Yoga for Wellbeing
February 14–16, 2025
On Land Retreats, Personal Transformation, Yoga Retreats, Yoga, Wellness & Embodied Living
Our minds and bodies are naturally awake, whole, complete, healthy, and sacred. Yet in today’s speedy and chaotic world, many of us come to yoga, meditation, and other contemplative practices from feelings of stress, anxiety, heartbreak, despair, loneliness, and pure exhaustion. This is something many of us experience as the modern human condition. Yet within us, we have the capacity to heal, rejuvenate, and cultivate a greater sense of wellbeing in the midst of daily life.
We have our own indestructible source of resilience. Our path is one of taking the time and space we need when we feel depleted, to replenish, so that we can experience greater ease and feel more present for the joys and challenges in our lives.
On this retreat, we will replenish through yoga, contemplation, inquiry, sharing, and time spent in the mountain valley where Drala Mountain Center is nestled, so that we can return to our daily lives with a renewed sense of energy and wellbeing. This retreat is for everyone, some experience with yoga is recommended.
What type of yoga will we practice on this retreat?
We will practice Slow Flow Yoga and Restorative/Yin Yoga. Slow Flow will support you in building strength, and increasing circulation, mental clarity, flexibility, and balance. Restorative and Yin will help you to relax and open your body, mind, and heart more deeply through longer holds and supported postures.
When will our retreat start and end?
Our program will begin with orientation on Friday evening 5:30 pm and it will end on Sunday at 12:30 pm. Participants are welcome to stay for lunch and enjoy the land.
What to bring for the program?
Yoga mat (optional), journal or notepad, pen or pencil, walking shoes, water bottle, and a mug with a closed top for tea (optional).
Testimonials:
“Melissa’s warm, inviting presence welcomes her students to show up as they are—and in the simple act of showing up, to discover compassion for self and for others. Her work uncovers and strengthens resilience in body and spirit.” —Jenna Carson
“Melissa is a great teacher. I always left her classes feeling both muscles and mind opened a bit more than when I arrived.” —Matt Blumberg
“The yoga experience with Melissa has not only changed my body but her insight and perspective has changed my mindset—a true blessing.” —Nadia
Retreat Faculty
Melissa Lago
MA, MDiv is a Visiting Instructor in Yoga Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. She was introduced to yoga as a child at home and at the Oak Grove School founded by Jiddu Krishnamurti in Ojai, CA. As a teenager, she dedicated herself to the study of Ashtanga Yoga and then branched out to […]
