Febuary 1 to 5
This invitation is for you, brave, wild, and unwavering woman full of love
Join us in the majestic Colombian mountains with a tribe of inspiring women who like you, are on their spiritual quest. Let's get intoxicated with life, nature, cacao... and dance...
learning, healing and dreaming together. We will make this encounter a perpetual moment of connection and love, aligning ourselves with our truest deepest nature, and together, as sisters on this path of new beginnings.
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Location
Located in the heart of the Quimbaya mountains in Colombia, the Anahata ranch welcomes you to five magical days of connection with nature and with your sacred feminine.
Andrea and Jenny, will be your guides for five days of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga practices, pranayamas, meditation, yoga philosophy, sharing circles, fire and cacao ceremonies, static dance and beautiful rituals to share between sisters under the beauty of Pachamama, our Mother Earth.
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Cabins
Limited to 20 woman max. Anahata's 7 luxury cabins (representing the 7 shakras) overlook the Natural Reserve. Priced for double occupancy. 3 of the 7are big enough to accommodate a group of friends or family up to 4 people.
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What else is included...
As a participant you will be able to enjoy an assisted morning yoga practice that will allow you to explore your potential on and off the mat. The pranayama, chanting and meditation sessions will have an amazing landscape of mountains, clouds and the melodious sound of the La Vieja River as a backdrop. We will share and sing around the fire in the maloca of the seven chakras and will be canoeing on the La Vieja River to then hike to immerse ourselves in the waters of an impressive waterfall.
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In this 5 days and 4 nights together...
Asana
Assisted morning yoga practice that will allow you to explore your potential on and off the mat.
Meditation, pranayama
The pranayama, chanting and meditation sessions will have an amazing landscape of mountains, clouds and the melodious sound of the La Vieja River as a backdrop.
Cacao Ceremony
We will share and sing around the fire in the maloca of the seven chakras and will be canoeing on the La Vieja River to then hike to immerse ourselves in the waters of an impressive waterfall.
and also...
Sound bowl meditation with horses
Full moon meditaion
Hike to the watefall
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About us
Andrea Rojas
@andreainloco
I grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. My first love was volleyball… I. Played in high school and the Bogotá league, later I did rock climbing and contemporary dance while studying Arts in Colombia’s National University... All this to say… I love it all! I love learning, nothing makes me happier… I left Colombia a couple of days after receiving my Batchelor’s degree and came to the US not really knowing how life would unfold and somehow finding so much confort in my new found freedom! In the years that followed I got lost in the grind; I had a wonderful life in NY working with architecture photographers, eating and drinking to my hearts content, indulging in every way I pleased but neglected to continue feeding that silky side of me that beats to the drum of my own wondering heart… I found myself drained and exhausted. It was then that met a yogi that would change my life forever. I saw in him something I had never seen on anyone else, a sort of vibrancy, an open heart… a smile that melted my own heart. And so it began my way back to my freedom loving, curious, impetus self.
My teachers are the biggest blessing in my life. In New York my journey began with Bhakti yogis, monks devoted to self inquiry and loving devotion taught me to meditate and to honor the body without which this journey isn’t posible.
My first ashtanga teachers Guy Donahaye, and Eddie Stern ignited the fire that my heart chosen teachers John and Julia Scott keep alive today. Everything has been given to me, and now it’s time to let all that flow in you… if you’ll let me.
Jenny Manrique
@jennyyogamc
Hi, I'm Jenny. I am a woman in love with life and with the beautiful people who have came to mine in planned and unexpected ways. I worked as a journalist for almost two decades covering complex situations of physical, emotional, individual and collective trauma, and 15 years ago I found in yoga a definitive door to my own healing. Today I know that the path of self-knowledge and spirituality is an unequivocal guide on how to live well and beautifully. With ups and downs, of course, but with a world of possibilities ahead.
Four years ago I understood that there is nothing more beautiful than sharing what I have learned, than guiding others in listening to that internal guru who has the answers to all our concerns. I went to India to do my Yoga Teacher Training in two renowned schools in the towns of Rishikesh and Mysore and since then I have been able to teach in places like Nepal, Sri Lanka, the United States, Argentina, Italy and of course my native Colombia, where I returned almost two years ago. I recently spent three months in Europe deepening my yoga and meditation practice with dear teachers who always remind me that I am an eternal student of myself.
I am a tireless traveler because my curiosity about the world is infinite, but from all the places I go, what I specially keep in my heart are the experiences shared with the sisters I met: the women in my life are the greatest gift of the Universe . Now I teach at Anahata, a magical retreat site where I am looking forward to welcome you with all my love.
The origin story of Shakti Connection:
Do you want to hear something magical? We were blessed the day the Universe put us together in the same place. It was in Mexico in March of this year, when Andrea and I coincided in an Ashtanga Yoga retreat, the beautiful discipline that connects us in different dimensions. Both Colombians, both deeply connected to our feminine energy we welcomed each other into our lives. That was a first beautiful encounter in which just a moment and not an entire life, was needed to click and understand that we can listen and support each other, that women's circles are a powerful force where love and compassion have no limits. We shared medicine together, we laughed, we sang, we hugged, we cried. We made a date to meet again in another retreat in Portugal in August and there we decided to embark on this adventure together for the same reason we practice and teach yoga: if there is something that makes us happy, how not share it with others? how not open the doors of this tribe to other sisters who need this connection in their spiritual search... After all, we are all ONE. And so, here we are for you, saluting the divine that lives in your soul, from the divine that lives in ours. Namaste.
Investment:
Foreigners: US$700 per person. Double or triple occupancy (U$1400 for 2 if you bring a friend)
Colombian residents: COP $2'850.000 per person. Double or triple occupancy. ($5’400.000 for 2 if you bring a friend).
* Prices do not include flights to Colombia
**RESERVE YOUR SPOT WITH 50% UNTIL JANUARY 10TH
*** Payments from the US can be made via Venmo: @andrea-InLoco or Zelle to andrearojas@mac.com
And from Colombia (Pesos) please deposit in
Savings Account # 187-446888-13
How to get here:
Located in a nature reserve in the beautiful mountains of the Colombian coffee belt, the closest airports to Rancho Anahata are the Matecaña International Airport in Pereira and El Eden International Airport in Armenia. We will gladly coordinate your arrival on February 1st, when the retreat begins. Entrance from 2 pm. First activity: 5 pm.
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Get in touch
email:
Phone number:
andreainloco@gmail.com
manriquejenny@gmail.com
+1 (305) 619-4027
+57 (324) 628-7761
+1 7862032950
Address
Rancho Anahata, Quimbaya, Colombia.