4-day A Somatic Yoga Retreat for Embodiment, Rest, and Renewal
California Hot Springs, CA, USA · by Still Mountain Wellness Retreat✓ Verified
4 days · California Hot Springs, CA, USA · Starting at $950
Description
SOMATIC YOGA & WELLNESS RETREAT IN NATURE
De-stress upon arrival. With your feet on the earth, begin to connect with nature’s rhythms, inside and out. This 4-day retreat brings together Yoga Nidra, somatic movement, breathwork, sound, forest bathing, and quiet time on the land to help you return to a more natural relationship with your body.
Join us at Still Mountain Wellness Retreat for a physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual re-alignment. Through gentle practice and time in nature, you will learn how the layers of your experience influence one another, and how to meet them with more steadiness, attention, and care.
In daily life, many of us become overwhelmed by what is happening around us and within us. The mind moves quickly. Emotions become full. The body may become the place we leave rather than the place we live. This retreat offers a different rhythm, one that invites you to come back into contact with the body in a safe, grounded, and practical way.
Using the Pancha Kosha system of Yoga as a map, we will observe the layers of experience: body, breath, mind, intuition, and inner well-being. Through somatic practice, rest, breath, sound, and nature, you will learn to soften the pull of the chattering mind and develop a more genuine relationship with your body.
In daily life, many of us become overwhelmed by what is happening around us and within us. The mind moves quickly. Emotions become full. The body may become the place we leave rather than the place we live. This retreat offers a different rhythm, one that invites you to come back into contact with the body in a safe, grounded, and practical way.
Using the Pancha Kosha system of Yoga as a map, we will observe the layers of experience: body, breath, mind, intuition, and inner well-being. Through somatic practice, rest, breath, sound, and nature, you will learn to soften the pull of the chattering mind and develop a more genuine relationship with your body.
Setting
Develop a relationship with your body
Our property is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on 240 acres of private, pristine land. From the moment you arrive, the retreat begins through the body: feet on the earth, wind on your skin, sun on your face, and the sound of the river in your ears.
NATURE
Oak Woodlands, Sequoias, and the Living Land
This retreat is rooted in place. Still Mountain offers 240 acres of oak woodlands, quiet hills, open sky, river sounds, and a rare feeling of distance from the pressure of ordinary life. The land is not a backdrop. It is part of the retreat container.
During the spring, summer, and fall seasons, the retreat includes an excursion to a nearby Sequoia grove for forest bathing. In the stillness of the trees, the body often remembers what the mind has forgotten: how to pause, how to listen, and how to be held by something older and steadier than personal stress.
What You Will Experience
• Daily experiences and practices inside the Yoga Temple and outdoors on the mountain.
• Time in the oak woodlands, with space to feel the land, the air, the light, and the quiet.
• A seasonal excursion to a beautiful Sequoia grove for forest bathing medicine.
• Two carefully held masterclasses that teach somatic techniques through direct experience.
• Study of the chattering mind and how to remain embodied and present.
• Daily Yoga Nidra for guided relaxation and renewed contact with the body.
• Sound bathing, breathwork, meditation, and gentle restorative movement.
• Delicious vegetarian meals prepared with care.
• Personal time for rest, walking, reflection, and rejuvenation.
You Leave With
A More Embodied Relationship With Yourself
A felt sense of how to return to the body when the mind becomes loud or life feels overwhelming.
Somatic Tools for Daily Life
Simple practices to help you notice tension, soften reactivity, and come back into presence.
A Rested Nervous System
Deep rest through Yoga Nidra, gentle movement, breathwork, forest bathing, and personal quiet time.
A Practical Understanding of the Five Layers
A grounded introduction to the Pancha Kosha map as a way to understand body, breath, mind, intuition, and well-being.
A Renewed Bond With Nature
Time on the land, in the oak woodlands, and in the Sequoia grove to support a slower internal rhythm.
A Sense of Personal Renewal
Space to pause, remember who you are, and leave with more ease than when you arrived.
Why This Retreat Works
Somatic Experience
The retreat is centered on lived experience. You are not only learning ideas about the body; you are practicing ways to feel, listen, move, and settle.
Pancha Kosha Map
The yogic five-layer model gives a simple way to understand how body, breath, mind, and deeper awareness influence one another.
