ARIES NEW MOON VIRTUAL RETREAT
March 21-28, 2020
Many of us are home right now and many are not. This weeklong virtual retreat is designed to meet the daily-changing needs and schedules of those working from home, those not working, and those that are leaving the house for work.Yoga, meditation, astrology and wisdom teachings twice per day from some of the world’s best teachers and guides. All sessions are streamed and saved for you to join live or at times that work for you.
No one should miss this - we have two pricing options based on your financial needs, which allows teachers to receive an exchange for their time and efforts. If either are too much for you right now, please get in touch and we will work something out.
This astrology is big. There are 10 cycles in completion right now and our entire globe is in transformation. Our movement through these times will determine the world we create for ourselves for lifetimes to come. For many of us, this is what we’ve been anticipating. For many of us, this is an opportunity. For many of us, this is the shift.
… and for all of us, shifting is challenging. It can also be confusing, uncomfortable, isolating, scary, and for some - agonizing.
More then ever we’re being called together to cultivate a web of support that is strong enough to withstand the veil of separation. It’s time for honest conversation, potent problem-solving and conscious creation. It’s time to come home.
An understanding of the themes at play right now in personal and universal ways benefits the collective greatly and no time has more called for a gathering of community around the singular themes of connection, creativity and honest vulnerability.
what this is
This week long virtual retreat is for us - to have conversation, to understand, and to connect.
Each day includes an offering from our well of resources: yoga, yoga nidra, astrology, breathwork, dance, live music, intention setting and conscious community. Each day includes you - your YES to this experience is an essential thread to the overall fabric of the group.
Your presence itself as well as the wisdom, insights, questions, and stories you bring are incredibly valuable.
Carve out time each day during this week to retreat and connect not only to yourself but to something bigger. Expect a daily astrology download, at least one practice per day from world-class teachers, and tools, resources, insights and community you can take with you through the week and beyond.
Our intention is to give you a break so that you can be - exactly as you are right now, whether that is worried and fearful or calm and excited.
Together we hold space for each other and we hold space for it all.
what this isn’t
It can be easy to feel like you need to use this time to cross things off of your to-do list, to start a regular practice or to transform yourself completely into some ideal that you’ve always dreamed of. And while every encouragement to do these things is so well-intentioned, our purpose for this retreat is not to tell you to feel or act any different then you do right now.
Our offer is a daily respite from the current circumstances and a container for us to share our experience within the context of something larger.
This vision has nothing to do with accomplishing, achieving or perfecting. It is about being a part of something during a time we may feel disconnected from everything.
All levels are welcome - no experience or previous knowledge of any practice or study is necessary to receive the abundance of this retreat week.
Teachers + Guides
details + schedule
all practices are recorded within our own retreat ecosystem, activated via Facebook. Upon registration, you will be introduced to our Aries New Moon Retreat community and the adventure will begin!
Each day, you’ll be tuned into the astrology before, during and after the Aries New Moon on Tuesday March 24. These daily astro insights are always accompanied by inquiry, journal prompts and opportunity to share and explore deeper through group conversations and practices.
You will have the option to share your birth details upon registration so that you can receive personalized astrology chart and insights throughout the retreat from me and other astrologers joining for the week.
Saturday March 21 ~ Moon in Pisces
4pm EST - Welcome circle, Prayer and Astro Yoga Nidra with Julien Elizabeth and Briana Lynn (90-minutes) Let us begin! We’ll connect together, introduce ourselves, get to know each other and share our intentions for our week together and for the future.
Briana Lynn, mentor, counselor and healer will be initiating a sacred prayer for our week together.
We’ll open up space to explore:
What are we most wanting to transform within ourselves?
What are we most wanting to release this week?
What are we most hoping to ignite?
and we will close with a grounding, supportive yoga nidra.
Come prepared with a journal and an open heart.
Sunday March 22 ~ Moon in Pisces / Saturn enters Aquarius
12pm EST - Astro Yoga Flow with Julien Elizabeth (75-minutes) Honoring the sun in Aries and the moon in Pisces, we’ll have a bit of Yang / Yin in our practice today. We’ll practice breath work, active movement and vinyasa flow before lying down for an astrology themed yoga nidra suited for clearing the subconscious and connecting us to universal healing and peace.
4pm EST - Yoga Nidra with Sarah Connerley (60-minutes) So many humans are being called inward simultaneously. This Yoga Nidra practice will be a response to the call into our own inner most spaces, so that we may journey with consciousness through the expansion of now, in our nature of Oneness.
