OPENING INTO THE BODY, SOFTENING INTO OUR HEART, CLEARING OUR MIND

Incorporating a daily yoga and meditation practice that not only strengthens us, but also softens us is a great resource for living through the best and/or worst of times.

Yin yoga is an essential compliment to our more active styles and offers an opportunity to develop our contemplative nature. The flow practice helps maintain a core stability while enhancing our creative, active energy.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

In this workshop Sarah will provide an atmosphere for balancing the body, heart and mind through active and passive yoga poses, as well as sharing psychological inquiry themes devoted to turning toward our habits of contraction, potentially discovering heartful insights of release and relief.

This workshop will focus on the integration of our Yin and Yang aspects of being, creating a practice that cultivates vitality, kindness and insight. A guided inquiry will be offered during the Yin sessions, with the class ending in Mindfulness meditation.

PROGRAM

Saturday 9 of May 11.00h to 13.00h

We will focus on standing poses, a Kidney Yin practice and inquiry into our patterns of restlessness.

Sunday  10 of May 11.00h to 13.00h

We will emphasise balancing the strength of the upper body with some yin poses focused on Liver health and the emotions of resistance and disharmony.

PRICE

65€ for one workshop

120€ for both workshops

Join us at this serene retreat centre nestled in the beautiful countryside of south-west France, near Bordeaux, on the outskirts of a small charming French village . The Moulin offers a peaceful environment, surrounded by rolling hills, lush gardens, and a tranquil river running through the property. The beautiful grounds feature quiet walking paths, inviting spaces for reflection, and cosy nooks to relax and rejuvenate. The warm, inviting accommodations and nourishing meals prepared with fresh, local ingredients will support our time together.

Course Description
The ability to gather together and deepen our practices, connection with silence, love of nature and quietly feel others dedication around us is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long, or know we need on a regular basis.

In this 5 day retreat in June 2026 Sarah and Ty will include ample time to enjoy the silence around and within yourself. With many sessions a day of Yin and Yang Yoga and seated Buddhist meditation, brief talks and descriptions of meditative methods; you will enjoy a realm of dropping into the dimensions of experience often missed in our everyday practices. When practitioners have received many teachings and methods already, it is In extended silent retreating (with brief cues given by the teachers) that one can truly absorb and integrate the penetrating truths about one’s self and existence.

Prerequisite–Since there will be even more silent practices than in most retreats, we ask that you have already attended a silent Buddhist retreat before coming to this one. 

To support each practitioner, Sarah and Ty will also be offering half hour private meetings for those interested.

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s second book Lit From Within as well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.

We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.

Practical information:
Check In:
After 2pm on June 16th (retreat begins after dinner)
Check Out: Morning of June 21st – 11am (self-led practice – no formal teachings / breakfast)
Included:
– 5 nights accommodation in single, double and triple rooms
– Full board – vegetarian meals
– Fruits, Teas ad coffee
Not included:
– Transport

Transport:
You can find all information concerning transport to the center here.
Terms and Conditions:

Payment:
* Payment must be made in full at the time of registration.
* If you are concerned about having to cancel your attendance, then we strongly encourage protecting your investment by purchasing trip cancellation insurance coverage that includes “cancel for any reason”.
Cancellation Terms For This Retreat:

* If we cancel the retreat, we will offer options of what is available (refund or transfer).
* If the whole retreat switches to an online retreat due to travel limitations, we will move your registration to this option or give you a refund.
* In the event that you need to cancel, all cancellation requests must be emailed to info@sarahandtypowers.com.
Because we have committed funds to the retreat center:
* If you cancel 3 months before the start of the retreat, we will refund 75%, cancellation fee of 25%.
* If you cancel within the 3 months before the start of the retreat and IF we are able to fill your space, we will refund 75%, and apply a cancellation fee of 25%. (If we are not able to fill your space, then no refund will be available.)
* If you are able to purchase trip cancellation coverage, please check your policy that our non-refundable charges are covered.Transfers:No transfers between retreats, trainings, and/or workshops except as outlined above.
No transfers of registrations between attendees.Refunds:No refunds will be made for failure to attend or failure to complete the retreat.
All refunds will be processed within 2 weeks following a program.
Limitation of Liability:
* Sarah and/or Ty Powers and/or The Insight Yoga Institute cannot be responsible or liable for any injury, loss or damage of property, or disruption of any program due to circumstances beyond their control.
* I am participating in Yoga Teacher Trainings, Intensives, Silent Retreats and/or Workshops offered by Sarah and/or Ty Powers and/or The Insight Yoga Institute during which I will receive information and instruction about yoga and health. I recognize that yoga requires physical exertion that may be strenuous and may cause physical injury, and I am fully aware of the risks and hazards involved.
* I understand that it is my responsibility to consult with a physician prior to and regarding my participation in the Yoga Teacher Trainings, Intensives, Silent Retreats and/or Workshops. I represent and warrant that I am physically fit and I have no medical condition that would prevent my full participation in the Yoga Teacher Trainings, Intensives, Silent Retreats and/or Workshops.
* In consideration of being permitted to participate in Yoga Teacher Trainings, Intensives, Silent Retreats and/or Workshops, I agree to assume full responsibility for any risks, injuries or damages, known or unknown, which I might incur as a result of participating in the program.
* In further consideration of being permitted to participate in Yoga Teacher Trainings, Intensives, Silent Retreats and/or Workshops, I knowingly, voluntarily and expressly waive any claim I may have against Sarah and/or Ty Powers and/or The Insight Yoga Institute for injury or damages that I may sustain as a result of participating in the program.
* I, my heirs or legal representatives forever release waive, discharge any covenant not to sue Sarah and/or Ty Powers and/or The Insight Yoga Institute for any injury or death caused by their negligence or other acts.
* I agree to hold Sarah and/or Ty Powers and/or The Insight Yoga Institute harmless for any injury caused to me during the practice indicated above.
* Release: I am aware that I may be included in photographs taken at any Sarah Powers or Insight Yoga Institute event that may be used on Sarah and Ty’s website and associated social media websites.
Release: I am aware that I may be included in photographs taken at any Sarah Powers or Insight Yoga Institute event that may be used on www.SarahPowersInsightYoga.com and associated social media websites.

