Thrive Together
Women's Wellness Retreat
May 6-9, 2022
Santa Rosa Plateau, CA
May 6-9, 2022
Santa Rosa Plateau, CA
A Recap...
Registration closes on May 1st.
Choose to stay Friday through Monday,
or join us on Saturday only.
What you seek is seeking you.
When you do things from your soul,
you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
- Poet Rumi
Calling diverse women who seek a nurturing soulful space to envision and actualize what 'thriving' means for them in our world today...
Play. Create. Rejuvenate.
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Pause the daily doings and immerse in 4 Days of Deeply Rejuvenating Self-Care:
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Let joyful well being overflow from you, sharing your thriving presence with life around you.
Our Setting...
Ojas Retreat Center rests on a tranquil hilltop in Santa Rosa Plateau, California. Ojas is Sanskrit for essence of vitality or vigor, which this charming sanctuary elicits through its panoramic views of mountains, pristine airy rooms and refreshing hybrid of indoor and outdoor living and dining areas, including a spacious yoga studio. Gathering spaces abound throughout the garden and decks, with a private hot tub indoors and a community hot tub for soaking under the open sky. Within walking distance is a hiking trail into the Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve and within a few minutes' drive are vineyards, horseback riding and the Cleveland National Forest.
Our Itinerary...
Your retreat package includes all of the following for overnight guests and all of Saturday's activities for 1-day guests.
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
*All guests receive a wellness gift from Root 2 Rise Yoga.*
**All overnight guests additionally receive a Morning Ayurveda self-care gift.**
**All overnight guests additionally receive a Morning Ayurveda self-care gift.**
Additionally included in the Early Bird retreat package for overnight guests (for Early Birds registered by March 18):
- Private 15-minute yoga wellness consultation with Michelle Chua (Receive personal feedback on your yoga practice, ask any questions about designing your own morning yoga ritual or receive suggestions for tailoring your wellness routine informed by Yoga Psychology's application of the 7 chakras (mind-body energy centers) or Ayurvedic dosha (mind-body constitution) types.
- A chance to win a free 1-hour on-site massage by a therapist during the retreat (Drawing will be held at Root 2 Rise Yoga's Spring Equinox Meditation event on March 20 in Los Angeles.)
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Our Private Chef...
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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. |
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World Percussion Journey Guide...
Delton Davis (5th from left in photo) is Founder and Director of Kids Drumming. He is also an author, educator and multi-percussionist who has facilitated drum workshops and drum circles nationally and abroad. He has recorded with professional yoga music artists, such as Wah!
Embark on a World Percussion Journey as you unleash your power of creative self-expression, while honoring rhythm, universal roots and life's mysterious and magical flow during our drum circle. Drums are provided for your use.
Embark on a World Percussion Journey as you unleash your power of creative self-expression, while honoring rhythm, universal roots and life's mysterious and magical flow during our drum circle. Drums are provided for your use.
Your Retreat Host...
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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... |
Your Retreat Investment...
Choose to stay all 4 days and 3 nights or only visit for 1 full day on Saturday. All meals and curated activities listed on the date(s) of your stay are included in your retreat investment. Accommodations and full use of the retreat center is available to overnight guests. Only community indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, including outdoor hot tub, are accessible to day-only guests.
Your retreat investment is nonrefundable after April 1, 2022. See registration form for details.
Your retreat investment is nonrefundable after April 1, 2022. See registration form for details.
*For 1-Day Retreat on May 7, 2022*
Early Bird thru 3/18: $250 per guest
After 3/18: $275 per guest
After 3/18: $275 per guest
**For May 6-9 Overnight Guests**
Your investment is based on your accommodation choice. There are 6 available rooms, varying by number of beds and bed types. Accommodation choices are shared (in a room with 3 or more beds/occupants), double (in a room with 2 beds/occupants) and single (in a private room to yourself). A $50 discount is available for guests who choose a cot or sofa bed, in the rooms noted below.
Guests who register with preselected roommates may choose their room based on availability of rooms at their time of registration. Shared guests with no preselected roommates will share a room with other shared guests based on available rooms.
Guests who register with preselected roommates may choose their room based on availability of rooms at their time of registration. Shared guests with no preselected roommates will share a room with other shared guests based on available rooms.
(1) Mountain View Room (Up to 5 Occupants) - Shared
2 single beds and the cot are now reserved in this room.
This airy room has up to 5 single beds sharing a balcony with mountain views and a large restroom with a shower and additional indoor hot tub.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
A cot is available at an additional $50 discount.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
A cot is available at an additional $50 discount.
(2) Lotus Room (Up to 4 Occupants) - Shared
3 single beds are now reserved in this room.
On the ground floor, this spacious room has a private entry to the garden and rests beside the lotus pond. A private bathroom with shower is shared among this room's occupants.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
A cot is available at an additional $50 discount.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
A cot is available at an additional $50 discount.
(3) Hawk's Nest (Up to 3 Occupants) - Shared, Double or Single
This room is now RESERVED.
This room has a balcony with table and chairs and a bird's eye views of Santa Rosa Plateau. The 2 single beds can be joined together to make 1 king bed. Its occupants share a private restroom with shower with the 1-2 other occupant(s) upstairs in the loft.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy, if 3 guests: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy, if 3 guests: $1,100 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
A sofa bed is available at an additional $50 discount, if not single occupancy.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy, if 3 guests: $1000 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Shared Occupancy, if 3 guests: $1,100 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
A sofa bed is available at an additional $50 discount, if not single occupancy.
(4) The Loft (Up to 2 Occupants) - Double or Single
This room is now RESERVED.
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Upstairs of Hawk's Nest Room is a cozy loft with 1 single bed and a sofa bed. Its occupants share a restroom with shower with the occupants of Hawk's Nest Room below it.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,210 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,300
After 3/18, Single Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,430
The sofa bed is available at an additional $50 discount, if double occupancy.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,100 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,210 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,300
After 3/18, Single Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,430
The sofa bed is available at an additional $50 discount, if double occupancy.
(5) Sage Brush Room (Up to 2 Occupants) - Double or Single
This room is now RESERVED.
This quaint room has 2 single beds that can be joined together as a king bed. This room shares a tea station and restroom with shower and tub with the adjacent Avocado Room.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
(6) Avocado Room (Up to 2 Occupants) - Double or Single
This room is now RESERVED.
This quaint room has 2 single beds that can be joined together as a king bed. This room shares a tea station and restroom with shower and tub with the adjacent Sage Brush Room.
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
Early Bird thru 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1200 per guest
After 3/18, Single Bed/Double Occupancy: $1,320 per guest
Early Bird thru 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,400
After 3/18, King Bed/Single Occupancy: $1,540
Registration...
To apply to attend this retreat, click the button below to register. After, you will receive an email, to the one you provide on your registration form, to confirm your accommodation choice and availability and offer options to submit your deposit or full investment amount. To hold your spot on the retreat, your nonrefundable retreat deposit, which is 50% of your total retreat investment, is due within a week of your registration form being received. Full retreat investment amount is due by April 1, 2022 to complete your reservation. After April 1, reserve your spot with the full investment amount. Payment methods include cash, cashier's check, Zelle, Venmo, in-person credit card transaction and PayPal. The latter 2 methods accrue a 3.5% processing fee.