Nature as Co-Guide
Practice happens both inside the Yoga Temple and outside on the mountain property, allowing the land to support the process of embodiment.
Restorative Rhythm
Yoga Nidra, gentle asana, breathwork, meditation, forest bathing, sound bathing, meals, and personal time create a steady container for renewal.
What Makes This Retreat Different
This is not a fast-paced yoga weekend or a packed wellness schedule. It is a thoughtful retreat into embodiment. The focus is not performance, flexibility, or doing more. The focus is learning how to inhabit the body again with steadiness, curiosity, and kindness.
The retreat blends somatic techniques, natural movement, restorative yoga, breathwork, Yoga Nidra, forest bathing, and sound. Each practice is chosen to help you notice what is happening in the body and how to return to presence without forcing or overriding yourself.
Room packages
- Camping bring your tent$950
Bring your own tents. Organic vegan meals will be provided. The price is per person.
- Jal King Bedroom Double Occupancy$1650
Jal represents the Purest form of the Water Element. Consider yourself bathing in luxury when in this King Bedroom. Jal is aesthetically pleasurable with its Tempur-Pedic Mattress, 600 count cotton bed sheets, a Rajasthani Cotton Quilt and an attached Bathroom with a bidet. She opens to a wraparound porch and welcomes sounds from nature and the nearby river. *This room has a heavy cast iron bathtub which we are currently cannot use due water shortage in California.
- Jal King Bedroom Single Occupancy$1900
Jal represents the Purest form of the Water Element. Consider yourself bathing in luxury when in this King Bedroom. Jal is aesthetically pleasurable with its Tempur-Pedic Mattress, 600 count cotton bed sheets, a Rajasthani Cotton Quilt and an attached Bathroom with a bidet. She opens to a wraparound porch and welcomes sounds from nature and the nearby river. *This room has a heavy cast iron bathtub which we are currently cannot use due water shortage in California.
- Bhumi Queen Bedroom Double Occupancy$1550
Bhumi represents the Earth Element. As you fall asleep within the womb of our retreat center, you will find yourself feeling held and grounded. Cozy into your Queen Tempur-Pedic mattress with 600 count cotton sheets and a Rajasthani Cotton Quilt. This room has a private detached Bathroom, across the hall, with a bidet. There is a private entrance/exit onto a wraparound porch facing the mountain.
- Bhumi Queen Bedroom Single Occupancy$1700
Bhumi represents the Earth Element. As you fall asleep within the womb of our retreat center, you will find yourself feeling held and grounded. Cozy into your Queen Tempur-Pedic mattress with 600 count cotton sheets and a Rajasthani Cotton Quilt. This room has a private detached Bathroom, across the hall, with a bidet. There is a private entrance/exit onto a wraparound porch facing the mountain.
- Vayu with 2 TwinXL bedroom$1800
Vayu represents the Element of Wind which governs all forces of movement in the Universe. Allow yourself to be swept away into a dreamy and deep night sleep in one of our two Twin XL beds with Tempur-Pedic mattress, fresh 1000 count cotton sheets and beautiful Rajasthani Cotton Quilts. This room has an attached Bathroom with a bidet and a private entrance/exit onto a wraparound porch facing the mountain. *Vayu can be converted into a King Bedroom for an extra fee (please inquire).
- Agni Shared Twin XL$1400
Agni represents the great transformer, the Fire Element. Watch yourself fall into a cacoon of slumber in one of our three Twin XL beds with Tempur-Pedic mattress, fresh 1000 count cotton sheets and Rajasthani Cotton Quilts. Awaken a totally metamorphosed butterfly. This beautiful room has an attached Bathroom with a bidet and a private entrance/exit onto a wraparound porch facing the mountain. *Agni has a heavy cast iron bathtub which we are not able to use due to drought.
- Akash Shared room Twin XL$1400
Akash represents the vastness of Space, the element of Ether. Akash opens out to the mountains and the Starry night sky. Allow your consciousness to expand into the vastness of space as you sleep soundly in one of two custom Full sized Bunk Beds. Enjoy a Tempur-Pedic Mattress with 1000 count Bamboo Viscose sheets and Rajasthani Cotton Quilts. This Celestial room has an attached Bathroom with a bidet and a private entrance/exit facing the mountains.
- Lotus Pad King Tiny Home Double Occ.$1650
Lotus Pad is a beautiful stand alone Tiny Home with a beautiful attached bathroom and views of the mountain.
