This week, we are featuring a letter from Shari of Shari Beard Yoga:
Shari Beard Yoga
Hello Adventurous Ones!
Anyone up for “Awakening Your Soul” in Chile with me in 2014? I recently talked to Damara Stone-Goddard, divine mama of Bio Bio Expeditions and she says the same week as last year Jan. 6-14th is still being held for an Adventure Yoga Retreat on the Futaleufu. I can truthfully say last year’s trip was soul awakening for myself and I think others that came felt that too! For me it was the answer to these questions. Can life really be this good? Can I really design my life this way? Am I really deserving of this? When I get the mind out of the way my soul says “YES!” Which has had a profound effect on my life this year and I am ready to go back and get juiced up.
I can now speak from experience the magic that happens at Bio Bio. First of all the staff of Bio Bio are amazing and make the trip what it is! Almost everyday there is a morning practice and an afternoon practice. Damara and I split the group a couple times so we could offer more of a beginner’s practice and advanced practice. Sometimes the afternoon practice would be advanced or I would do a therapeutics session. Damara and I also led a meditation float on the river, mmmm.. Everyday is full because it stays light until late! Rafting and kayaking is a big focus because the Futaleufu is one phenomenal river, but there is always the option to hike, mountain bike, and ride horses. The food is INCREDIBLE! There is an organic garden right on the property. The magic for me was this community of beings connecting to their soul and feeling the love which is undefinable. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention wine tasting and salsa dancing, YUM!
Bio Bio has a slideshow on their site that includes some of the photos from last years trip. https://www.bbxrafting.com/
awakening-the-soul-futaleufu- yoga-retreat-photos If I get some interest, I can have a gathering at my house to show a video. Most of it is the rafting which is pretty darn comical.
Climbers! Last year I extended the trip to check out the climbing up at the Refugio Frei. Beautiful! It’s all multi-pitch so you need a partner. I am up for extending my trip again and belaying if anyone wants to be rope gun. I would be so tickled to get a group of climbers together.
So here is the deal. I need at least 8 people to sign up byNov.1 to make all this magic happen. The trip is $3400 and well worth the experience of a lifetime.
Attendees from last year, please feel free to send any photos or comments on the trip that would encourage beings to sign up for “Awakening the Soul”. Also, please pass this on to anyone that might be interested.
Much love to you all!
Shari
A little about Shari Beard:
Shari feels deep gratitude to be able to call
the Tahoe/Truckee Area of California to be her home since 1994. The
mountains and this community have had an incredible healing effect on her for
the last 19 years and now loves to rock climb, ski, hike, run and be outside.
Most of all, she loves bringing community together to help facilitate the
opening of hearts so we experience deeper connection and as a result live life
more fully.
She has studied with master teachers for the last 10 years with over 1,000 hours of Teacher Training. She is passionate about teaching alignment to help students connect to their bodies, mind and heart. Shari brings together fellow healers to teach workshops, retreats and adventure trips locally in Tahoe and as far around the world as Chile. She has been privileged to teach yoga in the schools from little ones to high schoolers, new parents and parents with their children, teachers and large group conferences.
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