Holistic Yoga Retreat
February 1-3, 2015 (Sunday – Tuesday)
Big Bear, California
Start the New Year off with an escape to the beautiful
mountains of Big Bear. Join yoga teachers Ashley and Lacy for a few days of
yoga, cleansing the body, and restoring and recharging your health! It will be
an unbelievable journey filled with invigorating yoga and hiking, relaxing
meditation classes, healthy vegetarian meals, raw juices, spa treatments, and
time for solitude in nature. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced yogi,
the classes will be catered to your body’s needs, while also challenging you.
After the retreat, you will feel renewed in mind, body, and spirit, and ready
to enter the world with a greater sense of peace and ease.
Cost: $450
Silent Meditation
Retreat
February 5-8, 2015 (Thursday – Sunday)
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary, North San Juan,
California (Northern California)
Yoga masters describe God as ever-existing bliss
consciousness. Silence is the altar upon which we develop our communion with
that Bliss. Keeping silence is an acknowledgement that nothing that we think or
express can adequately express the Truth. Silence helps us to see ourselves
more clearly, to see the course of our thoughts and the currents of our hearts.
Together with the techniques of Raja yoga, we have a powerful opportunity to
use the energy of our bodies, our breath, our will and our concentration to
work our way back to our True Nature.
Silent retreat attendees will receive basic instruction in
meditation to explore throughout the retreat, as well as access to structured
group meditations, which are encouraged but not mandatory. Yoga postures are
led each morning.
Cost: Private Cabin (single guest): $110; Private Cabin
(couple): $160; Tent: $50
Conscious Life Expo
February 6-8, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Hilton, Los Angeles, California
Welcome to the February 2015 Conscious Life Expo. With an amazing
speaker line-up, we expect a full crowd. A General Admission (Day Pass) is
required to attend the Expo for each day. The day pass allows access to the
Free Workshops, Free Lectures, Free Music, Free Movies, and Exhibit Halls.
Additional tickets are required for General and Keynote Workshops, Panel
Discussions and Special Events as noted.
Cost: $25/person/day
Sacred Evolution:
Yoga and Meditation
February 6-8, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
Yoga as an ancient art and science oriented toward reducing
suffering is the path that will guide us in our time together. We will weave
together asanas (postures), meditation, pranayama (conscious breath), and
restorative poses. We will embark on a beautiful inner/outer journey that can
prepare us to take on the joy and responsibility to embrace sacred evolution.
Please bring a yoga mat and a journal.
Cost: $405.00 – $1,750.00 (based on accommodation type)
Love is a Miracle,
Level 1
February 6-8, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Joshua Tree Retreat Center, Joshua Tree, California
Level 1: Love is a Miracle is a residential weekend workshop
for anyone interested in having more love and intimacy in your life.
Communication and connection are keys to love, intimacy and sexuality. Imagine
being safely and gently guided to connect deeply and profoundly, first with
yourself, and then—as you choose—with others, in an honest, supportive, and openhearted
environment.
Join us for this fabulous personal growth experience, where
you will be invited to:
* Remove blocks to intimacy, expanding your ability to give
and receive love
* Be your authentic self and create the life you’ve always
wanted
* Improve your body image and your self-esteem
* Make the right relationship choices for you
* Ask for what you want in your relationships
* Increase the depth and intimacy in all your relationships
* Embrace your sexuality as a special—and sacred—part of
your life
Cost: $545
Beautify
February 6-8, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Petaluma, California
Our mission is to
advance evolutionary planetary culture, and nurture sacred community in the Bay
Area and beyond. Let us be the beauty we wish to see in the world.
This festival is really special – three days of dance,
workshops, contact improvisation, yoga, meditation, drumming, and much more.
Ra So, DyaTribal, MorgenStar, Ali Maida, and Malaika will be
sharing their diverse gifts, Dancetastic Emo Bass, Hindustani Fusion, Soulful
Singer/Songwriters, and Standup Comedy.
