Why we love this retreat
Rolling Meadows, is a 100 acre meditation and yoga retreat center over-looking the hills of coastal Maine. This secluded, hilltop retreat center provides a quiet environment for spiritual renewal supported by the practices of yoga, meditation and the undisturbed beauty of the natural world.
The practices of meditation, classical hatha yoga, yin and restorative yoga, pranayama, and self inquiry create the flow of the day with personal time between sessions for solitude, reflection, enjoying the beauty and peace of the land and walking the extensive trails that weave thru out the property. Click here for the photo gallery.
The yoga and meditation retreats provide a supportive environment to begin or deepen practices, to shed light on habituated patterns of behavior, to take personal time for digesting life experience and to recognize the ease and peace of your True Nature.
USA Today, Boston.com, Travel & Leisure.com, Time Out.com, NerdWallet.com and Outside Magazine have rated Rolling Meadows Retreat one of the top ten places to take a yoga retreat.
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Book your Yoga + Exploration
retreat today!
Dates: All Year Around
From $650 per person
Deposit $150 per person only to hold your space
To book or if you have any questions please contact:
Phone: 888-666-6412
Description
Maine Yoga Retreats Center accommodates up to 11 participants. Each Retreat is the result of the years of personal and facilitated retreats we have taken and led since 1980.
We have found that the format of yoga poses, sitting meditation, the direct path of self-inquiry, silence and unstructured time in the natural world creates an environment conducive to dropping the details of daily life and revealing the simple peace of our unencumbered being. Yoga practice promotes physical, mental and spiritual health. Emphasis is placed on developing strength, endurance, balance and alignment through awareness of the body’s sensations and the breath. The classes are appropriate for the novice and experienced practitioner.
Yin Yoga is a perfect complement to the dynamic and muscular (yang) styles of yoga that emphasize internal heat, and the lengthening and contracting of our muscles. Yin Yoga generally targets connective tissue in the joints and works safely on the areas that are most too-often ignored (ligaments, joints). Your body learns to lets go of tension we rarely notice, while still working at your edge resulting in a healthy range of motion, inner focus, healing, and balance. Restorative Poses and Pranayama offer deep rest and the cultivation of a refined attunement to stillness and quietude.
Self-Inquiry is an opportunity to awaken to the truth of who we are. The embodied recognition and experience of long-held patterns of conditioned behavior lifts the veil that keeps us from peace of our true nature.
Meditation periods are approximately 30 minutes and draw on the Vipassana and non-dual traditions. Guidance will be offered in breath awareness and in open attention with the focus to relax and simply be with what is, as it is, without manipulation, so that we may come to rest in the natural state of awareness.
Unstructured Time allows for walking the woodland paths, napping, taking a wood-fired sauna, a swim in the spring-fed, crystal clear secluded pond, or for doing nothing.
A container of shared silence is maintained during the yoga retreat, except during the sessions. Silence is restful, being the mirror of our natural state. This silent community creates a supportive environment in which to surrender to the inner silence, allowing us to question our conditioned beliefs and surrender to the truth of our being. The morning after arrival participants are asked to refrain from social conversation with one another during meals and free-time. We call this “social silence.” This social silence ends after the morning session of the last day. To read more about silent retreat you may go here.
Wholesome Meals are prepared fresh three times daily.Much of the food comes from the extensive organic vegetable gardens on the property. Patricia and Surya have a passionate interest in understanding the relationship between a wholesome diet and vitality and the meals served on retreat reflect this commitment. The menu is vegetarian and includes dairy, and eggs. Special dietary needs for gluten-free and lactose free meals can be accommodated with advance notice.
Participants at Maine Yoga Retreats are asked to come prepared to be fully present during the retreat, attending to personal and business details before coming on retreat and taking a break from computers and cell phones. This will greatly enhance the retreat experience.
Daily Retreat Schedule
- 7:30 – 8:00am - Pranayama & Meditation
- 8:15am - Breakfast
- Personal time– walking, swimming, resting, etc
- 10:30 – 12:30 - Asana, pranayama, meditation
- 12:45 pm - Lunch
- Personal time – walking, swimming, resting, etc
- 4:00 – 6:00 pm - Restorative Yoga/Yin Yoga Pranayama/Meditation
- 6:00 pm - Dinner
- 7:30 pm - Evening Meditation
Saunas offered some evenings after meditation
- Arrival between 4 and 6 pm the first day of the retreat.
- Dinner is served at 6 pm.
- Departure on the last day after the morning session and breakfast. (approximately 10:00am)
The fee covers all meals, lodging, yoga & meditation sessions.
The Small Print
INVESTMENT : Deposit $150 to reserve your spot. Please contact them via email at info@rollingmeadowsretreat.com or call 1-888-666-6412 to check on availability.
Meals: We serve a variety of healthy vegetarian meals. We ask you to let us know if you have any food allergies that we need to be aware of or special dietary needs. Please let us know at least two weeks in advance of your stay.
What to bring: We have blankets, mats and sitting cushions so no need to bring them. Linens and towels are provided. Layered relaxed clothing for yoga and meditation. Warm outdoor clothing and/or rain gear for walking. Meditation shawl or blanket. Personal toiletries. Personal water bottle. A watch or clock. A bathrobe to wear to and from the sauna or to bathrooms and “slippers.” A journal if you would like. In Winter: cross-country skis or snowshoes. In Summer: sun block, a hat, bathing suit. All seasons : good walking shoes or boots.
Weather in Maine: Summer60’s to mid-80’s with cooler nights – walking sandals, light jacket, light sweater or sweatshirt for cooler nights. Fall and Spring 20’s to 50’s – mid-weight jacket, hat, gloves, waterproof boots. Winter 0 to low 30’s – very warm jacket, hat, gloves, warm boots.
What not to Bring: We request that guests do not bring cell phones, personal computers, pets, alcohol, non-prescription drugs, or wear scented body products, as we want to provide a fragrance-free environment for all. Smoking is not permitted at the Center, or on the grounds.