Ouray Women’s Summer Yoga, Hot Springs, Hiking, Meditation REtreats
A Summer Ouray Women's Yoga, Hot Springs, and Hiking Retreat
Dates
July 28th - August 1st, 2024
Locale
Ouray, Colorado
(with a day adventure to Telluride, Colorado as well)
Returning home.
Next summer join us for 5 days of yoga, guided meditation, a little hiking in the San Juan mountains, soaking in the hot springs, art and creativity, and so much more.
Retreat to Ouray, Colorado this summer and enjoy a short week on the mat, on the trails, and soaking in the hot springs alongside other wonderful women.
Join us in the ever-charming and exquisite town of Ouray, Colorado and the San Juan mountains next June alongside a bevy of wonderful women!
Ouray, a town known as the Switzerland of the Unites States, is one of Colorado's crown jewels and for good reason.
Surrounded by emerald green and blue towering mountains, alpine lakes and waterfalls, wildflowers, trails, and endless adventure and beauty, Ouray is sure to capture your heart and provide plenty of nourishment for the body, mind, and spirit.
Join us in the most beautiful corner of Colorado on retreat for a deep and joyful dive into our yoga and meditation practices, nature, and into life lived well.
Together we'll make the most of our days with dynamic and nourishing yoga practices and workshops and time out in nature. We'll revel in and ground with daily guided vipassana and mindful meditation practices, hikes to enjoy some of the areas local gems and picturesque views, and a painting workshop or two.
We'll nourish and treat ourselves with plenty of soaking in the hot springs on site at the lodge and at the local hot springs in town, a day adventure to Telluride, and time to relax and unfold into the beauty of the present moment.
During our retreat we’ll relax and enjoy a stay at the scenic and quiet Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs that is nestled at the back of town, walkable to great restaurants, coffee shops, shopping, trails, and more.
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.Deposit
$500 non-refundable deposit
Retreat Tuition for July & August
Shared King or Queen Bed Room: 1 Bed, 2 Ppl: $2299 + 8% fees/tax per person
Shared 2 Queen Room, 2 Beds, 2 Ppl: $2399 + 8% fees/tax per person
Private Queen or King Room: $2699 + 8% fees/tax
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Summer Retreat Special
Register directly with Mary by September 1st, 2023 and save $150 on your summer retreat and alpine adventure in the San Juan Mountains.
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BYOB
Students are welcome to bring their own SUP board and paddle more if they wish. (Our paddle with be weather dependent)
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Questions
Please email us anytime at floatandflowllc@gmail.com
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What's Included:
Shared lodging or Private Lodging at Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs (extra lodging at St.Elmo’s Hotel if needed)
Daily Breakfast
Two Dinners Out Together (entree included, apps and drinks not included)
Daily yoga with Mary 1-2xs a day
Guided vipassana meditations
A trip to Ouray Hot Springs Pool to Soak and Relax (we will carpool in our own cars)
Painting Workshop/s
Journaling/Writing Workshop
Day adventure to Telluride to hike, enjoy town, explore, and adventure
Access to Hot Springs on Site at Lodge/Hotel
Retreat gift
Tea
Wifi
Incredible community
Free parking at hotel
Please Note
***We will carpool over to Telluride all together in several cars, or ppl can drive themselves if they wish to ride alone.
Ouray, Colorado
Welcome to the Switzerland of America.
Welcome to Ouray, the “Outdoor Recreation Capitol of Colorado.” Centrally located in Southwest Colorado, Ouray is the perfect basecamp for your explorations, offering a treasure trove of unique experiences all year long.
Situated in the heart of the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado, Ouray is known as the Switzerland of America. Its rich history dates back to 1876 when the City was incorporated on October 2, two months after Colorado became a state.
Ouray is also The Outdoor Recreation Capital of Colorado with more than 60 activities that can occur right out your door!
Established in the late 1870s during gold and silver strikes, Ouray survived those boom-and-bust days because it's such a wonderful place to relax. Natural hot springs feed the Ouray Town Pool, where both locals and visitors come to soak in the therapeutic waters. It's said that Chief Ouray, the Ute Indian after whom the town is named, visited the pool often and held ceremonies in the local vapor cave.
Several waterfalls make for spectacular photos, and a popular activity for visitors is to take a short hike down to Box Canyon Falls, where the water thunders 285 feet from top to basin into a narrow canyon. The town's canyons, in fact, provide the location for one of the most popular winter events: ice climbing. Each January, Ouray proudly hosts the Ouray Ice Festival at the Ouray Ice Park, which features the easy access climbers relish.
