the bhaktishop

upcoming retreats

early bird gets the worm

Sometimes there is no better way to go direct that to go on retreat with your yoga, and we aim to make that more and more possible every year. With getaways in all price ranges and climates, we offer you many, many ways to recognize that enlightenment is a collective endeavor! When we gather together, free from distraction (and technology!) our accumulated energy is boundless! At The Bhaktishop we LOVE to get away from it all, in big or small community-building, consciousness-raising, life-challenging ways, year after year. Take one trip away with us, you will be transformed!

Bloom True! A Week-long Art and Yoga Adventure with Lisa Mae and Artist Flora Bowley in Ubud, Bali

May 18-25, 2012
Deposit $300
Total Cost(s) Depending on lodging choice:
$1300 for Shared lodging
$1400 Solo Lodging

Bali!

Teaching together for the first time, Lisa Mae and Flora bring their passions together in order to ignite yours! Approaching their respective teachings from a similar place of joy, intuition, devotion and celebration, Lisa Mae and Flora are excited to join forces to create a powerful and transformational experience for you to explore art and yoga while immersed in Bali’s extraordinary culture and beauty.

Each day will start with meditation and Lisa Mae’s deep, inspired yoga practice to broaden your sense of possibility in heart, in body, and in the deep inner sense of your own universe! This celebratory yoga practice will focus on finding your optimal alignment and spaciousness in asana and connecting deeply to your inherent grace and beauty. After a relaxed lunch break, our afternoons will be spent painting with Flora. In her vibrant and inspired way, Flora will demonstrate many of her personal painting techniques as she guides you to loosen up, let go of expectations, and allow your art to unfold naturally through her fun exploratory process.

Together, Lisa Mae and Flora offer a playful, supported, and forgiving approach to both yoga and art. They are delighted for the opportunity to share this luxurious week with you in Bali. Not to be missed!

More about Flora: http://florasbowley.com/#/extra1/0

Foundations of Yoga: An Entry Level Dive Into the Joy of Yoga with Tasha Danner and Jeannie Songer

Sunday August 19th to Tuesday August 21st
call Breitenbush to register (503) 854-3320

Tasha Jeannie

Join Tasha and Jeannie, two of our most dedicated and beloved Yoga Foundations teachers for our first-ever retreat exploring the joys of yoga, at the beginner level. If you have ever expressed trepidation at coming with us on a yoga retreat, or worried that the level would not be appropriate for you or that you don't quite feel comfortable enough with the practice to consider such a thing, this is the retreat for you!

We will build a very strong foundation, focusing on your alignment and skill-building in the physical practice, with a focus on breathing techniques, exploring the beauty of mantra and meditation, and of course sharing good company. Tasha may even share some of her therapeutics training, and Jeannie may bless you all with some deep restorative practice, too! And in true Bhaktishop retreat style, plenty of time to relax, read, hike, nap, and soak in Breitenbush's healing hot springs. Join us for our first-ever Beginner retreat to explore or renew the foundations of a yoga practice!

Viva Mexico! New Year’s in Paradise

December 29th, 2012-January 5th, 2013
Playa Troncones, Mexico with Lisa Mae

Well if you didn’t hear about it already, last year New Year's in Mexico was AWESOME! And so we are very happy to return to the amazing and quaint beach town of Playa Troncones, Mexico, 35km north of the Ixtapa airport on the Pacific side. A lazy, safe, homey little town full of low-lying casas and down home charm, and did we mention awesome waves for swimming and surfing? We went rented an entire eye-fryingly pink compound with several private beachfront villas and swimming pools all for you...Think sunrise meditations, two hours of deep-diving yoga classes in the mornings, a killer Mexican brunch, and then all day to do your thing. Private rides to the deserted surf break where you can learn or shred, play on a stand-up paddleboard in a beautiful protected estuary, kayak or bird watch, and stroll miles of uncrowded beaches. Sundowner yoga classes on the sweet little open-air yoga deck with palm fronds as your ceiling, dinner out in the little village for some local flavor or cooked on your own in your kitchens with hand-delivered vegetables daily, and then perhaps a midnight cannonball into the pool? Complete with a fully-loaded and intentional 2013 Bhaktishop-style ritual welcome the New Year, we promise much feasting and merriment for all to enjoy. We can only take 15 lucky yogis on this trip, since we can’t hardly take over the entire beachfront. So start planning now! A non-refundable deposit of $200 will hold a space for you on this one...We can’t think of another way we would want to ring in the new than with all of you in the company of your amazing yoga practices...

$1175 double occupancy, $1300 single occupancy

Retreat Cancellation Policy

Dearest yogi family,
We regret that we need to have one of these kinds of policies, but alas, it has become necessary. So here goes.

If you are registered and paid for any retreat we will happily issue you a refund of your payment. Here is the scene:

  • If you cancel 1 month or more before the retreat, we will happily give you a 100% refund.
  • If it is less than 1 month from the date of the retreat, we will give you a 100% refund if we are able to fill your spot.
  • If it is less than 1 month from the date of the retreat, and we are not able to fill your spot, we will give you a refund of 75% of the cost of the retreat or deposit you have given.

As you know, many of our retreats fill up and then get a waiting list, so the likelihood that we will fill the space is pretty high, with the exception of stuff we do in other countries. But that might mean that we have to wait until after the retreat happens to find out and get you a refund!