COMING IN 2024
BODHI TREE RESORT, NOSARA, COSTA RICA
Restorative
Rhythms
A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND RETREAT INTO THE INTERNAL HEALING ARTS
Functional Tools For A Resilient, Successful Life
Designed and developed by Rae Helsel (founder of The Rest Movement) and her co-directors Jane Fryer and Dr. Jackie Ang, this inquiry-based program is accessible to all levels of students. Come as you are, whether your intention is to teach or to deepen your own emotional and physical equilibrium. This training is for anyone looking for ancient practices for healing and balance in daily life.
Five Element Theory
The retreat is based on the roadmap of the Chinese Five-Element Theory.
The goal is to bring the body, mind and spirit into balance with the natural elements that surround us: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal.These five elements correspond to the five seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Late Summer and Fall.
It provides the physical and philosophical foundation of meridians and chi for our physical awareness practices.Each element also corresponds to specific organs, emotions, and aspects of our spirit and personality.
Five-Element acupuncture stands apart from Traditional Chinese Medicine in its effectiveness at treating the whole person on all levels simultaneously:Body, Mind and Spirit.
REMEMBER
FEEL
LISTEN
RISE
This program is a deep dive into the foundational aspects of your being - anatomy (the study of the structure of the body) and physiology (the study of the function of the body), including diverse topics like heart rate variability, polyvagal theory and neurobiology. No previous experience required-- we'll tell you all about these things when you get here! We will be looking at our total systems through the lens of both ancient healing practices and modern scientific insight. You will leave with practical tools and methodologies for pursuing health in mind, body, spirit-- and supporting those around you to find the same.
Through a fusion of modern scientific methods and ancient restorative practices, you living a fulfilling and sustainable life is our mission.
Guides
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Rae Helsel
Rae has been teaching yoga for almost 15 years, and is a mindful restorative yin instructor who incorporates meditation, medical qi gong, and neuroscience into the classes and trainings she leads. She discovered yoga and meditation while living through the uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatments in college, and she has experienced in the very depths of her cells that this practice can heal, restore, and empower the mind, body, and spirit.
True to her belief in living a life of balance, Rae lends the other hemisphere of her brain to her career in software development with her agency RANA DEV. The yin to that yang is The Rest Movement - her way of inviting others to learn what she has found to be the most restful, restorative, and seasonally rhythmic approach to existing as a human being.
Rae has over 2,000 hours of education and continues to study with her teachers Jane Fryer, Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Bernie Clark, Lorie Dechar, Thomas Droge, and Mimi Kuo Deemer.
Her mission is to normalize slowing down in an over-worked and under-rested culture.
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Jane Fryer
Jane has been teaching yoga for 4 decades. Expansion and creative inquiry are hallmarks of her teaching style and personal life. Now, living a more simple life in Nosara, Costa Rica, Jane’s passion has morphed from the seat of the teacher to training and guiding those who are ready to take the same path. And to do so in the wisdom traditions and practices supporting and nourishing internal rhythms: Restorative Rhythms. This training is the culmination of Jane’s curiosity evolving by diving deeper and wider into the traditions that are supportive of classical restorative yoga (which is not an ancient practice per se).
Her teachers throughout life include, Amrit Desai with Kripalu roots; and most recently Rod Stryker, guiding her into the mystery of yoga nidra; and the conscious nuances between the waking, dreaming, and awakened states. Also influenced by John Friend (Anusara Yoga), Douglas Brooks (Rajanaka Tantra), Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield (Mindfulness Meditation). As well as the queen of restorative yoga, Judith Lasater for the past forty years.
Jane’s expertise, coupled with the openness with which she shared her personal experiences, are the gifts she brings to her students. Her understanding of anatomy and the body’s energy systems provide both beginning and seasoned students with a safe environment to explore, heal and integrate the bodymind with the mystical element of Soul, and the pathways to embodied spirit. She believes we are a culture hungry to reconnect with Source, our innate humanity; as this is precisely the process she experienced after situational depression and loss in her twenties. Returning to the still point, the portal to the infinite; embodying that space and possibility with a beginners mind. From Karma to Dharma. From reactivity to spacious awareness. This is Jane’s mission and purpose.
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Jackie Ang
Dr. Jackie Ang is a family doctor turned psychotherapist, wellness educator, yoga and meditation instructor.
