Upcoming Retreats

The Perfect Hawaii Island Retreat

        Hawaii Island Retreat hosts a variety of yoga, health, and executive retreats at our 50-acre Hawaii boutique hotel and spa. You will enjoy luxury accommodations, natural settings, organic meals, and Hawaiian spa treatments.

        A leader in luxury green travel and sustainable living, we have designed and built Hawaii Island Retreat to model a way of harmony and balance with the eart.  Here, you will enjoy a wide range of eco-friendly ammenities to enrich your stay.

     "Everyone and everything was terrific.  While we are missing the calm and serenity of the retreat, we know in our minds that such a place exists and is waiting for our return...it's our "happy place" for meditations!"

Restore and Renew Yoga Retreat: January 28-February 4, 2012

With Chad Hamrin

Start out the New Year Renewed and Inspired

       Join Chad for a wonderful week of deep yoga and relaxation on the tranquil lands of Hawaii Island Retreat.  Drawing upon his extensive background and experience in yoga, martial arts, massage and energy therapies, Chad's unique style combines investigative awareness of the body, flow, mindfulness, and breath, leading students naturally into a deep insightful practice.

Your Retreat Includes the Following:

• 7-night accommodations in a double room with a choice of elegant Hawaiian yurts or spacious hotel rooms
• Twice-daily yoga sessions plus meditation
• Organic spa cuisine
• Use of fitness room, sauna, and salt-purified infinity pool
• A library, media room, and wireless internet access

      You will have free time to explore the ancient valley and coastal lands of Ahu Pohaku Ho'omaluhia and to relax with a lomilomi massage or other Hawaiian treatment in Hawaii Island Retreat's full Hawaiian Organic Spa.

Chad Hamrin

     Chad has been practicing yoga since the early 1970's, studying Iyengar, Viniyoga, Astanga, and Kundalini styles, as well as the martial arts. He has taught yoga for over 38 years and also holds a black belt in karate. He is a skilled body worker with extensive experience in Polarity Therapy, Reiki, Jin Shin Do, and Deep Tissue Massage.

    For full pricing information and to reserve your space, please visit www. internationalyoga.com or call 415.250.0712.

Hawaii and the Sacred Heart: January 20-26, 2012

A Retreat around the Big Island of Hawaii

        As the heart chakra of the Eart, Hawaii gently holds us, embraces us so that the individual heart can flower open.  On this 7 day retreat, we journey to the Heart by cultivating creative flow at sevensacred Hawaiian sites.  We will spend the nights of Jan. 24 and 25 at Hawaii Island Retreat the new Destination Spa and Healing Retreat on the Hawi Coast.

       On the big Island of Hawaii where the earth creates Herself, we will drink from, play, and unite with the great river of Creation.  Through writing and other creative mediums, we will connect to the intelligence of the Heart.

An around the Island Itinerary

• Kaloko-Honokohau Sacred Site
• Pu'uhonua O Honaunau / Place of Refuge
• Volcano National Park
• Laupahoehoe Point & the Hamakua Coast
• Waipio Valley
• Hawaii Island Retreat and the North Kohala Coast
• Pololu'u Valley
• Kailua-Kona & the Kona Coast

    Hawaii and the Sacred Heart Retreat includes...

    Deep writing/ creating in sacred Hawaiian sites, morning meditation and yoga, gentle guidence in flowering open, a new moon ceremony(setting intentions for the year), opening to nature, connection with like minded- like hearted souls, Lots of Love!    

Find out more and register @   www.Tappingtheinfinate.com

Hawaiian Yoga Retreat: February 22-29, 2012

Inner Work for Outer Joy: Cultivating a practice with Purpose with Liz Doyle and Ali Valdez

  Join Liz Doyle and Ali Valdez for an inspirational yoga retreat and journey inward to explore the subtle energy bodies in the form of chakras, koshas, and vayus in the peace and beauty of this exceptional Hawaiian setting.  Experience 2-hour morning intensives and 2-hour evening yin practices and meditation that support your inner work.

Elegant Accommodations in a Natural Spa Setting

       Choose one of two Hawaiian style accommodations: a spacious boutique hotel room or charming yurt accommodation. Your retreat includes organic meals with fruits and vegetables from Hawaii Island Retreat's organic farm.

     During your retreat stay, you will have ample time to explore the peaceful lands of Ahu Pohaku Ho'omaluhia, relax in a salt-purified infinity pool, or enhance your inner experience with natural spa treatments or lomilomi massage.

Your Instructors

     Ali Valdez weaves philosophy, aesthetics, spirituality and comparative religion into her yoga classes and national teacher trainings. A voice for innovation and evolution in the science of yoga, she strives to create an experience that is in the moment, authentic, and informed.

    Liz Doyle teaches some of the most creative, challenging, and fun yoga classes in the Seattle area. Her in-depth understanding of yoga philosophy and alignment compliments her ability to help students to improve their technique, to increase skills, and to go deeper. 

     For full pricing information or to reserve your space, contact Liz Doyle at lizdoyle@msn.com or visit the website: LizDoyleYoga.com

Communication Empowerment Training Module: March 3-10, 2012                    

Divine Feminine-Awakened Masculine Institute 

       Expand your ability to fully express yourself and to skillfully and compassionately engage with others. Communication Empowerment will give you tools and practices to take you to the next level of your evolution. The Institute offers a balanced approach to spiritual sexual education with a focus on integration and wholeness for men, women, and couples.  Life Enrichment and Certification tracks are available at all our trainings.

Hawaiian Style Accommodations

       Hawaii Island Retreat offers a choice of Hawaiian style accommodations: a spacious boutique hotel room or charming yurt accommodation. Your training module includes organic meals with fruits and vegetables from Hawaii Island Retreat's organic farm. Enjoy nutritious well-balanced meals, prepared to our specifications. Special dietary needs will gladly be accommodated.

     Classes will be held in an ocean view yoga studio, overlooking the peaceful lands of Ahu Pohaku Ho'omaluhia. Massage, organic herbal wraps, and other natural spa treatments are available at a 15% discount. Hawaii Island Retreat's garden spa complex includes a salt water infinity pool, workout room, sauna, and hot tub.

Your Core Staff: Caroline Muir, Joan Heartfield, PhD, and Tomas Heartfield

      For full pricing information or to reserve your space, contact Amrita@divine-feminine.com. Room reservations are first come, first serviced basis with module reservation and full deposit.

Hawaii Yoga Retreat with David Kim: March 24-20, 2012

Celebrate summer in Paradise

        Join David Kim for this 6-night, 7-day Hawaii yoga retreat in the beauty and serentiy of the Big Island. Enjoy twice daily yoga sessions, delicious organic meals, optional spa treatments and massage, and plenty of time to explore Hawaii's waterfalls, volcano, beaches and hiking trails..

     Your choice of twin-shared yurt hales (bungalows) or Hawaiian-style rooms in the main boutique hotel. Price is per person, double occupancy and includes all yoga, meals, and taxes.

     For pricing information and reserve your place, contact david at david@davidkimyoga.com.