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Heartwood Yoga Institute is the ideal retreat center for yoga & wellness professionals looking to create a memorable and transformative experience for their students in an environment that is affordable, intimate, and unique, (and most importantly, profitable for retreat leaders.) Located in the picturesque setting adjacent to the city of Bradenton, Florida, Heartwood Yoga Institute offers an awe-inspiring facility that combines natural beauty with top-notch amenities for a remarkable experience. We are centrally located near Sarasota, St. Petersburg, and Tampa offering a wide variety of off-site excursions and activities as well.
Whether your focus is on yoga, wellness, education, life coaching, or nature/yoga-based healing & mindfulness, Heartwood provides the ideal setting to create transformative experiences. You can fill the retreat with your own services and guidance, or supplement your offerings with activities guided by our experienced staff. We also assist retreat guides with easy-to-use budgeting, planning, and marketing materials, online consultation, and an inspirational online course that reviews ideas and recommendations to help leaders deliver a one-of-a-kind retreat on the grounds of Heartwood.
Our retreat packages are designed for 5 nights and 6-day retreats (Tuesday through Sunday or Wednesday through Monday), offering a comprehensive and immersive experience for participants - with pricing that makes your retreat affordable for clients, easy to organize, and profitable for you.
At Heartwood,you can offer retreats priced so that the event fills quickly and easily with your current clients, but still make you substantial earnings and grow your business.
So often, facilities require you to send in a request and sit through a pushy sales call to get you on board. We don't believe in pressure sales or wasting your time if our facility is not right for you. More importantly, you don't need 20 or more students to make your event successful and profitable. If you have 9 -14 participants, you can have a very successful retreat at Heartwood. Reach out to us, and we will help you manifest your vision
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Shamanic Wishing Tree
Facilities and Accommodations:
The entire facility is yours for an intimate and expansive retreat experience (with the exception of a few public yoga classes offered in the yoga center on mornings, which your clients can participate in.) Look at all we have to support your event activities! (Check out our video's of each area of Heartwood below.)
Gorgeous Lodge and outbuilding trailers:
Yoga Retreat Studio:
Fresh Air Pavilion:
Labyrinth:
Chakra Meditation Garden
Medicine Wheel:
Ayurveda Elements Firepit & grounds:
Relax
Meditation Gazebo:
Art Room:
Yoga and Wellness Library
Wishing Tree:
Massage tables:
Nearby Attractions:
Heartwood Yoga Institute is conveniently located near:
Heartwood Yoga Institute is more than just a retreat center; it's a sanctuary where yoga teachers can create transformative experiences for their students. Contact us today to start planning your perfect retreat. Heartwood Yoga Institute can become your home away from home for rejuvenation and growth.
The Yoga Center is equipped with props, vibrational healing instruments, aerial stations, audio-visual set up, and more to support diverse practices in a beautiful environment.
The pavilion is the perfect practice place to enjoy fresh air and the sounds of nature, but it has a window system that allows you to close it up for climate control too. Outfitted with audio-visual equipment, props, and meditation chairs and situated by the pavilion, this beautiful room is perfect for practice, ceremonies, lectures, or programs.
The labyrinth at Heartwood is a perfect place for ceremonies, meditative walks, or practices that invite us to explore the path of our lives. While we journey outwardly, we journey within.
Situated near our labyrinth is an intention board, inspiring people to share their deepest desires and shared dreams.
Heartwood is designed to promote mindfulness and personal growth. Check out our unique spaces. Retreat Leaders are offered guidance and inspiration for planning activities on the property.
Take a look at some of the intimate and beautiful spaces at Heartwood. Our retreat leader course offers ceremonies, guided meditations and more to inspire your retreat plan.
The meditation gazebo is an intimate space surrounded by nature. It is filled with floor pillows for gatherings. Perfect for conversations, meditation or other activities that deserve a more intimate setting.
The Art Workshop is a place for unleashing the creative spirit with mindful activities that promote self-awareness and reflection. Stocked with paints, markers, scissors, and other supplies, the room invites visitors to dive into self-expression and discovery.
