“Rejuvenate on Sagrada’s weekend warrior retreat”
4 Day Writing and Yoga Retreat in Santa Margarita, California
Sagrada Wellness, 6780 W Pozo Road, Santa Margarita, California 93453, United States
Weekend Warrior Writing and Yoga Retreat in USA
This is a convenient way to recharge your batteries, soak up some pristine natural countryside, practice your yoga asanas, eat nourishing gourmet meals, and enjoy the company of new friends. Leave your city life behind and rejuvenate on Sagrada's weekend warrior yoga retreat with their special guest instructor, Leslie St. John from Prose and Poses.
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Highlights
- Guided writing exercises
- Yoga and Restorative classes
- Time for hiking, journaling, meditation, and self-reflection
- Breakfasts, lunch, and dinners
- 3 nights accommodation
- Hot tub
Yoga styles
3 days with instruction
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Kitchen
- Yoga studio
- Laundry
- Outdoor shower
Sagrada's accommodations are in their architecturally designed modern farmhouse retreat. The newly constructed home is designed by the co-owner and architect Scott Currie. It has a contemporary, rustic, country aesthetic that offers guests a special place to reflect on peace, awareness, and rejuvenation in the ranch's majestic and natural landscape.
Communal room
Communal room is a shared accommodation in the sunny mountain vista room. A large outside patio with gorgeous views is the ideal space for journaling, chatting with new friends, or meditating on all of Sagrada's nature sounds. The communal room has a sitting area, plenty of cubby spaces for your clothes, toiletries, and yoga gear, and a large bathroom. Bathrooms are cleaned daily, and fresh towels are always provided. Sagrada uses environmentally friendly laundry detergent and sun-dry whenever possible.
Private room
Private rooms have a queen-sized bed with comfy linens and open onto a spacious patio with gorgeous ranch views. Shared bathrooms are across the hall and are accented with Italian tiles, reclaimed barn wood from Sagrada's property, and modern waterfall showers. Similarly, bathrooms are cleaned daily and fresh towels are always provided.
Program
Wake to the beauty of birdsong and mist rising off grapevines. Meditate, journal, or take in the pristine, natural countryside. After a light breakfast, you will practice yoga to stretch, energize, and awaken the body; pranayama to open channels for breath and energy flow, and meditation to sensitize the intuitive mind. At the end of class, you will focus on writing exercises to inspire ideas, clarify existing ones, and refine expression.
This retreat is designed to give you time and space to enjoy yoga and allow your creative juices to flow. Evenings include organic meals lovingly prepared by Scott and Eva; blue-hour walks; hot-tub soaks; and quiet reflection under the stars.
This retreat is designed to give you time and space to enjoy nature, practice yoga/Qoya, and cultivate an intimate connection to your creative self. You will leave feeling relaxed, connected, and inspired.
Sample schedule
Experience daily yoga and writing classes
- 07:45 Guided meditation walk or Qi Gong
- 09:00 Light and delicious breakfast
- 10:30 Energizing yoga and writing opportunity
- Noon lunch (afternoon free time)
- 16:00 - 17:30 Restorative yoga or Qoya and writing opportunity
- 18:30 Dinner with local wine
- 20:00 Writing and Ritual (Despacho, Spiral Labyrinth, Intentions, and visions
- 20:45 Jacuzzi and stargazing
Instructors
Leslie St. John
Leslie is a poet, yogi, and teacher living in California who seeks to inspire creative expression, physical health, and more self-love. She holds an MFA in poetry from Purdue University. Her poems and creative nonfiction have appeared in Apercus Quarterly, Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, Florida Review, Indiana Review, Linebreak, Oxford American, Rebelle Society, Teach.Yoga, and Verse Daily. She is the creator of Prose and Poses, a practice of yoga and writing to open creative channels. A 500-hour RYT, she has studied with Tias Little, Noah Maze, and Rocky Heron; with Yogamaze.
Retreat location
Sagrada Wellness is located on California's Central Coast. The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the area between the Monterey Bay and Point Conception. It extends through Santa Cruz County, San Benito County, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County.
Sagrada Wellness is an exclusive vacation rental offering yoga retreats in Santa Margarita, California. One mile off Highway 101, 8 miles North of San Luis Obispo, Santa Margarita is the same 5 square mile area originally planned in 1889 and is surrounded by the beautiful, pristine, and historic Santa Margarita Ranch. This quaint artist and family community of 1259 people enjoy the best of small-town living in one of the most beautiful places in California nestled in the Santa Lucia Mountains.
