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Awaken the Spirit Within
WOMEN'S SPRING YOGA AND MINDFULNESS RETREAT
FINGER LAKES, NY
April 18-20, 2025
Awaken your Spirit Within ... A Spiritual Retreat for Women
NEED A SPIRITUAL TUNE UP??
How is your Spiritual Practice feeling to you? Are you inspired and focused some days, and other days feeling like you are grasping for clarity or direction?
This retreat experience will provide:
* Easy grounding-restorative yoga
* Guided meditation experiences
* Chakra awareness meditation training to heal, balance and activate overall Wellness
* Wisdom teachings to help you close the gap between the Sacred and mundane.
This all-inclusive soul healing meditation retreat for women provides a deep immersion into Heart Center as a wake up call to the innermost heart-felt desires for your life. Get plugged into your Spiritual Heart during this women's yoga retreat on Earth Day Weekend in the NY Finger Lakes.
What is your Spiritual Calling? What do you really want to be experiencing in your life? Come...Rest. Restore...settle your mind and hear the whispers of your Soul.
Costs and Inclusions
$595 per person
Includes EVERYTHING > Accommodations, all meals, instruction and more!
DEPOSIT $145 to hold your space
ONLY $495 if paid in full by NOVEMBER 30, 2024
INCLUSIONS:
* 2 Nights shared room lodging with private bath. Some larger rooms with shared bath.
* All healthy meals…let us know your diet requirements
* All bedding, linens, towels…etc.
* Daily yoga
* Daily meditation / mindfulness / pranayama training
* Wisdom Teachings
* Bonfire and Light Ceremony with floating prayer lamps
* Mindfully guided Nature Hike
* Deluxe Retreat Packet with all teachings and trainings
* Welcome Gift
How to Register
You may register below online using Paypal, credit card, or debit card.
Or call the Retreat Host, Melinda Johnston at 585-672-5250.
Check payments are also accepted.
Mail to:
BUDDHI INSTITUTE
1400 Winton Road N.
Suite 102-A
Rochester, NY 14609
Space is available on a first come, first serve basis.
Upon registration, you will be contacted to discuss any dietary requirements you may have. In addition to standard healthy meals, we can accommodate vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and dairy free diet plans.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Rest. Restore. Recharge
Spring is the season to plant new seeds of consciousness that truly align with your Highest Good...your Soul's blueprint.
Expect a weekend of wisdom in a relaxed learning environment, yoga inside of a gorgeous lakeside chapel , and meditation / pranayama training ...
all designed to cradle you inside a "nest" of Inner peace...floating effortlessly within Heart Center.
Here are some signals from your Soul Self that you need to take PAUSE and ALIGN.
You have been over-giving and are feeling depleted.
You are not taking time for yourself, or when you do, it doesn't feel enjoyable, or truly rejuvenating.
You find yourself easily and frequently distracted.
You know deep within that you are not aligned with your Soul Self, therefore, not living your best life.
You’re having difficulty managing feelings like grief, anger, irritability and rage,
Our retreat property is somewhat magical.
When I first drove out to the location years ago for a hands-on inspection...as soon as my car was within 300 yards of the property, I immediately felt “cradled” inside a realm of perfect peace. This location is alive with it.
You too will become infused with inner peace, clarity of mind, and a sense of quiet Joy.
The entire property boasts over 200 wooded acres, a beautiful gorge, and over a mile of shoreline on Owasco Lake.
The Retreat Center
Our retreat house is enormous, with 2 floors, 2 wings, a full kitchen, 2 porches, a gazebo, meeting area, and private library. But its location right on the water’s edge provides the constant, soothing sound of the waves gently rolling to shore…another element for experiencing blissful waves of incoming peace.
Your time here is yours to enjoy. Below is a suggested schedule of activities. Come to all…come to none…it’s your choice.
Authentic Spiritual Immersion
This retreat will offer several meditation sessions, spiritual wisdom workshops, and light restorative yoga for those who wish to deepen their practice. Nevertheless, you are welcome to hike off on your own, draw, paint, knit…reflect…or pray on your own. Our Saturday night bonfire celebration will include lighting biodegradable, floating prayer lamps! It will be a sacred experience to see all of our Soul-Felt prayers shining brightly together.
