8 Days Meditation and Wellness Yoga Retreat in Florida, USA
Pampering Yoga Retreat in Florida
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in the USA.
Zen Den Yoga School and Retreats provides the yogi and yogini with a safe and nurturing environment to grow and practice the yoga lifestyle. Zen Den Yoga School is not your average yoga retreat. In all of the yoga teacher training programs and yoga retreats, Zen Den Yoga School adheres to the true meaning of the word yoga: to yolk or bring together.
Zen Den Yoga School's belief is that all yoga systems are on the same path, therefore, they embody many traditions of yoga, honoring the diversity of our gurus. Zen Den Yoga School and Retreats facilitates various forms of yoga including Ashtanga- inspired Vinyassa, the true Sivananda, Hatha, Restorative, and other traditions.
The school offers an on-going 200-hour yoga teacher training program, and a 300-hour program for people interested in a 500-hour training. Zen Den Yoga School warmly invites you come and enjoy a retreat or training with their highly educated and experienced facilitators.
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Highlights
- 50-minute complimentary massage
- 1 complimentary acupuncture session
- Unlimited yoga (may include: vinyasa, sivananda, restorative, chakra flow)
- Nutritional smoothie for breakfast and lunch
- 7 nights accommodation
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Meditation garden
- Smoke-free property
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Library
- Tour assistance
- Patio
Zen Den Yoga School and Retreats offers you a great experience to relax with plenty of beautiful scenery and activities to explore nearby. You will have access to Wi-Fi, and a state of the art kitchen with Vita Mix and Juicer during your retreat. Bicycles will be provided so guests can explore nearby attractions.
During your stay in Boca, the beach city is surrounded by tropical scenery, and beautiful homes. Guests can recharge in a private or shared room, or enjoy a welcoming space to meditate, study, or socialize with other guests.
If you are on a program where sharing is possible and you would like to share a twin-bedded room with another single traveler of the same gender, Zen Den Yoga School will match you with a roommate. Otherwise, a single supplemental fee applies for a private room.
Program
Zen Den Yoga School's lead instructor, Ira Ohm, believes in offering a safe and nurturing environment for everyone. Ira and his wife Valerie have built an incredible experience offering guests enlightening programs in a pampering wellness center minutes from the ocean. Guests are encouraged to attend as many classes as they wish to get the full experience.
Sample schedule
- 07:00 a.m. Breakfast
- 08:00 a.m. Meditation
- 08:45 a.m. Hatha chakra flow
- 10:00 a.m. Snack
- 12:30 p.m. Lunch
- 02:00 p.m. Vinyasa flow
- 03:30 p.m. Snack
Yoga philosophy and other classes during the week when YTT 200hr is in session 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
You will have the opportunity for guests to join the yoga teacher training students in yoga philosophy classes during the weeks there are school in session, in between their yoga classes. On Tuesday, Ira and Valerie lead Yoga Sutras discussions in Satsang style. Thursdays there is a 7 p.m. Tai Chi class.
Satsang occurs when small groups engage in a spiritual dialogue. In Satsang, participants commit to exploring the liberation of truth. It is a formal or informal gathering intended to facilitate the sharing of wisdom and is said to be a particularly important doorway to experiencing inner freedom.
Instructors
Ira Schneider
Ira started to practice yoga consciously in 2007. He says consciously because, after getting his 200-hour certification, he realized there were many parts of yoga besides the physical practice. These other paths of yoga (pranayama, meditation, and positive thought), he had already been practicing from the time he was a little boy. This inward feeling of something larger than himself was always present through his years as an entrepreneur, teacher, consultant, and individual being.
Valerie Leeds
Valerie is a certified bodywork and energy therapist for two decades. She is also Dr. Sears certified health coach and previous owner of lifestyle center personal training studio in Soho, New York City. Valerie Leeds developed a wellness and food program called H. E. A. R. T. which stands for healthy eating always a real treat, designed to help you improve your eating and well-being.
Retreat location
Boca Raton is one of the most fun and active cities in South Florida. In a tropical setting, beautiful homes line the streets around long stretches of white beaches. With tons of waterfront on the Intracoastal and Atlantic Ocean, you will find lots of biking paths, themed restaurants, shopping areas, and a great nightlife.
Located in East Boca Raton, Florida, USA, you will be staying in a peaceful place. Within a 10 - 15 minutes' bike ride, guests will discover boutiques, galleries, cafes, shopping malls, art and marine life museums, libraries, beaches, water sports, grocery stores, and lots of restaurants and bars.
Nearby places
- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) - 30 minutes
- Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) - 30 minutes
Food
We give you the opportunity to detox and cleanse while you are on your retreat, supporting you in have the best experience with meditation and yoga possible. We give you all of your personalized ingredients for breakfast and lunch nutritionally balanced smoothies - They are low glycemic, vegan, gluten free, with a soy free option as well. They boost your anti-oxidants, and alkalinity allowing your body to thrive, you will receive the 1000’s of phyto-nutrients that we know bodies love best! We teach you how to prepare these shakes, and many of our retreaters love them and how their bodies feel so much, they request the recipes to take home with them!
Dinners you are on your own and there are a few options. Guests sometimes opt to cook in a state of the art kitchen with Vitamix and Juicer (students almost always do), and there are excellent grocery stores within walking distance. Or, if you prefer, there are also plenty highly recommended multi-cultural cuisine restaurants to choose from within walking and biking distance.
Spa treatments
- Additional acupuncture is 80 USD
- Additional massage 30 minutes is 40 USD
- Additional massage 60 minutes is 80 USD
- Chiropractor is 80 USD
What's included
- 1 50-minute massage (additional sessions available)
- 1 acupuncture session (additional sessions available)
- 8 nights accommodation
- Breath empowerment classes on Wednesday mornings
- Personalized ingredients for nutritionally balanced breakfast and lunch smoothies, each day
- Tai Chi on Thursday evenings
- Unlimited meditation
- Unlimited yoga (Vinyasa, Sivananda, Restorative, Chakra flow)
- Yoga sutra class on Tuesday nights
What's not included
- Dinners
- Workshops (all guests will receive a discount)
- Additional massage sessions
- Transportation to and from Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach Airport
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 45 days before arrival.
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