"Yogins in High Places!"
This is an open to everyone 4 day, USA-based sacred yoga pilgrimage into the heart of the North Cascades Range of Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.
* Self-inquiry journaling is integral to this retreat.
This retreat is open to everyone.
- Step into the healing rhythm of nature and unplug from fast-paced, technology-centered modern lifestyle
- Practice healing & expanding goddess-based yoga informed by nondual Shakti/Shiva Tantra
- Connect to physical strength & intuitive wisdom
- Learn the fundamentals of backpacking & how to set up a backcountry camp
- Explore Sacred Activism & “Artivism” for supporting people and the environment
- 3 Nights & 4 Day Yoga Backpacking Pilgrimage
- Daily Devi-Inspired Hatha Yoga
- Goddesses of Yoga Studies in Nature: Annapurna "Goddess of Nourishment", Matangi " Matriarchal Mother", Bhuvaneshwari “Lady of Loving Transformative Space”
- Backpacking Into Goddess-Infused Nature
- Sacred Circle Practices with Glacier Vistas
- Guided creative expression & self-inquiry journaling
- Mantra, Mudra, Meditation
- Meditation & Devotional Dance & Poetry
- Learn Backpacking Skills
- Sacred Activism & Artivism Brainstorming
- Daily breakfasts and dinners
Day 1: Welcoming Shakti Ceremony
We will meet up at a designated spot and caravan to the trailhead. Beforehand, by email, you will receive information on the following:
Backpacking gear checklist
Wilderness safety guidelines
Leave no trace backpacking
Also, before the pilgrimage, there will be a group Zoom to go over your gear and to field any questions.
Our first night together we will:
Come together in a 'Welcome Shakti Ceremony'
Go over and get our gear together
Enjoy dinner in the wilds
Moon and stargaze
Celebrate and rejoice, come together as a collective!
Day 2: Goddess Annapurna - Spiritual & Self-Nourishment
On our first full day in the mountains, we will enjoy breakfast and practice Devi Yoga flow before panoramic views of Mt. Baker. We will be experiencing the mountain on its south side this year. We will trek through forest and out into an open landscape with epic views of Mt. Baker, traversing through open meadows and vistas and drinking from glacial mountain streams. With chances for us to spot marmots and pikas.
Here we will explore and practice the teachings of Goddess Annapurna and what she has to teach us about being lovingly held through the Mother of nourishing transformation.
You will learn:
How to invoke and algin with Annapurna's healing and nourishing qualities
Her symbolism and mythology and how to align with Her
Inner explore new ways to care and nourish yourself through this Goddesses wisdom
Explore your inner world and discover or recover what's been hidden or laying dormant
* We are going to a new camp on the northern side of Mt. Baker this year. So, if you've already gone on this route another year. This will be a new experience for you.
Day 3: Goddess Matangi - Wild Matriarchal Mother of the Forest
Day three, after morning Devi Yoga flow and breakfast before the majestic mountain we will break camp and hike to our next camp, home of a tarn lake where we will meditate, eat, swim, write and sunbathe.
This is a day for feeling our innate creativity and inward introspection. A time to just "be" with free time on your own to explore the magic of the mountains.
You will learn:
How to invoke Goddess Matangi
Learn about Her revolutionary teachings taking us beyond conventional thinking and societal acceptance, to discover the power found in the periphery places of life
We'll explore Her mythology, symbolism, mantra, and investigative journal inquiry questions
Day 4: Goddess Bhuvaneshwari- “Lady of Loving Transformative Space”
Day four, we will practice Devi Yoga flow with the rising sun in a high mountain abode supported below our feet by majestic Mother Earth.
After breakfast, we will hike back, nourished by abundant beauty of high ridge views and rocky meadows, along with drinking from the streams of snowfield water along the way. Experiencing firsthand what it means to be nourished and empowered by the natural elements, beginning our journey back towards home, refreshed and renewed.
You’ll learn:
How to embody the qualities of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari to lovingly hold you through whatever threshold transformations are underway in your life
How she physically expresses herself in nature and how to harness this power for positive change and protection
Her mythology and teachings
- Airfare
- Airport bus or car rental
- Pre or after pilgrimage accommodations
- Each person provides their own backpacking gear (exclusive of stove, cook pots, group water filter system which I provide. A detailed "Backpacking Gear Check List" is provided when you sign up)
- Everyone will bring your own lunches
- Once you've signed up you'll be sent an "Acknowledgment of Risk Form" and "Terms and Conditions" documents for your review. At our meet up spot everyone will sign this before heading out to the trailhead.
- Before the journey by email you'll receive a "Backpacking Gear Check List", "Wilderness Safety Guidelines" and "Leave-No-Trace-Backpacking" information.
- Also, we'll connect in July via a group Zoom to go over your gear and to field any questions prior to our time in the mountains.
- The first day of the journey we'll meet up at a designated spot and caravan to the trailhead together.
Experience the bliss and creative inspiration found in goddess yogic studies in Mother Nature" This is a journey of a lifetime, one that invites you into deep positive change and opens you to a reverence for All that Is.
For there is nothing quite like sleeping upon Mother earth gazing above at the endless expanse of stars and the cosmos, drinking from nutrient rich glacial waters, and feeling summer sun on your skin in the supportive company of sisterhood.
Come with us...we'll lead you on the path to all that She is, Her majesty, Her pure refreshing vitality. Mother earth has the power to heal and open energy pathways like no other place can, as we explore yogic practices in the setting of their origin -- in Mother Nature.
