If you have more questions, please call us at 610-246-3806 or you can email kylah@backtoearth.com for further information.

Specific Trip Information

Yoga Yosemite with Kristin Goldsmith
July 15 - 18, 2010

We invite you to join us on 4 day, 3 night unforgettable exploration in yoga, adventure and finding balance in Nature. The weekend will flow beautifully as you unwind from stresses and tensions, relax into the serenity and tranquility of Yosemite, and as you connect deeply and find freedom within yourself.

Kristin is a Pilates Instructor and Certified Forrest Yoga Teacher, committed to sharing this inspiring and powerful yoga practice that builds flexibility, intelligence and strength while helping deepen the relationship with your authentic self. She considers her own daily movement and Vippassana meditation practice as her foundation for self-healing and becoming a more compassionate human being. She has been teaching full-time since 2001.

Kristin's soulful and challenging Forrest Yoga classes will make you breathe, sweat and laugh, and inspire you to more fully appreciate the delights of sky and earth while in Yosemite. When not teaching, she is often hanging out with her friends and loved ones in the East Bay or performing with her 1960's go-go dance troupe, The Devil-Ettes! For more information on Kristin and her class offerings, visit www.kristingoldsmith.com.

Cost: $499.00

Yoga Yosemite with Elana Vollen and Katy Steadman
August 4 - 8, 2010

Come and join us for an inspiring yoga backpacking adventure in the majestic Yosemite National Park. We will hike into our backcountry home to spend our days practicing yoga with Half Dome as our backdrop. There is time for swimming, relaxing by the riverside, meditation, and much more during the day. There is also an extra day for a possible day hike excursion. The flow of the trip is relaxed and you will leave with a sense of centeredness and calm that will carry you home.

KT took her first yoga class in 1996, and has been teaching since 2001. She enjoys guiding a steady paced vinyasa class that reflects the Krishnamacharaya lineage. She has studied extensively with her teachers Nicki Doane, and Eddie Modestini on Maui, and continues to learn from her own practice and experience. KT focuses on form and alignment to ensure students move in an intelligent, integrated and mindful way toward building a sustainable practice focused on the quality of their breath. She has a warm, and compassionate style. It is her intention to continue to teach, study and practice in joy, and for life!

Elana has been practicing hatha yoga for over twenty years and teaching for the last nine. She strives to integrate the alignment principles she learned from her intensive Indian studies in the Iyengar tradition, into her own creative exploration of yoga which includes breath-centered awareness and cultivating endurance as well as flexibility. She embraces the qualities of both Yin and Yang in the practice - the Yin being the aspects of nurturing, listening, and softening, and the Yang being the aspects of challenging, engaging, and heating. She also feels humor rounds out the practice and lightens the mind. Elana has also spent ten seasons working as a wilderness guide and has a broad background in outdoor leadership and a deep love and knowledge of california's natural history.

We hope to see you there!.

Cost: $550.00

Yoga Yosemite with Ashley Sharp
August 12 - 15, 2010

We invite you to join us on an unforgettable exploration in yoga, adventure and finding balance in Nature. The weekend will flow beautifully as you unwind from stresses and tensions while relaxing into the serenity and tranquility of Yosemite.

Ashley attended her first yoga class in 1990 in a summer dance workshop. Yoga is for her a natural segue from dance - an opportunity to continue living fully from within the body in a healthy and integrated way. She began teaching yoga asana full time in 2000 in order to share the many benefits, and fun, of yoga. She continues to study asana with senior teacher Patricia Sullivan. She practices Buddhist meditation and completed an 18 month mindfulness and meditation training at Spirit Rock. She loves leading yoga and meditation in the great outdoors for the opportunities of connection, creativity, and inspiration. More information about Ashley can be found at www.ashleysharp.net.

Cost: $499.00

A Maui Yoga and Hiking Adventure
with David Moreno
November 3 - 10, 2010

Join us on a 7 night, 8 day adventure in Maui, Hawaii! We will be staying in Paia town on our first night's arrival, backpacking in majestic Haleakala Crater for 3 days and ending our journey at an intimate sanctuary where we can relax, rejuvenate and play in the warm ocean! More details and pricing will be announced soon!

For more information on David Moreno please visit www.moryoga.com. Please email Kylah Barrett at kylah@backtoearth.com to express interest and inquire more about this adventure!

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