Cost: $45 FULL ROLL Friday-Sunday, $25 Saturday Only
Liberating Mindfulness
Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:30 am – 5 pm
Foothills Congregational Church, Los Altos, California
This daylong event will explore the fourth foundation of
mindfulness (Satipatthana), variously referred to as mental objects, dhammas,
or phenomena. This fourth foundation extends the awareness of body and mind to
include the functions, causes, and interrelationships of states. We become
aware of how various mental states condition the mind, how we relate to the
experiences of life, and how states either aid or hinder our spiritual
progress. Mindful investigation is the key to the development of liberating
knowledge.
Cost: Voluntary contributions are appreciated.
Dance Immersion
February 7-8, 2015 (Saturday – Sunday)
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, California
What better way to unplug from the world and connect with
community than to share a couple of days soaking, dancing, doing yoga, hiking,
and having meals together in our own private retreat space? Come immerse
yourself in a variety of conscious movement experiences and the healing waters
of Harbin. The highlights of this retreat include Inner Rhythm with Hamid
Martin, Ecstatic Dance with ALIA & Baron von Spirit, Contact Improv with
Tyler Blank, Connexion Dance with ALIA, Yoga and Partner Stretching with David
Schlussel, and Dolphin Dance with Florence Lesur.
Dance Immersion offers this wide menu of scheduled
activities, but it is not a tightly structured retreat. We do not expect
everybody to participate in every scheduled activity. This is a flexible retreat
with options—each participant manages their own time and flow between the
Conference Center and Harbin mainside.
Cost: $130
Cannabis Cup
February 7-8, 2015 (Saturday – Sunday)
NOS Events Center, San Bernardino, California
Two-day trade show/EXPO incorporating vendor booths in a
main building with an extended outdoor component for additional vendor booths.
Inside booths range from glassware and clothing to grow
equipment and artwork. Inside also features three seminars per day either in a
sectioned off area off the main floor or in a private "theater" like
setting. The seminar topics include legalization regulations featuring
California experts, current political issues, grow seminars with HIGH TIMES
editors as well as a cooking seminar from our own Cannabis Cookbook author.
The outdoor component is typically a fenced off area with
privacy screening, not visible to the public. Medicating (smoking) is allowed
in this area for those with a valid medical card and a picture ID (for medical
states). Visitors are wrist banded for entry. No selling or distributing of
cannabis is allowed.
There is Saturday night entertainment typically starting @
8PM and lasting till @ 11PM.
Cost: $160 VIP package
Usui Reiki 1&2
February 7-8, 2015 (Saturday – Sunday)
Cranial Sacral Therapy Center, San Jose, California
Reiki I and II are taught together during a weekend
intensive. Both attunements are given. All the information and techniques are
covered including:
* The Reiki hand positions.
* Giving a complete Reiki treatment for self and others.
* Holy Love and Heavenly Banquet Meditation - Holy Fire
Meditation experiences
* Japanese Reiki Techniques, as taught by Dr. Usui including
Gassho meditation, Reiji-ho - developing your intuition, Byosen Scanning -
detecting where Reiki is needed, Gyoshi ho - sending Reiki with the eyes, Koki
ho - using the breath to send Reiki, Kenyoku - dry bathing or clearing ones
energy field
* Using Reiki for specific conditions.
* The Reiki II symbols, how to use them with practice time.
* Using Reiki to heal unwanted habits, and wanted goals
* Distant healing.
Cost: $350
Timeless Loving:
Intro to SkyDancing Tantra
February 13-15, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, California
This popular experiential workshop for singles and couples
is a fun and safe way to begin your tantric journey, become a better lover and
create deeper intimacy and more love in your life. Learn tantric techniques –
including ritual, communication, and energy consciousness – to integrate
spirituality into your life and lovemaking. Celebrate being fully alive in your
body, heart, spirit and mind. In a safe and loving environment, we explore:
• Weaving
Spirituality, Love & Intimacy
• Intimate
Communication Skills
• Breath: The
Key to Expanding Pleasure
• Discover
Full-Body Orgasm
Take home with you powerful techniques that you can use
again and again to live more ecstatically - in the bedroom, and the boardroom!
