Colorado Yoga and Ski Retreat 
March 5-9, 2020
Keystone, Colorado

Come join Vanessa Charles for a winter wonderland adventure in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. This winter enjoy self-care, deep relaxation, outdoor adventure, beautiful sun, and the pristine Rocky Mountains. Make a new friends, deepen your self-care, and re-fill your cup.

We specialize in small group retreats so that you get the most our of your retreat. 
We only allow 8-10 students and we fill up quick, so be sure to register soon!  

Retreat Schedule 

March 5-9, 2020 Keystone, Colorado 

​This retreat is for you, so know that you can always sit in the hot tub instead of ski or sleep-in instead of go to yoga one morning or two.  Sometimes we need a little extra sleep, alone time, or reflection time, so know that this is the guide, but you can make your schedule more simple if that's what you need.

Thursday 

Come a day early and stay at a wonderful bed and breakfast in Breckenridge or Keystone.

Friday (March  6th) 

8:30-9:30am      Breakfast
10:00-11:00am  Pick up snow shoes and cross country skis                
11:00-1:00pm    Snow Shoe with Angie at Windy Point
1:30-2:30pm      Lunch and Intro
2:45-3:45pm      Gentle Stretching (Yin Yoga) with a focus on Root w/ Vanessa
3:45-415pm       Root Chakra Meditation  
415-6:30pm      Free Time; get a massage, sit in the hot tub, take a nap, get a coffee or tea
5:30-6:00pm      Dinner
6:00-7:30pm      Local Historian who will tell us exciting history of the Rocky Mountains
7:30-8:00pm      Sacral Chakra Meditation
8:00-10:00pm    Free Time

Saturday 

​7:00-7:30am      Coffee, tea, and snacks available
7:30-8:45am       Slow Flow Yoga with a focus on Sacral and Power Chakra w/ Vanessa
9:00-11:30pm     Snow Shoeing with Mia to Lily Pad Lake
11:30-1:30pm      Free Time; get a massage, sit in the hot tub, take a nap, get a coffee or tea 
1:30-2:30pm       Lunch
2:30-3:00pm     Power Chakra Meditation
3:00-5:00pm     Workshop; How to balance you Power Chakra 
5:30-6:00pm      Dinner
6:00-7:30pm      Sound Healing with Emma
7:30-8:00pm      Heart Chakra Meditation

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Sunday

7:00-7:30am     Coffee, tea, and snacks available
7:30-8:30am       Throat Chakra Yoga
8:30-9:00am      Throat Chakra Meditation
9:30-11:30pm      Cross Country Skiing at Keystone
11:30-1:30pm       Free Time; get a massage, sit in the hot tub, take a nap, get a coffee or tea 
1:30-2:30pm        Lunch
2:30-3:00pm      Third Eye Meditation
3:00-4:00pm      Balancing our Throat and Third Eye
4:30-5:30pm       Third Eye Yoga
5:30-6:30pm       Free Time   
6:30-7:30pm       Dinner 
7:30-8:00pm      Crown Chakra Meditation

Monday 

Monday
7:00-7:30am       Coffee, tea, and snacks available
7:30-8:30am       7 Chakra Yoga
8:45-9:45am       Breakfast
9:45-10:15am      Clean up and pack
10:30-12:00pm  Cross Country Ski on Lake Dillon
12:00-1:00pm     Lunch
1:30-2:00pm      Closing Circle

Colorado Retreat

$700.00

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Thank you and I look forward to a great retreat with you!

Retreat Price Includes:

• Organic meals, snacks, and beverages prepared by a chef for 3 1/2 days
• Professionally lead snow shoeing for 2 days and x country skiing
• 5 yoga classes
• Professional story teller
• Sound Healing  
• Abundant Chakra Journal with daily workshops on all chakras

I will e-mail you to find out what type of lodging you would like as well as if you want a massage and ski/snow shoe rentals. Thank you!