Insight/Yin Yoga Training: Brightening the Inner Body
Secondary Level with Sarah and Ty Powers in Portugal

Drawing from Sarah’s book Lit From Within, this retreat includes teachings and practices for developing and integrating the energetic, psychological, and meditative domains within us.

Come and join us at Alijo Retreat center. Spread across five hectares of land consisting of terraces, Olive trees, Mountains, Rock formations, a Pool, water features, and waterfalls.

Prerequisite: Please come having attended a foundational Yin Yoga training from a dedicated teacher. We consider this a Secondary Level training.

In order to receive the YA 40 hour Certificate of Completion, attendance in the entire program is required along with a brief essay sharing your experiences with the material.

Course Description:

After we have established a clear understanding of how and why to practice Yin yoga (studied in the Primary Level training), we can begin to look more closely at the pranic and mind training aspects available to us while in the practices, the inner methods of Yin Yoga. In this course, we will NOT focus on where the meridians flow in each pose and how to get into the shapes safely, (assuming you already know these things), INSTEAD we will explore the contemplative inner experiences that are available in each pose. Sarah will teach various breath patterns and retentions, visualisations for the health of the organs, contemplations in the poses, as well as the essential themes and practices of a Buddhist view for Yin Yoga.

Each day will include a talk, yin yoga session with inner practices emphasized, seated meditation practices led by both Sarah and Ty, as well as interactive diads and discussion time. In this retreat setting, time for individual asana practice, swimming, and resting will also be included.

Study and Reading:

In preparation for the training, we ask that you read the following books:

Lit from Within by Sarah Powers

Buddhism: A Concise Introduction by Huston Smith and Philip Novak

The Tibetan Yoga of Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom Paperback – Anyen Rinpoche

A training manual will be handed out on the first day of class.

Practical information:

Price includes 3 meals a day, board and access to all facilities.

Check In: From 3:00pm on Tuesday the 25th of August (retreat begins after dinner).

Check Out: Morning of Sunday 30th of August – Rooms must be vacated by 10:30am.

Airport Shuttle: Please contact: Taxi Pinheiro – Email: info@taxipinheiro.com – phone number: +351 917 333 338

Massages: The centre can arrange a range of massages €70 per hour, payable in cash at the center.

Rooms: All rooms are equipped with the essential toiletries.

Facilities: Yoga matts and props are available on site.

Here’s a Welcome sheet by d’Alijo for more information concerning you arrival:

September 5, 6 2026.  2 Day Workshop in Berlin at Sha-La Studios, Prenzlauer Berg

Yin yoga is an essential compliment to our more active styles and offers a vehicle to develop our contemplative nature. The Yin style keeps the body supple at its core while encouraging stagnate chi (prana) to flow throughout the joints, engendering a quality of steady ease.
Incorporating a daily meditation practice into our life keeps us attuned to the importance of living ordinary moments with
awareness. Nevertheless, even the most dedicated practitioners hit
plateaus and need opportunities to become re-inspired. In this
workshop Sarah will provide an atmosphere for balancing the body and mind through Yin yoga poses, as well as
offering teachings on Mindfulness meditation so that we can understand better how these two essential disciplines complement and enhance each other.

Saturday we will focus on poses for the digestive system and calming the mind.
Sunday the emphasis will be on energizing our body and mind with kidney backbends and inclusive awareness practice.


Please come with a basic understanding of Yin Yoga and Mindfulness having practiced some of these methods before, and being familiar with Sarah’s books, Insight Yoga, and Lit From Within.

Sarah Powers is the co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute as well as the author of Insight Yoga and Lit from Within, which interweaves Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and Transpersonal psychology into an integrated practice to enliven the body, heart, and mind. Sarah has been teaching for 30+ years, blending both a Yin sequence of long-held floor poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems while often engaging in inquiry practice, with a mindfully-based flow yoga practice. Sarah is trained in both Psychosynthesis and the Internal Family Systems psychological models, and has been a student of spiritual psychology for over 35 years. She draws from her education and participation in long retreats in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism.

