28 Days Package (27 nights)
About this Retreat
Ira Schneider Ohm, EYRT 500, founded Zen Den Yoga Studio in 2008, Zen Den Yoga School in 2009, and Zen Den Retreat Center in 2013. He has always been blessed with an awareness of something larger then himself. As a boy he embraced practicing Pranayama, meditation, and positive thinking. In his first yoga class Ira knew that this practice was like a coming home, three months later he went to Nicaragua and got his 200 hour yoga teacher training certification.
Upon completion of his YTT 200 with School Yoga Institute, Ira immediately started to teach private and large group classes in Boca Raton, Florida. His strong entrepreneurial background made the creation of Zen Den Yoga Studio the next logical step. Within eleven months he returned to Guatemala for his 500 and 800 hour certifications in order to launch Zen Den Yoga School. He fell in love with the culture, the nature and the Mayan people. He decided in 2009, along with a few other inspired yogis, to build a sustainable yoga farm on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The Yoga Farm is a retreat center and a yoga school. Ira still leads retreats to the magical energy vortex on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Much of Ira's training has been deep in the world of shamanism. His skills of astral travel and ability to see into people make a significant difference in people's lives. His teachings bridge the gap between our illusion of maya and true consciousness. Ira loves sharing his deep knowledge and love of the Sivananda tradition of yoga, Ashtanga-inspired Vinyasa, restorative yoga, and shamanic breath-work with his students, retreat guests and the South Florida community.
Valerie Leeds is an ERYT500, and a dynamic wellness entrepreneur teaching people to access their best selves in mind, body and spirit for 28 years.
Valerie is also Certified as a Bodywork & Energy Therapist and a Health Coach. She owns and facilitates Zen Den Yoga School & Wellness Retreat Center with her husband, Ira, in Boca Raton, Florida, where they guide people in disconnecting to reconnect.
Valerie developed her unique ability to connect mentally and emotionally with people on a deeper spiritual level through her first certification in Bodywork & Energy Therapy at the The Academy, (originally located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, now in Stamford, New York and called the Harrison Center for Personal Development). The Academy of Natural Healing has been an alternative education center and school offering diverse natural healing programs run by Director, Lewis Harrison, an internationally respected visionary, author, speaker, trainer and coach. Here she found like minds and developed an understanding of how managing our mindsets can be life altering, and our bio-magnetic fields intersect with and impact our physical and mental bodies.
She continued expanding her expertise in healing and transformation training through multiple disciplines: Access Consciousness and Energy Transformation coursework; Summit Education; The Gratitude Training; Masterful Living; and Compass Coaching. She was a student turned coach during this decade of work, which gave her many hours with clients one on one, both on the massage table and off, and later as President of Kevin Heaphy Fitness Studio. This boutique studio, in Soho, New York City, offered personal training, yoga, pilates, bodywork and energy therapy, personal development coaching, along with a juice bar and cafe in a gorgeous 5,000 square foot store front. Valerie cultivated a set of tools based on the premise that human potential is limited by our belief systems to bring a fresh look at how your mind and consciousness can be adapted on a moment to moment basis to live life in greater mastery, and she teaches how to deepen our connection to what she calls our “internal barometer.”
During this time she also went through a number of years of sales training and psychology working with Equinox International and Advanced Marketing Seminars; Staten Island Boat Sales; and AOL Time Warner, and others, which gave Valerie a diverse foundation to teach, train and educate people how to shift their belief systems and behavior. She realized that there are many barriers people form to resist change and personal growth, one of them is being out of alignment in our physical health. She spent a year living in Colorado deepening her own practice while she got Certified as a Dr. Sears Health Coach in order to give people a system to follow a simple healthy lifestyle.
Over the last two decades Valerie Leeds has created many programs that give people tools to step into their “next level,” whatever the category of life their desire may be: relationships, career, spiritual growth, physical fitness-- all of her creations will give people a vehicle to create greater ease, joy and greatness in their lives– Language of Energy, Energy of Language Course; Invigorate U: A.R.C. Angel Coaching Program; Extreme Concepts for Golf Mind Coaching; Be The Blossom Workshop; and My Voice Matters Worldwide Workshops for children.
These days she can be found teaching at Zen Den Yoga School & Wellness Retreat, and being a loving wife to Ira and step-mom to their fifteen year old Hali. Testimonials and references available upon request.
Details of this retreat
Are you feeling or experiencing...
