This was an amazing retreat in a stunning place with incredible people. Mary is such a kind, compassionate, and knowledgeable teacher who really puts her whole heart and soul into what she does. From the yoga practices, meditation, nourishing meals, unforgettable adventures, and connections with others, this retreat was exactly what I needed.

Beautiful retreat in Zion hosted by Mary, who was such a great host. Our daily hikes were so beautiful and challenging - feeling so much stronger! Morning meditation and yoga workshopping was so helpful - as I am a newly qualified YTT. We stayed right in Springdale, super central location - lots of great coffee shops and stores.

While the scenery/hiking was beyond incredible, the drama that was promulgated by the leader, coupled with no daily agenda shared before the retreat started, oversetting expectations of what we’d do on the retreat, failure to ask the participants (the ones who paid) what was most important to experience, lack of consideration for the intense heat and starting things early to appropriately manage the risks of heat exhaustion and dehydration, lack of understanding another participant’s limitations/fears on a hike, not fully preparing us for the hikes (food, water, etc.), sharing misinformation about Angels Landing which almost caused some to miss experiencing it if it had not been for my research the night before, and expectation of me and a friend to drive other retreat participants around town and to a hike 45 minutes away while being offered no reimbursement for doing so attributes to my rating of this trip. Additionally, this was my third trip with her, I brought along two friends and choose to attend during a monumental birthday. Bottom line, I’m returning feeling depleted and exhausted by the drama and wished I would have done another trip over such an important birthday. While I would highly recommend the location, I’d look elsewhere for a leader/retreat or put it together on your own.