Planting Seeds for the New Year
Bija Yoga Retreat
December 27 2024– January 1 2025| Online
Holiday Re-Balance
The holiday season can be difficult- toxic family dynamics, excessive sugar and alcohol, over-eating, and an amplified consumerism.
Commit to practices over the holidays that keep you healthy, anchored and balanced.
BIJA is all about planting seeds of health and well-being.
Relax
Rebalance
Rejuvenate
Retreat
Cultivate Happiness
This Retreat is intended for yogis who wish to:
- Get back on track with healthy habits
- Learn ways to get over the sugar hangover and over-indulgence
- Anchor in yogic practices that offer simple ways of cleansing and detoxing the body through breath, movement, and wholesome food
Retreat Includes
- Morning and evening yoga classes (both pre-recorded and live via Zoom)Â
- Workshops on the ayurvedic and yogic practices for health and longevity.
- A personalized care kit.
- Recommended podcasts and journal prompts
Schedule
Saturday Dec. 27 2025
4-5:00pm PST | Opening
8:15pm- 9:00pm | Restorative YogaÂ
Sunday Dec. 28 2025
Morning Yoga Video
2:00 – 4:00 pm | Workshop One | Live on Zoom
8:15pm – 9:00pm Yoga for Sleep
Monday Dec. 29 2025
Morning Yoga Video
Podcast and Journalling
8:15pm – 9:00pm Yoga Nidra
Tuesday Dec. 30 2025
Morning Yoga Video
2:00 – 4:00 pm | Workshop Two | Live on Zoom
8:15pm – 9:00pm Yoga for Sleep
Wednesday Dec. 31 2025
Morning Yoga Video
Podcast and Journalling
8:15pm – 9:00pm Yoga Nidra
Thursday Jan. 1 2026
8:00 – 9:30am Morning Yoga on Zoom
11:30am-12:30pm Live Cooking Class
4- 5:00pm Closing Circle
Workshops
The Science of Small Things
Tiny Changes Lead to Transformation
During this Retreat, you will have the opportunity to attend two workshops on the science of small things. This workshop is based on the book Atomic Habits and the science behind making tiny changes. Learn how setting goals, or creating resolutions or intentions is the least effective way of building new habits.Â
Learn the four steps in building healthy habits, ways to break bad habits, and key insights about what makes habits stick.
Cost
Sliding Scale
Suggested payment: $105 – $295Â
30% of all profit will be donated to lineage-based ashrams, The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga and The Om Ashram.
Your Facilitator
Farah Nazarali is an inspirational yoga teacher, podcast host, and advocate of yogic practices that support health, happiness and harmony. She is founder of Drishti Point Yoga Podcasts and has hosted podcasts for Hollyhock, Banyen Books, and Vancouver Co-op Radio.
Farah specializes in facilitating transformational experiences in retreat settings in BC and internationally. She teaches locally at Xenia Centre, Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, Hollyhock Leadership Centre, and leads international Yoga Retreats with True Nature Travels.
She has a deep love for all things yoga and is profoundly inspired by the sacred texts of yoga, the teachings of Buddhism, and wisdom traditions that lead us to love, truth, and being of service.
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