The Medicine Wheel is a perfect sacred space for shamanic journeys, guided meditations, nature yoga practices and activities to connect us with nature's energies.
We begin with a Zoom meeting to help you explore ideas for your event. We will discuss your goals and make you aware of choices & opportunities to support your vision (and we also consider ways to help you increase your bottom line). Whether this is your first retreat or you are a seasoned pro, we are here to make your event successful on all levels. We aren't just a venue but a yoga institute that has trained thousands of graduates over the years. We have been teaching people how to plan and implement successful retreats for years, and we understand the needs of wellness professionals to create dynamic events.
We make available a downloadable retreat budget and planner guide. We offer a comprehensive list of workshops, activities, and guest teachers you can book for your event, or you can do it all yourself. A variety of meal options, offsite excursions, and schedule/rooming options to help you plan. You plug your choices into the retreat planning Excel worksheet to see the financial impact of each choice. As you "crunch the numbers," you can adjust your retreat fee, try different offerings or service scenarios, and make decisions that create your ideal event while providing the earnings you deserve. We help you with considerations you might otherwise not think of, so you understand your full earning potential and plan accordingly.
Once your date is set, we provide a schedule planner to define your itinerary. You then have something concrete to market and share with potential clients. This may include:
Defined Activities: Slots for yoga sessions, meditation, workshops, and other wellness activities. Each activity will outline details like the instructor, duration, location, and any required materials.
Free Time: Designated periods for relaxation, personal reflection, or optional activities. These can be customized to fit the retreat's pace.
Offsite Excursions if desired: Planned trips to local attractions, nature walks, or cultural experiences can be a part of your retreat plan. Each excursion should explore details about transportation, duration, and any special requirements or costs.
We want to help you with ideas and supportive guidance to fill your retreat with beautiful moments. You will be confident guiding mindful, inspirational activities perfectly suited to Heartwood's property. We've created a course for our retreat leaders that shows how to present mindful art projects, labyrinth walks, medicine wheel activities, chakra garden meditation activities, and more. Use our ideas or springboard from these to your own concepts. We offer 6 beautiful, designed ceremony ideas using Heartwood's remarkable spaces with an overview of themes, how to set up and prepare, and scripts for leaders to use to make the event poignant and memorable. No worries about planning activities that may or may not work out when you get to a place you've never been before. We help you take advantage of the best Heartwood has to offer. And we have the supplies, equipment, and spaces ready and waiting.
We provide forms for wellness, safety, and enrollment agreements
We offer a workable template for a release form with an acceptance of "rules" for your retreat to assure everyone coming agrees to your expectations. This includes sections for participants to input health information, dietary restrictions, and emergency contacts, travel releases for offsite excursions, as well as safety protocols, behavior agreements, house rules, and cancelation or refund policies payment agreements. Also defined is what is and is not included and any additional fees your participants will be responsible for. We make it easy for you to offer a safe, professional and organized retreat.
We want your retreat to be professional and inspirational. We provide a customizable retreat booklet for your participants to heighten their experience. This professional, quality 16-page handout includes journaling prompts, suggestions and activities that will forage deeper meaning and transformation into your event. You can adjust it to adhere to your vision and retreat style and include any information pertinent to your offerings.
You shouldn't be overwhelmed or frustrated planning a retreat. We recommend the best tools you can use (free) to keep track of your customers, payments, planning, and communications, as well as easy marketing suggestions. This includes a Gant chart to help you remember deadlines, dates, and marketing ideas/plans (and the Gant chart helps define a fair division of labor if you have a retreat partner) so things stay organized and there will be no last-minute upsets or stress.
Please reach us at contactheartwoodyoga@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Heartwood is a small and private facility and is only available on a weekly basis. You can schedule your event for any number of days, but the rental fee remains the same as defined for a 6-day, 5-night retreat.
We are conveniently located between Tampa and Sarasota airports. Sarasota is a smaller airport with less traffic, but Tampa often has more flight options. Both are approximately 35 - 45 minutes away, depending on the day of the week and time (traffic.) Ubers or Lifts can be arranged for $60 - $100 depending on time as well. We offer one complimentary airport pickup and drop off at each airport per retreat.
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