With over 20 years of meditation study in vajrayana buddhism, vedanta, yoga Nidra and contemporary mindfulness, Jackie has been on a life-long pursuit to understand healing. Seeking to bridge the worlds of science and spirituality, she holds a medical degree from Queen’s University as well as certifications in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine from the College of International Holistic Studies.
She currently works as a group psychotherapist, offering trauma-informed mindfulness meditation programs for the treatment of mental health and stress related disease. Jackie’s professional work gave her a firsthand look at the profound effects of personal and intergenerational trauma on our collective wellbeing. She has also witnessed the potential of yoga to support physical, emotional and spiritual healing, when it is offered skillfully, mindfully and with agency. She is passionate about the universality and accessibility of restorative spectrum practices and shares her experience teaching, leading retreats and on faculty of Esprit Yoga’s 200/300 hour Teacher Training program, where she offers modules on trauma-informed yoga, meditation and philosophy.
Jane Fryer
Jane has been teaching yoga for 4 decades. Expansion and creative inquiry are hallmarks of her teaching style and personal life. Now, living a more simple life in Nosara, Costa Rica, Jane’s passion has morphed from the seat of the teacher to training and guiding those who are ready to take the same path. And to do so in the wisdom traditions and practices supporting and nourishing internal rhythms: Restorative Rhythms. This training is the culmination of Jane’s curiosity evolving by diving deeper and wider into the traditions that are supportive of classical restorative yoga (which is not an ancient practice per se).
Her teachers throughout life include, Amrit Desai with Kripalu roots; and most recently Rod Stryker, guiding her into the mystery of yoga nidra; and the conscious nuances between the waking, dreaming, and awakened states. Also influenced by John Friend (Anusara Yoga), Douglas Brooks (Rajanaka Tantra), Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield (Mindfulness Meditation). As well as the queen of restorative yoga, Judith Lasater for the past forty years.
Jane’s expertise, coupled with the openness with which she shared her personal experiences, are the gifts she brings to her students. Her understanding of anatomy and the body’s energy systems provide both beginning and seasoned students with a safe environment to explore, heal and integrate the bodymind with the mystical element of Soul, and the pathways to embodied spirit. She believes we are a culture hungry to reconnect with Source, our innate humanity; as this is precisely the process she experienced after situational depression and loss in her twenties. Returning to the still point, the portal to the infinite; embodying that space and possibility with a beginners mind. From Karma to Dharma. From reactivity to spacious awareness. This is Jane’s mission and purpose.
Rae Helsel
Rae has been teaching yoga for almost 15 years, and is a mindful restorative yin instructor who incorporates meditation, medical qi gong, and neuroscience into the classes and trainings she leads. She discovered yoga and meditation while living through the uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatments in college, and she has experienced in the very depths of her cells that this practice can heal, restore, and empower the mind, body, and spirit.
True to her belief in living a life of balance, Rae lends the other hemisphere of her brain to her career in software development with her agency RANA DEV. The yin to that yang is The Rest Movement - her way of inviting others to learn what she has found to be the most restful, restorative, and seasonally rhythmic approach to existing as a human being.
Rae has over 2,000 hours of education and continues to study with her teachers Jane Fryer, Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Bernie Clark, Lorie Dechar, Thomas Droge, and Mimi Kuo Deemer.
Her mission is to normalize slowing down in an over-worked and under-rested culture.
Jackie Ang
Dr. Jackie Ang is a family doctor turned psychotherapist, wellness educator, yoga and meditation instructor.
With over 20 years of meditation study in vajrayana buddhism, vedanta, yoga Nidra and contemporary mindfulness, Jackie has been on a life-long pursuit to understand healing. Seeking to bridge the worlds of science and spirituality, she holds a medical degree from Queen’s University as well as certifications in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine from the College of International Holistic Studies.
She currently works as a group psychotherapist, offering trauma-informed mindfulness meditation programs for the treatment of mental health and stress related disease. Jackie’s professional work gave her a firsthand look at the profound effects of personal and intergenerational trauma on our collective wellbeing. She has also witnessed the potential of yoga to support physical, emotional and spiritual healing, when it is offered skillfully, mindfully and with agency. She is passionate about the universality and accessibility of restorative spectrum practices and shares her experience teaching, leading retreats and on faculty of Esprit Yoga’s 200/300 hour Teacher Training program, where she offers modules on trauma-informed yoga, meditation and philosophy.
Jackie Ang
Dr. Jackie Ang is a family doctor turned psychotherapist, wellness educator, yoga and meditation instructor.