Cost: $465
PantheaCon
February 13-16, 2015 (Friday – Monday)
Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, California
Join our huge and varied Pagan, Heathen, Wiccan,
Reconstructionist, Indigenous, spiritual and magical groups in education and
celebration. As usual, we fill the whole hotel with over 14 function rooms for
workshops, rituals, and presentations including 4 ballrooms for Vendors along
with open house parties.
Versatile and features-rich program: music, healing,
spirituality, meditation, dance, and much more…
Cost: $70 (till Jan 1); $80 after Jan.1 and on site; Pre-Reg
closes Jan. 15(includes all events for the entire four day conference) $40 for
a full day, $20 for an evening only.
Ferocious Intimacy-
Couples Format
Saturday, February 14, 2015, 12 pm – 5:30 pm
Wildcat Studio, Berkeley, CA
This Valentine's Day workshop explores the phenomenon of
resonance with others. Human beings are “hyper-social” animals, and we have
deep brain circuitry that enables us to directly feel into another person, and
to have them receive our deep presence.
This couples’ version of the workshop is for all types of
couples: long-term committed couples seeking to explore new domains of
connection, new couples seeking bonding experiences, and even pairs of people
who are in the process of deciding how well they might fit. You spend the bulk
of the day with your partner, playing together in altogether new ways.
With a minimum of talking, we use body movement to first
ground into our own sovereignty as autonomous and powerful agents of our own
lives. Next, we engage in playful interactions to attune with others, such as
sharing our center of gravity and other forms of mutual interdependence.
Finally, we find ways of co-operating, of engaging in playful, fierce, and
tender forms of connection.
Cost: At the door cost $160, discounted to $120 for
pre-registration.
Understanding the
Fundamentals and Spiritual Hygiene 101
Friday, February 20, 2015, 9:30am – 5pm
Body Mind Spirit Healing Center, Whittier, California
During this class, you will learn vital information about
how the spiritual world interacts with the physical, providing essential
knowledge for all who are sensitive to the spiritual world, and all who are
interested in doing any form of healing work!
Cost: TBD
Swingin' At The Savoy
February 20-22, 2015 (Friday-Sunday)
Mountain View, California
Swingin' At The Savoy is a weekend workshop of Lindy Hop
& Jazz dance and classes. We bring the first generation legends of our
dance to you, so that you can meet them in person and they can share their
amazing stories. We invite fantastic instructors so that you can learn from the
best. Join us to learn from the masters, get inspired, and celebrate jazz dance
& music.
Cost: $169 - $179 (accommodation not included)
Medical Qigong - Qi
Empowerment: Cultivate Supreme Well-Being of Body-Mind-Spirit
February 20-22, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
During this workshop, you can learn and practice the easy
but powerful components of qigong, including movement, breath, self-massage,
and mindfulness. You can learn simple qigong to master stress and prevent
disease, and benefit for your entire lifetime. This retreat is suitable for all
levels.
Cost: $405.00 – $1,750.00 (based on accommodation type)
AGE - A 5Rhythms
Workshop
February 20-22, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Sacramento, California
In the great sequencing of time, we experience a magnitude
of incomings and outgoings and wonder what it all means. Growing young and
growing old day by day. Life and death holding hands, like dearly beloveds,
from the moment we take our first breath.
On an explorational artistic journey we will spend quality
time asking important questions about time and memory, asking who we are, where
have we been and where are we going. Coming together in an inter weaving basket
of dance and story to create myths we wish to live by and myths we wish to bust
open. Creating tribal rites of passage for each of our tribe members.
