Give yourself the gift of four days of pampering, clearing and
self-renewal so you can access your own inner joy and strength

About Your Retreat Leader: Johanna Mosca, PhD, is an experienced staff developer (8 years of training in NYC), trained to lead sessions in visioning, program assessment, mission statements, team-building, and personal renewal--indoors or outdoors. Johanna has extensive experience leading Introductions to the Forum and personal growth courses for Landmark Education, namely "Listening for Accomplishment" and "Integrity and Completion."

Johanna is also trained in facilitating the Sedona Method for emotional release.  This method of one-to-one facilitation is designed to help you get in touch with emotions, allow them to be, and release them when willing. It is a proven technique for lightening up and letting go of whatever interferes with your being joyous in the present moment. For information on Sedona Method workshops, books and audio materials, visit www.sedona.com For more about Johanna and her comprehensive background in yoga and consulting, please click here -- www.yogalife.net/about.html For a look at our glowing international publicity, click here www.yogalife.net/press.html

The Self-Renewal Retreat is an opportunity for you to get more deeply in touch with your inner self and listen to your own wisdom. The retreat will introduce you to techniques for emotional clearing, centering, and meditation. It will heighten your sense of oneness and love through Kripalu Yoga--gentle Hatha Yoga of self-acceptance, and one-on-one Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT). Johanna, has extensive training as a yoga instructor and PRYT yoga therapist, and Level I training as a Sedona Method emotional release facilitator. Her commitment is to enhance your personal growth and guide you to a heart-opening transformation that will further you along your chosen path.

Relax all tension
                           Release the Past
                                              Receive Nurturing
                                                                    Renew your Self

• Take a time-out for a few days of fun
• Enjoy yoga and being close to nature
• Stretch your body, mind & soul with a nurturing coach
• Let go with the Sedona Method emotional release technique
• Learn to still your mind with meditation and mantra
• Release tension with relaxing yoga therapy and essential oils
• Take home a personalized yoga practice tailored to your body
• Enhance your aliveness and discover what's calling you next
• Experience a heart-opening transformation!
  
  Recommendations from Solo Retreat Guests
• Rachel Writes About her Retreat Experience:
  I had a very rewarding time with Johanna in a private retreat in July 2007. After having worked in two very stressful jobs and ending a friendship that I had outgrown, I was feeling tired, confused, and burnt out with life. I decided that I needed to detox and focus on myself for a bit. I found Johanna on the Web and I felt that this was the place I should go and the person that I should work with on my journey.
  
  Simply. Through meditations, conversations, and other treatments, I learned to release some of my tension and to accept myself and others. By the time I left the retreat, I had such a sense of inner peace and comfort that people who knew me well and people who had only met me a few times commented at how peaceful and serene I appeared.
  
  However, the best thing to come out of the retreat was my baby Paige. My husband and I had tried to get pregnant for 5 years to no avail and were beginning fertility treatments. During the retreat I had mentioned my inability to conceive, and Johanna and I talked about my stress around it as well as some facets of my relationship that led me to put my husband down. Johanna coached me to accept him as he was and to not label him due to his differing ways of handling conflict.
  
  After the retreat, in fact the day after, I conceived a baby.
  I consider myself blessed that God led me to Johanna, and I look forward to continuing the journey in the near future.

• Miki writes about her Retreat Experience:
  "This was one of the best things I ever arranged for myself. I have a demanding, stressful job. I still remember the peaceful feeling I shared with Johanna at the mediation gardens and at her yoga space. She is a loving and free spirit, a perfect guide for any level of student. I really recommend this retreat for those who, like me, need to find balance and peace and recharge. After Johanna’s retreat, I find love in the small things and found inner peace to really enjoy exactly what is. “-- Miki, Japan
  
  
• Jenny's Feedback on her February 2009 Retreat

Overall comment about the experience--
        This was an excellent experience for me.  I became more focused and my thoughts and goals organized.  It was a time to focus on me.

About Johanna’s manner, knowledge and teaching--
        Johanna is a breath of fresh air.  She is knowledgeable, kind, straight forward and fun.  It was amazing to listen to her experiences and teaching. I learned how to mediate to clear the mind so I could focus on the important matters in my life. I still mediate several times a week and love the yoga stretches for the spine.

The best things I got from the retreat, what I learned--
        Life is a wonderful thing, and I’m truly grateful everyday for mine.  No matter how small something may seem to be it’s worth being thankful.  I found that I must take time for myself to make me the best person I can be than I can be the best person for everyone else.  Writing in a journal was a wonderful way to express myself and to understand my feelings.

