The Awakened Heart: A Yoga and Mindfulness Retreat | Extended
Heather Lindemann and Cole Schlam
May 5–8, 2022
Discover the radiance and joy inherent in living with a fierce, open heart. This weekend yoga and mindfulness retreat features a journey with bodhicitta, the practice of awakening to compassion, empathy, and love. Cole Schlam and Heather Lindemann will guide daily yoga classes (yin, restorative, slow flow, and active flow) along with journaling, meditation, and other mindfulness practices with ample time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Treat yourself to this weekend of deep self care, rest, and movement as you unveil the bliss and delight that lives within.
See Heather Lindemann’s recent article on The Yoga of Slowing Down.
Please review SMC’s current COVID-19 policy at this link before visiting SMC.
Note: This is the extended version of the retreat with a Thursday arrival. For a Friday arrival, register here.
Heather Lindemann
A student, teacher and seeker of yoga for almost two decades, Heather Lindemann, 500 E-RYT, is a skilled yoga teacher specifically in the modalities of restorative yoga, gentle yoga, vinyasa flow (all levels) and Yoga Nidra. Heather received her restorative yoga training with Judith Hansen Lasater and is a member of the Yoga, Body Image Coalition. She has also participated in intensives with Sally Kempton who she considers her primary meditation teacher.
Cole Schlam
Cole walks side-by-side all of us on this crazy, heart-filled journey and shares the tools she has learned along the way. An E-RYT 500, Cole studies and teaches many forms of yoga including flow, yin, and slow flow. Great influences on her teaching and practice include her main teacher, Janet Stone, the writings of Pema Chödrön and researcher-storyteller Brené Brown, trauma-informed yoga teachers such as Hala Khouri, and functional alignment and yin teacher, Bernie Clark.