We are all on the path of courage facing our fears; we are
all in the life canoe traveling out to sea. So, it is within this soul canoe
that we will gather glimpses of our own essence and make some commitments for
the journey ahead.
Cost: $325
Learn How to
Meditate: Techniques for Peace of Mind and Balanced Living
Feb
20 – 22, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
The
Expanding Light Retreat, Nevada City, California
Learn
how to meditate for the first time, or learn how to meditate with more
concentration and upliftment if you already meditate.
You
will learn:
*
An effective technique to help you concentrate
*
How to sit comfortably so your body is not an obstacle to inner peace
*
How to begin a daily practice of meditation
*
Ways to experience the benefits of meditation throughout your day
*
How to keep your meditation practice fulfilling so that you want to continue
*
You will leave with the techniques and understanding you need to sustain a
meditative practice.
Your
weekend will include physical exercises to aid relaxation, and written lessons
to help you get the best possible start on your meditation practice.
Cost:
$238 - $558 (depending on accommodations type)
African-American
Festival
February 21-22, 2015 (Saturday – Sunday)
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
Join the Aquarium of the Pacific as it hosts its thirteenth
annual African-American Festival, celebrating the rich diversity of
African-American and African cultures. The weekend will feature live
entertainment, arts and crafts, ethnic food, and more. Festival performers
include Mardi Gras second line dancers, hip hop and break dancers, tap dancers,
jazz musicians, interactive drum circles, West African dancers, and
storytellers.
Cost: $30
OneTaste Orgasmic
Meditation Workshop
Sunday, February 22, 2015, 10 am – 5 pm
San Francisco, California
OM (Orgasmic Meditation) is a simple way for people to
practice their orgasm. It is like….yoga for your orgasm. The daylong How to OM
Course is the perfect way to learn the basics of the practice of OM and the
philosophy behind OneTaste’s signature practice. Spend the day with two
Certified OneTaste instructors.
The How to OM Course is a great starting point for both men
and women and will give you the right foundation to begin building your OM practice.
Whether you are learning OM for the first time or brushing up your skills, the
How to OM Course is a great way to begin cultivating your Orgasm.
Open to singles and couples
Pre-requisite: Watch the How to OM Video
Cost: $195/person
Shoden Reiki I
February 27-28, 2015 (Friday – Saturday)
San Francisco, California
Shoden is a Japanese word meaning 'first teachings'. It is
the first level of teachings in the traditional Japanese branch of Reiki called
Usui Reiki Ryoho.
Energy is a word that very few people can explain in all its
complexities. You could read a book on it or be told all about it but it is the
actual experience itself that teaches you.
Therefore, a complete treatment is given and received by
each participating student and many hands-on exercises are used in a group
environment during Shoden. This practical experience leads to an inner
understanding of energy.
Cost: $350
Love is a Miracle,
Level 1
February 27 – March 1, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, California
Level 1: Love is a Miracle is a residential weekend workshop
for anyone interested in having more love and intimacy in your life.
Communication and connection are keys to love, intimacy and sexuality. Imagine
being safely and gently guided to connect deeply and profoundly, first with
yourself, and then—as you choose—with others, in an honest, supportive, and openhearted
environment.
Join us for this fabulous personal growth experience, where
you will be invited to:
* Remove blocks to intimacy, expanding your ability to give
and receive love
* Be your authentic self and create the life you’ve always
wanted
* Improve your body image and your self-esteem
* Make the right relationship choices for you
* Ask for what you want in your relationships
* Increase the depth and intimacy in all your relationships
* Embrace your sexuality as a special—and sacred—part of
your life
Cost: $545
Yoga Retreat -
Weekend Warrior Style
February 27–March 1, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, Central Coast
California
Leave your city life behind and rejuvenate on Sagrada's new
mini weekend warrior yoga retreat! This is a convenient way to recharge your
batteries, soak up some pristine natural countryside, practice your yoga
asanas, eat nourishing gourmet meals and enjoy the company of new friends.
