Yoga Retreats
This is a range of workshops to expand and deepen our understanding of yoga. In a class situation we often only get to practice postures, yet yoga has an insightful, practical and fascinating body of knowledge regarding the workings of the mind and the soul, as relevant today as it was 4,000 years ago.
Each Yoga Retreat involves yoga classes, relaxation, meditation, some periods of silence, and guided walks. The structure of each workshop is the same, but different themes are focussed on each weekend.
Two-day retreats have 5 yoga sessions. Three-day retreats have 7 yoga sessions. Four-day retreats have 9 or more yoga sessions. Free time between yoga sessions allows guests to rest and explore. Class sizes are kept small and students of all levels of experience are welcome. If there are areas of particular interest or special needs, i.e. injuries or pregnancy, please let us know in advance so we are able to better tailor the program to suit you.
Home-cooked, delicious, inspiring vegetarian meals are provided, beginning with Friday night dinner. Special diets are catered for.
The retreats are held at Clearview Retreat, a residential retreat centre ninety minutes north of Melbourne in the King Parrot Valley in central Victoria. Clearview Retreat backs onto the Tallarook forest and ranges, with immense views 100 kilometres across to Mount Buller and other spectacular mountain ranges.
Each yoga retreat is limited to small numbers of people (8 max).
Upcoming Yoga Retreats
• Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage - w Angela Robb: 26-28 Jan 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Fresh Time: Spacious, Balanced, Steady - w Antonia Pont: 23-25 Feb 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Steadier in the World, Wider in the Heart - w Antonia Pont: 28 Mar-1 Apr 2024 (4-day retreat)
• Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage - w Angela Robb: 19-21 Apr 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Relax, Reset and Replenish - w Antonia Pont: 23-25 Aug 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage - w Angela Robb: 30 Aug-1 Sept 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage - w Angela Robb: 27-29 Sept 2024 (2-day retreat)
• Wise & Creative: Moving from the Middle - w Antonia Pont: 1-4 Nov 2024 (3-day retreat)
More retreats will be scheduled for 2024.
Check the website later for updates or ask to be put on our email list.
Clearview Retreat also offers Nature Meditation Retreats and Cooking Retreats.
When
2-day retreat: 7pm Fri until 3pm Sun
3-day retreat: 7pm Fri until 3pm Mon
4-day retreat: 7pm Thurs until 3pm Mon
Enquiries
Jocelyn Bennett, ph 0437 813 737
Cost
2-day retreat: $470, $540 or $610
3-day retreat: $705, $810 or $915
4-day retreat: $940, $1080 or $1220
See full price information below
Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage
…with Angela Robb
26-28 January 2024 (2-day retreat)
We all deserve time to step out of daily habits and routines, space for rest, space to let the clutter of the mind fall away…exposing our true nature of connection, play, joy and peace. Relaxed and nurtured, our natural clarity and centre surfaces; we again feel connected and purposeful, vital in body and mind. This retreat will guide you on this journey, giving the gifts of slowing down, play and gentle reflection. You will be expertly guided through a course of gentle restorative/yin yoga practices (lightly structured through the 5-element model of earth, wood, fire, water and metal) that are sprinkled with massage to enhance the release. The retreat program is highlighted with Yoga Nidra Meditation, gentle morning yoga-flow, sound meditation, nature walks and a personal massage for each retreatant. The collection of practices initiates a shift of energy to clear out that which is stuck or stagnant, creating space for new inspiration and personal freedom.
Fresh Time: Spacious, Balanced, Steady
…with Antonia Pont
23-25 February 2024 (2-day retreat)
This retreat, which comes early in the year, offers participants the chance to gain some perspective on what lies ahead, supported by the practices of the Vijnana yoga tradition. Using the intelligent and subtle techniques of sitting meditation, pranayama, asana, study and guided relaxation, the practice can refresh one’s experience of time, and in time. Yoga has an impact on the way time feels and how we evolve within it. This retreat will take newer and more experienced students into the steady and strengthening atmosphere that yoga cultivates. In this mode, we can remain more balanced in the face of changing circumstances, and we can gain wise perspective on our life and how we choose to live it.
Steadier in the World, Wider in the Heart
…with Antonia Pont
Thurs 28 March - Mon 1 April 2024 (4-day Easter retreat)
This retreat, which comes early in the year, offers participants the chance to gain some perspective on what lies ahead, supported by the practices of the Vijnana yoga tradition. Using the intelligent and subtle techniques of sitting meditation, pranayama, asana, study and guided relaxation, the practice can refresh one’s experience of time, and in time. Yoga has an impact on the way time feels and how we evolve within it. This retreat will take newer and more experienced students into the steady and strengthening atmosphere that yoga cultivates. In this mode, we can remain more balanced in the face of changing circumstances, and we can gain wise perspective on our life and how we choose to live it.
Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage
…with Angela Robb
19-21 April 2024 (2-day retreat)
We all deserve time to step out of daily habits and routines, space for rest, space to let the clutter of the mind fall away…exposing our true nature of connection, play, joy and peace. Relaxed and nurtured, our natural clarity and centre surfaces; we again feel connected and purposeful, vital in body and mind. This retreat will guide you on this journey, giving the gifts of slowing down, play and gentle reflection. You will be expertly guided through a course of gentle restorative/yin yoga practices (lightly structured through the 5-element model of earth, wood, fire, water and metal) that are sprinkled with massage to enhance the release. The retreat program is highlighted with Yoga Nidra Meditation, gentle morning yoga-flow, sound meditation, nature walks and a personal massage for each retreatant. The collection of practices initiates a shift of energy to clear out that which is stuck or stagnant, creating space for new inspiration and personal freedom.