Monday March 23 ~ Moon Void of Course in Pisces
12pm EST ~ Healing Breathwork with Sarah Connerley (90-minutes) Let us use these moments to come into a more intimate relationship with self in all ways possible. Breathwork will allow you access to clear the body of emotional and energetic debris and connect you with aspects of yourself altogether new through the experience of healing through the breath and the heart.
4pm EST - Stretch Break with Vinny Bonanno! (60-minutes) Take a break from doing and have a conversation with your body!!!Together we will stretch, lubricate our joints, and smile, rounding out with an ecstatic dance to feel the specific needs of our bodies. When we have an understanding of our center, circumference and the space between we can show up more fully for our communities!
6pm EST - Astrology with Blair Bogin (60-minutes) What is the quality and color of “being at home” for your birth chart? Like birds, we use all kinds of materials to build a comfortable nest. Though as humans, we need far more than twigs and leaves. Whether you live in a tent or a mansion, each of us has a physical, emotional and psychological way of feeling rooted and stable. We will look to your astrological birth chart to discover how to thrive in the privacy of your own home. Take a deeper look into your moon, 4th house cusp, saturn and more as we traverse your current living situation and make improvements.
Tuesday March 25 ~ Aries New Moon
12pm EST ~ New Moon Astro Yoga with Julien Elizabeth (75-minutes) Join us in this public class intentionally crafted for the Aries New Moon. Ignite your intention and use the transformative practices of pranayama, kundalini kriya and asana. This class is open to the public and can be accessed at 12pm Tuesday following this link.
4pm EST - Aries New Moon Circle (90-minutes) Practices thus far have brought us to the point of release so that we are cleansed and clear for fresh and inspired intention. Gather with us as a community for the annual Aries New Moon Circle. You will put your insights, experiences and healings together to cultivate intention for yourself through this cycle.
Bring a journal and something to write with.
Wednesday March 25 ~ Moon in Aries
12pm EST - Kundalini Yoga and Meditation with Priti Seva Kaur (90-minutes) As we move through the New Moon, we look together at how we can integrate our experiences moving forward. To be of the greatest service to ourselves and each other during this great time, we must learn how to balance, harness and set boundaries around our energy. Powerful tools such as kriya, breathwork and meditation allow you to connect with and expand the capacity of your nervous system to withstand the pressure of the times. We’ll practice specific techniques to cultivate the resilience we’ll need.
Following this 60-minute set will be an opportunity for conversation and group discussion to share our experiences and what we’re alchemizing through our practices.
4pm EST - Healing Yoga Nidra with Julien Elizabeth (45-minutes) Through the practice of yoga nidra we learn to rest, release and soften. We learn to exist in the field beneath worry and fear. We learn to exist in a universe of uncertainty and trust. We heal here. This extended yoga nidra is intended to bring you to a space of peace and rest, nourished by the softness of your purest self and soothed by the collective community that spans the globe.
Thursday March 26 ~ Moon in Taurus
12pm EST - Embodiment Flow and Yoga Nidra with Cathy French (90-minutes) A heart-opening flow class to air out fear and circulate love and sweetness throughout the body. We’ll finish with a peaceful yoga nidra practice to soothe the mind and cultivate clarity and calm.
4pm EST - MMMBOP with McKay Gordon (60-minutes) Motion as potion! MMMBop is an hourlong, high-octane cardio dance party—designed for the heart, accessible to everyone who’s got one. Think Jane Fonda meets Richard Simmons meets 2020.
Friday March 27 ~ Moon in Taurus
12pm EST - Restorative Slow Flow and Meditation with Ellie Grace (60-minutes) This is an invitation to slow down. To do less and to welcome more. On this exploration of being, we will move slow, settle into long postures and drop into a deep state of non-doing so that we can
4pm EST - Breathwork with Holly Hoover (75-minutes) Through group intention and self reflection we will encourage the power of gratitude to flow in through our breath to transform any stagnant fears and anxieties. The power of prana (breath) provides the capacity our lives need to hold discomfort and to be more centered and useful.
Saturday March 28 ~ Moon in Taurus
12pm ~ Meditation and Dance Party with Julien Elizabeth, Dj3rdi and the Wild Child Family (90-minutes) As we close our our week we will move, breathe, shake, dance and join together one last time with an intention to embody the highest health we can right now as individuals and as a collective.
exchange and payment
This 8-day virtual retreat is $120
Includes: all classes and offerings, daily resources, journal prompts, invitations for reflection, connections, community and more!