Days will begin with a morning hike on one of Sagrada’s
picturesque trails, and then a 1.5-hour yoga class in our spectacular brand new
yoga studio that opens onto the trees, and majestic mountain views. In the late
afternoon, enjoy the second yoga class followed by restorative yoga postures
that will leave you feeling grounded and at peace. After a healthy and tasty lunch,
there is plenty of time to lounge on a hammock, or venture off the ranch for a
bit of Central Coast delicious wine tasting at local Paso Robles or Edna Valley
Wineries.
Bask in the hot tub; explore the quaint towns of Santa
Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Templeton, Paso Robles, or the breathtaking local
beaches. Relax in our reflection garden, catch up on deep peaceful sleep, and
experience the healing and rejuvenating benefits that Sagrada Wellness
California Yoga Retreats has become famous for providing!
All levels welcome. Beginners to Advanced.
Cost: Communal bedroom shared bathroom - $595 + tax; Private
bedroom shared bathroom - $865 sgl / $695 dbl + tax
February 27- March 1, 2015 (Friday – Sunday)
Pasadena, California
Our annual Fiddling Frog Dance Festival is continuing its
tradition of bringing together great bands, callers, and dancers. We cannot guarantee the weather, but we are
also known for reuniting dancers from colder climates with their summer
clothing.
Cost: $170 (not including accommodation)
Launch Your Yoga Journey: Enrich Your Life!
February 27- March 1, 2015
(Friday – Sunday)
Mount Madonna Center, Monterey
Bay, California
In this comprehensive program,
participants will gain a clear, practical, concise experience of yoga on all levels,
body, mind and spirit. Sometimes, there is confusion about what yoga is and
what it is not – confusion about jargon, styles, systems, and “brands” of yoga. Some westernized versions focus on exercise
and fitness, sometimes missing the essence of the practice. This program will focus on that essence. Students will leave with a positive
experience and a strong, easy to follow base for embarking on their yogic
journey, feeling rested, renewed, & empowered. We explore:
* The true meaning of yoga as an
awareness practice,
* Asanas (postures),
* Meditation,
* Pranayama (breath work),
* Yamas/Niyamas (inward/outward
observances) and all 8 limbs of yoga,
* Stress reduction/relaxation,
* Metaphors of yoga and how to
incorporate them into ALL we do
* Mindful walks/meditation in
motion.
This is not an esoteric
workshop, nor about yogic texts, but a simple, authentic exploration of the
practice of yoga.
Cost: $350 (lodging expenses are
not included)
Reiki Master Accelerated Weekend Certification Weekend & Hot
Springs Retreat!
February 27-March 2, 2015
Sierra Hot Springs, Sierraville,
California
No prerequisites in Reiki
required. At this special accelerated Reiki training, you will become a fully
attuned, trained & certified reiki master in one powerful hands-on 3-day
weekend.
Cost: $997 or $897 if paid in
full by January 27
Freedom with Our Inner Critics: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach
Saturday, February 28, 201, 9 am
- 5 pm
San Francisco Zen Center, San
Francisco, California
Many of us do our best to keep
inner critics away, or we try to get rid of them and find that this simply
doesn’t work. No matter what we do, they keep trying to get our attention.
Maybe they have another message that we need to pay attention to.
With the use of mindfulness and
Zen meditation, participants will be offered ways to stop recognize and listen
as we practice new ways to relate to recurring thoughts and emotional patterns
of critical self-judgment. We may find that these harsh voices are pointing to
our innermost desires for safety, love and wholeness. We will practice relating
to inner critic voices, cultivating our natural ability to listen in a field of
calmness and compassion.
Deeply listening to self-critics
and learning to engage with them with friendly creativity will start the
transformational process of developing self-acceptance and self-compassion.
This process leads to a kinder, more compassionate attitude toward ourselves.
Cost: $100
