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Join Melissa Krieger and Jenafor Ryane on Salt Spring Island for a four night/five day retreat from Wednesday, November 9th to Sunday the 13th. You'll be pampered with a variety of yoga classes, all vegetarian meals and lots of free time to chill out at the beautiful Stowel Lake Farm. If you're needing time away to restore and rejuvenate this weekend is for you!
This retreat is meant to be a fun time away to recharge, eat great food, do lots of yoga and relax. There will be lots of unstructured time. If you are unsure whether this retreat is for you or not please contact Melissa directly.
Stowel Lake Farm is a wellness centre, working farm and community on 120 acres on Salt Spring Island. It's a five minute drive from the Fulford Ferry terminal (ferry to/from Victoria), a thirty minute drive from the Long Harbour Terminal (ferry to/from Vancouver) and a 25 minute drive from the Vesuvius Terminal (ferry to/from Crofton). It's a 15 minute drive to Ganges (main hub of Salt Spring)
You'll get to experience several styles of yoga - hatha, flow, hatha flow, yoga4strength, yin and restorative. Plus you'll be guided through some mindfulness activities - yoga nidra, meditation and pranayama.
It's ok if you haven't practiced with Melissa or Jenafor before, they will take care of you and find the options you need!
Our practice space is gorgeous and filled with natural light. Its large windows allow panoramic views of the trees. The building is so beautiful - it's warm and bright and was hand crafted by local woodworkers. Not to mention it's stocked with yoga props so we can really sink into our restorative poses.
This is a tentative schedule of the weekend and subject to change
Wednesday | Check-in | | 3:00 - 5:00 | | Orientation | | 5:45 | | Dinner | | 6:00 | | Opening Circle and Yoga with Melissa | | 7:30 |
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| Thursday | Meditation with Jenafor | | 8:00 | | Breakfast | | 8:30 | | Yoga with Jenafor | | 11:00 | | Lunch | | 12:30 | | Farm Tour | | 2:00 | | Dinner | | 6:00 | Friday | Meditation with Jenafor | | 8:00 | | Breakfast | | 8:30 | | Yoga with Melissa | | 11:00 | | Lunch | | 12:30 | | Yoga with Jenafor | | 4:00 | | Dinner | | 6:00 | | Friday night social in the barn | |
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| | | Saturday | Meditation with Jenafor | | 8:00 | | Breakfast | | 8:30 | | Group walk to Salt Spring Island Cheeses | | 11:00 | | Lunch | | 12:30 | | Yoga with Jenafor | | 4:00 | | Dinner | | 6:00 | | Yoga with Melissa | | 7:30 | Sunday | Meditation with Jenafor | | 8:00 | | Breakfast | | 8:30 | | Yoga with Melissa | | 10:30 | | Closing Circle | | 11:45 | | Lunch | | 12:30 | | Check-out | |
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Melissa Krieger has been teaching yoga full time since 2005 and has been leading retreats at Stowel Lake Farm since 2016. She helps people stay active, age well and reduce stress in a fun and welcoming manner. Her classes are often flow yoga based but she likes to spice it up with strength and balance work in her Yoga4Strength classes!
Melissa loves facilitating retreats and is excited to teach her 10th retreat at the farm!
If you aren't familiar with Melissa click here to get to her bio and click here to see a few of her videos to get a feel for her teaching style and personality.
Jenafor Ryane is delighted to be co-teaching at Melissa's weekend retreat at Stowel Lake Farm again! Having experienced first hand the calming and nourishing impact of yoga and related self-care practices within her own mind and body, Jenafor is inspired to share the benefits of yoga with others and has been teaching since 2011.
Click here to learn more about Jenafor.
Stowel Lake Farm is famous for their fresh and delicious, 100% organic meals! Look forward to lovingly prepared meals starting with dinner on the first night and finishing with lunch on the last day. Save room for dessert after dinner, this reTREAT is delicious!
All of the food served is 100% organic with most of the produce grown on the farm! The food not sourced on the farm is as local as possible. Gluten free, dairy free and vegan diets can be easily accommodated but keto or paleo diets cannot.
Shared yurt is a cozy yurt built for two with two single beds and a shared bathroom. There are four yurts available.
Shared regular room is built for two with two beds and a shared bathroom. Size of the bed (twin or double) depends on the room. There are three shared rooms available.
Shared deluxe room is built for two with two beds and a private bathroom. Size of the bed (twin, double or queen) depends on the room. There are four shared deluxe rooms available.
Private room is built for one with a shared bathroom. Size of the bed (twin or double) depends on the room. There are seven private rooms available.
*If you are coming on your own you will need to book a private room*
NEW - If you are sharing a room with a friend only one of you needs to sign-up and we will contact you for your partner's information.
Please take a close look at the BC Ferries schedule to plan your trip to and from Victoria to Salt Spring (Fulford Harbour, five minutes drive away from the retreat centre). To be on time for the orientation at 5:45 you will have to catch the 3:00 ferry at the very latest. There is also a 9am, 11am and 1pm ferry if you want to come over early to explore Salt Spring. The ferry from Victoria to Salt Spring takes 35 minutes.
There are also ferries to Salt Spring from the mainland in Vancouver and from Crofton on Vancouver Island.
We can arrange a ride for you to and from the Fulford Ferry but if you want to take advantage of the free time on retreat to explore the island we recommend bringing a car!
The closest airport is Victoria International.
There is also the option to take the float plane to Salt Spring from Vancouver.
On the last day when we finish lunch you should be able to catch the 1:50 ferry back to Victoria but if you miss it you can catch the 3:50.
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