Thrive Together
Women's Wellness Retreat
May 6-9, 2022
Santa Rosa Plateau, CA
May 6-9, 2022
Santa Rosa Plateau, CA
Choose to stay Friday through Monday,
or join us on Saturday only.
Pause the daily doings and immerse in 4 Days of Deeply Rejuvenating Self-Care:
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Friday, May 6
3:00pm Arrival
4:00 Opening Circle + Sankalpa Tea Ceremony
5:00 Grounding Nature Walk + Creating Art with Nature
6:00 Healthy Vegan Catered Dinner
8:00-9:30pm Soul Movement/Dance + Yin Yoga + Visualize to Actualize Soundbath Meditation + Journaling with Michelle Chua + Women's Circle
Free Time: Stargaze in the outdoor Hot Tub, Gather by the Fire, Get To Know each other or enjoy space for Personal Reflection.
Saturday, May 7 (1-Day Guests included in all activities on this day)
8:00am Morning Ayurveda, Vinyasa Flow Yoga + Mindfulness + Meditation with Michelle Chua
9:30 Healthy Vegan Catered Breakfast
10:30 Mindful Hike + Shinrin Yoku, or Forest Bathing
11:45 Women's Circle: Dimensions of Wellness
12:30pm Free Time for Hot Tub, Personal Reflection, Mingling (At additional cost, pre-book a private on-site massage with a therapist.)
1:30 Healthy Vegan Catered Lunch
3:00 World Percussion Journey: Drum Circle Honoring Roots, Rhythm + Self-Expression with Delton Davis
4:00 Free Time: Enjoy afternoon tea on the deck.
5:00 Yin Yoga + Mindfulness + Meditation + Creative Writing with Michelle Chua
7:00-8:30 Healthy Vegan Catered Sunset Dinner + Poetry Jam (Closing Circle for 1-Day Guests)
Sunday, May 8 (Mother's Day)
8:00am Morning Ayurveda, Vinyasa Flow Yoga + Mindfulness + Meditation with Michelle Chua
9:30 Healthy Vegan Catered Breakfast
11:00 Neuroscience of Mindfulness + Meditation + Tools for Stress Relief (Play*shop with Michelle Chua)
12:00pm Free Time to play or rest as you please (At additional cost, pre-book a private on-site massage with a therapist.)
1:30 Healthy Vegan Catered Lunch
3:00 Free Time: Optional Carpool to Cleveland National Forest for Hiking (Or, at additional cost, pre-book a private on-site massage with a therapist.) Or, just go with the flow!
6:00 Healthy Vegan Macrobiotic Weekly Meal Prep Culinary Class with Chef Itzel, Founder of Wild Love Vegan Food
7:00 Healthy Vegan Community-Made Sunset Dinner
8:30 Soul Movement/Dance + Yin Yoga + Mindfulness + Meditation to Envision Your Thriving with Michelle Chua
9:30-10:30 Art for Manifesting: Create Your Vision Board + Sharing Circle
Monday, May 9
8:00am Morning Ayurveda, Vinyasa Flow and Restore Yoga + Mindfulness Meditation to Open Your Heart with Compassion with Michelle Chua
9:15 Closing Circle
10:00 Healthy Vegan Catered Breakfast
12:00pm Departure
Chef Itzel is Founder of Wild Love Vegan Food, which specializes in vibrant plant-based food inspired by global cuisines. With delectable, healthy, seasonal and mostly organic cuisine, enjoy culinary experiences that taste indulgent and nourish the body with loving and attentive service.
Itzel has worked at Whole Foods Market designing and preparing plant-based recipes, and at Cafe Gratitude organic vegan restaurant as pastry chef. She is also a private chef and teaches classes on plant-based weekly meal prep. In our cooking class, learn creative resourceful culinary skills for economically crafting nutritional macrobiotic meals for your week to promote daily vitality and love for your body and the planet. |
My intention for this retreat is to co-create a grounding and uplifting space, with all the women who attend, that empowers us to realign with our inner source of joy and vitality and thrive unconditionally. May our thriving affect others to thrive through our interconnectedness and wholehearted presence.
Michelle Chua is a Registered Yoga Teacher and founded Root 2 Rise Yoga in 2010. She is certified in Yoga Psychology and Hatha Yoga (Vinyasa Flow, Yin, Restorative, Breathwork, Meditation) and is trained in Mindfulness, Dance and Yoga Lifestyle. A former school teacher specializing in the arts, Michelle is passionate about gathering diverse people together to connect through meaningful experiences that unveil the aliveness and serene strength of their inner nature--pure love. Read more... |
REviews of Root 2 Rise Yoga with Michelle chua:Michelle truly lives out what she teaches. She is so much more than a yoga teacher - I learned this when I went on her exquisitely curated trip that she organized to Costa Rica this past June 2018...Hopefully like me, you'll be delighted by her effervescent love of movement, nature, and all people! Michelle clearly stands out with her beautiful and bright energy. I love how her practice and teaching encompass body, mind and spirit. She not only teaches yoga but lives and exudes it. Michelle not only teaches 'yoga', she embodies it fully with her heart and soul... Michelle is by far one of the best instructors I've ever had, period. Patient, clear in her explanations and demos, and so encouraging... My first yoga class was with Michelle years ago. You can have the best (yoga pose) sequence and not teach from your heart. With Michelle, I also feel her passion when I'm in her class. I can see she loves what she does, and she inspired me to want to teach yoga, too. |
Let's connect:I'm so grateful to have met Michelle! Her kind energy opened up my interest in pursuing yoga and meditation. She is such an incredibly light and soul. She starts with grounding ourselves through mindfulness and breathing exercise. She brings the most authentic energy to the class by sharing the history and understanding behind poses, names, and techniques. I truly appreciate her work and impact on my well-being! I’ve had dozens of instructors over the years, but Michelle is far and away the best yoga mentor I’ve ever practiced with. She epitomizes grace during these difficult times. Michelle has saved my sanity and my back while working from home, keeping me grounded with her sharing of yogic teachings and meditation techniques. Her repertoire of physical asanas is encyclopedic, and I’ve loved learning new poses and stretching my boundaries. Jump in, all. You’ve got this! |