Surrounded by deciduous trees such as quaking aspen and evergreens scrub oaks, the town also becomes a spectacularly colored canvas each autumn, drawing visitors who want a closer look at the brilliant foliage. The scenery, the sky-scraping San Juan Mountain peaks and a network of old mining routes are reasons the town is popular with off-roaders, Jeep tours and other backcountry lovers. The San Juan Skyway Scenic & Historic Byway is another popular way to see the area.
A tour of the Bachelor-Syracuse Mine offers a look at what it was like to be a miner, as do displays at the local museum. One may also enjoy a historic tour either by carriage or walking with a ghostly tour guide.
Historic buildings, a wide range of affordable and comfortable lodgings (some with their own hot spring pools), unique artisan shops and galleries, and delicious, diverse restaurants (and the beloved Mouse's Chocolates) keep visitors coming back.
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Hot Springs
We will enjoy two trips to the Ouray Town Hot Springs Geothermal Mineral Pools for some post yoga and hiking soaking and relaxation.
Ouray Hot Springs geothermally heated mineral pools range from 104 degrees in contrast to 75 degrees fahrenheit or 40 to 24 degrees celsius. Located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains, certainly used by Ute Indians. Ouray is a true gem of the Rocky Mountain Region consequently referred to as the “Switzerland of America”.
The hot springs pool, surrounded by 13,000-foot snow-capped peaks, also has five separate geothermally heated pools. As a result, the pool has an adult only soaking section, two fast water slides (over 48″ to ride or pass the deep water test), the obstacle course and climbing wall in the activity pool (over 12 years old or pass the deep water test), 8 lap lanes for a workout pool, two family and soaking, geothermal and playing pools.
This year-round hot springs, most noteworthy, has been operating since 1927. It is certainly large, holding 750,000 gallons of sulfur-free mineral water. Similarly, other great minerals also include iron, manganese, zinc, fluoride, and potassium. First, the original source of hots springs is a mile up the river, near the Ouray Box Canon waterfall (another must-see) and Ouray Ice Park (the first man-made ice climbing park in the world with international ice climbing), where hot water comes out of the ground as a result of 150 degrees Fahrenheit or 66 degrees celsius.
Another source, located next to the pool 120 degrees Fahrenheit or 49 degrees celsius. Finally, the cold water source is a result of domestic city water also a local spring known as Weehawken Spring consequently is used for lap lanes and activity pools.
The City of Ouray owns and operates the pool, so visit The City of Ouray’s Website. Above all, our family-friendly swimsuit required hot springs, is beloved by soakers due to the quiet adult areas as well as our spa featuring massages.
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Yoga
We will be practicing a strong, dynamic, and compassionate yoga practice and flow marrying together the traditions of Iyengar and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
We will slowly and mindfully weave our way through alignment-based practices each day taking time to workshop asanas and come-see-come-look moments giving students the opportunity to demo postures as we practice. Expect strength-building longer holds, break-downs of alignment and postures, and a celebration of and focus on the breath.
Classes are appropriate for all levels from beginners to advanced practitioners and teachers. We will enjoy practice in a variety of locations.
We ask students to be truly curious and expect to take a deep and joyful dive into the practice and your own inner ecology and wilderness.
Meditation
We will be practicing guided Vipassana and Mindful Meditation during the retreat including breath meditations, heart meditations such as the Loving Kindness/Metta Meditations, and compassion meditations.
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Hiking
We will be getting out for 1-2 hikes during our time on retreat.
They will be moderate and sustainable in difficulty. We will hike in Ouray, and also squeeze in a hike in Telluride to a more hidden waterfall.
Please bring good and supportive hiking shoes, a daypack to hike with, a reusable water bottle, a hat, sunscreen, and layers as we know Colorado weather can change in a flash.
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Day Trip to Telluride
We will be getting out very early one day to head out to Telluride to hike, hang, have lunch, and enjoy some time to explore town. We will be carpooling together for this day in our own cars.
Lodging
Main lodging is box canyon lodge and hot springs
(overflow lodging if needed at St eLmo’s hotel)
(1-2 hotels for each retreat right in the heart of Ouray)
Box Canyon Lodge & Hot springs
Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs is a charming Victorian style hotel dating back to 1959.
The historic charm of the hotel has been maintained throughout the years in keeping with the Victorian architecture present throughout the town of Ouray. The hotel is conveniently located at a quiet end of road location near the entrance of box canyon.
The hotel is known for the medicinal mineral hot springs that percolate out of the hillside behind the hotel and is captured in 7 red cedar tubs before it empties into the Uncompahgre River across the street from the hotel.
We invite you to take a step back in time at Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs and enjoy everything Ouray has to offer.
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Questions
Email us anytime with questions at floatandflowllc@gmail.com
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