Lila Yoga® Mindfulness Retreat—The Art & Science of Feeling Fresh!

Erica Kaufman

June 16–19, 2023

Tuition $300 + 3 nights

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Living with contentment is a key component in our wellbeing. The ability to release, relax, and sometimes embrace heaviness without guilt are all part of our wellness. Joy can unfold easily from contentment and give rise to the quiet power of yoga—the spring-well of freshness.

It’s a marvelous refreshing experience to feel invigorated by peaceful ease. In this class we will take time to consider these states of being and how to nourish them in your life. You will practice asanas, pranayama, and meditations to creates space for freshness!—room for expensive positive qualities to naturally unfold. You will learn life skills to activate fresh qualities in your everyday well being.

All Levels of Practitioners Welcome (modify to your own level)

Read Erica’s thoughts on generosity, teaching and learning, and her trip to India in her blog posts: Reawakening Amazing Inner Places and Why Samadhi?

Please review our current COVID-19 policy before visiting Drala Mountain. 

Erica Kaufman

Yogacharya Erica Kaufman is the founder of Lila Yoga® and the owner of Lila Yoga Studios. She began daily devoted yoga practices at age 9 with her mother in Jerusalem, Israel. Today she still recognizes her mother at each practice. Influenced by Jiddu Krishnamurti’s philosophy and Krishnamacharya’s teachings, she spends three months a year in India.

Since 1984, Erica has taught ancient wisdom as a daily practice and holds the highest level of Registry with Yoga Alliance. Erica continues to serve annually as faculty and presenter at the world renowned International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh India; World Yoga Festival in Chennai India; Global Yoga Festival in Kerala India. This year all three were held online. Her teaching expertise and sophisticated gutsy openness awarded her Yoga Journal’s Karma Credit and features in publications such as The Times of India. As a mentor to yoga teachers, aspirants, and community members alike, Erica tours the USA, Europe, Israel, and India teaching seminars on Lila Yoga® and Contact Improvisation.

Program Details

Registration takes place from 2– 5 pm on your program start date. All participants and volunteer staff must check in at our Guest Registration house. Please arrive before 5 pm to check-in and settle into your accommodations. Your program begins with dinner, followed by an orientation. The Guest Registration house closes at 5 pm after which no one is available to provide information or orient you to your accommodations. All programs usually end at 12:30 pm on the program's departure date, followed by lunch. Further specifics regarding your program's schedule will be available upon arrival. If applicable, you will receive an email from the program coordinator in the week prior to your program with any additional information you may need.