Relax, Reset and Replenish
…with Antonia Pont
23-25 August 2024 (2-day retreat)
This retreat offers participants the chance to step away from their regular routines, rhythms and commitments. Using the curriculum of Vijnana Yoga and the ancient method of retreating, we will allow our organism to enter a quieter place. From here, one can see more clearly and refine our perspectives on life, action, care and creativity. Yoga is a specialised space that invites the whole person to be involved in a curiosity for, and intelligence with, this life now. Allowing space, even for several days, can shift stale assumptions to refresh our appreciation for where we are and where we might grow.
Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage
…with Angela Robb
30 August-1 September 2024 (2-day retreat)
We all deserve time to step out of daily habits and routines, space for rest, space to let the clutter of the mind fall away…exposing our true nature of connection, play, joy and peace. Relaxed and nurtured, our natural clarity and centre surfaces; we again feel connected and purposeful, vital in body and mind. This retreat will guide you on this journey, giving the gifts of slowing down, play and gentle reflection. You will be expertly guided through a course of gentle restorative/yin yoga practices (lightly structured through the 5-element model of earth, wood, fire, water and metal) that are sprinkled with massage to enhance the release. The retreat program is highlighted with Yoga Nidra Meditation, gentle morning yoga-flow, sound meditation, nature walks and a personal massage for each retreatant. The collection of practices initiates a shift of energy to clear out that which is stuck or stagnant, creating space for new inspiration and personal freedom.
Replenish: Restorative, Yin, Massage
…with Angela Robb
27-29 September 2024 (2-day retreat)
We all deserve time to step out of daily habits and routines, space for rest, space to let the clutter of the mind fall away…exposing our true nature of connection, play, joy and peace. Relaxed and nurtured, our natural clarity and centre surfaces; we again feel connected and purposeful, vital in body and mind. This retreat will guide you on this journey, giving the gifts of slowing down, play and gentle reflection. You will be expertly guided through a course of gentle restorative/yin yoga practices (lightly structured through the 5-element model of earth, wood, fire, water and metal) that are sprinkled with massage to enhance the release. The retreat program is highlighted with Yoga Nidra Meditation, gentle morning yoga-flow, sound meditation, nature walks and a personal massage for each retreatant. The collection of practices initiates a shift of energy to clear out that which is stuck or stagnant, creating space for new inspiration and personal freedom.
Wise & Creative: Moving from the Middle
…with Antonia Pont
1-4 November 2024 (3-day retreat)
This three-day retreat welcomes practitioners curious to deepen their understanding of yoga methods, principles and subtleties. This retreat will explore the principles of moving the body wisely, which can then reverberate into other aspects of life. Creativity emerges from having enough space, from listening with openness, and from pausing our assumptions about who we (and others) are and what we are capable of. Yoga reminds us that we don't know many things. This unknowing is the steady middle; we move kindly from this place so that wisdom and creativity can unfold in our wider lives and relationships. Using the four aspects of sitting, breathing, asana and reflection, this retreat will refresh your understanding of and enthusiasm for committed yoga in daily life.
Angela Robb
Over twenty years of personally enjoying the transformative benefits of yoga inspires Angela to share what she loves. Angela’s nurturing and intelligent style arouses connection with one’s own vitality and sense of centre and relaxation. During the nine years Angela has been teaching yoga, her meaningful classes have allowed students to discover the joy of yoga; physically, mentally, energetically and spiritually. Angela has an Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching - a 2 year, 1300+ hour course, from the Academy of Yoga Learning Australia. A trained massage therapist, Angela specialises in Thai Yoga Massage, which she integrates in her Restorative and Yin Yoga classes. Angela has additionally completed teacher training with some of the world’s renowned yoga teachers: Shiva Rae, Judith Lasater and Donna Farhi, and completed teacher training in Restorative Yoga, Pre-natal Yoga, Nada Yoga (the yoga of sound), Laughter Yoga, and Chakra Vinyasa Flow.
Antonia Pont
Antonia has been practicing yoga for almost two decades, and studying zen since 1996. She has trained and practiced with teachers in Australia, India and Europe, and has taught locally and internationally. She completed her first teacher training in Melbourne, with Paul Wooden of Gertrude Street Yoga in 2004. She then trained in the Vijnana tradition and received certification as a Vijnana teacher from the founder of the style, Orit Sen-Gupta, in 2011. She continues to study with Orit, and edited Orit’s book, The Heart of Yoga. Antonia has established Vijnana Yoga Australia in central Melbourne,which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2019. Her approach to teaching postures, breath and meditation is precise, steady, and sometimes irreverent. She encourages students to trust the strengthening and startling journey that practice can be, and to integrate this wisdom into their lives off the mat. She is a scholar, poet and essayist, and works at Deakin University. www.vijnanayogaaustralia.org
Yoga Retreat Rates
2-day retreats
$ 470 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + camping (BYO tent & camping gear)
$ 540 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + sharing bedroom (2 or 3 people in a room)
$ 610 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + one person to a bedroom
3-day retreats
$ 705 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + camping (BYO tent & camping gear)
$ 810 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + sharing bedroom (2 or 3 people in a room)
$ 915 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + one person to a bedroom
4-day retreats
$ 940 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + camping (BYO tent & camping gear)
$ 1080 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + sharing bedroom (2 or 3 people in a room)
$ 1220 per person: yoga tuition + all meals + one person to a bedroom
Meals include: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
~ Gift certificates are available, and are valid for 12 months from date of purchase
~ GST is included in these prices
~ Non-refundable and non-transferable deposit to secure booking: $ 150
~ Balance to be paid 3 weeks before retreat
~ Full fee is forfeited, & non-transferable, if booking is cancelled by guest less than 1 week before retreat