Milagro Retreats and Melina Meza Present:

Spring Vinyasa Yoga and Surf Retreat

Tofino Botancial Gardens, B.C., Canada
Register: www.milagroretreats.com

May 25-28, 2012

Join Melina Meza, creator of Seasonal Vinyasa and Milagro Retreats for our second annual Spring Seasonal Vinyasa Yoga Retreat. Spring is the most dynamic, energetic, and creative time of the year. It is also called the morning of the year and is considered the most fertile time to give birth to new life and ideas.

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.

On retreat, Melina will teach you about Kriya yoga and its three-step process for personal transformation, tools that can be helpful when adapting to new seasonal practices or breaking old habits, envisioning a momentary pause after each season no matter where you live. Your body can benefit from experiencing and adapting to new environments, exercise routines, and foods; it will grow stronger, be more resilient, and keep you in touch with the cycles of nature.

The yogis believe that you are one with Nature, and that in order for you to bloom, you need diversity. By taking a little extra time in the spring season for internal cleaning, your body will reward you tenfold as it starts to run more efficiently. The payoff will be more energy to do everything you love!

Tofino Botanical Gardens:
http://www.milagroretreats.com/locations.php#tofino

About Melina’s Yoga:
Each retreat with Melina emphasizes the importance of sequencing and being in alignment with nature. In addition to asana practice, they include insights on physical health and nutrition as well as how to inspire self-knowledge that allows for the conscious adjustment of day-to-day choices. Her devotion to yoga and eating well, to teaching and nutritional counseling, and to traveling and experiencing different cultures combine to create a colorful and hopefully enlightening perspective from which to share that which she loves about yoga in its entirety.

Retreat Schedule:
Friday:
4:00-6pm Check in at the Eco Lodge in the Botanical Gardens
6:00-7:30pm Yoga Class and Opening Circle
7:30pm Dinner ~ Wild Stinging Nettle Mushroom and Goat Cheese Spanakopitas, Greek Red Lentil Soup, Quinoa Tabouleh Salad
Dessert ~ Peach & Raspberry Fruit Crisp w/ Maple Whip Cream
 
Saturday
7:30-8:00am Meditation
8am Breakfast ~ Art Farm Tea, hOMe Grown Cranberry Hazelnut Hemp Buckwheaties, Home made Brazil Nut Milk, Seasonal Fruit and Homemade Yogurt
10:00-12:00pm ~ Yoga Class
12:00pm Lunch ~ Art Farm Tea, Roasted Veggie Quesadillas with Tropical Guacamole, Baja Baked Beans & Kale Lemon Slaw
12:00-5:30pm Free Time for surf lessons, massages and kayaking
6:00-7:30pm Yoga Class
7:30pm Dinner ~ Monks Coconut Curry with Basmati Rice and Cucumber Jicama Salad
Dessert ~ Blueberry Living Pie w/cashew lemon cream
8:30pm Campfire
 
Sunday
7:30-8:00am Meditation
8am Breakfast ~ Art Farm Tea, Magical Morning Millet w/ Cardamon, Ginger & Banana, Hemp Milk, Seasonal Fruit and Homemade Yogurt
10:00-12:00pm Yoga Class
12:00pm Lunch ~ Art Farm Tea, Baked Yam Millet Patties w/ Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Organic Greens w/ Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette & Bodacious Beet Salad
12:00-5:30pm ~ Free Time for surf lessons, massages and kayaking
6:00-7:30pm Yoga Class
7:30pm ~ Dinner ~ Roasted Polenta Primavera Cakes with Mushroom Marinara Sauce, Organic Greens with Pomegranate Dressing, Steamed Green Beans and Patty Pan Squash with Pesto Drizzle
Dessert ~ Living Chocolate Nut Pie with Vanilla Cashew Cream and Local Strawberries
8:30pm ~ ***Regift Exchange***
 
Monday
7:30-8:00am Meditation
8am Breakfast ~ Art Farm Tea, Rise and Shine Chia Pudding, Homemade Almond Milk, Island Fresh Blueberries & Organic Yogurt
10:00-12:00pm Yoga Class & Closing Circle
12:00pm Lunch ~ Nori Rolls w/ Spicy Peanut Sauce, Mermaid Soup, Local Greens w/ Maple Balsamic Dressing
Noon ~ Check Out ~ Please have rooms emptied prior to Lunch
 
Please let us know if you have any questions or require assistance with your travel plans.
 

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