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Women's River and Yoga Retreats

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Women's River and Yoga Retreats
SAN JUAN RIVER
YAMPA RIVER
GREEN RIVER LODORE CANYON
LOWER SALMON RIVER
Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Our Women's River and Yoga Retreat is a vacation that is simply different. It's an investment in yourself. A chance to renew both body and soul. Spectacular river canyons offer secluded beaches where your facilitators will share the ancient art of hatha yoga and the healing techniques of massage therapy. You'll experience excitement and comradery as you run the rapids with women guides who understand the nature of the journey. Join us for a wilderness experience that will enrich your life long after you return home.

Four trips to choose from this year!

Mindfulness Yoga & Zen Writing with Deanna English

SAN JUAN RIVER
4-days May 27-30 $770.00

In this Women's Retreat we will embark on bringing yoga into our everyday existence. (Which is what it is) Yoga/ yoke, encompasses more than asana (postures) Pranyama (breath) or meditation. Utilizing those principles of yoga, we will explore present moment awareness thru practice in morning and evening sessions. Throughout the day we will utilize that openness/ awareness to "see" our life, as it unfolds. Playing with words and images, opening the door to creativity, we might bring about some poetry, a story, a journal of feelings and emotions, Along with that we will share, get to know each other, and hopefully laugh and enjoy the river life.

River of Awareness: Vipassana Meditation on the Yampa River
With Marlene Lambert

YAMPA RIVER
5-days June 12-16 $990.00

"Vipassana" means "deep insight," and is typically practiced through silence. This yoga retreat is open to women as well as men who are willing to spend several hours each day sharing the sounds of the canyon without words. Meditation instruction for seated (on the boats) and walking (on the beach) practice, plus daily yoga instruction will be offered, as well as evening dharma chats and foot massage! Enjoy five days and 71 miles in the solitude of this wild and scenic river channel. In addition, each guest may request individual consultation time with the facilitator.

Women's River & Yoga Retreat with Brenda Price

LOWER SALMON RIVER
4-days July 22-25 $945.00

Yoga means harmony and unity in mind, body, spirit and nature. River yoga is a time set aside each morning or evening to reflect on nature, practice postures of relaxation and strengthening, breathing exercises to calm the mind and meditation to feel peaceful in your mind, body and spirit. Come join us and give yourself the gift of time away from your busy life and time spent relaxing and refreshing your body, mind and spirit.
Namaste
Brenda

Women's River & Yoga Retreat
with
Clari Higginson

LODORE CANYON
4-days Aug 19-22 $945.00

Hatha Yoga & Massage

Imagine doing yoga out in nature, to the sounds and amazing sights of the river. Whether you have never done yoga or have a committed practice, you will enjoy the energetic and relaxing pace of this style of yoga. The emphasis always to go at your own pace and seek inner balance along with the physical benefits. This Women's Retreat also includes a massage therapist who will ease away any last bits of tension. ( We are able to fit a massage chair on one of the boats!) This trip fills up quickly so reserve your spot soon!

Create your own personalized Retreat!
Pick a River
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Customized to your needs

With a minimum of 12 people you can put together your own group of friends or family and create a personalized River Retreat. We have trips from 2 to 6 days in length ranging from mild to wild!

Mother-Daughter Retreats
Gather a group of girlfriends
Celebrate a Milestone Birthday
Celebrate Life!
Couples Retreats

Whatever the occasion, we would love the opportunity to help you reconnect to one another and the natural world through a journey down the river. Call Karen or Tammy at 800-624-6323 to explore the options!

Rates and Dates

TRIP	Days	2010 Departure Dates	Meeting Place	Cost	Cost (Group/Youth)	Deposit
San Juan River	4	May 27	Blanding, Utah 7:00am	$770.00	N/A	$300.00
Yampa River	5	June 12	Vernal, Utah-7:00am	$990.00	N/A	$300.00
Lower Salmon	4	July 22	Lewiston, Idaho-7:00am	$945.00	N/A	$300.00
Green River/Lodore Canyon	4	August 19	Vernal, Utah-7:00am	$945.00	N/A	$300.00

Women's River Retreat Trip Detail

"Just want to thank you for everything and to let you know that I TOTALLY LOVED THE TRIP--WILL REMEMBER IT ALL MY LIFE! I will never be the same after experiencing the river as we did! Personally, I felt the entire trip was perfect. What a great group of people Holiday has! Our guides were great and we so enjoyed them. The food was delicious, loved Clari, the yoga and massages, our hikes, the rapids, our campfire...perfect!"
Geralyn DeFelice Pittsburgh, PA

The Trip

The Women's River and Yoga Retreat trip has become one of our most popular outings. Everyone on the trip from guides to guests will have time each morning for meditation and yoga. These sessions will be instructed by a facilitator, who teaches Hatha Yoga, Meditation, and Yoga philosophy. You will be presented with the movement of Yoga as a wonderful heart opening and mindful experience. Your women guides will help you to relax, learn massage therapy, stress reduction techniques, and practice meditation and yoga. They are experts at ensuring your comfortable passage through the West's most spectacular rivers and canyons. They take pride in professionalism and impeccable service. Guests on our Women's Retreats will also experience Holiday Expedition's excellent camping cuisine, sleep under the stars and raft the exciting river canyon.

What is Hatha Yoga?

Hatha Yoga is a form of movement, when practiced we begin to discover on all levels of our being a place of greater balance, strength, flexibility, and inner peace. The discovery of natural beauty is one of the most healing experiences we can give ourselves. As we integrate the mindfulness of yoga with the incredible beauty of the river, the experience becomes a unique combination of delightful play and deep transformation.

Healing Through Massage

The massage philosophies we will be incorporating into the river trip are techniques you can do for yourself or with a partner. We are looking for massage to help create a healthful mind/body connection. We will also address individual responsibility for health with techniques that can help achieve that goal. Some of these will include aroma therapy, reflexology, sculpting, trigger points, connective tissue, and Swedish massage.

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