Continuing Education Retreats
Come Learn the Sacred Practice of Yogic Bodywork
Experience the union of Yoga & Bodywork. No prior Yoga experience necessary. CE Credits approved for Massage Therapists.
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Yogic Bodywork Fundamentals Retreat
4-Day All-Inclusive Retreat Starting at $675
Approved for 16 CE Credits for Massage Therapists
May 16-19, 2024
(Thursday to Sunday)
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
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About This Retreat
Join Yogic Bodywork co-founders Dr. Jared Cooper and Jot Anant for a 4-day all-inclusive transformational retreat in the beautiful hills of the Cherokee countryside.
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16 hrs of Yogic Bodywork Training (16 CE Credits Approved)
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7.5 hrs of Instructional Yoga
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Sound Healing Baths & Instructional Training
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Yogic Breathwork Training
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Yoga Nidra Neural Regulation Training
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Bonfire & Cacao Offerings
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Guided Riverside Meditation & Swim
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Daily Organic Vegetarian Gluten-Free Meals
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On-Site Sleeping Accommodations
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Retreat Amenities
What is Yogic Bodywork?
The Sacred Union of Traditional Yoga & Fascia-Informed Bodywork
Yogic Bodywork is a table-based fully clothed bodywork method that integrates traditional Yogic principles and postures with modern fascia-informed bodywork techniques. Using leverage and bodyweight, you will move your client into Yoga-based releasing and lengthening postures, similar to Thai Massage, but updated and enhanced by modern fascial science.
While supporting your client in each releasing and lengthening posture, you will incorporate PNF techniques, touch-based inputs like deep pressure, tapotement, rocking, and trigger point release, and deepening practices like guided visualization, meditation, sound, and breathwork.
Rather than doing all the work yourself, as a Yogic Bodyworker you will coach and cue your client to reach, expand, and lengthen actively, just as one does when performing traditional weight-bearing Yoga. In this way, you will transform your client from a passive recipient who is fully reliant on you to “fix” their problem, into an active participant who is working with you to create the result they desire.
Each Yogic Bodywork session will leave you feeling refreshed and enlivened. This is because each Yogic Bodywork technique is designed for effortless geometry. You will feel as though you too are receiving the work.
As a result, your client will experience the lengthening and strengthening benefits of Yoga, in addition to the relaxing and releasing benefits of massage. They will leave each session feeling physically opened and spiritually awakened, fully conscious of the transformation that you and they have co-created.
More Than a Continuing Education Course
The Yogic Bodywork Retreat features training sessions and practices that will deepen and enrich your learning experience.
Yogic Bodywork Training
Learn to perform a full Yogic Bodywork session with your massage clients (16 hrs of training).
Breathwork Training
Learn to deepen your client's experience through enhanced breathing exercises.
Neural Regulation Training
Learn to down-regulate your client's nervous system using guided Yoga Nidra.
Sound Healing Baths
Learn to enhance your client's experience using acoustic sound healing.
Daily Yoga Classes
Develop your structure and effortless flow with twice daily Yoga instruction.
Guided Riverside Meditation
Find stillness in your learning journey with guided riverside meditation.
Daily Cacao Offering
Focus your learning experience with organic cacao offerings served daily.
Communal Connection
Connect with like-minded bodyworkers and share your experience, stories, and laughter.
Vegetarian Organic Meals
Fuel your retreat with gluten-free, vegetarian, and organic whole food.
Retreat Schedule
The Yogic Bodywork Retreat delivers 4 amazing days of inspiring education, practice, and support.
Day 1
1:00 - 1:30 PM Check In, Set-Up, Registration
2:00 - 2:30 PM Opening Circle
2:30 - 3:30 PM Yoga in Bodywork Workshop
3:30 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training **
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner *
7:30 - 8:15 PM Yogic Breathwork Experience
8:15 - 8:45 PM Breathwork Facilitation Class
* All meals are vegetarian, gluten-free & organic
** Massage tables, Yoga mats, and Yoga accessories are provided for duration of retreat.
Day 2
6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening
7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience
9:00 - 10:00 AM Communal Breakfast
10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Riverside Meditation & Swim
3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 PM Yoga Nidra Experience
8:15 - 8:45 PM Yoga Nidra Facilitation Class
9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering
Day 3
6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening
7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience
9:00 - 10:00 AM Communal Breakfast
10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Riverside Yoga Nidra & Swim
3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 PM Restorative Yoga Experience
8:15 - 8:45 PM Sound Healing Facilitation Class
9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering
Day 4
6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening
7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience
9:00 - 10:00 AM Silent Communal Breakfast
10:15 - 12:45 PM Guided Yogic Bodywork Trade
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Closing Circle & Check Out
This retreat is approved for 16 Continuing Education Credits for Massage Therapists (Provider #1708)
Retreat Leaders
Experienced teachers Jot Anant and JC hold the space together to provide you a deeply inspirational and highly memorable retreat experience.
