness, Big Sur, California
With Melina Meza, Benjamin Fahrer & Dashielle Vawter
June 28-July 1, 2012
A full immersion into the art of observation through the insightful holistic practices of Permaculture and Yoga will take you on a 4-day journey into the heart of nature and oneself. These two amazing practices will weave in harmony our own natural state of being, with the rhythms of the day, in one of the most dynamic and pure places on the planet. The Ventana wilderness of Big Sur. Traveling 8 miles into the back-country above the Wild and scenic Big Sur river valley, you will then be led overland along the canyon floor to an exclusive haven to drop in with the natural elements and discover a new sense of place and what it means to be home.
*Fall
Fall Yoga Retreat
Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat, Leavenworth, Washington
Wth Melina Meza & Anne Phyfe Palmer
November 2–4, 2012
Melina and Anne Phyfe invite you to join them for a weekend of yoga, satsang, and the peace and quiet of nature. They have led retreats together for ten years and will help you recharge your physical, emotional, and spiritual batteries before the holiday season. Anne Phyfe and Melina believe that retreats are not just a “get away” but also a “get to”, an opportunity where you get to experience a reaffirmation of your own sense of wellness, creativity and happiness in your life.
