“Reclaim yourself through nature, yoga, and rest”
5 Day Self Reclamation Women's Yoga Retreat in Cumberland, Virginia, USA
36 Carter Rd Cumberland VA 23040, USA
Transformative Yoga Retreat in the USA
Welcome, friends, to Open Sky where you will immediately feel relief in this quiet oasis. As you have lost connection to the natural world, so have you lost connection to yourself in all the noise of your day-to-day life. A self-reclamation retreat brings you back home to your own origin story. Earthing, grounding, forest bathing, drumming, chanting, and listening within through meditation and open time for quiet reflection allows for transformative healing. Much of this retreat will be silent to allow for a needed self-reclamation. There will be group sharing and time for individual dialogue with Nitya to support you in your journey but otherwise, this will be silent. This week-long retreat allows for the time you need to unpack all that sits on your heart, surrendering to the healing powers of nature, and reconnecting to your authentic self. You will find this experience to be transformative and life-changing.
Meet the instructors
Lydia Nitya
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Highlights
- A quiet healing oasis immersed in nature
- Expert services, programs, and meals are lovingly offered by Nitya
- Screen-free time to turn the focus inward for a total reset
- Letting go of time to float through your days
- Programs designed to support your healing, self-reclamation, and renewal
- Awaken to ginger tea, fields sparkling with dew-filled spider webs, and bird song
- 4 nights accommodation
Yoga styles
5 days with instruction
Group size: 1-3 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Your accommodations:
There are two guest rooms to choose from. The shared room offers a single and full-size bed, soft rocking chair, and desk. The view from the room is lovely, right by a magnolia and crepe myrtles with the eastern sunlight streaming in the morning. The spacious private room has a sitting area and a queen-sized bed. The view from the private room is of the rolling fields and woods. All guests share the main upstairs bath.
Program
Your itinerary includes daily Hatha yoga, meditation, journaling, self-inquiry, earthing, and other nature connection activities, and exploring your belonging through Toko-pa Turner's book Belonging. How your life path can lead you to feel disconnected from ourselves leading to anxiety, stress, depression, and a lack of feeling fulfilled in your lives.
You will explore this through rich self-explorative activities like mapping your archetypal wheel, journaling, nature connection, fire ceremony, and a water grief/loss / longing ceremony. Feel deliciously nourished with farm-to-table vegetarian/vegan meals locally sourced. This is the ultimate self-healing retreat, a true investment in yourself, in a small, intimate gathering of 1-3 women.
The proposed schedule:
Day 1
- 15:00 - Arrive and land at Open Sky
- 15:30 - Welcome circle with introductions, agenda for the day, addressing questions, then practicing pranayama, meditation, and setting intention with journaling and sharing.
- 16:30 - Silent trail walk
- Reflection free time
- 18:30 - Farm-to-table vegetarian dinner
- 20:00 - 20:30 - Group Gaia Yoga Nidra with Sound Bath
- 20:30 - End of day - Silent rest and reflection
Day 2
- 06:45 - Awaken with ginger tea
- 07:00 - Morning practice: 30 minutes - breathing / pranayama and meditation, and a Hatha yoga practice
- 08:45 - Farm-to-table breakfast with coffee and tea offered
- Free reflection time
- 10:00 - Morning program: Where do you feel you authentically belong? Explore through journal prompts and reading excerpts from Belonging.
- Free reflection time
- 12:00 - Noon meditation: This is offered daily, there is no guidance to this practice, just show up and breathe into the peace of your soul
- 12:30 - Farm-to-table lunch
- Free reflection time
- 14:30 - Afternoon program: Silent woods walk with forest bathing
- 15:30 - Tea and snack offered
- Free reflection time
- 17:00 - Meditation into Yin yoga with poetry
- 18:30 - Farm-to-table vegetarian dinner
- 19:45 - Fire ceremony with chanting into silent trail walk
- 20:30 - End of day - Silent rest and reflection
Day 3
- Same morning practice each day. Earthing Activity
- 08:45 - Farm-to-table breakfast with coffee and tea offered
- Free reflection time
- 10:00 - Morning program: What is Missing? – When you change parts of yourselves in order to belong, you eventually feel this longing, this ache to re-member ourselves. Activity to identity what has been lost and where / how it has manifested in your physical body.
- Free reflection time
- 12:00 - Noon meditation
- 12:30 - Farm-to-table lunch
- 14:30 - Afternoon program: Water ceremony: Water Ceremony: How you grieve yourselves.
- 15:30 - Tea and snacks are offered
- Afternoon Tarot readings offered
- Free reflection time
- 18:30 - Dinner
- 20:00 - Evening program: Ecstatic dance
- 20:30 - End of day - Silent rest and reflection
Day 4
- Same morning practice but with a sunrise walking meditation.
- 08:45 - Farm-to-table breakfast with coffee and tea offered
- Free reflection time
- 10:00 - Morning program: Journal prompt – the orphan archetype, and fairy tales.
- 12:00 - Noon meditation
- 12:30 - Farm-to-table lunch
- 14:30 - Afternoon program: Creating your archetypal wheel
- 15:30 - Tea and snack are offered
- 18:30 - Dinner
- 19:30 - Evening program: Mini Yin Yoga with Sound Bath
- 20:30 - End of day - Silent rest and reflection
Day 5
- Same morning practice but with a sunrise walking meditation.
- 08:45 - Farm-to-table breakfast with coffee and tea offered
- 10:00 - Morning program: Closing Circle with journaling and sharing into power walk along the trails.
- Free reflection time
- 12:30 - Farm-to-table lunch
- 14:00 - Retreat ends.
Instructors
Lydia Nitya Griffith
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Lydia Nitya Griffith has been an Integral Yoga and Yin Yoga teacher since 2005. Nitya recently became certified as a Grief Ceremonialist inspired by her own profound losses. She has been offering classes, retreats, training, and other programs for nearly 20 years. Nitya's deeply compassionate, healing approach to the practice of living yoga is a blessing to experience. Nitya is also a certified Feng Shui Consultant and Master BaZi Chinese Astrologer with a channel on YouTube.
Retreat location
Open Sky is a true sanctuary nestled in the quiet rolling hills of Cumberland County Virginia. This is a 120-year-old former tobacco farm sitting on 8 acres of re-wilded fields and woods. It is a truly heavenly experience to spend time here.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Nitya Griffith has published The Nitya Living Cookbook; seasonal, local, vegetarian meals for a healthy family.
- Passionate about food and eating sustainably, Nitya offers nourishing farm-to-table vegetarian meals every guest raves about.
- Hearty soups, roasted root veggies, and dark leafy greens are on the menu in autumn/winter.
- A delicious menu will be sent to you after registration.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Yogic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- You can opt to have Nitya divine your Bazi Chinese Astrology chart at a discounted rate.
- There are farm provisions for sale like jellies, pickles, tomatoes, etc.
- Anoush bath salts and incense are locally crafted and used during the retreats, these are offered for sale.
- Nitya's books and art are also available for purchase.
What's included
- Yoga and meditation sessions
- 3 daily meals with tea, coffee, and water
- 4 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Airport transportation is not included
- Airport transfer
How to get there
Recommended Airports
RIC
Richmond International Airport
75 km
Transfer not provided
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
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