47th Annual New Year’s Yoga Retreat
A Northern California Retreat
Heart of Belonging: from Separation to Oneness
Rooted in the understanding of our interconnectedness with each other and with all creation, Mount Madonna’s annual New Year’s Yoga Retreat: Heart of Belonging invites us into satsang—a community of spiritual seekers on the path to self-awareness, healing, and the realization of our true nature. Together, in community, we can move toward awakening to our deepest Self and discovering true belonging.
“We are all one though in different shapes and forms, like a potter makes different types of pots but the clay is the same.”
Baba Hari Dass
During this year’s retreat, there are many opportunities and ways to experience belonging—in the warmth of shared meals and group walks beneath the ancient redwoods; in meaningful conversations with friends old and new; in the vibrancy of gathering together for New Year’s Eve for joyful singing and dancing; and in the deep inner work of meditation, pranayama (breathing techniques), asana (postures), and svadhyaya (self-study).
Through these practices, empathy and compassion arise naturally, moving us from a sense of separation toward the realization of oneness, revealing our belonging to our own essence and to all creation.
As the earth completes another rotation around the sun and we transition into a new year, this New Year’s Yoga Retreat offers a precious opportunity to pause—to step away from the demands of daily life, reflect on the year past, and open to the possibilities of a new cycle. Nestled among Northern California’s redwoods, with sweeping views of Monterey Bay, you will find our campus to be a sanctuary for positive transformation and nourishing time in community.
Please join us for this season of reflection, renewal, and shared practice together!
Ways to attend:
- In-person at Mount Madonna.
Tuition: $495 + accommodations & meals. - Online: Enjoy a rich and engaging program from anywhere in the world!
Tuition: Sliding scale $100+.
The retreat program will include:
- Arati (morning and evening ritual of light)
- Practices of yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation rooted in the lineage of Baba Hari Dass
- Presentations on the theme, Heart of Belonging: From Separation to Oneness
- Music, including kirtan (devotional singing)
- Time in nature and in ritual
- Opportunities to connect with old & new friends… and more!
- New Year’s Eve program
- New Year’s Day mantra yajna (ancient Vedic ritual) for peace
“When we gather together to form a sangha (satsang), we practice opening up the confines of our separate self and become a large body of love and understanding.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
New Year’s Yoga Retreat Schedule
| Sunday, December 28 | |
| 3:00 - 5:30pm | Arrival & Registration |
| 5:15 - 6:15pm | Dinner |
| 6:00 - 7:00pm | Arati |
| 7:15 - 8:30pm | Welcome Gathering |
| Monday - Wednesday, December 29 - 31 | |
| 6:00 - 7:00am | Arati |
| 7:15 - 8:30am | Yoga sadhana, including pranayama & meditation |
| 8:45 - 10:00am | Yoga asana |
| 10:00am - 11:00pm | Brunch |
| 11:00 - 1:30pm | Break or mid-afternoon options |
| 1:30 - 3:00pm | Theme Presentations |
| 3:30 - 5:00pm | Afternoon asana or afternoon sadhana |
| 5:15 - 6:15pm | Dinner |
| 6:00 - 7:00pm | Arati |
| 7:15 - 9:00pm | Kirtan (devotional singing) & Restorative Practice New Year’s Eve Program (7:15pm - 1:00am) |
| Thursday, January 1 | |
| 6:00 - 7:00am | Arati |
| 7:00 - 10:00am | Mantra Yajna for Peace -or- |
| 7:30 - 9:30am | Yoga sadhana & asana |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Brunch |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Closing Gathering |
*Please note: Schedule subject to change. Registrants will be notified.*
