Mindful Longevity Planning - Program
Mindful Longevity Planning - Program
770 St Marys Ln, Sewanee, TN 37375, USA
Up to 50 in group
Feb 12 - 14, 2027
Retreat Highlights
- - invites participants into a profound journey into the heart of spiritual truth: you are love
- - Drawing on mystical traditions from Christianity, Buddhism, Sufism, and beyond
- - the retreat helps participants move from experiencing love as scarce and elusive to recognizing it as their True Nature
- - Through the Diamond Approach, Enneagram work, meditation, Inquiry, and contemplative practice, discover what transforms when you stop searching for love and realize you are the source
- - Teaching, practice, poetry, and heartfelt community weave together to awaken the abundant love that is already who you are.
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Becca is a certified yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance, a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and has done specific training in pre-natal yoga, therapeutic yoga and studied the teachings of Gary Kraftsow, T. K. V. Desikachar, Doug Keller, Suzi Hatley, and Timothy McCall, among others. Becca currently works with clients one on one for individualized yoga instruction to address acute or chronic issues, learn modifications for safe entry into community classes, or develop a personal practice. She also teaches yoga classes, therapeutic focus yoga workshops, and anatomy trainings.
Kim is a skilled and knowledgeable yoga instructor who specializes in alignment, therapeutic and restorative yoga. She teaches at HereNowYoga and is the owner of West Asheville Yoga Studio. She has trained primarily with instructors in the Iyengar tradition including Asheville, NC teachers Lillah Schwartz and Cindy Dollar, as well as nationally recognized master teachers Matthew Sanford, Roger Cole, and Aadil Palkhivala. Her certifications include a 200 hour certification from the Asheville Yoga Center with Stephanie Keach (2008), and a 500 hour Yoga Therapy certification from Lighten Up Yoga with Lillah Schwartz (2009-2013).
Details of this retreat
Mindful Longevity ~
What will your life be like in 10 years?
Aging is both a privilege and an inevitability, yet many of us either ignore or outright deny how our lifestyle, physical abilities and priorities will evolve in the years ahead. This weekend retreat offers a refreshing and empowering alternative: a chance to intentionally plan for your next decade through the lens of mindfulness, movement, and yogic philosophy. Using the Kriya Yoga Cycle as our foundation, we’ll explore what longevity means for you personally—the promises, the
challenges, and the probabilities. Through guided practices, journaling, meditation, and discussion, you’ll create your own Mindful Longevity Plan—a roadmap for thriving as you age, rooted in self-awareness and intention.
Co-led by longtime collaborators Becca Impello (physical therapist and yoga teacher with 25+ years of experience) and Kim Drye (experienced teacher and owner of West Asheville Yoga), this retreat will include yoga and mindfulness practices designed to help you cultivate curiosity, respect and intentionality for your own longevity. Expect physical yoga sessions that focus on strength building, maintaining functional movement and nourishment of the nervous system, all factors that increase in importance as we age. Becca and Kim will also guide you through mindful journaling,meditations and discussions that will help you begin building a roadmap to support your intentions for your next decade.
Whether you’re nearing a milestone birthday or simply ready to embrace what’s next, this retreat invites you to begin training now for a strong, centered, and vibrant future.
Accessible to all levels—modifications and chair support available
What will your life be like in 10 years?
Aging is both a privilege and an inevitability, yet many of us either ignore or outright deny how our lifestyle, physical abilities and priorities will evolve in the years ahead. This weekend retreat offers a refreshing and empowering alternative: a chance to intentionally plan for your next decade through the lens of mindfulness, movement, and yogic philosophy. Using the Kriya Yoga Cycle as our foundation, we’ll explore what longevity means for you personally—the promises, the
challenges, and the probabilities. Through guided practices, journaling, meditation, and discussion, you’ll create your own Mindful Longevity Plan—a roadmap for thriving as you age, rooted in self-awareness and intention.