How the retreat affected my life--
       I wasn’t sure what to expect from this retreat; I had to trust my instincts and go for it.  I’m very grateful I did!!  It was better than I expected and gave me the focus I needed to move forward in a positive direction in my life. 
        Johanna ~ Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Jenny continues:What I would say to someone thinking about registering--
        Talk with Johanna so you personally get a feel for her and the retreat.  She is great about making it about you and whatever problem you would like to work on or if you just want to get away.  There was NO pressure to talk about anything I didn’t want to talk about and Johanna has an excellent perception to help!!  You have time for yourself and the schedule Johanna sets up is very flexible.

If you think this retreat might be right for you,
call Johanna at 928-282-9900
Retreat Participation is based on an interview
to see if this retreat is a match for you

Sample Private Retreat Schedule
(Retreat is custom with activities chosen by you!)

Day One:

• Welcome you to Sedona area and Contentment Lodge
• Take you to your lodging and help you get comfortable
• Listen to you over a cup of tea
• Lead you in Sedona Method release techniques
• Enjoy dinner at a favorite healthy restaurant (cost not included)
• Introduce you to journaling exercises & Tarot if it interests you  

Day Two:

• Lead you in a gentle morning yoga/meditation
• Serve you breakfast on the garden patio
• Enjoy visiting Sedona's mystical red rock vortexes
• Lead you in mindfulness meditation exercises or optional Sedona Method release work
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at a Sedona setting of your choice
• Take some relaxation time for whatever you like—resting, writing, shopping, exploring on your own
• Give you a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy session with vibrational aromatherapy oils
• Enjoy another healthful restaurant dinner (cost not included)
• Take some free time to integrate experiences (perhaps some journaling on suggested topics)
• Choose to do a Tarot Card Reading or Consulting
  
  

Day Three:

• Lead you in a gentle morning yoga/meditation
• Serve you breakfast on the garden patio
• Enjoy visiting Sedona's mystical red rock vortexes
• Lead you in mindfulness meditation exercises or optional Sedona Method release work
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at a Sedona setting of your choice
• Take some relaxation time for whatever you like—resting, writing, shopping, exploring on your own
• Give you a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy session with vibrational aromatherapy oils or schedule you for a 1.5 hour massage of your choosing
• Enjoy another healthful restaurant dinner (cost not included)
• Take some free time to integrate experiences (perhaps some journaling on suggested topics)
• Choose to do a Tarot Card Reading or Consulting
  
  

Day Four:

• Lead you in a gentle morning yoga/meditation
• Serve you breakfast on the garden patio
• Enjoy visiting Sedona's red rock vortex sites
• Experience Sedona Method release and/or mindfulness meditation exercises
• Enjoy a picnic lunch and review what you are taking home from the retreat experience

Solo Self-Renewal Retreat Registration and Fees-- $2200 solo guest

(Four days, three nights, with lodging and breakfast at the Contentment Lodge B&B. Breakfast, picnic lunches and snacks included in retreat fee; pay-your-own restaurant dinners. Retreat starts and ends at 2:00 pm. For shuttle to/from Phoenix Airport, the cost is $95 round-trip via Ace-Xpress 1-800-336-2239 or 928-639-3357)

ABOUT RAIN

Rain sometimes happens, even in Sedona. If there is a heavy rain or even snow, we will have alternate activities to the usually scheduled vortex yoga hikes, such as short vortex visits and trips to other places of interest. Also, the optional sweat lodges, that are not run by Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking, are usually cancelled by the leader in inclement weather. There are absolutely no refunds for weather changes or any other reason once a retreat has started.

RETREAT CANCELLATION POLICY

Life happens and sometimes we need to change plans. For all Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking vortex retreats, our policy is as follows--

• Cancellation up to 30 days prior to Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking retreat start--payment is refunded minus $200 non-refundable registration fee per person.
• With proper notification of at least 30 days, guests can transfer payment (minus $200 registration fee) to another Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking vortex retreat date within the same year.
• Cancellation up to 15 days prior to Sedona retreat start, 
  ---no refunds; 50% of retreat fee (minus $200 registration fee) can be applied to another retreat in the same year in the event of a documented medical emergency or death in the family.
• Cancellation less than 15 days before Sedona retreat start date, absolutely no refunds for any reason or funds applied to future retreats.
• We will work with you to achieve a satisfactory solution in the event you find you must cancel.
  
  Namaste, Johanna Maheshvari