Manomaya Retreat: Beyond the Mind
Explore beyond the thinking mind through yoga, astrology, herbology, meditation, tea crafting, Yoga Nidra and sound healing.
Manomaya Retreat: Beyond the Mind
Sunday, November 1 | 1:00–4:00 PM
Yoga Spirit
Investment: $67 per person
Includes all materials to craft your own personalized Manomaya herbal tea, plus a take-home guide to deepen your understanding and continue the experience beyond the retreat.
What exists beneath the constant stream of thought?
Manomaya Kosha is known in yogic philosophy as the mental-emotional sheath — the layer of ourselves connected to thought, perception, emotion, memory, sensory experience and the stories we create about our lives.
Manomaya Retreat: Beyond the Mind is a three-hour experiential journey exploring this fascinating layer of ourselves through Yoga, Herbology, Astrology, Meditation, Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing.
This isn’t about trying to stop thinking or achieve a perfectly quiet mind. Instead, we’ll explore how to witness the mind — becoming curious about our thoughts, reactions and patterns without immediately becoming caught within them.
Through movement, plants, astrology and deep rest, we begin with the mind and gradually journey beyond our identification with it.
What We Will Explore
Manomaya Yoga
We’ll begin in the body with a mindful yoga practice incorporating movement, breath, drishti, balance and moments of stillness.
Throughout the practice, you’ll be invited to notice the conversation happening within you.
What happens when you wobble?
When something feels challenging?
When you’re asked to be still?
Where does your attention naturally wander?
The physical practice becomes an opportunity to observe the mind in motion.
All levels of yoga experience are welcome.
Astrology of the Mind
We’ll explore two important parts of your personal astrology:
Mercury — your thinking mind
How you process information, communicate, learn and make sense of your experiences.
The Moon — your emotional mind
Your instinctive reactions, emotional needs and subconscious patterns.
You’ll receive insight into your own Mercury and Moon placements and how they may influence the way you experience your inner world.
Your birth date, exact birth time and birthplace will be requested prior to the retreat.
Craft Your Own Manomaya Tea
Herbology becomes part of our exploration of the mind.
A selection of herbs traditionally associated with qualities such as clarity, focus, calm, grounding, memory, emotional balance and relaxation will be available.
You’ll learn about the different plants, experience them through your senses, and then choose the herbs that speak to the qualities you would like to cultivate.
Your tea becomes uniquely yours — your own Manomaya Tea to take home and continue working with after the retreat.
All herbs and tea-making materials are included in your registration.
Witnessing Meditation
We’ll move from thinking into observing thinking.
Through a simple meditation practice, we’ll begin noticing thoughts, emotions, sensations and mental patterns without needing to follow, judge or change them.
If you can witness a thought, what is doing the witnessing?
This becomes our doorway beyond the mind.
Yoga Nidra + Soundbath
Our afternoon will conclude lying comfortably in Yoga Nidra.
You’ll be guided progressively inward through the layers of yourself — moving from physical sensation, through breath and energy, into the mental-emotional body and toward the quieter awareness beneath it.
From there, words will gradually give way to sound.
You’ll be immersed in the vibrations of Alchemy Singing Bowls and Planetary Gongs, allowing the final portion of the retreat to become less about understanding and more about simply experiencing.
Sample Itinerary
1:00 PM — Opening Circle + Introduction to Manomaya Kosha
Arrive, settle in and explore the five koshas and our intention for the afternoon.
1:20 PM — Manomaya Yoga Practice
Mindful movement, breath, drishti, balance and observing the mind in motion.
2:05 PM — Astrology of the Mind
Explore your Mercury and Moon and your individual mental-emotional patterns.
2:30 PM — Herbology + Craft Your Manomaya Tea
Learn about our selection of herbs and intuitively craft your personalized tea blend to take home.
2:50 PM — Witnessing Meditation
A transition from engaging with the mind to observing it.
3:00 PM — Yoga Nidra + Soundbath
Journey inward through Yoga Nidra followed by Alchemy Bowls and Planetary Gongs.
3:50 PM — Integration + Closing Circle
Times are approximate. This retreat is intended to unfold organically rather than follow a rigid schedule.
What to Bring
Please bring:
A yoga mat
Comfortable clothing that allows you to move and rest
Water
A journal and pen
A pillow if you would like additional comfort during Yoga Nidra
An open and curious mind
Yoga props will be available at the studio.
No previous experience with yoga, meditation, astrology, herbalism or Yoga Nidra is necessary.
Your Investment
$67 per person
Your registration includes the full three-hour retreat, personalized astrology exploration, all herbal materials and your own handcrafted Manomaya Tea to take home.
Come curious about your mind.
Leave having experienced the possibility that you are so much more than the thoughts passing through it.
