Want to set the tone for the year? Give yourself a day of yoga, meditation, Yoga Nidra, sauna, cold plunge, and rest to start 2026 as your best self.

Our yoga together will focus on strength, stretching, and restorative poses with breathing and meditation practices interwoven throughout. 

A cycle of heat, cold, and rest will further relax our bodies and minds. We will warm our bodies and spirits in the sauna. Sauna heat can boost heart health and help maintain a healthy blood pressure, release toxins, and relax our muscles. 

Dare to cold plunge in the pool or with a ladle. Cold plunge can decrease inflammation facilitating a fortified immune system, balance hormone levels, improve sleep, and elevate the good mood feeling.

Swaying in hammocks or sitting by the fire as part of the cycle gives time to integrate and assimilate the heat, cold, yoga, and meditation.

We will practice Yoga Nidra, a relaxing meditation that can restore the layers of our physical, energetic, emotional, mental, intuitive, and bliss selves. Studies show that this type of meditation reduces stress by inducing the relaxation response where regeneration, healing, digestion, and integration can happen, balances the autonomic nervous system, balances and strengthens the endocrine system.

We will share a meal of soup and Hootenanny bread and finish with a closing circle.

Time: 9:00am to 2:00pm

Location: Marcia DeGeer’s Studio 305 Bayview Road, Nobleboro, ME 04555, marciadegeeryoga.com, 207-350-5538

Early Bird Price: $100

Limited space

Yoga studio includes: yoga mats, blankets, bolsters, eye pillows, blocks 

Please wear comfortable clothing, and bring a swimsuit, towel, bathrobe, and slip on footwear. 

Please arrive by 8:45am

Every Tuesday 6:00-7:30 PM

Join me for a gentle, Inyegar-inspired class weekly to stretch, nourish and ground yourself. My teaching is suitable for all ages and levels of ability.

I welcome participants to join me in person in my cozy studio in Nobleboro or via Zoom, Please email me by hitting the button below to reserve, receive the Zoom link and/or directions to the studio or for more information.

Classes are $15 per in person attendee and $10 per Zoom attendee.

Wednesday October 1 through Sunday October 5, 2005

Arrival Wednesday October 1st 4:30-5:30pm----Departure Sunday October 5th at 10:00am.

We will spend our 4 nights and days at Casa Portal, in Jackson, Maine (Brooks, Maine is the Town hub,  formerly Rolling Meadows Retreat).

https://www.casaportalretreats.com/

We will create community by sharing a yoga practice, meals, breath, time, and nature-- in silence. Together 3 times daily we gather for Yoga Nidra, meditation, or asana.  During our sessions we will have the opportunity to voice our experience and share with the group.

We will enjoy an evening at the sauna. 

Casa Portal is a 100-acre retreat center tucked away on a sheep farm in Jackson, Maine, dedicated to slow living, community, and harmony with nature. Nestled among woodlands, streams, meadows, orchards, and sheep pastures, it offers space to reconnect through slowing down, simplicity, and silence. Here, the natural world sets the rhythm—inviting you to enjoy the sweetness of doing nothing.

There are six trails, a swimming pond, lush vegetable and herb gardens with winding paths, a 100 year old orchard, and a flock of Navajo churro sheep on this working farm. 

The farm house has 7 bedrooms with shared baths.

Single bedroom, meals, and yoga  for $1,575 (Deposit $788 with registration)

Double bedroom, meals, and yoga for $1,335 Deposit $668 with registration)

There is also a private cabin overlooking the pond, meals, and yoga for $1,975 ($988 with registration)

We will have delicious vegetarian farm fresh meals prepared by casa portal's in-house chef. 

Retreat time is not indulgent but necessary to reflect on what really matters to you, to feel like yourself again, reconnect to your practice, and leave feeling recharged and inspired.