The Yoga of Effortless Being--5 Day Retreat
- Date: Jul 30 - -Wed. Aug. 4
- Location: Johnson’s Landing Retreat Centre, Johnson's Landing, near Argenta
- Tuition: Pay As You Can
- Phone: 1(877) 366-4402
I'm offering the “Pay What You Can'' option for this retreat, so that you can come if you really want to. If you are in financial flow, “pay what you can.” If you are constricted financially, “pay what you can.” In this way we all support each other in abundance and community! Please let me know if you have questions or comments
--A 5 day retreat
“Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” (Mary Oliver)
Meditation, yoga, and inquiry, on this retreat, will be part of one seamless practice, inviting you into a new way of being with yourself and with life, not after years of practice, but right now. Meditation is not about trying to control and improve our disturbing thoughts and feelings. This only creates exhaustion and profound tension, which closes down the free flow of energy through our body and being.
My experience at the Johnson’s Landing retreat was soul-opening. Thank you for guiding me. My gratitude is deep.
Pearl W. Nelson BC April 2010
In this quiet and beautiful place, you’ll discover what natural meditation is-- the ease and fulfillment that appear when you learn to rest in presence, and release your conditioned tendencies to seek and struggle. Sometimes we will be sitting, sometimes lying, sometimes moving, sometimes still. In every moment we can open to the healing, awakening power of unconditioned awareness and compassion. When this awareness or presence touches the body, it becomes fluid, alive and grounded. When it touches the emotions, the heart softens and releases its armour. When it touches the mind, we can allow the energy that is usually entangled with our thinking to stream down into the sweet stability of the earth.
You’ll find the joy and resilience that belong to the human body, when you are willing to fully inhabit it in each moment. You’ll begin to experience that love, wisdom and full aliveness can all be received as gifts.
Whenever we touch the presence of our authentic being, new ways of living and moving in the world reveal themselves to us, without effort or endless thinking.
Johnson’s Landing Retreat Centre is a powerful place, full of beauty, stillness and the deep healing energy of lake, mountains and waterfalls. The opening and releasing of body and mind happen naturally in a place like this.
”I felt a gratifying sense of presence over the five days with Shayla - but not until I arrived home did I understand the full extent of the transformation. My family recognized it instantly. Often I find myself striving to connect with my girls and often not succeeding. This time I felt completely relaxed, and fully present and we connected more deeply then ever before. Shayla’s teachings have solidified a life long passion to build my awareness and acceptance of what is. Shayla’s August retreats will continue to be a space for me to learn and celebrate this acceptance.” Delyse Sylvester
To register, email: or phone toll free 1.877.366.4402
The tuition for this retreat is by donation, directly to Shayla. Please see the top of the page for more information on ‘pay as you can.’
Retreat facilitation fee before June 30th--$115. After June 30-- $140.
The minimum cost for food and lodging (including three excellent vegetarian meals per day) is $65, for camping space.
The maximum is $120, for a private cabin.
Between these two, there are different kinds of lodging available, at different prices.
The retreat starts at dinner time (5pm) on Friday July 30th, and ends at lunch time on Wed. Aug. 4th.
For more information about Shayla and her work, visit http://www.barefootjourneys.net or call her at 250.352.7908
To register, email: or phone toll free 1.877.366.4402
