5 Day Guided Retreats - Awake, Heal, Liberate
We genuinely care for your well-being so we have designed shorter stay retreats that offer tools to empower, wake up, think deeply, explore and learn. The depth and rich array of our practices will free your hearts and offer you the healing you require. Our 5 day Guided Retreats embody our 8 main Yasodhara Yoga practices – authentic, integrative teachings to apply to your life in a meaningful and lasting way.
We welcome you. We are here to support you on your journey.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN
- Hope, renewal, relaxation and inspiration – enabling you to help yourself and offer inspiration to others.
- Self-knowledge, confidence
- Connection with your inner wisdom and knowing – your Divine nature
- Feeling of sacredness in the earth and yourself.
- Skills to listen compassionately to yourself and others.
WHAT THE RETREATS ARE ABOUT
Each retreat is an intimate experience with like-minded participants and includes morning Hidden Language Hatha Yoga, daily workshops guided by senior Ashram teachers, a taste of Karma Yoga, reflection time, satsang each evening, three nourishing farm-to-table meals daily and time to explore our beautiful forests, beaches and grounds.
Guided Retreats 2025
May 12-18
Reclaiming the Feminine: Returning to the Heart
Explore the inner feminine power to create the life you want to live. Open up space in your heart to re-connect with the vision for your life. What is your heart’s desire and how can this knowing carry you through the ups and downs? The heart holds the wisdom of potential for each of us. Can we listen? We will use various reflective practices to tune into the messages from that deep inner source.
May 26 - June 1
Sacred Ground: Reflections in Nature
Connecting with nature here in the pristine beauty of Kootenay Lake can lead us to question what is beautiful and sacred within. What can we learn from the earth, water and sky? What is resilient within ourselves and the world around us? Through silence, breath, observation; through asanas, spiritual practices and reflection in nature, take time to calm your mind and absorb the wisdom of the living systems of the land. Express your own dynamic creativity and experience the magical truth of our interdependence.
June 5-11
Resilient Professionals
This retreat is especially for those balancing work, family, social and spiritual life. Its purpose is to give you space to slow down, stretch, relax and listen within. How can you navigate your way through the uncertainties of change? Where is your life or career taking you? What is your direction? Give yourself time to access your own wisdom, acknowledge where you are at, and become more conscious of your choices.
The individual insights you gain can immediately apply in your life and career.
July 2-8
Moving into Stillness: Deep Relaxation & Healing
Relaxation offers the possibility of becoming still, softening and opening. The healing benefits – physically, emotionally and mentally – can be profound. Awareness expands bringing the Light of understanding and perspective on what gives life meaning. The focus for this retreat includes guided relaxation, meditation, visualisation and asanas.
July 14-20
Opening to Compassion
Being compassionate towards ourselves, those around us and the world requires the willingness and courage to be kind-hearted. How do you live an ideal of compassion in a world that seems to express so much of the opposite? How can you deepen your understanding so kindness and concern can grow?
July 28 - August 3
Who Am I: Finding Purpose in Changing Times
So much in our world has been turned upside down, and change can be unsettling, challenging a sense of self. What felt like a solid foundation can lose some of its stability. What gives my life meaning now? How do I uncover purpose in the midst of so much change? Take this opportunity to step back, reassess through inquiry and practice, and move forward on solid ground, trusting an inner knowing. Who am I now?
August 6-12
The Power of Choice: Awakening to Potential
“One of the greatest powers we have, although it is often unrecognized, is the power of choice.” Swami Radha
Where do you want to go? How can you make courageous choices that support your direction? Through watching your mind, you can start to understand how your thoughts influence your attitude and actions. What would happen if you direct that power toward greater freedom?
These five days include our signature Life Seals workshop, which is an impactful process of creating and interpreting your own life map. (no artistic ability required). Collecting insights from your intuition as well as your rational mind, you can begin to realize and open to your own mystery and potential.
September 1-7
Creating Space: Quieting the Mind
Being in the moment opens an alive presence. And in that openness, you can become attuned to your inner knowing. Quieting the mind allows you to take in the vividness of life around you. Breath deepens and body relaxes. What is truly important can be clearly heard. This guided retreat includes our signature Straight Walk workshop, which brings focus to the present and an exploration of next steps.
September 26 - October 2
Living from Love: Tuning into Your Heart’s Messages
“The Heart is symbolic for the centre of our spiritual being–limitless compassion and knowledge beyond the intellect.” Swami Radha
The ground of the Heart is where we can open to inspiration and understanding. In this retreat, we offer practices of reflection, mantra, visualization, silence and breath to deepen a connection to the inner source of love. By listening and becoming receptive to your still, small voice, you can invite healing that clears the way for expressions of gratitude, generosity and compassion. What does your heart say? And how can listening to its messages improve your relationships–first to yourself, then to those around you?
Cost and accommodation
You will be staying in our cozy, well-appointed rooms within walking distance to the Temple of Light and Mandala House and all amenities. Arrive between 2-5pm in time for dinner and program introduction. Depart by 10am after breakfast on the final morning. Your stay includes accommodation, tuition and three meals per day. Enjoy savings and a shared experience by rooming with someone you know.
All this for as low as $291 per day.
Accommodation
The amount of energy is this place is unbelievable. If you come and have an open heart, it's flowing. It's a sacred space. This felt like a warmup; I need to come back.
Reconciliation Fund
Your stay will include a $25 contribution (added to your invoice) toward The Reconciliation Fund initiated January 1, 2022. The collected money will be donated to a First Nations non-profit organization. These contributions, together with offerings from Ashram residents, will be given with the sincere intention to help right past injustices. All who visit or live at Yasodhara Ashram are on the beautiful but unceded territory of First Nations peoples, and we want to take meaningful action and give something back for this privilege.
Indigenous Bursary Program
The bursaries (for three different programs) are open to all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, with a special invitation to the Ktunaxa and Sinixt peoples on whose unceded territory the Ashram is located. To apply, please fill out this form: Bursary Application or for more information, please contact us here.
Information Sessions
I learned tools and insights to bring home - that can help in my daily life both at home and at work. I feel motivated to integrate some of the practice into my daily life and to gain a deeper understanding of yoga.
