Join Melissa Krieger and Laura Benson on Salt Spring Island for a four night/five day retreat from Thursday, May 2th to Monday the 6th. You'll be pampered with a variety of yoga classes, 100% organic, vegetarian meals and lots of free time to chill out at the beautiful Farm. If you're needing time away to restore and rejuvenate this weekend is for you!
This will be our 14th time hosting at Stowel Lake! We love hosting at the farm.
You'll get to experience several styles of yoga - hatha, flow, Yoga4Strength and restorative. Plus you'll be guided through some mindfulness activities - yoga nidra, meditation and pranayama.
The level of yoga we offer is gentle to moderate with lots of room to play and explore. Expect plenty of time on the floor to roll around and chill out. You can also count on exploring sun salutations, standing poses like warriors and triangles, balances like half moon and tree, gentle back-bends and seated poses.
If you are after a more advanced level of classes (deep stretches, fast paced movements, getting really sweaty) the style of yoga we teach might not be for you. We don't offer fast vinyasa flows, deep back-bends like wheel or poses like handstands and headstands. Not that there's anything wrong with those poses or level of intensity! It just isn't us :)
We do recommend that you have some experience with yoga to attend this retreat.
MELISSA
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 12th retreat at the farm!
LAURA
Laura Benson has been teaching yoga since 2012 and this is her second time teaching a retreat. She is delighted to teach alongside her mentor, Melissa, at the rejuvenating Stowel Lake Farm. Laura guides classes with a mix of dynamic slow flow and long holds with a focus on mindfulness which empowers you to be where you are.