Healing Silent Meditation & Yoga Nature Retreat - Winter 2025

DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT

Join Sara Syed for a wonderful, long weekend of silence, introspection, reflection and healing.

This meditation retreat will be hosted ashram-style, with silence (no phones!), extended periods of yoga and meditation practices, healthy vegetarian (and some Ayurvedic) meals and connection to nature. All meals are healthy, vegetarian and made with a lot of love. We can accommodate any common dietary restrictions, including soy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, and more.

You will leave this retreat feeling more calm, with a more harmonious nervous system, and with newfound clarity in your mind.

FIND SILENCE AND SOLITUDE WITHIN

Discover your innate being of bliss and peace.

Long days of silence, yoga and meditation help to clear the mind of built-up stress and fatigue.

SELF-DISCOVERY AWAITS

Be guided through hatha yoga classes in the morning and gentle and restorative yoga classes in the evenings. Yoga classes are specialized to promote meditation and relaxation.

Learn how to meditate.

Deepen your existing mediation practice.

Build a solid foundation in meditation to create a clean slate in the mind for 2025.

Meditation helps us feel renewed, cleansed and inspired.

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WHO CAN ATTEND?

This retreat is open to anyone seeking a reset, peace, a pause, alone time, and guidance to live a more healthy and happy life.

This retreat is suitable for both the experienced and novice meditation and yoga practitioner.

Students brand new to these practices will develop a strong foundation that they can take home.

RETREAT DATES

Thursday, February 27 - Sunday, March 2, 2025

Arrive to Center between 2-5 pm on Thursday, February 27, 2025

Depart from Center between 11am-1pm on Sunday, March 2, 2025

LOCATION

Hope Springs Institute

4988 Mineral Springs Rd, Peebles, OH 45660

About Hope Springs Institute:

Hope Springs Institute is a sacred space created with the intention for fostering healing, sharing and community. It was built more than 25 years ago, located less than 20 miles away from the internally renowned sacred ancient native Indian site called the Serpent Mound. There is a strong energetic holding of these ancient energies at the Hope Springs Institute. Healing and magic are literally embedded in this area due to the Serpent Mound.

The Hope Springs Institute is located at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Hope Springs Institute is secluded, far away from common noise and light pollutants, to promote inner peace.

Hope Springs Institute is a non-profit retreat center in Appalachian Ohio, cultivating peace through empowered leadership, innovative learning, and personal healing. Our vision is a more peaceful, equitable, and inclusive world. The mission of Hope Springs Institute is to hold sacred space & transformative programming for growth, leadership, & healing while honoring mind, body, spirit, & earth.

Hope Springs Institute is handicap accessible.

Learn more about Hope Springs Institute here:

https://www.hopespringsinstitute.org

DAILY SCHEDULE

Thursday:

~2-5pm - Arrive to center; get settled in; turn in devices & electronics by 5:30pm

~5:30pm - Orientation in the Dining Hall

~6pm - Dinner in the Dining Hall

~7:30pm - Opening Fire Ceremony in the Spirit House (Silence Commences)

~8pm - Meditation in the Spirit House

Friday:

~6am - Meditation in the Large Yoga Shala

~7:30am - Yoga in the Large Yoga Shala

~9am - Breakfast in the Dining Hall

~Free Time

~11am - Meditation in the Large Yoga Shala

~12pm - Lunch in the Dining Hall

~1pm - Free Time

~2pm - Reflection & Introspection - Guided Journaling in the Large Yoga Shala (Prompts Provided)

~3pm - Guided Silent Nature Hike w/Sara

~5pm - Dinner in the Dining Hall

~7pm - Yin Yoga in the Large Yoga Shala

~8pm - Meditation in the Large Yoga Shala

Saturday:

~6am - Meditation in the Large Yoga Shala

~7:30am - Yoga in the Large Yoga Shala

~9am - Breakfast in the Dining Hall

~10am - Chakras 101: An Introduction to the Chakras in the Large Yoga Shala

~11am - Chakra Meditation & Painting/Vision Board in the Large Yoga Shala

~12pm - Lunch

~1pm - Free Time/Finish Art Projects

~2pm - Guided Nature Education Hike (Led by Hope Springs Land Manager, Chip)

~5pm - Dinner in the Dining Hall

~7pm - Yin Yoga in the Large Yoga Shala

~8pm - Meditation in the Large Yoga Shala

Sunday:

~6am - Meditation

~7:30am - Yoga

~9am - Breakfast

~10am - Closing

~11am - Clear Rooms/Pack Cars

~Option to Visit Sacred Serpent Mound (Located 15 minutes away via car)

**The entire schedule is optional. You are empowered to make your own decisions on this retreat.**

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

~Daily guided yoga and meditation classes

~All healthy, vegetarian meals to promote digestion, healing and meditation.