Co-led by longtime collaborators Becca Impello (physical therapist and yoga teacher with 25+ years of experience) and Kim Drye (experienced teacher and owner of West Asheville Yoga), this retreat will include yoga and mindfulness practices designed to help you cultivate curiosity, respect and intentionality for your own longevity. Expect physical yoga sessions that focus on strength building, maintaining functional movement and nourishment of the nervous system, all factors that increase in importance as we age. Becca and Kim will also guide you through mindful journaling,meditations and discussions that will help you begin building a roadmap to support your intentions for your next decade.
Whether you’re nearing a milestone birthday or simply ready to embrace what’s next, this retreat invites you to begin training now for a strong, centered, and vibrant future.
Accessible to all levels—modifications and chair support available
Schedule
- dinner 6pm Friday & Saturday
- breakfast 8am Saturday & Sunday
- lunch 12pm Saturday
- program Friday night until 8pm
- program instruction all day Saturday with breaks
- program Sunday morning
- concluding before lunch on Sunday
- breakfast 8am Saturday & Sunday
- lunch 12pm Saturday
- program Friday night until 8pm
- program instruction all day Saturday with breaks
- program Sunday morning
- concluding before lunch on Sunday
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
St. Mary's Sewanee, 770 St Marys Ln, Sewanee, TN 37375, USA
Directions
*From Nashville or Chattanooga, take I-24 to Exit 134 toward Sewanee/Monteagle.
*At the top of the ramp, turn left onto Highway 41A toward Sewanee/University of the South.
*Continue on Highway 41A for 5.5 miles.
*Turn left onto Highway 56/Sherwood Road for .6 miles.
*Turn right onto St. Mary’s Lane for 0.7 miles.
*Follow the signs marked “Guest Registration”.
*At the top of the ramp, turn left onto Highway 41A toward Sewanee/University of the South.
*Continue on Highway 41A for 5.5 miles.
*Turn left onto Highway 56/Sherwood Road for .6 miles.
*Turn right onto St. Mary’s Lane for 0.7 miles.
*Follow the signs marked “Guest Registration”.
Accommodation
Anna House Motel Style Room
2 twin beds in each room, private bathroom, sitting area, air conditioning and heat. Please, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
Merton Hermitage - corner apartment
Corner apartment located in St. Mary's Hall, private bedroom and bathroom, 1 king bed and 1 twin bed, dining area, kitchen, living room, cooling unit in the summer, heated in the winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
St. Mary's Hall Dorm Style Room
Private room, 2 twin beds in each room, shared bathrooms separated by gender use, cooled with box fans in summer, heated in winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
St. Mary's Hall Dorm Style Single Room
Private room, 1 twin bed, shared bathrooms separated by gender use, cooled with box fans in summer, heated in winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
St. Mary's Hall Dorm Style Triple Room
Private room, 3 twin beds in each room, shared bathrooms separated by gender use, cooled with box fans in summer, heated in winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
Anna House Motel Style Room
ROOMMATE OPTION/SHARED COSTUse this option if you would like to split the cost with a roommate of your choice.2 twin beds in each room, private bathroom, sitting area, air conditioning and heat. Please, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
St. Mary's Hall Dorm Style Room
ROOMMATE OPTION/SHARED COSTUse this option if you would like to split the cost with a roommate of your choice.2 twin beds in each room, shared bathrooms separated by gender use, cooled with box fans in summer, heated in winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
St. Mary's Hall Dorm Style Triple Room
ROOMMATE OPTION/SHARED COSTUse this option if you would like to split the cost with roommates of your choice.3 twin beds in each room, shared bathrooms separated by gender use, cooled with box fans in summer, heated in winterPlease, indicate if a first floor room is requested. There are no elevators to second floor rooms.
Commuter
Includes meals, program fees and materials (lodging not included).
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
St. Mary’s Sewanee is dedicated to providing spiritual hospitality to persons of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds in a place of natural beauty, simplicity, silence, tranquility, and warm spiritual rest through retreats, renewal, and learning.
What's Included
- - 2 night retreat, Friday-Sunday
- - dinner Friday at 6pm central
- - breakfast/lunch/dinner Saturday
- - breakfast Sunday
- - lodging, meals, program all inclusive
What's Not Included
- - transportation
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