Calling Our Hearts Home: A Yoga Retreat

   

Cultivate practices of love for yourself and all sentient beings.

As humans, a secret of life is we must learn to cultivate inside what we wish to experience in life. Through the power of yoga, we can do this – together! For this special 2023 retreat, please join Rachel and Eric of Centered City Yoga, in coming together to create space to heal our hearts and open to peace, love, humanity and light. We will do this through asana, vinyasa, meditation, journaling, speaking, silence, and general mindfulness. Return home with tools to continue on your own and share with your loved ones. Come home to your heart, discover peace, and remember your value as a sacred sentient being.

“Our intention for this special week of relaxation, yoga, meditation and inspiring workshops, is to allow the sacred environment to restore each soul to its essence, while dissolving all stress through the natural wild of the desert and sea, merged with conscious renewal.”

~ Love, Rachel

After a long search, Rachel and Eric were magnetized to Prana del Mar. Upon visiting this restorative sanctuary, they immediately knew it was the perfect place to hold their retreat for 2019. We now continue to pilgrimage to this special space each year! We will be back in 2023, and would love to have you share another beautiful week of yoga, while cultivating new friendships, and experiencing life as it can be. In the moment.

Enjoy one full week that is all about loving you and cultivating space for connection to your heart and others. You will be nurtured in mind, body and spirit, through structured yoga practices, meditation, pranayama, nourishing food, and a peaceful landscape. You will also have the opportunities for additional outings, or to simply relax and allow the sound of the ocean waves against the shore refresh your soul.

When you return home, you will bring with you a tool-set useful for daily life. These consciously developed tools will be woven throughout the wisdom of your deep intelligence. They will assist you to reset daily, and remember no matter where you are, you can open to peace, strength and courage to move through all challenges. Learn to unveil your authentic self through the power of yoga.

Each day will offer an all levels vigorous morning practice, and a restorative evening practice (which may be yin, yoga Nidra, restorative, meditation, or a choice of our students). We will also offer several lectures on health and truly living your best life.

“The Prana del Mar retreat is special. I have made deep connections and always leave feeling beautifully nourished and strengthened. The food is delicious, the bodywork is magic, the people are loving. I feel spaciousness and freedom during my retreat and this relaxes some of the stuck places allowing for deep healing and movement.”

~Loving Retreat Participant

All prices for this yoga retreat include:

• 7-nights deluxe accommodations
• Daily yoga – once to twice per day
• Three delicious, healthful meals each day – mainly vegetarian with seafood options several times per week and alternatives for those with dietary restrictions
• Full use of all resort amenities – including the salt water swimming pool, hot tub, sauna, meditation labyrinth, desert gardens, hammocks, and more
• All water, teas, and juices with meals
• Airport transfers from Los Cabos International airport (SJD) on Jan 29th and Feb 5th
• All sales and hotel taxes

Not included in this yoga retreat:

• Airfare to Los Cabos
• Additional excursions or activities
• Optional massages or spa services
• Alcoholic beverages
• Personal purchases or souvenirs
• Airport transfers on alternate days
• Travel insurance (highly recommended)
• Gratuities (Please bring cash! They can’t do credit cards or checks for this.)

This is an intimate retreat. You are a human, we love you, and value your presence. All attendees are here to grow, and learn with Metta (loving kindness).

Pricing
$2,375 per person for double-occupancy (shared room)
$3,615 per person for single-occupancy (private room)

Several spots are already taken. Please book soon to ensure your placement for this very special time together! Please note that all deposits are non-refundable.

Rachel Cieslewicz
Owner of Centered City Yoga, in Salt Lake City, Rachel was raised primarily in the Mojave Desert of St. George, Utah. Rachel’s yoga journey started at the age of five.

She dedicated herself as a student of yoga at the age of 18, while attending the University of Utah. Rachel’s main path is Ashtanga yoga.

Her guru is Manju Jois. Other insightful yoga teachers are Srivatsa Ramaswami, Arun Deva, Sondra Fraleigh, Jeff Silverstein, Stephen Brown, Peter Francyk, and D’ana Baptiste.

Rachel continuously teaches and inspires all to learn what it truly means to live a fulfilling life of joy. Her wish is to influence every student of yoga to manifest their own human potential and live a life of authentic truth.

She enjoys being a mother to her son and greatest teacher, Canyon. She integrates yogic philosophy and practices into her other life passions as an elite runner, cyclist, and endurance coach.

Rachel is registered with the Yoga Alliance as a 500-hour E-RYT, is a certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT) and holds a B.S. in Exercise Sport Science from the University of Utah. She is certified to teach the primary and intermediate series of Ashtanga Yoga through Manju Jois.

Eric Martin
Eric Martin is an example of a highly successful businessman living a balanced yogic lifestyle. He holds a B.S. in computer science, with an MBA in finance. He has spent 30+ years assisting the turn-around of distressed businesses in many industries.

In 2003, Eric met Manju Jois. Eric was changed by Manju’s powerful and authentic teaching ability. Manju is the pure lineage of Ashtanga since his father Pattabhi Jois passed away in 2009.

He teaches a simple, profound practice that sets Eric and anyone who dedicates to learning under him apart from all who teach an incomplete yoga style. Eric teaches yoga with the spirit of Manju in his heart. He stays close to roots of lineage, with perfect adjustments and a humble, yet empowering voice.

Eric is also a student of Srivatsa Ramaswami, learning Vinyasa Krama. Srivatsa is a humble, yet powerful yogi, of deep lineage, and holds true to the teachings of his teacher, T. Krishnamacharya. Since meeting Sri, Eric’s teaching has evolved to blend in the strength, and depth of both of his teachers in a beautiful way.

For more information about this special yoga retreat, please see the retreat website or email Rachel directly.