Pricing:
Retreat Fee                                                                                                                      $700
*Food, yoga, workshops, reflection journal (3 1/2 days)   
Shared Lodging ($75-$100/night)                                                                               $225-300
*$75/night for room with 3 beds and $100/night for room with 2 beds
Private Lodging ($200/ night)                                                                                      $600                  
Snow Shoe Rental- 2 days                                                                                            $50
Cross Country Ski Rental- 2 days                                                                                $50
One Hour Massage                                                                                                         $75
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 Fly to Colorado.  Best Deals
on www.kayak.com or www.flyfrontier.com  Frontier is less comfortable but often very affordable, you can fly RT for as low as $120 RT from Seattle.  My favorite airline for comfort is Delta and if you book early through kayak they regularly have deals for around $200 RT.

Take Summit Express from the airport to The Gateway Mountain Lodge for excellent and affordable transportation.  I always take them when I fly.  Remember to book a flight so that you leave before rush hour and arrive before or after rush hour as you will save a lot of time.  I love to get to the retreat location early so I can have some alone time, get extra sleep to recover from traveling, and do whatever I want before joining the awesome group.  ​​

Keystone, Colorado  

STAFF

Vanessa Charles  
Retreat Director, Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist, and Workshop Leader                                  

Vanessa has been leading wellness retreats for over 12 years and teaching yoga for over 14 years.  She loves helping people find safe space where they can rest, reflect, and nurture their whole being.  She has lead retreats in Hawaii, the Caribbean, San Juan Islands, and on the coast of the Salish Sea.

Leslie Glenn
Cross Country Ski Guide and Restorative Yoga Teacher

"I was introduced to yoga many years ago and it remains an anchor of balance, growth and radiance in my life. Traveling the globe as a competitive snowboarder, I integrated yoga into my life realizing its power to harmonize the body, mind and breath cultivating focus and connection. These skills have proven advantageous on the mat, on the mountain, in competition and in everyday life.
Examining yoga in a holistic way, I blend alignment, breath, creative sequencing and intention steeped in the traditions of Tantra Hatha Yoga to inspire courage, grace and freedom for students. As a teacher, I hope to hearten students creating a safe environment to find balance, space and freedom in their lives, reaching their full potential to shine bright."

Angie Hilderbrand
Snow Shoe Guide, Yoga Teacher, and Life Coach

'“In every walk in nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
I believe that connecting in and with nature is a key element in connecting with yourself. I describe myself as a purpose-driven coach on a mission to live life to the fullest and to spread joy while providing wholehearted and compassionate support to my clients. I believe your joyful journey is paved with adventure, big and small and use the transformative qualities of nature to quiet the mind, loosen the grip on life, overcome fears, and allow the soul to speak.
I've been a Life Coach (trained through Coach Training Alliance's Yoga2Life Coach Training) since 2015 and have earned my 200-hour yoga teacher, Yin Yoga Level I, and SUP Yoga Teacher certifications. I've also been a registered nurse since 2003, and I still serve my community as an on-call forensic nurse examiner, taking care of victims of violence. I have been a yoga teacher at Meta Yoga Studios since 2017, and will assume the role of Studio Manager at Meta in January 2019.
When I'm not on the mat or coaching clients, you'll find me outside finding adventure in the everyday alone or with my husband Justin and our super dog Hans in some capacity: traveling, hiking, snowboarding, splitboarding, snowshoeing, or on a SUP board. www.glowforthcoaching.com'

Amber Donaldson
Chef

​"I started my culinary career when I was fifteen working at a local pizza parlor, where I learned the basics of the restaurant industry. When I was eighteen, I got lucky enough to apprentice under a Belgian baker, where I learned the skills that would help carry me forward through my career. After the bakery, I apprenticed under several chefs who each were able to guide and teach me the different techniques and love for food, which eventually helped me land the Executive Chef position at Bisetti’s Italian Restaurant, in Fort Collins.
Having this position truly fed my passion to create incredible food, and to learn about not just the food itself, but where it comes from, how it’s produced, processed, and how to return what we can back into the earth to help the future of food. I gained a real respect for all that food can do for the body and soul, and learned different ways to create a more sustainable food culture. I took these lessons to my next project, where I helped to start a farm to table culinary school, Sunrise Ranch, where we grew and raised as much of the food as possible. This was a very important step in my career, because I was not only creating food the way I wanted to, but I was teaching the lessons I had learned to the next generation of chefs.
Once I moved to Grand County, I wanted to take all the skills I had learned through my various experiences, and start my own food trailer. With my trailer I am free to use the quality ingredients I can find from our local ranchers and farmers, and make food which I both love and am proud to serve my local community."