Nourish to Flourish
w/ Swami Omkari Devananda
October 16-18
Price: $125 program fee plus accommodations
Discover the art of holistic well-being in our Ayurveda-based Nourish to Flourish Workshop, designed to restore balance, vitality, and inner peace.
Enjoy deeply relaxing experiences including gentle yoga, restorative yoga, kindness meditation, sound bath healing, and a mindful meditation walk in nature. Reconnect with your body through techniques of therapeutic yoga, marma point therapy, reflexology, and a fragrant Ayurveda facial that supports natural wellness from within. This nurturing retreat offers practical Ayurvedic wisdom and self-care techniques to help you reduce stress, enhance energy, and cultivate lasting harmony. Leave feeling refreshed, renewed, and inspired with tools to nourish your mind, body, and spirit every day.
What’s Included:
🌿 Ayurvedic Self Care — Massage and self-care techniques for vitality
🍲 Vegetarian Meals — Wholesome, nourishing food that supports health and longevity
🧘♀️ Daily Yoga, Meditation & Chanting — Awaken prana and restore balance through ancient practices
🎨 Creative Exploration & Guided Hikes — Build community through art, nature, and mindful movement
Nourish to Flourish Retreat schedule
**schedule subject to change**
Friday
3:00pm Check-in in the Office
4:00–5:00pm Hatha yoga in the Mandire
5:00-6:00pm Dinner in the Lodge Dining Room
6:30–7:30pm Kindness Within: Chanting & Meditation Practice Temple
7:45-8:25pm Retreat Welcome session and mini deep relaxation in the Mandire
9:00pm Lodge and gate close
Saturday
6:00am–7:00am Guru Gita in Main Temple or Fire Ceremony in the Fire Temple
7:00–7:30am Guided meditation in the Main Temple
7:30am Breakfast in the Lodge Dining Room
8:45-10:00am Sacred Art (e.g. colorful vision boards for flourishing) in the Art Cabin
10:30–12:00 Ayurvedic Marma Points and therapeutic yoga in Mandire
12:00pm Lunch in the Lodge Dining Room
1:15–2:30pm Relax and reset: personal time to enjoy the season
2:45-3:45pm A Soft Place to Land: Compassion Practice & Meditation In Temple
4:00–4:45pm Deep Relaxation with Sound Bath in the Mandire
5:00-6:00pm Dinner in the Lodge Dining Room
6:30–7:30pm Kind Heart, Clear Mind: chanting & meditation Temple
7:45-8:15pm Restorative yoga in the Mandire
9:00pm Lodge and gate close
Sunday
6:00am–7:00am Medicine Buddha mantra in Main Temple
7:00–7:30am Guided meditation in the Main Temple
7:30am Breakfast in the Lodge Dining Room
8:45-9:15am Hatha yoga in Mandire
9:15-9:45am Centering Meditation and walk (weather permitting)
10:00-11:30am Ayurveda spa self-care: fragrant facials with flowers, reflexology, relaxation
11:30–12:00 Closing circle Mandire
12:00pm Lunch in the Lodge Dining Room
1:00pm Checkout in the Office
About the Instructor
Swami Omkari Devananda
Swami Devananda, Senior Yogacharya, ERYT500 and CIAYT, has lived and taught at various ShambhavAnanda Yoga Ashrams since 1988. With over 30 years of practice, Devananda’s lighthearted teaching allows students to open and find their practice naturally. She is a senior teacher of yoga and meditation and author of Yoga in the Shambhava Tradition. She loves to share the joy and depth of inner experience that ShambhavAnanda Yoga has to offer. In her free time, Devananda enjoys gardening, studying Ayurveda and painting thangkas.