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Relaxation & Self Expansion: A Weekend Retreat to Remember Your True Self
August 14, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – August 16, 2026 @ 12:30 pm PDT
At Heart Song Retreat, near Lake Stevens

Single room: $500
Shared room: $300

Price includes program, program supplies, all meals and snacks, and lodging in comfortable and well-appointed guest rooms.

This retreat offers a serene, uplifting space to relax the body and calm the mind in order to expand awareness and rest in the quiet joy of your own higher Self.

Surrounded by nature, supported by yogic practices, and uplifted by community, we’ll discover that expansion comes from deepening our awareness, sympathy, and love, and releasing our limited ego-identity so that we may realize our soul’s eternal, divine nature and our unity with all life.

“I feel myself in the flowing brooks, in the flight of birds, in the raging wind upon the mountains, in the gentle dance of flowers in the breeze. Renouncing my little, egoic self, I expand with my great, soul‑Self everywhere.” – Affirmations for Self-Healing ,by Swami Kriyananda

The weekend will include guided Hatha and Restorative Yoga, Energization Exercises, self-myofascial release, pranayama, meditation, chanting, affirmation, visualization, nature experiences, and time for quiet reflection. Vegetarian meals and the peaceful grounds of Heart Song Retreat will support your journey inward.

Retreat Themes: Relaxation & Self Expansion Key Themes

Release tension in body to allow calmness in mind and expansion of soul-nature
“Relaxation must be taken into progressively subtle realms, through mental and emotional calmness to spiritual expansion and receptivity.” – Art & Science of Raja Yoga, by Swami Kriyananda
Self-expansion is the soul’s journey from limited ego-identity to infinite consciousness, remembering its true nature as eternal, divine, and free.
Retreat leaders:

Nancy Callan, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, Restorative Yoga Teacher

Kristy Law, RYT 200, Restorative Yoga Teacher

General Weekend Flow:

Friday, August 15

4-7pm to settle in and enjoy some personal time walking the grounds, enjoying the library, or anything else that inspires you!

7-9pm: Welcome, chanting, pranayama, yoga postures, walking tour of the property

Saturday, August 16

Wake up to coffee, tea, light breakfast

8:45-9:45am: Energization Exercises and guided mediation

10a: Self massage with therapy balls

11am-12:30pm: Hatha Yoga Practice

12:30-2:30pm: Vegetarian lunch and Nature experience options

2:30-4:30pm: Restorative yoga

4:30-6:00pm: Personal time

6-7:30pm: Vegetarian dinner

7:30-8:30pm: Personal time

8:30pm: Guided meditation & optional stargazing

Sunday, August 17

Wake up to coffee, tea, and light breakfast

9:00-10:30am: Energizing Yoga Practice

10:30am: Closing Circle

11am-12:30pm: Guests can stay and help with cleanup, connect with friends old and new, or enjoy time outside

12:30pm: Go with joy!