Experience a transformative and rejuvenating journey of self-discovery and wellness at the Moody Gardens Yoga Retreat, featuring the esteemed instructor Doug Keller. Held from October 13 to 15, 2023, in the serene coastal setting of Galveston, Texas, this retreat offers a unique opportunity to deepen your yoga practice and find inner harmony.
Join Doug Keller, an internationally recognized yoga instructor with over two decades of teaching experience, as he leads four transformative sessions designed to nurture both body and mind. From "Freedom in Your Shoulders" to "As Above, So Below — Harmonized Body and Mind," each session will help you explore different aspects of yoga and spirituality.
Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in a weekend of relaxation, self-care, and personal growth at the breathtaking Moody Gardens. Whether you choose the Full Weekend Hotel Package or prefer to explore individual classes, the Moody Gardens Yoga Retreat with Doug Keller promises an unforgettable experience filled with tranquility and bliss.
Doug Keller's extensive background in philosophy and teaching, combined with his profound knowledge of various yoga methods, ensures that each session will be illuminating and transformative for all participants. His teachings strive to create a harmonious balance between the body and mind, promoting overall wellness and self-awareness.
As recognized by Yoga International, Doug Keller has been teaching full-time in classes, workshops, and training for 23 years worldwide, after 14 years of study and practice, and after completing a Master's degree in philosophy and teaching at a college level at Fordham University. His yoga journey includes practicing in Siddha Yoga ashrams, intensive training in the Iyengar and Anusara methods, and nearly a decade of teaching in the U.S. and abroad. His book Refining the Breath has been around for 20 years, presented as a simple and accessible entry into the practice of pranayama. Asana instruction, essays, and other enlightening information are available on his website.
Individual workshop sessions are $75 per person or $240 for all four sessions.
Contact Jim Turner with questions about yoga workshops: 409-771-1948
Our shoulders have three moving parts — collarbone, shoulder blade, and armbone. For healthy, pain-free movement of the shoulders, all three parts have to work together well.
This practice teaches you how to get them to work together well, increasing your range of pain-free movement, and it will surprise you just how good they feel afterward.
The practice, which includes fundamental yoga asanas and the sequences that link them together, won’t have any extreme movements or stretches, and will include plenty of ‘light bulb’ moments for working better with your shoulders in yoga poses — and in life.
So much of the health of our knees and hips depends on how we use our feet, that it’s a wonder we don’t spend more time on them. Yoga practice gives a unique opportunity to put together simple, healthy actions for the feet together with healthy actions for the knees and hips.
This practice will start with simple ideas and practices for the feet that will quickly blossom into a yoga practice that supports the stability and wellness of your knees and hips. This isn’t about ‘flexibility.’ It’s about movement, and what movement does for the strength and flexibility of your joints — especially the ones that have been carrying you around your whole life!
The health of our low back depends upon both breath and movement: too little of either, and we suffer tightness and pain. The vast majority of Americans do indeed experience back pain at one point or another in our lives, and for many it does become chronic.
Our practice will include the relationship between good diaphragmatic breath and movement that is healthy for the back and sacrum, and will cover helpful ideas for problems such as sciatica.
This practice will pull together the elements of the weekend, harmonizing upper and lower body, movement and breath, and giving additional insights and practices for neck health as linked to the shoulders. We’ll have tools for recognizing unconscious patterns in our posture and movement that impact our health and give rise to aches — especially in the low back and neck, and the practice will give you tools for a ‘reset.’ We’ll include some breath practices, as well as experiences of breath practices that refresh, as well as a relaxation practice that renews.
Nestled within the tranquil ambiance of Moody Gardens, the spa presents an oasis of relaxation and rejuvenation for retreat attendees. From indulgent massages to soothing body treatments and the healing hydrotherapy bath, the spa complements the spiritual and physical aspects of the retreat. Highly skilled therapists tailor treatments to individual needs, ensuring a personalized experience that leaves you feeling invigorated, centered, and renewed.
Call 409-683-4440 to book - Please present your yoga workshop ticket at the time of services to receive the discount.