Dr. Jared Cooper, PT
Bodywork Retreat Leader
A bodywork practitioner for over 25 years, Dr. Jared Cooper is the co-developer of Yogic Bodywork, and the founder of the Continuing Education platform Bodywork Dojo. An avid teacher, Doc is currently a lead instructor for the Center for Massage & Natural Health in Asheville, NC, and he is an NCBTMB-approved Continuing Education Provider.
Jared has also served as a clinical instructor for universities such as Seton Hall, Rutgers, and Western Carolina University, and for the Osteopathic Manual Therapy Fellowship at Morristown Hospital. His work as an educator has been featured on ABC News, in The Wall Street Journal, The NY Sun, and The Chicago Tribune. In addition to teaching, Jared currently treats clients and patients from his private holistic clinic.
Jared earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. He currently lives in a tiny home near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina with his wife Karen, his son Renly, and their adorable Aussie-Doodle Shae.
Jot Anant
Yoga Retreat Leader
A Yoga practitioner for over 17 years, Jot Anant began her Yogic study at Asheville Community Yoga and now studies yearly under Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu, founder of Akhanda Yoga Institute. She later expanded her practice into Intuitive Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Yoga, Kirtan, Pranayama, Sound Healing, and Thai Yoga Bodywork.
Jot Anant now shares her love of Yoga through her compassionate and playful classes, workshops, series, retreats, and trainings. She currently teaches and serves as the Operations Director & Teacher Liaison at Asheville Community Yoga, and frequently leads retreats in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nepal and India (at Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram, home of the world renowned Akhanda Yoga Institute).
Jot Anant's teaching style artfully weaves the science with the sacred, focusing on both proper Yogic technique, while exploring the intuitive wisdom present in all of us. Jot Anant is best described by her students as having grace, humor, purpose and a gratitude-filled heart.
Cost & Accommodations
To reserve your spot at the Yogic Bodywork Retreat, a $200 Retreat Deposit is all that's required. Your Retreat Balance will be due 7 days prior to the start of the retreat. We will email you an invoice allowing you to pay at your leisure.
All prices listed below include access to the entire 4-day retreat. Note which accommodation you desire, and click the Reserve This Accommodation button.
Tent & RV Camping
Scenic Open Field Next to Garden
Enjoy sleeping outdoors in a tent under the stars near the Main House or by the river. Or, bring your RV/Van* and park in the field. Bathroom facilities shared with Main House.
* Bring your own tent. No RV hook ups.
1 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $675
Offsite Lodging
For Those Who Live Locally
Do you live near the retreat venue and prefer to sleep at home? You may choose this Offsite Lodging option, but in order to maintain a closed container, we require that you be on-site from 7am-9pm.
1 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $675
Dome Dwelling
Shared Room, Loft Bed
Sleeping loft inside shared one-of-a-kind Dome Dwelling. Equipped with coffee maker, fridge and sink. Bathroom facilities shared with Main House 100 yards from the Dome. (Note: Only for this who like cozy spaces).
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $725
FULLY BOOKED
Dome Dwelling
Shared Room, Queen Size Bed
Unique Dome Dwelling with a queen size bed and a shared living room. Equipped with coffee maker, fridge and sink. Bathroom facilities shared with Main House 50 yards from the Dome Dwelling.
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $775
FULLY BOOKED
Container Home
Shared Room, Bunk Bed
Camp-style bunk bed in a shared bedroom within a stand-alone Container Home. Shared living room houses newly installed kitchenette. Bathroom facilities shared with Main House 100 yards from Container Home.
0 Available (Shared with male participant)
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $750
FULLY BOOKED
Container Home
Private Room, Queen Size Bed
Cozy private bedroom in a stand-alone Container Home. Shared living room houses newly installed kitchenette. Bathroom facilities shared with Main House 100 yards from Container Home.
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $825
FULLY BOOKED
Main House
Shared Room, Twin Size Bed
Warm shared room in the Main House with bathroom and shower. All day access to the kitchen, living room, library, and wrap-around deck.
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $825
FULLY BOOKED
Main House
Shared Room, Full Size Bed
Classic shared room in the Main House with bathroom and shower. All day access to the kitchen, living room, library, and wrap-around deck.
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $850
FULLY BOOKED
Main House
Private Room, Queen Size Bed
Spacious private room in the Main House with bathroom and shower. All day access to the kitchen, living room, library, and wrap-around deck.
0 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $900
FULLY BOOKED
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Frequently Asked Questions
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