Yoga and Wellness Weekend Retreats

Gardening and farming are activities that attract many passionate people who want to be part of nature and create sustainable bio-diverse beneficial habitats.

The Embodied Gardener is a retreat that brings in the spiritual invitations created when caring for the land.

Attention might be focused outside admiring plants, interacting with animals, but what if the attention was placed inwards? What would we discover?

This weekend workshop will guide you in exploring how much of ourselves we can find in our gardening endeavours. From forest walks, to meditation, to yoga, to farm-to-table meals – this retreat will nourish the body and soul.

Come and meet a little bit of you, reflected back to you!

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are the new and improved version of our Yoga Getaways!

We invite you to leave it all behind. Step off the ferry and into another world – a world of old growth forests, crystal clear lakes, rocky mountain peaks and green valleys full of quaint farms dotted with sheep. In the heart of the island, nestled into one such valley you’ll find the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. A working Yoga Centre with a full farm situated on 69 pristine acres of magical land, the ‘Centre’ has been serving its mission of peace to all who come since its inception in 1981.

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are open to people of all genders and all races, and all levels of yoga practitioners. We love to welcome beginners! And would be honoured for the opportunity to show you the practice we love.

You can expect Asana (physical yoga practice) classes for all levels, led by our highly-trained, fun-loving teachers in a variety of styles; daily Morning Practices, including an introduction to the powerful work of Pranayama (breathwork) and Meditation, followed by the delight of homemade chai tea & fresh fruit; delicious, hearty farm-to-table vegetarian meals, served fresh all weekend by our dedicated Kitchen Team. Experience the detoxifying effects of our hand-built cedar sauna. Lose yourself in the magic of our forest trails, walking next to our clear-running stream, and stop for a rest at Hanuman Grove. Or, simply choose a book from our extensive collection, and relax with a cup of tea in our beautiful library. Breathe, you’ve arrived home.

Saturday afternoon we have been sure to build in a significant amount of free time! Take a tour and walk the land with one of our knowledgable staff, or use this time to explore the rest of this special island! Artisans and musicians abound, and you are sure to find a treasure all your own at Salt Spring’s famous Saturday Market.

If you’ve enjoyed a Yoga Getaway in the past, get ready to fall in love all over again.

And if this is your first time, we look forward to welcoming you with our whole hearts.

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are the new and improved version of our Yoga Getaways!

We invite you to leave it all behind. Step off the ferry and into another world – a world of old growth forests, crystal clear lakes, rocky mountain peaks and green valleys full of quaint farms dotted with sheep. In the heart of the island, nestled into one such valley you’ll find the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. A working Yoga Centre with a full farm situated on 69 pristine acres of magical land, the ‘Centre’ has been serving its mission of peace to all who come since its inception in 1981.

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are open to people of all genders and all races, and all levels of yoga practitioners. We love to welcome beginners! And would be honoured for the opportunity to show you the practice we love.

You can expect Asana (physical yoga practice) classes for all levels, led by our highly-trained, fun-loving teachers in a variety of styles; daily Morning Practices, including an introduction to the powerful work of Pranayama (breathwork) and Meditation, followed by the delight of homemade chai tea & fresh fruit; delicious, hearty farm-to-table vegetarian meals, served fresh all weekend by our dedicated Kitchen Team. Experience the detoxifying effects of our hand-built cedar sauna. Lose yourself in the magic of our forest trails, walking next to our clear-running stream, and stop for a rest at Hanuman Grove. Or, simply choose a book from our extensive collection, and relax with a cup of tea in our beautiful library. Breathe, you’ve arrived home.

Saturday afternoon we have been sure to build in a significant amount of free time! Take a tour and walk the land with one of our knowledgable staff, or use this time to explore the rest of this special island! Artisans and musicians abound, and you are sure to find a treasure all your own at Salt Spring’s famous Saturday Market.

If you’ve enjoyed a Yoga Getaway in the past, get ready to fall in love all over again.

And if this is your first time, we look forward to welcoming you with our whole hearts.

