Retreats


Can a yoga retreat really change your life? Answer: Yes. There’s always more. Simply being immersed in a yoga retreat, often times in nature, and most definitely away from daily life, encourages greater awareness and connection to our hearts – what life is all about.

2011 Yoga Retreats w/ BJ Galvan: 

The 2012 Retreat schedule is being finalized and will be posted soon. It’s going to be another amazing year. Sign up for eShakti for updates and check back soon!

DateEventLocation
Jan 7-14, 2011FIRST EVER! Anusara + Chakra Immersion w/ Dr.Anodea JudithChiang Mai
Thailand
March 12- April 2, 2011Anusara Yoga Immersions 1, 2, 3Nosara
Costa Rica
May 27- June 2, 2011Anusara Yoga Retreat w/ Douglas Brooks & friends! THE DANCE OF BLISSParos Island
Greece
Mar 24-Apr 14, 2012Anusara Jungle Immersions 1, 2, 3San Juanillo
Costa Rica
June 2-9, 2012Anusara Yoga – The Power of the Mediterranean Light RetreatNear Rome, Italy
BJ Galvan Beach Yoga Retreat - hanumanasanadcfcdscvxcvxcvImage Credit: Bocas Yoga Photos

Anusara Yoga Retreat
The Power of the Mediterranean Light
June 2-9 2012
at InSabina Retreat near Rome, Italy

The Yoga Vacation:
Experience a transformational and exciting spiritual, physical and mental journey into the ecstatic core of your own HEART light.

You’re invited to cross a threshold and deepen your Yoga practice on every level. Enjoy the benefits of a deep transformational practice that embodies the Universal Principles of Alignment of Anusara Yoga and the positive, life affirming philosophy of this tradition.

Soak up the Mediterranean light amidst olive groves and abundant fruit trees. PRACTICE overlooking a panorama of blossoming flowers. VISIT medieval sites and local historic places. TASTE delicious Italian cuisine, top quality wine and yummy gelato with old and new friends. RELAX in a hammock, a hot sulphur spring, or a local café.

Experience a unique Anusara retreat in a medieval 17th century setting and historical surroundings, amidst the lush and abundant grounds of the Italian countryside. Enjoy the perfect Yoga vibe and the most amazing Italian food, as well as the abundant GOLDEN light of the Mediterranean. (Read More…)

Awaken Your Core:
Awaken the Global Heart
2012
(date TBD)

Our First Ever Anusara Chakra Fusion Immersion in 2011 was SUCH a flaming success we will do it again in 2012.

Please keep checking back for details! We will also email information about this event.Sign up to receive retreat information.

Anodea Judith, Phd., World Renowned Author and Chakra Expert & BJ Galvan, Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor

Certified Anusara yoga instructor BJ Galvan and Anodea Judith join forces for this remarkable fusion of Anusara Yoga and Chakra Awakening.  Take your yoga to the next level, learn how to:

  • energize and balance your chakras
  • open your sacred heart
  • rejuvenate for the new year with daily practice and learning from seasoned world class instructors.

Anodea Judith, PhD has been teaching and writing about the chakras for 35 years. Her books (Wheels of Life; Eastern Body-Western Mind and more) have become classics in the field, and her workshops are much loved and taught all over the world. She is a somatic psychotherapist, yoga teacher, energy worker, and evolutionary activist who has brought the chakras back to life in the west. More info at http://www.sacredcenters.com) BJ Galvan is a Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, who offers this inspirational style of yoga in a playful way on a global level. She has been blessed to have extensively traveled the world for four years studying with, apprenticing, and assisting master yoga teacher and founder of Anusara, John Friend. She is bi-lingual and teaches worldwide. More info at Heart Core Yoga Both Anodea and BJ are certified yoga teachers at the 500 hour level so this workshop may count toward continuing education or requirements in yoga teaching training. (Anodea is also pre-approved for CEU’s in psychology and social work, and all hours count for Anusara hours).

Yoga will be geared towards all levels.

Anodea Judith, Ph.D. has been writing and teaching about the chakra system for over 30 years – long enough that she should have the word tattooed to her third eye. She is the author of the best-selling books on the chakras, including Wheels of Life, and Eastern Body, Western Mind, Producer of the award-winning film, The Illuminated Chakras. She brings the combined skills of yoga teacher (500 RYT), psychotherapist, ritualist, and philosopher to a playful experience of divine Shakti breezing through your inner world. If you want that world rocked, the chakras are the wheels that will take you there.
Sacred Centers
B.J. Galván, a Certified Anusara Yoga® Instructor, is an “energizing presence and contagiously uplifting.” B.J. is grateful for having been blessed with the opportunity to extensively travel the U.S., Australia, South America and Europe, studying with, apprenticing, and assisting master yoga teacher and founder of Anusara, John Friend. She is currently teaching workshops and trainings nationally and internationally. Passionate about the practice, B.J. will guide and assist you to transform, heal and awaken a full expression of divine beauty and goodness from the inside out, on the mat and in the world.