San Luis Obispo is an ideal place for yoga retreats in California as it is situated halfway between northern and southern California. Sagrada Wellness is located 15 minutes north of San Luis Obispo, in Central Coast California. Situated halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo County is the heart of California's Central Coast Wine Country. San Luis Obispo County has something for everyone.
Enjoy food and wine in the city of San Luis Obispo. Take a relaxing drive though scenic wine country or a stroll on one of many white sand beaches. SLO is truly the best in California. Galleries, museums, wine tasting, and unspoiled natural beauty and recreation are some of San Luis Obispo's highlights.
Distances
- Los Angeles - 3 hours 30 minutes
- San Fransisco - 3 hours 30 minutes
- San Luis Obispo, 12 miles
Unique features
Activities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
General
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Kitchen
- Yoga studio
Services
- Laundry
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
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)
Hiking
Take relaxing strolls to breathtaking vistas or bring your water bottle and plan on a challenging hike up and down rolling hills and through untouched canyons. Manzanita trees, gigantic oaks, sacred mountain sage, an abundance of California poppies, wild turkeys, and exotic birds, will be some of the natural beauty you experience on your journey. You are recommended to take the Rinconada hiking trail, which is 5 minutes from Sagrada, or the Bishops Peak trail, which is 15 minutes from Sagrada.
Horseback riding
For all you cowgirls and cowboys - put on your boots and saddle up. Enjoy a guided excursion on well-trained horses through breathtaking California terrain, taking in unspoiled nature and a plethora of wildlife. Horseback riding can be arranged for an additional fee.
In Shangri-La Ranch, 5 minutes from Sagrada, you can enjoy horseback riding into some of the most beautiful country on the Central Coast. Ride through sun-dappled forests, pristine meadows, and ancient rock formations.
You can be a part of nature and experience wildlife in this "remote paradise on earth". Some of the wildlife that has been seen on and near Shangri-La Ranch are deer, bears, cougars, bald eagles, and all kinds of beautiful birds - just to name a few.
Qi Gong
Eva prescribes specific Qi Gong exercises that will address your individual health needs. Correct posture while doing exercises, breathing techniques, and visualization will be emphasized. You will leave feeling deeply grounded, and with Qi Gong exercises you can take home. Each session costs 150 USD for one acupuncture treatment and Qi Gong techniques.
Taoist health and nutritional counseling
Health and wellness consultation from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective. Tongue and pulse diagnosis, herbal, dietary, and lifestyle recommendations. Consultation is available at 150 USD per hour.
Zip lining
Experience the history and natural habitat at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch while soaring through breathtaking terrain and vineyards. Taste some of Ancient Peaks' sustainable wine after your zip-lining adventure. Margarita Adventures offers four zip lines that soar over majestic oaks and valleys amid a breathtaking backdrop of vineyards, mountains, and forests. The zipline canopy tours are designed to accentuate a larger mission: to promote a deeper appreciation for the natural surroundings and heritage.
Spa treatments
Acu-facial rejuvenation (150 USD per hour)
Ancient and modern wisdom offers a holistic and nurturing approach to well-being and a radiant appearance. Evas unique treatment consists of body and facial acupuncture, therapeutic grade essential oils, and facial massage. Acu-facial rejuvenation helps eliminate fine lines, tighten pores, brighten the eyes, improve facial color, and increase collagen production and muscle tone. Allow your beauty and vitality to shine!
Acupuncture (150 USD per hour)
Acupuncture is an ancient healing modality that takes the whole body into account when addressing a client's health. Eva Inglizian, L.Ac., uses Chinese medicine, a 5000-year-old system of healing to promote well-being and balance. She has great success treating emotional-spiritual integration, women's issues, digestive disorders, sciatica, and stress and pain management.
What's included
- Yoga and restorative classes
- Breakfasts, lunch, and dinners
- Hot tub soaks
- Time for hiking, journaling, and self-reflection
- Writing exercises guided by Leslie St. John
- 3 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Acupuncture treatment and facial
- Additional optional activities
- Alcoholic beverages
- Transfers
- Taxes
How to get there
Recommended Airports
SFO
San Francisco International Airport
297 km
Transfer not provided
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport
253 km
Transfer not provided
SJC
San Jose International Airport
252 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP). From the airport in San Luis Obispo to Sagrada Wellness, it is about a 20-minute ride via taxi, Uber, or Lyft.
If you want to see California and save some money, fly to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), or San Jose International Airport (SJC). Flying into any of these three airports will require a car rental. The drive from these airports is beautiful and full of interesting sites along the way.
Sagrada Wellness is located on California's Central Coast, 12 miles north of San Luis Obispo. It is a midpoint between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a 3.5-hour drive from each. They are about 4 miles off the famed Highway 101.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 15 days before arrival.
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