with Lisa Mitchell in Sonoma, California, United States
4 nights in Sonoma, California
Thu Sep 15 - Mon Sep 19, 2016
The Lotus Feed Retreat Center at Taylor Maid Farms rests on 108 acres of vital Sonoma coast nature. Its diverse landscape provides the most exquisite and magical experience of raw and cultivated beauty. From our redwood, fir and oak forests, to our thoughtfully designed circle gardens. Our ocean view ridge-tops overlook our colorful and hidden creek beds; The Lotus Feed Retreat Center is blessed with a full palette of wonder.
We have thoughtfully crafted the native land into a perfect classroom to dive into wild edibles and medicinals. Our cultivated gardens and structures present learning experiences in permaculture and the peace and energy of the land provide a backdrop for transformation, learning and evolution. Farm to table meals will be harvested from our stunning circle garden and prepared in our outdoor pizza oven imported from Italy.
Retreat's include food (three organic farm-to-table meals a day) and all of the retreat spaces (outdoor yoga deck, indoor Bindu Yurt yoga, gathering space, pond, and gardens).
Options for Wine Tasting, Cooking Classes, Sweat Lodge led by a Shaman, Kayaking, Horseback riding, Zip Lining and MORE!
Accommodations |
5 days, 4 nights at The Lotus Feed |
Meals |
Farm-to-table breakfast (light), lunch and dinner |
Yoga |
Enjoy two Invigorating yoga classes per day with some of your favorite Dana Hot Yoga Teachers |
Airport Transfers |
No transportation provided |
Flights |
Flights not included |
Travel Insurance |
Travel insurance is mandatory and not included |
| For assistance with travel insurance, contact our partner World Nomads. |
Not included: flights to/from Santa Rosa Airport (STS) -25 min away.San Francisco Airport (SFO) or Oakland Airport (OAK) are 1.5 hours away. and travel insurance. Guests are responsible for purchasing travel medical insurance and cancellation insurance which are also not included.
Yoga has played such a transformative role in Lisa's life, and has been committed to sharing her passion with as many people as possible. She found yoga at the tender age of 19 when she was feeling stuck in an abusive relationship that left her feeing very defeated and extremely negative. Yoga allowed her to tap into her own inner strength, and since then, she has never turned back!
Lisa is the co-owner of Dana Hot Yoga, and is the Director of the Dana Hot Yoga 200 and 500 Hour Teacher Training programs. You can practice with her abroad on Yoga Retreats around the world, or come practice with her at all the Dana locations.
Lisa is the author of the books Don't Be an Asshole Yoga Teacher and 7 Secrets of a Successful Yoga Teacher (available on Amazon.com) and was featured on the TV Show, Yoga Sutra Now on the Veria Network. She is a consultant for Young Living Essential Oils, and has been a contributing author for MindBodyGreen, Elephant Journal, and Greenster.
Lisa is an E-RYT 500 and has received yoga certifications from some pioneers in the yoga world, including Baron Baptiste and Sri Dharma Mittra. She has also learned from a variety of teachers including but not limited to David Garrigues, Kino MacGregor, Sharon Gannon, Kathryn Budig, and Sean Corne to name a few. She is also a doctoral level educator, and has conducted research on the benefits of using yoga as a tool to increase social reciprocity in students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
She invites you to share her passion for personal growth, physical movement and deep connection with our true selves by practicing her fun, yet meditative flows.
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The Lotus Feed Retreat Center at Taylor Maid Farms rests on 108 acres of vital Sonoma coast nature. Its diverse landscape provides the most exquisite and magical experience of raw and cultivated beauty. From our redwood, fir and oak forests, to our thoughtfully designed circle gardens. Our ocean view ridge-tops overlook our colorful and hidden creek beds; The Lotus Feed Retreat Center is blessed with a full palette of wonder.
We have thoughtfully crafted the native land into a perfect classroom to dive into wild edibles and medicinals. Our cultivated gardens and structures present learning experiences in permaculture and the peace and energy of the land provide a backdrop for transformation, learning and evolution. Farm to table meals will be harvested from our stunning circle garden and prepared in our outdoor pizza oven imported from Italy.
The Lotus Feed is a place like no other! Everything is extremely well thought out and done with love. I can't wait to go back!
The Lotus Feed and Retreat center is AMAZING. I cannot say enough good things about it. The women running the retreat, Jenae and Andzia, were always present for any questions we had and were super friendly and helpful. I'm not a vegetarian, but I ate a vegetarian based diet for 5 days and absolutely loved every single meal. The morning smoothies were all incredibly tasty, as was the coffee. Both brunch and dinner offered a minimum of 5 different foods, all made with about 80% of the food grown on the property, and each meal had a dessert! The property itself was remote and beautiful, and we were invited to make ourselves at home and explore the grounds. I am absolutely interested in going to this same location again, or even interning with them to learn some of the incredible recipes they made.
The trip was superb! Melissa was a lovely teacher & the whole gang were wonderful. Lodging & food great too.
The Lotus Feed was a beautiful farm run by the loveliest couple! The tents and yurts are excellent for glamping, the yoga spaces, indoor and out are great and the highlight of this retreat is the food. I'm not vegetarian or vegan, but everything they prepared was amazing! Melissa Abdine led us all in a wonderfully fun and diverse yoga practice throughout the weekend that I think each guest enjoyed! What a great experience!
Amazing experience! The staff, instructor, food...all was perfect.
Lotus Feed is a great venue with great hosts. I recommend it highly.
Lotus Feed was amazing.
There are not enough superlatives in the english language to describe how amazing this trip was!!! It was the most peaceful, revitalizing and nourishing (in every way)!!! FANTASTIC!!!!
The retreat was amazing. Restorative, fun, engaging and transformative!
Fantastic! Great yoga, magical location.
Awesome food, good company and grew at yoga!
This trip exceeded our expectations, the experience was far beyond what the photographs show. We were a small group of 6 and all my guest were extremely pleased with the experience enough to want to go back. The lotus feed taylor made farm is a gem and I will be taking a group back. The food was exceptional, the service was amazing, the property was magical !!! gave this trip 5 stars.
The setting was tranquil and rustic chic. The hospitality and food were outstanding. The Yoga and Pilates instruction was excellent; participants were fabulous. The experience was very positive and beyond my expectations.
It was an amazing experience sharing a weekend with old friends and new ones, on a working farm in the midst of California wine country. Janea and Anzja are a well choreographic yet spontaneous partnership, who create a welcome atmosphere to their "home", The execution and presentation of the food is best I have ever had tasted.
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