375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States
March 6 - 9, 2025
About this Retreat
Michele Loew is an international yoga teacher & practitioner of Hatha & Tibetan Yogas & the founding director of the Vajra Yoga School of Comparative Buddhist & Indic Yogic Studies where sheco-teaches with Professor Robert A.F. Thurman at Menla & abroad.
She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and continues to run her longtime yoga school and beloved studio,
The Yoga Space in Portland, Oregon. She is also on the Board of
Tibet House US and is devoted to supporting His Holiness The Dalai Lama’s mission, as well as preserving Tibetan Culture and Dharma. You can find her often in New York sharing yoga at Tibet House or upstate at Menla Mountain Retreat.
Her love and commitment to the unexcelled yoga tantras of Vajrayana as a path we can take towards perfect enlightenment and the integration of those teachings with the Hatha yogas more broadly practiced today, seeing both as powerful and not separate extensions of one another, infuses her work with great joy & commitment to a more compassionate and awakened world.
She honors the lineage of teachers she comes from and bows to her longtime Hatha & Classical Yoga teacher,
Richard Freeman for elucidating the middle path of love with the utmost clarity and kindness. To
Robert Thurman, her beloved principle teacher in Buddhist science and her root guru His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the deepest bow for empowering her in the anuttara yogas.
Michele teaches regular classes and 200 & 500 YA trainings in Yoga & Yoga Nidra in Portland &; New York, as well as retreats and workshops internationally. Follow her on instagram
@micheleloew
Details of this retreat
An in-person retreat at Menla on the enlightened sleep yoga practice of yoga nidra and comparative Tibetan sister sciences.
Join us for this four-day retreat on the enlightened sleep yoga practice of yoga nidra and the sister sciences of Tibetan dream and clearlight sleep yoga. Michele will share inspiring talks and a yoga nidra practice at each session to take us into deep meditative mode and to heal, relax, and restore. Whether you are needing deep rest and healing, or you are looking to deepen your knowledge in this inner science to expand your own journey or share yoga nidras with others, this course will be of great benefit.
Take the 4 day course alone, or add-on the full 100 hr live-stream & on-demand video content.
*Yoga Alliance CEUS available.
*Add on price for the full 100 hr course= $300 (see below for full course description)
QUOTE FROM MENLA STUDENT 2024: “This past spring I took the Clear Light Yoga Nidra course you offered with Michele Loew. I have been meaning to write to you since, just to say how much I appreciated the course. This was a life/practice changing course for me; and believe me, I've done a lot over the years. It made an important shift I couldn't make on my own. Partly I was ready, but Michele's deep spiritual wisdom and understanding of the expansive landscape of Yoga Nidra made the class a profound experience, as well as intellectually interesting. Thank you for offering it. I look forward to more.” Marguerite Ogle, MS,RYT
Schedule
Thursday, March 6
3 - 6 pm Check in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Welcome Teaching & Yoga Nidra
Friday, March 7
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12:15 pm Morning Class
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 pm Free time for Relaxation and Spa Treatments
4 - 6 pm Afternoon Class
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Evening Class
Saturday, March 8
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12:15 pm Morning Class
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 pm Free time for Relaxation and Spa Treatments
4 - 6 pm Afternoon Class
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Evening Class
Sunday, March 9
7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms - Most Guests Check-out During or After Breakfast
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12:15 pm Morning Class
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 3 pm Free time for Spa Treatments, Hiking
3 - 5 pm Afternoon Class & Closing session
*Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
A Yoga Alliance Continuing
Education Course
30 hours of CEUs for each individual module
or take the full course for 100 hrs certification
Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
100 Hr Course
Add-on for $300
Use this link to register!
“a comprehensive course for those wanting to learn the science of Yoga Nidra and share it with others or have a deeper personal relationship with the practices of enlightened sleep.”
A Yoga Alliance CEU course
Module 1: January 17-20, 2025 (US Holiday Weekend MLK)
Module 2: February 14-17, 2025 (US Holiday-Presidents)
Module 3: March 6-9, 2025 (Retreat at Menla or livestream)
A beautiful immersion in Yoga Nidra, Comparative Tibetan Dream & Clearlight Sleep practices, the Science of Better Sleep, Meditation, and classical Indian Scriptures to inspire, heal, transform, and awaken.
*Students can join this course any time, although we encourage you to attend live for the energetic transmissions. All Livestream zoom sessions will be recorded and stored on our Learning Platform for you to practice ongoing.
Module 1 - The Enlightened Body
Science of better sleep
Healing affects of Yoga Nidra on the body
The power of intention/ Sankalpa.
Tapping into the power of the subtle body & Prana
Learn how to create yoga Nidra practices for deep restoration.
Module 2 - The Enlightened Mind
Comparative neuroscience
Using the inquiring & analytical mind to find freedom..
Journey into your powerful inner resources; Learn how to create Yoga Nidra practices that dissolve mental obscurations and bring clarity.
Module 3 - The Enlightened Heart
Dissolving templates of belief
Becoming fully illuminated by the light of pure consciousness.
Becoming a powerful creator sourced by intuitive wisdom.
Use this link to register!
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