Low energy and fatigue
Belly distress and bloating
Eczema
Acne
Bleeding gums
Mood swings
Trouble with weight loss
Sugar cravings
Poor sleep
Constipation and/or diarrhea
Caffeine addiction
Joint pain
Low back pain
Headaches
Brain fog
Getting sick easily or often
Anxiety
Impaired libido
My name is Valerie Leeds, and over the last decade I have been there too. Growing up in NYC with a foodie mom, I naturally was exposed to a lot of amazing culinary delights. My palate grew to include multi-cultural cuisines at a young age, including plenty of bagels, fabulous breads and bakeries, mouth watering Chinese dumplings and Italian pastas. Seemingly out of nowhere, in my mid-thirties, my experience radically changed when I realized I was getting bloating and elimination issues! Apparently, I could no longer eat gluten and was overly sensitive to sugar. I was experiencing bloating, eczema, and on and off elimination issues, which than lead to brain fog and poor sleep. Needless to say, I wasn’t feeling great. And my family started feeling like they needed a support group to keep up with the stress that eating was causing for me and them! Finding my way, navigating through the maze of non-GMO, organic, raw, vegan, gluten free, paleo I decided to become a Certified Health Coach in this process to rediscover my path back to vibrant health and well being. Fortunately, I have found a way to boil down all my years of trials and health issues down to some very simple principles and guidelines.
So now that you realize you are not alone, make the choice to be supported in creating your own sustainable healthy lifestyle. Leaving our detox retreat you can expect to cleanse out your toxins, eliminate bloating, feel more energized, lower cortisol levels, help stabilize blood sugar levels, decrease cravings, lower your blood pressure, become more flexible, increase muscle strength, become more toned, feel lighter and walk with a deeper sense of calm and balance. With our guidance you will be ready and able to take on new lifestyle choices with transformational long term results for you and your family! I did.
Envision yourself enjoying sunny days, white sand beaches, palm trees and the tropics... This is your destination for your Total Transformation Retreat. Support your body's natural ability to heal itself with our complete package to reset and recharge mind, body and spirit through our detox program. You just pick how many days you want to spend in paradise. We'll take care of the rest! Side note: you will learn how to prepare your own juices and smoothies while with us, so this way you're empowered to take these new skills home with you for long term real results. It is way better to "learn how to fish [so to speak] and feed yourself for a lifetime," rather than someone simply handing you a pretty beverage and feeding you.
While recharging at our beautiful retreat center in Boca Raton, you are welcome to enjoy daily yoga classes, join in on our yoga school’s in depth yoga teachings or just relax in our hot tub and resort style pool. Perhaps while you are here you will choose to experience community classes in the park, evening drum circles just one town away, sunrise beach meditations, field trips, intro to tai chi and more!
We teach Sadhana Yoga, the Yoga of Spiritual Practice and the asana practices of Vinyasa, Hatha, yin and restorative flow. Our approach is experiential, contemporary and eclectic. We bring to life the ancient teachings of yoga through accessible spiritual lessons still relevant today.
Highlights
In-depth detox program includes guidelines and support the whole way through as we ease you into preparing for your juice fasting your first week. You will do an elimination diet, learning how to make smoothies and veggie broths, and then equally important you'll learn how to emerge back to the world of food your last week with us so you can take your healthy lifestyle home
We empower you to learn how to blend and to juice and what nutritional benefits you'll enjoy as a result of these new skill sets for life
50-minute clearing and relaxing complimentary massage per week (derived from many traditions of bodywork & massage therapy)
30 minute hydrotherapy includes: infra-red sauna, aromatherapy steam room, temperature controlled vichy showers
1 soothing complimentary acupuncture session per week
Multiple yoga classes (May Include: vinyasa, sivananda, restorative, yin, hip opening, chakra flow)
All-inclusive detox with learning to blend energizing healthy shakes, special healing broths, and your detoxing and cleansing juice feast, along with special alkaline water system, Ayurvedic herbal tea, nutraceuticals - we give you everything you need to recharge and reboot during your stay here
27 refreshing nights accommodation in our zen retreat house
De-stressing Balancing Intro to Tai Chi on Thursday evenings
Daily grounding meditation in different styles daily
Engaging Yoga Sutra classes on Tuesday nights (note: this is when school is in session with our yoga teachers in training )
Healing breath-work journey classes may be on Friday mornings (note: this is when school is in session with our yoga teachers in training )
Stunning sunrise meditations on the beach Thursday mornings (when weather allows)
Optional - take a short Uber ride to neighboring town of Delray Beach for invigorating community drum circles (Wednesday evenings, weather permitting, Uber not included)
Join in a fun outdoor yoga class in the park with our local conscious yogi community in the park on Saturday morning
Enriching yoga field trips (when school is in session with our yoga teachers in training)
Sun & Fun! Enjoy just 1 mile away - white sand beaches and playing in the turquoise ocean waters
Everglades tours available to see our local birds, alligators, and more fauna and flora! (additional fees apply)
Stand up Paddle Boarding Excursion available along our Inter-coastal (additional fees apply, weather permitting. $70 for SUP Excursion; $100 for meditation & a full yoga class on the board)
Add on Spa Services a la carte fees
Itinerary/Information about retreat provided upon request, and of course upon booking.
Zen Den Yoga School & Retreat provides you everything you need to recharge and reboot your mind, body and spirit at the pace you desire.
What's Not Included:
Workshops
Stand Up Paddle Board
Everglades excursions
More than one massage or acupuncture session per week
Transportation to and from airport
Uber ride to acupuncture or anywhere else
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