- Lotus Pad King Tiny Home Single Occ.$1950
Lotus Pad is a beautiful stand alone Tiny Home with a beautiful attached bathroom and views of the mountain.
- Forest Sage Queen Double Occuppancy$1450
Tucked away in an Oakwood nook is the green tranquility of the Forest Sage. This custom designed two-bedroom container home is a chance to sleep totally off grid in the luxury of nature and a cozy queen bed. You get a little more daily exercise as you journey a few minutes’ walk from the main retreat house. The Queen Bedroom will hold you in a soft peace as you sleep. It has a private porch with sliding glass doors to enjoy the Spring through Fall weather. Open your windows and listen to the lullaby of nature’s symphony as you drift into a deep sleep. *This unit has a shared bathroom and AC units in each room.
- Forest Sage Queen Single Occuppancy$1650
Tucked away in an Oakwood nook is the green tranquility of the Forest Sage. This custom designed two-bedroom container home is a chance to sleep totally off grid in the luxury of nature and a cozy queen bed. You get a little more daily exercise as you journey a few minutes’ walk from the main retreat house. The Queen Bedroom will hold you in a soft peace as you sleep. It has a private porch with sliding glass doors to enjoy the Spring through Fall weather. Open your windows and listen to the lullaby of nature’s symphony as you drift into a deep sleep. *This unit has a shared bathroom and AC units in each room.
- Forest Sage King Double Occupancy$1500
Tucked away in an Oakwood nook is the green tranquility of the Forest Sage. This custom designed two-bedroom container home is a chance to sleep totally off grid in nature and a cozy King bed. You get a little more daily exercise as you journey a few minutes’ walk from the main retreat house. The King Bedroom boast a gorgeous, picturesque window that is an ever-evolving art piece. Open your windows and listen to the lullaby of nature’s symphony as you drift into a deep sleep. *This unit has a shared bathroom and AC units in each room.
- Forest Sage King Single Occupancy$1750
Tucked away in an Oakwood nook is the green tranquility of the Forest Sage. This custom designed two-bedroom container home is a chance to sleep totally off grid in nature and a cozy King bed. You get a little more daily exercise as you journey a few minutes’ walk from the main retreat house. The King Bedroom boast a gorgeous, picturesque window that is an ever-evolving art piece. Open your windows and listen to the lullaby of nature’s symphony as you drift into a deep sleep. *This unit has a shared bathroom and AC units in each room
What's included
- ✓Accommodation 4 days/ 3 nights accommodation (Thursday to Sunday)
- ✓Meals 9 vegetarian meals
- ✓Classes Daily morning Pranayam/yoga/meditation classes (all-level classes)
- ✓Yoga Sessions Evening Restorative Yoga, Sound-bathing and Yoga Nidra
- ✓LecturesLecture on the science of stress and how it effects our health
- ✓Quiet walks Long quiet walks through the green rolling hills. Outdoor meditation among the rocks and the wild flowers
- ✓Forest Bathing A guided Forest bathing (Shin Rin Yoku) experience in local Redwoods
Optional add-ons
- Aromatherapy full body oil massageAromatherapy Full Body Oil Massage with essential and Ayurvedic oils+$160
- Full Body Oil Massage +$125
- Airport PickupMeadows Airport, Bakersfield, CA+$150
- Airport Drop offMeadows Airport, Bakersfield, CA+$150
- Plant A TreePlant a tree to offset your carbon Footprint. We will plant a new Tree and dedicate to your loved one.+$100
- Pay It ForwardWe are excited to offer you the opportunity to make a real difference in someone's life! By purchasing a Pay It Forward coupon, you can help fund a scholarship for a deserving person in need. Your contribution will enable them to come to this Retreat, and will inspire a cycle of generosity that can positively impact many others. It’s a simple and meaningful way to give back, knowing that your kindness will help someone reach their dreams and open new doors for their future. Join us in this effort, and together, we can create a brighter tomorrow for those who need it most! You can buy multiples.+$100
Prices are per person
Cancellation policy
moderate: Full refund up to 14 days before start; 50% within 14 days; no refund within 3 days.
Deposit depends on the room you book. Remaining balance charged automatically to your saved card 25 days before the retreat.
Oct 23–26, 2026
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