Friday, AUG 5th – Sunday AUG 7th
$475 Single room ($375 Active IYI Teacher) price per person | Currently full. Please email training@integralyogasf.org for waitlist.
$395 Shared rooms ($295 Active IYI Teacher) price per person | Currently full. Please email training@integralyogasf.org for waitlist.
The pressures and pace of daily life can be exhausting and the pandemic is keeping many of us on constant edge, making it difficult to find true rest. Join us in this retreat from the relentless demands and challenges we face. You can choose to leave behind the phone and internet, and give yourself the opportunity to truly relax and nurture yourself. We invite you to experience the timeless wisdom and practices of Integral Yoga and the healing power of silence and nature.
Astrud, Claudia and Swami Ramananda will guide us inward, using a relaxed schedule of Yoga classes, meditations, free time for walks, rest or reading, inspirational programs, and healthy vegetarian meals. We are blessed once again to use the Commonweal Retreat Center in Bolinas, known for the natural beauty of the ocean side location which is located on sacred Native American grounds.
Details:
Check-in is Friday, August 5th at 5 pm | dinner at 6 pm.
Check-out is Sunday, August 7th at 12:30 pm.
Claudia Bartsch, E-500CYT, C-IAYT, has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. With over 1,700 hours of official training she offers an in-depth understanding of the yogic practices and techniques and how to apply them for healing, integration and transformation. She studied with the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy School and was certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists in 2016.
Additionally, Claudia is a certified Stress Management Educator and a trained Reiki and Shiatsu practitioner. claudiabartsch.com
Astrud Castillo has been teaching yoga since 2001 and sharing Kirtan internationally for the last 10 years.She trained in NYC at Laughing Lotus, currently known as Body and soul Yoga collective and is a senior teacher and teacher trainer. She has studied the basics of yoga therapeutics and Vedic chanting with T.K.V. Desikachar in India. Her teaching has been inspired by her mentor and friend Mark Whitwell over the last 20 years. Astrud’s classes are warm, welcoming and all inclusive. She weaves together poses in a creative and mindful way using the breath as the bridge to deepen and explore the balance between effort and surrender and focus of the mind. Her love and relationship to Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion, is always illuminated in her teaching. There is always chanting in Astrud’s classes, awareness around the breath and mindful movement. Astrud leads annual pilgrimages to India, teaches Bhakti yoga with teachers in training.
Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.
He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He is a co-founder of The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI) which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.