Course Description

Thursday September 17th at 1:00pm to Sunday September 20th noon Join us for four blissful days of yoga, hiking, canoeing, firepit lounging, sauna-ing, meditation, forest bathing, crafts, and time to chill out. Enjoy delicious vegetarian meals. Explore the 300 acres of grounds, complete with hiking trails and a lake for swimming. Rest, turn off your phone, and give your body, mind and spirit what it really needs. We are so looking forward to enjoying peaceful time with you. The retreat will be held for the 9th year at Circle Pines Center, which teaches peace, social justice, and environmental stewardship through cooperation in work, education, and recreation. Located a three-hour drive away in Delton, Michigan, Circle Pines Center has a variety of lodgings to make a variety of budgets work (including pitching your own tent.) Lots of photos of the space are available at www.circlepinescenter.org There are normally three yoga classes per day, one before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Meditation is scheduled after lunch. There are also workshops in the morning after breakfast, as well as a special restorative class on Friday night and a bonfire at the beach on Saturday. All activities are completely optional. All meals (Thursday snack and dinner, Friday and Saturday breakfast lunch and dinner, Sunday brunch) and activities are included in the price. Double and triple accommodations in the main lodging building with bathrooms (Swallows) or individual heated cabins without bathrooms (Orchards) will be $680 per person. Camping cabins without bathrooms but with electricity (Juniors) are available for $465 per person, or pitch your own tent for the same price. You'll get a registration form from us when you send in your deposit, and once you return it, you'll be invoiced for the balance (around July 15, due August 15.) Sample menu is available upon request. In order to make the retreat as safe as possible for as many people as possible, you'll be required to sign a document stating your intent to adhere to community agreements, which will include committing to: Respecting people's pronouns Refraining from cultural appropriation Refraining from perpetuating diet culture or talking about bodies in a way that values their size, shape or appearance Respecting silent spaces A $100 deposit (refundable until August 1) saves your space, or email us for more information.