 

Take a meaningful pause with Sarah and Ty Powers (founders of the Insight Yoga Institute) for an online Practice DAYLONG in the comfort of your own space to deepen your practice.
Experience a blend of mindfulness, yoga, and psychological exploration to rejuvenate your body-mind connection. Engage in meditative practices, yin and yang yoga, personal reflection and inquiry sessions. Embrace mindfulness to observe without interference and gain insights into yourself and your relationships.
This nourishing DAYLONG practice is designed to develop and recharge your body-mind integration—it includes 4 sessions of meditation, coupled with yin and yang yoga, and some time for reflection and contemplation.

This day-long retreat weaves together three key elements:
Mindfulness is an attitude we adopt in which we let go of all motivations to manipulate the moment and develop the capacity to observe without willful interference.
Yoga is a set of behaviors that encourages a holistic experience of the body, heart, and mind—a process of fully inhabiting ourselves.
Psychological inquiry– receptive states of body-mind awareness that allows us to capture and refine insights into ourselves and our relationships.

 

When you include all three elements in your practice on a regular basis, you learn to more easily come home to your direct experience in a creative and fresh way.

This retreat is ideal for anyone seeking:
A simple, grounded way to deepen their practice from home
Practices to enhance emotional well-being and restore inner calm
A space for reflection, self-discovery, and reconnection with your inner self.
This is a gentle and accessible way to commit to your inner life—no travel needed, just a quiet corner, your mat, and an open heart. You’ll be invited to pause amidst the busyness of life, creating space to step back and view your experience from a wider perspective—reconnecting with yourself and your life with greater clarity, compassion, and joy.
The space-setting guideline will be shared 10 days before the day-long retreat started.

Date:
September 25, 2026 | 10:00–13:00 & 15:00–17:30 GMT

Note: For those joining from the U.S. or other time zones, you’re welcome to use the morning session recording as your first session, and join the second session live.

Price: $108 per person, with 30 days unlimited recording access.

SILENT RETREAT

Join us at Mandali retreat centre in the foothills of the Italian Alps.

Located just 75 minutes from Milan Malpensa airport, our centre sits high on a hilltop with sweeping views of Lake Orta and the Swiss alps. Mother nature embraces our guests with the majestic sunrises, gorgeous hiking trails and raw beauty. A truly idyllic setting to find calm and clarity in the mind and body.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s second book Lit From Withinas well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.

We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.

Please note that participation in this retreat requires prior experience attending a Silent Retreat or previous consistent practice with Sarah and Ty.

This 30-hour training is designed to deepen your understanding of the experiential, philosophical, and practical applications of Yin/Yang Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation. Drawing on Sarah’s 30+ years of study and teaching experience, this course will guide you through the benefits and methods of practising Yin yoga and mindfulness, enhancing your ability to practice and teach both a receptive Yin style and an active flow or Yang style of yoga. The training also covers detailed instruction in the teaching and practice of Mindfulness Meditation to help you enrich your inner practice. Whether you are a yoga teacher or a practitioner, you will find this course both practical and inspirational.

This is a self-paced training that blends pre-recorded content with live sessions.

Students who complete and submit the final assignment will receive Insight Yoga Primary Level training certificate and 30 hours of Yoga Alliance CE hours.

Enjoy a Yoga/Meditation weekend retreat in Massachusetts held in silence.

This nourishing weekend practice retreat—designed to develop and recharge your body-mind integration—includes many sessions of meditation coupled with yin and yang yoga, alone time for reflection, as well as partner inquiry sessions for deepening your psychological insights.

• Mindfulness is an attitude we adopt in which we let go of all motivations to manipulate the moment and develop the capacity to observe without willful interference.
• Yoga is a set of behaviours that encourages a holistic experience of the body, heart, and mind—a process of fully inhabiting ourselves.
• Psychological inquiry, in receptive states of body-mind awareness, allows us to capture and refine insights into ourselves and our relationships.

When you include all three elements (mindfulness, yoga, and psychological inquiry) in your practice on a regular basis, you learn to more easily come home to your direct experience in a creative and fresh way.

Return home with a clarity of mind and ease of being that leaves you feeling refreshed and inwardly connected.

SILENT RETREAT

Join us at Mandali retreat centre in the foothills of the Italian Alps.

Located just 75 minutes from Milan Malpensa airport, our centre sits high on a hilltop with sweeping views of Lake Orta and the Swiss alps. Mother nature embraces our guests with the majestic sunrises, gorgeous hiking trails and raw beauty. A truly idyllic setting to find calm and clarity in the mind and body.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s second book Lit From Withinas well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.

We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.

Please note that participation in this retreat requires prior experience attending a Silent Retreat or previous consistent practice with Sarah and Ty.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s new book Lit From Within as well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.
We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.