The Women's Wilderness Institute and The Yoga Workshop Offer Workshops for Women
When you think of a yoga retreat, what comes to mind? Refresh, relax, and rejuvenate? How about completing that picture in your mind with visions of serene desert arches, winding canyons and vast mesas. Think of this retreat as "yogini" meets Backpacker Betty.
The Women's Wilderness Institute and The Yoga Workshop are coming together April 5-8 to bring you a unique experience in The Slickrock Canyons Yoga Retreat, engaging you in four days of yoga, backpacking, hiking and yes, relaxation. You will reconnect to your inner strength both physically ad mentally. The professional field staff from Women's Wilderness will teach outdoor skills, including backcountry travel, navigation, cooking, trip planning and camping while instructors from The Yoga Workshop lead twice-daily yoga sessions.
The out-and-back backpacking itinerary will be tailored to the interests of the group, leaving time for simply enjoying the scenery, or writing and art projects. In fact, participants will also have the option to empower themselves with an overnight "solo", a night spent alone to experience the stillness of the canyons.
The course is tailored to beginning backpackers, so no backpacking or yoga experience is necessary. Tuition of $525 includes all gear, food and instruction. The Slickrock Canyons Yoga Retreat begins and ends in Grand Junction, Colorado.
"Our desert courses have always been popular, especially as a means to rejuvenate and recharge," says Wendy Gruenberg, Women's Wilderness Institute's Marketing Director, "so it seems a natural fit to combine the nourishment of a backpacking trip in the desert with the relaxation of daily yoga practice. The Yoga Workshop brings expertise in discovering and harnessing inner strength through yoga, which is a perfect fit with our mission of strengthening women in the outdoors."
The desert retreat is one of three inspiring Wilderness Yoga Retreats offered by Women's Wilderness and The Yoga Workshop this summer:
April 5-8: Slickrock Yoga Retreat,
backpacking in the desert canyons in Utah, $525.
July 20-22: Mountain Lakes Yoga Retreat,
backpacking in the SnowyRange, Wyoming, $395.
September 19-23: Green River Yoga Retreat,
canoeing on the Green River, Utah, $750.
For information on the trip or to talk with past participants of Women's Wilderness trips, contact the Women's Wilderness Institute at (303) 938-9191. More information is also available at www.womenswilderness.org.
About The Women's Wilderness Institute
The Women's Wilderness Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the courage, confidence, and leadership of women and girls through the support and challenge of wilderness and community-based experiences. Courses promote independence in the outdoors, sending participants home with a full gamut of information to plan their own adventures. Since 1998, more than 2000 women and girls have participated in a Women's Wilderness course.