~Unlimited tea & honey

~Accommodations (comfy beds, warm showers, beautiful, quiet, tranquil spaces underneath the visible stars -- weather permitting)

~Painting supplies for chakra meditation painting experience

~All yoga and mediation props

~Hot tub for use during free time

~Access to a lovely book shelf/mini library

~Peace and quiet

~Space to heal

~Serene, peaceful, quiet and pristine nature

~Support & guidance from center and from retreat host (Sara)

WHAT TO BRING

~Toiletries (toothpaste, shampoo, body wash, etc.)

~Clothes for yoga, meditation, winter hiking, sleep, leisure

~Winter/waterproof hiking boots

~Journal & writing utensils

OPTIONAL

~Additional snacks

~Yoga mat & mediation props (There are some at the center, but you can bring your own if you prefer)

~Books

**The center does have most items such as yoga mats and meditation cushions; however, please bring your own if you prefer**

WHAT TO LEAVE AT HOME

~Electronic devices that are not essential

~Work, homework, etc.

~Your worries

INVESTMENT

**Payment Plans Available**

~$777 - Shared/Single Occupancy

Notes:

-Price is per person (this is perfect for solo travelers)

-You will be placed with roomate(s) with this reservation

-This reservation includes one shared bedroom located in the Farmhouse

-This reservation provides a shared & non-attached full bathroom

~$1,950 - Private/Double Occupancy

Notes:

-Price is per room (not per person)

-This price includes up to two people (this is perfect for close friends, partners traveling together, or for someone who prefers their own space and entirely private bathroom)

-You can add a third person for an additional charge (please email [email protected])

-This reservation includes one private bedroom with a queen and 2 twin beds located within the Main Yoga Shala

-This room has a private & attached full bathroom

**Please indicate your sleeping preferences in email to [email protected] with 'Silent Meditation Retreat' in the subject line.

**Sleeping accommodations+ preferences are first come, first serve.

LOGISTICS

~Airport transfers available for $80 (roundtrip)

~Our nearest airport is Cincinnati in Ohio.

ABOUT THE HOST

Sara Syed is the owner of The Studio Cleveland, a holistic wellness center in downtown Cleveland, and Lakewood Yoga, both in Ohio. She is an experienced Vipassana meditator with 7 years of intensive meditation practice and has attended 10-day silent meditation retreats almost every year since 2017.

Sara is an experienced and registered yoga instructor (700-ERYT). She hosts her own Internationally Accredited Yoga and Meditation Teacher Trainings (200 Hour Registered Yoga School) through the Yoga Alliance. Sara began her yoga journey in 2008 and became certified to teach in 2014 when she attended her first yoga teacher training program. Sara has completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica (2014), a 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in Mysore, India (2016), and a 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training with Kino MacGregor (2020).

Sara has hosted regular Yoga and Meditation Teacher Trainings since 2019 under the school Satya and Meditation Yoga School (IG: @satyameditationandyogaschool).

Sara has hosted retreats to spiritual and inspiring locations throughout the world, including Greece, Costa Rica, India, and Nepal.

Her graduate training to obtain her Master's in Science in Curriculum & Instruction provides her with the experience to effectively and efficiently teach large groups of students in meaningful and engaging ways.

Learn more about the host here:

https://www.thestudiocleveland.com/sara-syed.html

IG: @saranadiasyed

• Daily Meditation Classes - Find silence and solitude within. Discover your innate being of peace within. Long days of meditation helps to clear the mind of built-up stress and fatigue. Leave this retreat feeling renewed.
• Daily Yoga Classes - Be guided through gentle and restorative yoga classes in the mornings and evenings. The classes are specialized to promote your meditation efforts.
• Opening Fire Ceremony - Burn away the old and outdated with an intentional, cleansing fire ceremony. We will start the retreat with this ceremony to be clear on our intentions throughout the retreat. Burn away the excess.
• Chakras Meditate & Paint - Be guided through a healing and revealing chakra meditation. After the meditation you will be provided with the tools to create an artistic expression of your chakras and energy.
• Nature hiking - Hope Springs Institute is located at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. Hikes here are heavenly if you enjoy beautiful hikes in the snowy season.
• All vegetarian meals - All healthy, vegetarian meals to promote digestion, healing and meditation. All meals are cooked with love by a professional chef.
• Unlimited tea & honey - Tea, honey and hot water available all day, every day. Water provided as well.
• Accommodations - Comfy beds, warm showers. Beautiful, tranquil land underneath the stars. Bedrooms come full stocked with bedding, towels, alarm clocks, and all other common needs.
• Hot tub - Enjoy the hot tub during break periods (or anytime!)

• Hiking boots - Due to the natural environment and the season, we strongly recommend you bring waterproof hiking boots. We recommend the Columbia brand.
• Journal & pens - Please bring writing utensils and a journal
• Toiletries - Please bring your own toothbrush, toothpaste, and all other required toiletries (including feminine products)

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