ESALEN GRATITUDE RETREAT • November 22-24
You are welcome here.
All parts of you are embraced in the vast field of yoga.
Our vision is one of an inclusive, diverse, compassionate community that will nourish body, mind, spirit.
Janet lends a warmth and wealth of practice and knowledge to create a unique, safe, potent approach to living yoga.
Join Janet Stone as she returns to her second home — Bali — for a training immersion like no other.
We’ll immerse in daily sadhana (practice) to reconnect with our internal rhythm and inner knowing.
The stunning Bagus Jati Resort will be our home base, from which we will explore some of Bali’s cultural, spiritual and geographic landmarks. Bali is the perfect place to explore the rich earth and vast sky as we find tangible connections to what grounds us in the heart of the practice.
This immersion is for teachers, non-teachers, and all other humans who want to embody yoga as a place between and within the fluctuations.
As 2024 slips into our rearview mirror, we will arrive at a place that holds space for healing and nourishment from the inside out. In the serenity of the jungle, we’ll turn off all our devices and go online with our hearts, breath, and practice.
Collectively committed to being off-grid, we’ll spend our days plugged into asana, meditation, pranayama, chanting and the power of community. We’ll have plenty of time for beach, play, and rest to heal and connect with our innermost intention for this new year while honoring the intensity and challenge that has been this last couple of years.
This spacious gathering will be about simplicity, nature, ease, and celebrating this life.
THE HEART & TECHNIQUE OF HANDS-ON ASSISTS
Offering hands-on assists can be a practice in compassion and communication. Through this course, we’ll explore an approach to assisting, which begins with integrity in your own body and being.
After years of separation and disconnection, we finally feel this sense of moving back into community. This will be a process of rebuilding trust with ourselves and others.
Through dharma talks exploring intention, seeing, and listening, we’ll approach assisting as a practice that goes beyond the physical. Detailed demos will explore the more technical aspects, looking at the biomechanics, perfect fit, and how to communicate through your hands with clarity and confidence.
