4 Day Yoga and Leaf Peeping Retreat in Stowe, USA
Radiant Yoga Retreat in USA
As the forest blazes gold and crimson at peak leaf peeping season in glorious Vermont, you gather to remember your own inner radiance. Set during Vermont’s most vibrant season, this retreat is an invitation to attune to nature’s crescendo—where lustrous forest colors hold space for luminous inner practice.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga sessions
- Daily meditations
- Noble silence
- Full spa sanctuary access
- 3 nights accommodation
- Daily vegetarian meals
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
4 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 5
Accommodation
Each room at the Lodge tells a different story. Stories of Vermont. Stories of nature. Stories of time. New stories we hope you will tell after staying with us. But one thing is for sure, they are all designed with comfort and sustainability at the core.
Beyond the walls of the lodge lives a beautiful, thriving forest of hard and softwood trees. Each room is named after the type of tree used for the wood flooring of that room, which is also found in our surrounding forest. Ash, Maple, Birch, etc.
No expense has been spared to supply all guest rooms with organic, non-toxic mattresses and linens from Avocado Green Mattresses, organic towels and robes from Under the Canopy, and Vermont's own natural bath products by Ursa Major. Rest easy, and rest safe.
Program
This retreat offers a devotional and embodied approach to the Seven Points of Mind Training (Lojong), a profound set of teachings passed from Atisha to Tibetan lineage masters. These slogans serve as a practical guide for transforming the mind, cultivating compassion, and awakening spacious, heart-centered awareness. This retreat invites practitioners to live the slogans as somatic truths.
The rhythm of life on retreat:
- Forest-bathed mornings in noble silence
- Strong, fluid vinyasa inspired by the Zen heart
- Yin + Restorative evenings with seasonal wisdom + stillness
- Dharma talks, journaling, and communal inquiry
- Time for solitude, hiking, and soaking in the seasonal beauty
- Shared firelight, nourishing meals, and sangha
Daily schedule
Thursday, September 17
- 15:00 - 18:00 Arrival - Settle into your room, meet the land, and arrive at your own pace.
- 18:30 Dinner, a grounding first meal together
Friday, September 18
- Mornings in Noble Silence
- 08:30 Breakfast buffet
- 09:30 - 12:30 Session 1: Vinyasa yoga | Buddha Dharma themes and methods of mindfulness: Preciousness and the Hara / Belly
- 12:30 Lunch
- 13:00 - 16:00 Spacious afternoon, hikes, self-practice, journaling, or time in the spa sanctuary
- 16:00 - 18:30 Session 2: Yin and restorative yoga | Dharma methods: Impermanence and the heart/lungs
- 18:30 Dinner
Saturday, September 19
- Mornings in Noble Silence
- 08:30 Breakfast buffet
- 09:30 - 12:30 Session 1: Vinyasa yoga | Buddha Dharma themes and methods of mindfulness: Karma and the side bodies
- 12:30 Lunch
- 13:00 - 16:00 Spacious afternoon
- Forest walks, contemplative rest, spa-time, or personal inquiry
- 16:00 - 18:30 Session 2 Yin and Restorative yoga | Dharma Methods: Dukkha and the central channel
- 18:30 Dinner
Sunday, September 20
- Mornings in noble silence
- 08:30 Breakfast buffet
- 09:00 - 10:30 Closing session
- Yang and Yin yoga | Bodhicitta, Tonglen, and compassion practices
- 11:00 Farewell, depart with spaciousness, clarity, and the quiet glow of autumn still inside you.
Instructors
Kali Basman
Internationally celebrated yoga teacher, Kali Basman enriches the paradigm of Yin yoga to integrate distinct aspects of self into an innate wisdom practice to awaken a rich inner life and radiate with ritual. Her offering honors Yin yoga as a tool to surrender to the intrinsic wholeness. On the textured path of mindful healing, Kali is celebrated for her integration of the 5 Elements and Chinese Meridian Theory with self-inquiry, embodied anatomy, Buddhist philosophy of equanimity, and sharp intellect. She leads training and retreats around the world.
Retreat location
Your home away from home
Sterling Forest Lodge holds a quiet elegance—expansive windows, wood, and light. Rooms range from cozy singles to shared suites. Space is intentionally limited to preserve the contemplative tone.
Enjoy and immerse
The Rustic Spa Experience, which includes a wood fire burning sauna, and cedar hot tub, and a cold plunge. Chic living spaces throughout the house to get cozy, journal, read a book, community share.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Sustainable Kitchen, a local VT chef and caterer, will provide seasonally inspired breakfasts, lunches, and dinners served with care and aligned with the grounded energy of autumn practice.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Organic
- Whole food
Spa treatments
- Wood-fired sauna
- Cedar cold plunge
- Forest-edge hot tubs
- Quiet spaces for integration and rest
What's included
- Morning Vinyasa and Meditation
- Spacious afternoons + noble silence
- Evening Yin and Restorative sessions
- Dharma teachings rooted in Buddhist psychology
- Internal Family Systems–infused somatic inquiry
- Full spa sanctuary access
- Wood-fired sauna
- Cedar cold plunge
- Forest-edge hot tubs
- Quiet spaces for integration and rest
- Nourishing Meals
- Seasonally inspired breakfasts, lunches, and dinners served with care and aligned with the grounded energy of autumn practice
- 3 nights accommodation at Sterling Forest Lodge
- A mountain-top sanctuary surrounded by peak foliage, forest quiet, and expansive views
- Community and Ceremony
- Opening circle, closing ritual, and time to connect with fellow practitioners in a supportive, heart-centered container
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport Transfer
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Burlington International Airport
36 km away from your destination
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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