The retreats I lead were birthed 25 years ago while taking retreat time alone off the coast of Maine.  Here, removed from the world in timeless days by the sea, I felt the return of a slow and familiar rhythm.  Yoga practices deepened, life priorities shifted, inner awareness opened, and something of the sacred had space and time to emerge.

The retreats I offer have developed from the many personal retreat experiences I have taken, from Hatha Yoga and Vipassana meditation retreats and from my desire to provide the appropriate conditions to cultivate and deepen personal awareness and inner silence using the practices of yoga.  The retreat program is based on the classical system of yoga which understands that the yogic path is a gradual re-awakening of the continuous awareness of the infinite eternal existence.  The body is understood to be a temple for the yoga practices which help to purify and strengthen (asana), to quiet and focus the mind (pranayama), to open to the Light of the Divine (meditation) and to experience the radiance of our True Nature.

There are 5 sessions each day: 7:30-8 meditation; 10:30 - 12:30 asana,pranayama, meditation; 3:00 - 3:30 meditation 4:00 - 6:00 pm restorative poses, pranayama, self-inquiry and meditation;and evening meditation at 7:30 pm.

All retreats are held away from the distractions of the modern world, in places of natural beauty and should be viewed as an opportunity to give your inner life your full attention.  Meals are prepared with Ayurvedic principles in mind by my husband and fellow yoga teacher, Surya Chandra Das. 

We will have a gradually increasing period of silence, learning to use this freedom from talking and dropping our conditioned ways of relating, to allow the body and mind to settle and to open to the vitality of our original nature.