Join us for this 4-day in-person retreat on the enlightened sleep yoga practice of yoga nidra and the sister sciences of Tibetan dream and clearlight sleep yoga. Michele will share inspiring talks and a yoga nidra practice at each session to take us into deep meditative mode, heal, relax, and restore. We will start each day with all-levels yoga to stretch, strengthen, and open and have 3 sessions of Yoga Nidra teachings. Whether you need deep rest and healing or you are looking to expand your knowledge in this inner science to deepen your own journey or share yoga nidras with others, this course will be of great benefit. Take the 4-day course alone or add on the full 100 hr livestream and on-demand video content. Yoga Alliance CEUS are available!

My 2024 Costa Rica Retreat will be extra special this year as I’m brining guest teacher, Ian LeMasters to share in the magical teachings. Not to be missed!

Celebrate with friends of Tibet House US | Menla as our community gathers in person to ring in the new year at Menla, the magic secret valley of the Medicine Buddha. Party, practice, and pray with us across five days of teachings, yoga, astrology, devotional chanting and more. Join us in letting go of constricting habit-patterns and setting meaningful and expansive intentions for manifesting our positive dreams for the coming year, all while having much needed fun together!Master astrologer and astronomer Alexander Mallon will kick off the retreat with his “astrological forecast” for 2024, teaching us the basics of reading an astrological chart and shedding light on patterns we can expect in the near future as individuals, as a nation, and as a world. Alexander will also offer expert astrological consultations throughout the program and a group chart reading session that will amaze all but the most hardened skeptics.Expert yogini Michele Loew will lead daily morning Vajrayoga practice sessions plus an evening Yoga Nidra, and Qi Gong master Paul Bloom will offer afternoon classes each day. Bob Thurman, Krishna Das, Nina Rao, and Wasfia Nazreen will offer classes throughout the day including dharma talks, lively discussions, devotional chanting, and kirtans with Nina, KD and friends, among other offerings. New Year’s eve will feature our annual group sound bath by Woodstock’s Sage Academy of Sound, a spectacular sonic meditation before a late night celebration and countdown session with refreshments at the Lhasa Inn to ring in the new year.Together we will revitalize ourselves to deal joyfully and successfully with the challenges of these pivotal times and make strides to manifest the very best for ourselves and our communities for 2024. We hope you can join us!Open to all levels of experience. We encourage you to register early as space is limited! 

Join Ian & Michele for this Vinyasa/ Hatha focused Yoga Alliance certification course. Elevate your practice and life and become a masterful teacher. November 10, 23- April 12, 2024

Join myself and Robert Thurman for the opening week of the next 300 hr Vajra Yoga Teacher Training. Opening week at Menla in New York. This course will then be live-streamed over 9 months with weekly zoom sessions with Michele & Bob to study Vajra Yoga, the study of yoga under the non-dual clearlight reality lens bringing the inner science wisdom found in Buddhism, Classical Yoga, Hatha & Tibetan Yogas and more.

Take A Deeply Embodied Spiritual Journey in Paradise with me. This 2 week yoga retreat will transform your practice, bring deep insight, and plant seeds that will manifest in the most beautiful ways ongoing. This course will include daily yoga asana with hands on assists with therapeutic & compassionate support. We will work with alignment of physical form, but through the understanding of how energy moves and flows within our channels, winds and drops. We will study philosophy, chant, meditate, and enjoy the beautiful beach and energy of this sacred land in Costa Rica. The teachings will be inspired by the inner traditions of yoga that have shined a light on our luminous infinite perfect nature. Join us for 7 or 14 days and nights of shared practice in community inspired by the power of the great Pacific Ocean, the joy & kindness of the Costa Rican people, the nurturing of an extraordinary retreat center, and daily physical practice combined with mindfulness teachings in the beauty nature. Nightly Yoga Nidra or Sound baths will be shared.

Join Michele for a weekend under the sun, moon, and stars in the great Pacific NW at Trout Lake Abbey. With Mt. Adams as our backdrop, and the White Salmon River just next door, we will enjoy yoga, meditation, love, and amazing farm to table vegetarian food and friendship. Some commuter spots available.

In this Intimate retreat setting, join Michele on the Island of Ithaca to deepen your yoga practice, and in this depth, find the Wisdom & Bliss of the Yogi. To be really free and capable of using this precious life and all our gifts to the fullest, we must be free from suffering and discover our original nature. Yoga is a path to that freedom and the expansion of wisdom and bliss. We will practice yoga, pranayama, chant, meditate, contemplate, and relax!

Prices include 7 nights accommodation and meals, and daily practices with Michele. All yoga props are provided.

Vajra Yoga: Female Buddhas, Dakinis and the connection of Tibetan and Indian Yoga

Along with renowned teachers Bob Thurman and Michele Loew, we will explore the practices of Vajrayana, Tibetan Yoga, the connection between Indian and Tibetan Yoga and the special role of the female Mahasiddhas.

This Event is organised by Kalu Foundation in collaboration with Rigpa Berlin.

Join us in Italy for a practice exploration of the mother tantras. In celebrations of the yogas and wisdom practices from Lady Niguma, Yeshe Tsogyal, and Machig Labdron and the Sadhanas of Heruka and Vajrayogini, we will immerse ourselves in the wisdom and bliss of the enlightened feminine.

April 3 - April 7, 2023

Michele Loew will be supporting Rinpoche with morning Vajrayoga practice sessions reviewing the Niguma Trulkhor Cycles of Yoga we are learning, as well as sharing complimentary stretching and breathing practices to prepare us for the afternoon sessions with Rinpoche.   At the end of the day, she will share Clearlight Yoga Nidra & sleep/dream guided practices.

The Enlightened Heart, Yoga Nidra Retreat for Bliss & Compassion at Menla.

Price: $650-1650 depending on Room. Virtual price $350

Module 3 will focus on accessing the Intuitive wisdom, Jnana, of Buddha mind & the enlightened sages; Practice 3 yoga nidras daily with Michele and study the science of Yoga Nidra in this beautiful healing setting. Learn how to create yoga nidra practices using the visual field; Become illuminated by the light of pure consciousness; Become a powerful creator sourced by intuitive wisdom.

A comprehensive course on the science and practice of Yoga Nidra. This course can be taken entirely online. Replays and study materials will be on Michele’s Teachable Platform for ongoing learning. It includes three 5 day intensives broadcasting livestream or in-person.

The Enlightened Mind, Yoga Nidra for Healing & Transforming the Mind
Price: $350

Module 2 will focus on the layer of the Mind. We will explore yoga nidra practices to transcend mental obstacles, find freedom from mental & emotional hindrances, & awaken clear light mind. We will touch on the neuroscience of today to gain deeper insight into the timeless wisdom of the sages and the gift of enlightened sleep

Learn to develop Yoga Nidra templates that will transcend mental & emotional body obscurations and reveal pristine luminous mind; Vipassana, Vichara- using the inquiring mind to find freedom.. analyze analyze! Journey into your powerful inner resources.