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Winter Solstice Clearlight Yoga Nidra Retreat

Name: Winter Solstice Clearlight Yoga Nidra Retreat
Start: 2025-12-18
End: 2025-12-21
Location: Menla
Rating: 4.64

4.6411 reviews

375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

December 18 - 21, 2025

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Michele

Details of this retreat

Join us for this transformational restorative yoga immersion and dive deep into the meditative inner science of Yoga Nidra and enlightened sleep. This immersion is an experiential retreat that will share the foundations of the practice for deep rest and spiritual awakening. Michele will guide us in several yoga nidra practices each day, and we will directly experience the power of this transformational yoga as well as explore the sister sciences of dream yoga and clearlight sleep. Yoga Nidra works on healing all the layers of the body/mind/heart complex. It also provides a bridge to luminous timeless awareness. Our retreat will culminate on the Winter Solstice, the day when the earth is also at deepest rest in the Northern Hemisphere. This year’s solstice falls at 10:02 AM Eastern, and we will celebrate together on our last day of retreat. This time is powerful for supporting our own deep rest and awakening into the depths of our inner being. Michele will guide us into the the cave of our heart to bathe in our own clearlight wisdom. Come practice during this sacred Solstice time in community and nature.

Yoga Nidra is a deep meditative experience, but it also helps in regulation of hormones, stabilization of glucose levels, improved cognitive function, and all of the benefits of deep sleep.

25 Yoga Alliance CEU credits available for completing this course, and practicum credit towards Michele’s 100 hr Yoga Nidra certification program.

Schedule

Thursday, December 18

3 - 6 pm Arrival and Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Yoga Nidra and Welcoming Circle

Friday, December 19

7 - 8 am Optional Hatha Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm Morning Program
12:30 - 2 pm Lunch
4 - 6 pm Afternoon Program
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Yoga Nidra and Dream Yoga

Saturday, December 20

7 - 8 am Optional Hatha Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast
10 am - 12 pm Morning Program
12:30 - 2 pm Lunch
4 - 6 pm Afternoon Program
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Yoga Nidra and Clearlight Sleep

Sunday, December 21

7 - 8 am Optional Hatha Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation
8 - 9 am Breakfast & Checkout
10 am - 12 pm Winter Solstice Celebration and Yoga Nidra
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch

*Please note that the schedule is subject to change.

Getting Here

Menla, 375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States

Accommodation

Deluxe King

Deluxe King Room with King Bed and Private Bathroom Free Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available Air Conditioning This Space is not ADA compliant. Deluxe King Rooms are Available only in Kathmandu House * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations

Deluxe Queen

Deluxe Queen Room with Queen Bed and Private Bathroom Free Phone and Hi-Speed Wifi Internet Access Available Air Conditioning All Rooms in Lhasa are Handicap-Accessible, Including Four Rooms with Wheelchair Accessible Showers. Deluxe Queen Rooms are Available in Lhasa Inn and Kathmandu House * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations

Economy Premium Single - Shared Bath

Standard Premium Single Room with a Queen or Full Bed and Shared Bathroom Up to 10 guests share two large bathrooms. Each bathroom has two shower stalls and two toilets. A phone is not available but high-speed WiFi is available in the room Phone Access Available in Upper Level Of Conference Center. All calls are free of charge This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note rates include meals and accommodations.

Economy Single - Shared Bath

Standard Single Room with a Twin Bed and Shared Bathroom Bathroom is Shared with One to Six Other Guests on Your Floor. A phone is not available but high-speed WiFi is available in the room Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note rates include meals and accommodations.

Economy Double - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

Standard Double with Twin Beds and Shared Bathroom The bathroom is Shared with other rooms on the same floor. High-speed Wi-Fi is available in the room. Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations * Please note: this is an open door policy room, meaning there are no keys to lock the door (we have lockers you can use at Lhasa if needed) * This booking is for one bed in a double shared room: We May Assign You Roommates if You Do Not Register with others

Economy Quad - Shared Bath (Shared Room)

Standard Quad Room with Quad Twin Beds and Shared Bathroom Accommodations Fee Includes All Meals. High speed Wi-Fi is available in the room. Phone Access Available in Nearby Conference Center and also Lhasa in Business Center. All calls are free of charge. This Lodging Type is not ADA Compliant. * Please note that rates include meals and accommodations * Please note: this is an open door policy room, meaning there are no keys to lock the door (we have lockers you can use at Lhasa if needed) * This booking is for one bed in a quad shared room: We May Assign You Roommates if You Do Not Register with others.

Commuter

Commuters Menla Encourages Members of the Community to Participate in Our Wonderful Programs! Includes Meals, Public Phone, Public Computer, and Wi-Fi Internet Available in Lhasa Inn. Accommodations Fee Includes All Meals.

Customer Reviews

4.64 out of 5.0 average rating

Anonymous • Nov 26, 2025

2.0

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Disappointment with facilities (again)

I have been to Menla several times and I always enjoy the programming, food, and staff. I had a wonderful facial this weekend and a lovely women's retreat. However, the boiler broke in the building where I was staying and was moved to a dorm facility with the bathroom down the hall (not what I had booked). Unfortunately, this was not the first time that there was a problem with the room that I had planned on staying and had to be moved, which leads me to the conclusion that there is not great oversight of the facilities and I now expect there to be a problem coming in.

cynthia • Nov 19, 2025

5.0

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Wonderful magical place!

This is such an amazing place, there are no words to express how wonderful it is to spend time at Menla. The conference facilities are amazing, the food is incredible, the staff kind and helpful; the cabins are so perfect.

Sean • Nov 16, 2025

5.0

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Beautiful

A beautiful sanctuary in the mountains to catch your breath. Great programming & community

Gregory • Nov 02, 2025

5.0

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Amazing!

What a tender, clean, wonderful space. One can feel the thoughtfulness and contemplative consideration given to each and every detail. The room felt that it was always mine, like I was coming home to a place I've known well, in that it felt so welcoming and open. Beautiful!

Rob • Nov 02, 2025

5.0

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awesome in all ways

Beautiful location, extraordinary staff, teachers, spa healers, food--accommodations lovely.

Winter Solstice Clearlight Yoga Nidra Retreat

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Michele Loew

Details of this retreat

Getting Here