Overall, your peace is my peace. However, our meals will be provided by the Center, so we will need to follow their meal time schedule. Any diet can be accommodated…vegetarian, gluten free…dairy free, etc.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Huge luxury Guest House!
We retreat in a Guest House called the Galilee. It is the renovated, former summer home of the Case Family. The history of the building melds beautifully with hotel-style accommodations, creating an ideal place for our group.
We have an in-house library, which features an unmatched view of Owasco Lake and it is a cozy place to enjoy a book. Galilee also has a large living room that is open to use, and will be the main location for our group discussions.
The 2nd Floor is the location of our bedrooms and is the most luxurious place to stay on site. Almost all of the bedrooms feature their own full baths and a beautiful view. Pillows and blankets are included with each room. The building features a piano, kitchenette, two gas fireplaces, and two covered porches. The larger of which has been updated for extended use in colder seasons with a transparent vinyl enclosure and propane patio heater.
The campfire circle is located a short distance off the south porch, along the shore of Owasco Lake.
The Rooms
The rooms in the retreat house are dorm style. All beds are twin size, and rooms have either 2, 3 or 4 beds and private bathroom. So, we will have roommates during this retreat!
If you need a roommate, we will help you pair up with someone perfect. All towels, pillows, and linens are provided, so no need to bring that with you, unless you have a favorite blanket that you can’t live without! : ) All the bedrooms are upstairs and have been recently renovated. Expect a peaceful night’s sleep.
Plenty of "Space"
For night-owls…there are several parlors downstairs that you may enjoy late night discussions, or reading in the library.
We also have a full kitchen so feel free to bring your favorite snacks, a bottle of wine to share, and of course marshmallows for so more's.
You are free to join the activities below, or go off on your own to journal, hike, pray, meditate...peace is yours to discover!
SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE
Dates: April 18-20, 2025
Friday
Arrive by 5 pm
6:30 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Welcome and Opening Circle
Saturday
7:00 am- Free time or optional sunrise yoga
8:30 am – Breakfast
10:00 am- Mindfulness Training
11:00 am – Light Yoga and Meditation
12:15 pm – Lunch
1:15 pm – Free Time
3:30 pm- Outdoor meditation and hike
5:00 pm – Evening Reflection
6:15 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Bonfire, Star Gazing, and Light Ceremony
Sunday
7:00 am- Optional Sunrise Yoga
8:30 am – Breakfast
10:00 am- Light Yoga and Meditation
11:00 am – Spiritual Wisdom Circle and Closing
12:15 pm – Lunch
1:15 pm – Depart
Inclusions
* 2 Nights shared room lodging with private bath
* All healthy meals…let us know your diet requirements
* All bedding, linens, towels…etc.
* Daily yoga
* Daily meditation
* Wisdom Teachings
* Fire ceremony
* Mindfully guided Nature Hike
Please call Melinda Johnston for more details or to register: 585-672-5250
TRIP LEADER
Melinda Johnston, M.Msc.
International Author, Inspirational Speaker, Spiritual Philosopher and Coach, Intuitive Healer, Wellness Consultant
Melinda has over 30 years of study and practice in religious culture, practical philosophical, metaphysical sciences and understanding for the historical “webs” of human history, which have impacted most of our modern religions and spiritual practices.
She has created a variety of alternative methods for celebrating life and seeing the “sacred” in simplicity. Her knowledge offers students and clients a unique insight into mindful inner dialogue, which in turn honors and expands one’s innate wisdom and allows for one’s perfect state of wellness to exist.
Because she is well versed in multiple facets of religious and sacred philosophy, including the Eastern philosophies of Buddhism and Vedanta, Metaphysical consciousness, and the Science of Yoga, her gentle teaching method allows one’s self knowledge to expand to deeper level, naturally.
As owner of the Buddhi Institute her goal is to teach practical methods and programs that incorporate mindfulness, along with other ancient wisdom, for the integration of mind and spirit so a sense of complete wellness arises almost effortlessly into one’s day to day living.
Her teaching process is simple, kind, nurturing, and Absolute. From personal experience, and in years of guiding others, she knows:
“We all have this wisdom within. Each of us have the Inner Guru that is waiting to Awaken