With over 20 years of meditation study in vajrayana buddhism, vedanta, yoga Nidra and contemporary mindfulness, Jackie has been on a life-long pursuit to understand healing. Seeking to bridge the worlds of science and spirituality, she holds a medical degree from Queen’s University as well as certifications in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine from the College of International Holistic Studies.
She currently works as a group psychotherapist, offering trauma-informed mindfulness meditation programs for the treatment of mental health and stress related disease. Jackie’s professional work gave her a firsthand look at the profound effects of personal and intergenerational trauma on our collective wellbeing. She has also witnessed the potential of yoga to support physical, emotional and spiritual healing, when it is offered skillfully, mindfully and with agency. She is passionate about the universality and accessibility of restorative spectrum practices and shares her experience teaching, leading retreats and on faculty of Esprit Yoga’s 200/300 hour Teacher Training program, where she offers modules on trauma-informed yoga, meditation and philosophy.
Rae Helsel
Rae has been teaching yoga for almost 15 years, and is a mindful restorative yin instructor who incorporates meditation, medical qi gong, and neuroscience into the classes and trainings she leads. She discovered yoga and meditation while living through the uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatments in college, and she has experienced in the very depths of her cells that this practice can heal, restore, and empower the mind, body, and spirit.
True to her belief in living a life of balance, Rae lends the other hemisphere of her brain to her career in software development with her agency RANA DEV. The yin to that yang is The Rest Movement - her way of inviting others to learn what she has found to be the most restful, restorative, and seasonally rhythmic approach to existing as a human being.
Rae has over 2,000 hours of education and continues to study with her teachers Jane Fryer, Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Bernie Clark, Lorie Dechar, Thomas Droge, and Mimi Kuo Deemer.
Her mission is to normalize slowing down in an over-worked and under-rested culture.
Jane Fryer
Jane has been teaching yoga for 4 decades. Expansion and creative inquiry are hallmarks of her teaching style and personal life. Now, living a more simple life in Nosara, Costa Rica, Jane’s passion has morphed from the seat of the teacher to training and guiding those who are ready to take the same path. And to do so in the wisdom traditions and practices supporting and nourishing internal rhythms: Restorative Rhythms. This training is the culmination of Jane’s curiosity evolving by diving deeper and wider into the traditions that are supportive of classical restorative yoga (which is not an ancient practice per se).
Her teachers throughout life include, Amrit Desai with Kripalu roots; and most recently Rod Stryker, guiding her into the mystery of yoga nidra; and the conscious nuances between the waking, dreaming, and awakened states. Also influenced by John Friend (Anusara Yoga), Douglas Brooks (Rajanaka Tantra), Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield (Mindfulness Meditation). As well as the queen of restorative yoga, Judith Lasater for the past forty years.
Jane’s expertise, coupled with the openness with which she shared her personal experiences, are the gifts she brings to her students. Her understanding of anatomy and the body’s energy systems provide both beginning and seasoned students with a safe environment to explore, heal and integrate the bodymind with the mystical element of Soul, and the pathways to embodied spirit. She believes we are a culture hungry to reconnect with Source, our innate humanity; as this is precisely the process she experienced after situational depression and loss in her twenties. Returning to the still point, the portal to the infinite; embodying that space and possibility with a beginners mind. From Karma to Dharma. From reactivity to spacious awareness. This is Jane’s mission and purpose.
TUITION
MEAL PLAN ADD ON:
$3,250 + tax
$1,250 + tax
A delicious buffet of veggies, salads, organic chicken, fish, pork, beef and vegan options, hot and cold soups, desserts and coffee, tea, and fresh juices (also will cater to any special dietary needs). Organic wine, artisanal beer, and cocktails are available for purchase at dinner.
ACCOMODATIONS
Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort
TREE TOPS KING:
JUNGLE QUEEN SINGLE
BODHI CASITA DOUBLE
JUNGLE ROOM DOUBLE
$5510 + tax
$4410 + tax
$3810 + tax
$3510 + tax
PRICING
SCHEDULE
MORNING PRACTICE : 7:00 am - 8:30 am
BREAKFAST : 8:30 am - 10:00 am
MORNING LECTURE : 10:00 am - 12:30pm
LUNCH : 12:30pm - 2:00pm
AFTERNOON SESSION : 2:00pm - 5:00pm
DINNER : 5:00pm - 7:00pm
EVENING PRACTICE : 7:00pm - 8:30pm