Going on retreat is an invitation to come home to yourself. It’s dedicated to time to focus on your yoga practice, to move more slowly and deeply inwards without the responsibilities of everyday life consuming your awareness.

Simone’s retreat will bring together dynamic practices with long Savasana and opportunities for introspection in meditation, Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga.

Time in nature hiking and exploring the wild West Coast will complement the yoga practices, as being surrounded by the majesty of nature is another way to dive inwards towards our true selves.

Includes:

• 6-night accommodation
• 17 Buffet style vegetarian meals
• 6 days of Yoga in the Satsang Room: 10 Yoga classes in total
• 2 Two-hour sauna sessions
• Yoga props provided including Mats, pillows, bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets
• 3 guided hikes
• 1 Farm to Table Dinner
• Optional dinner at local Cidery

To register please contact Simone: simone@simonenitzan.com 

The Ayurveda and Yoga Retreat promotes a beautiful balance between learning, laughter and relaxation in a peaceful setting conducive to all these things.

Join us for this three-day educational intensive:

• learn a set of individualized self-care tools for leading a happier and healthier life
• find out your own unique constitution (dosha)
• figure out how to incorporate diet, yoga and exercise, daily routines and lifestyle habits in a way that compliments your dosha
• receive an Ayurvedic-focused introduction to Pranayama and meditation

When you leave, you’ll feel better able to understand areas of imbalance in your life and how to address them. You will have discovered new tools and practices to combat stress, alleviate frustration and help sustain optimum well being.

Come for the experience. Leave with a new understanding!

Your Facilitator:

Natasha (Jyoti) Samson’s journey into the asana practice of yoga started over ten years ago, in the annex of an old church building on a side street near her University, but her study of yoga philosophy started in her very early years – unbeknownst to her at the time as it was disguised in the stories her mom would read to her.

She has taken her yoga teacher training at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga and have continued to further her studies through books and workshops with Judith Lasater, David Swenson, and others. She also have a deep love and appreciation for Ayurveda and is working towards becoming a certified Ayurvedic Health Counsellor at the Mount Madonna Institute of Ayurveda.

She truly feels that by working on her daily practice, the more she can benefit those around her – from her students through to the smallest interactions with the many faces she passes in her day. She is drawn to teaching yoga because of the holistic benefits, little things that help her through tough times, moments of deep realizations, and overall happiness it has provided her. She looks forward to sharing this journey with you.

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are the new and improved version of our Yoga Getaways!

We invite you to leave it all behind. Step off the ferry and into another world – a world of old growth forests, crystal clear lakes, rocky mountain peaks and green valleys full of quaint farms dotted with sheep. In the heart of the island, nestled into one such valley you’ll find the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. A working Yoga Centre with a full farm situated on 69 pristine acres of magical land, the ‘Centre’ has been serving its mission of peace to all who come since its inception in 1981.

Our Yoga & Wellness Retreats are open to people of all genders and all races, and all levels of yoga practitioners. We love to welcome beginners! And would be honoured for the opportunity to show you the practice we love.

You can expect Asana (physical yoga practice) classes for all levels, led by our highly-trained, fun-loving teachers in a variety of styles; daily Morning Practices, including an introduction to the powerful work of Pranayama (breathwork) and Meditation, followed by the delight of homemade chai tea & fresh fruit; delicious, hearty farm-to-table vegetarian meals, served fresh all weekend by our dedicated Kitchen Team. Experience the detoxifying effects of our hand-built cedar sauna. Lose yourself in the magic of our forest trails, walking next to our clear-running stream, and stop for a rest at Hanuman Grove. Or, simply choose a book from our extensive collection, and relax with a cup of tea in our beautiful library. Breathe, you’ve arrived home.

Saturday afternoon we have been sure to build in a significant amount of free time! Take a tour and walk the land with one of our knowledgable staff, or use this time to explore the rest of this special island! Artisans and musicians abound, and you are sure to find a treasure all your own at Salt Spring’s famous Saturday Market.

If you’ve enjoyed a Yoga Getaway in the past, get ready to fall in love all over again.

And if this is your first time, we look forward to welcoming you with our whole hearts.