"Women in High Places!"
This is a women only 4 day, USA-based sacred yoga pilgrimage into the heart of the North Cascades Range of Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.
- 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 women and the environment
- 3 Nights & 4 Day Yoga Backpacking Pilgrimage
- Daily Devi-Inspired Hatha Yoga
- Goddesses of Yoga Studies in Nature: Annapurna, Matangi, Parvati
- Backpacking Into Goddess-Infused Nature
- Sacred Circle Practices with Glacier Vistas
- Guided creative expression & investigative journaling
- Mantra, Mudra, Meditation
- Meditation & Devotional Dance
- Learn Empowering 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:
Also, before the pilgrimage, we will connect with each person in-person, by Skype or phone to go over your gear and to field any questions.
Our first night together we will:
Day 2: Goddess Annapurna - Spiritual Nourishment
On our first full day in the mountains, we will enjoy breakfast and practice Devi Yoga flow before panoramic views of Mt. Baker.
Afterward, we will trek through an open landscape of meadows to tarn lakes and an old fire outlook, ascending up to truly expansive and awe-inspiring views of this Mother mountain.
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:
Day 3: Goddess Matangi - Wild Matriarchal Mother of the Forest
Day three, after morning Devi Yoga flow and a chai masala tea breakfast before the majestic mountain we will break camp and hike to our next camp, home of multiple tarn lakes shores 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:
Day 4: Goddess Parvati - The Supreme Yogini
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 many 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:
- 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)
- Lunch item costs (everyone will pack their own lunches so you have some of your favorite food items. Also, to learn how to gauge and pack food for backpacking!)
- 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 with via a group Zoom to go over your gear and to field any questions prior to the pilgrimage.
- The first day of the journey we'll meet up at a designated spot and caravan to the trailhead together.
Spring Special until June 21, 2024
Regular price: $997