Join Ned Gardiner of Asheville Iyengar Yoga for a weekend retreat learning the foundations of Iyengar Yoga.  
This 3 day retreat will focus on standing, forward-bending, back-bending, and pranayama-- all at an introductory level. 
B.K.S. Iyengar, who would have been 100 year old this past December, was a master practitioner whose teaching spread around the world, opening the door to the concept of classes and studying as we know it today. He provided us a pathway to explore the layers of body and mind to still the fluctuations of our consciousness.. ​

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Retreat Schedule

Details of the schedule are subject to slight changes.

Friday April 12th, 2019

3:00 – 5:00 pm: Arrival, Settle-In, Explore
5:00pm – 6:30pm Introduction to Iyengar Yoga & Practice
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Dinner
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Bonfire

Saturday April 13th, 2019

7:00 am – 8:30 am: Yoga Practice 
8:30 am – 9:30 am: Breakfast 
Wildflower Festival
9:30  Ramp 5K Registration
10:00  5K Runner/walker group start
10:15  Kids race
10:30  Guided Wildflower Walk
11:00 Forest Farming Workshop  with Shady Grove Botanicals.
10:00-2:00 Vendors and Native Plant Sale
11:00-2:00 Catch & Release fishing (14 and under unless you have a license) Canoeing with life vests.
11:00-12:30 Nature & Arts Activity Tables
11-12:30 Music by Robin and Doug
11:30  Lunch: Ramp Pizza $2/slice, Salad bar $3
12:00 Ramp 5K Awards
12:30 Herbal Presentation by Ruby Daniels
1:00  Guided Wildflower Walk with Bob Must
2:00 end of Wildflower Fest
Yoga Retreat Resumes
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm : Yoga Practice
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner

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Sunday April 14th, 2019

7:30-8:00 Light breakfast available (coffee, tea, fruit, yogurt)
8:00 – 10:00 Yoga Practice
10:00 am – 11:00 am: Brunch 
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Closing

​Participants will have the Opportunity to Experience: 
-Daily morning meditations 
-Daily movement practices
-Guided and self guided hikes through the local trails
-Canoeing
-Star gazing
-Fresh, homemade meals 
-Community building around a campfire

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About Ned Gardiner

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Ned spent this past February studying at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute." You can delete this sentence: "In 2019 Ned will going to India for the month of February to study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. 

Ned found Iyengar Yoga in 1991 while his sister was studying with Mary Dunn. His first teacher was John Schumacher, who imparted the importance of zeal, self-reflection, and surrender, even at the introductory level. That impression has remained the ember of Ned’s practice. The flame was reignited in 2013 under the inspired teaching of Ryan Conrad, whose memory remains central to Ned’s path as a student and teacher. Daily Ned studies with Randy Loftis, who has diligently and steadily guided him through the Iyengar assessment process. Ned maintains contact with John Schumacher for learning the essentials of teaching and personal study. He attends classes and workshops, even when he travels, seeking out John and other senior teachers (especially Mary Obendorfer, Eddie Marks, and Manouso Manos). Once he visited a studio in Taipei, Taiwan. Though he couldn’t understand the Chinese language, both the Sanskrit and the attention given to specific parts of the body were very familiar. The language and shared understanding of Iyengar Yoga permeate Ned's work, travel, and life experiences.

​​While raising a son with his beloved wife, Ned earned both a Master’s of Arts in Geography and a PhD in Ecology from the University of Georgia. He works with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help people use climate information to make better decisions.

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