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THE RADIANCE RETREAT: A LIVE ONLINE YOGA RETREAT


  • Green Gulch Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Hwy Muir Beach, CA USA (map)

START 2025 THE WAY YOU MEAN TO.
GO FORWARD FILLED WITH INNER RADIANCE AND JOY.

You will be held in a supportive, nurturing group, so that we can, together, express our hopes and intentions for 2025. Together we’ll step into a life of inner, shining radiance.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

  • A weekend of live world-class yoga, meditation and breath work classes from leading MFML teachers Lucy McCarthy and Margi Young.

  • Guided journalling and opportunities to interact and share your thoughts and experiences with the teachers and participants

  • Access to our closed community group with all our teachers and fellow Movers to offer you guidance and support

  • Custom-made journal with inspiration, tips and advice and space for you to journal

  • Time for you to recharge and replenish your vitality so that you step into the new year glowing from within.

  • Set your intention for the year ahead from a place of deep inner truth. Relax into your own radiance and vitality stepping into 2025 feeling renewed.

DAILY SCHEDULE:

All sessions will be hosted live on Zoom and are open to all levels. You are welcome to join no matter what stage of your yoga practice you are at. Suggestions for additional classes to practice will also be provided.

We recommend you take the whole weekend off, as if you were away on retreat! Spend time in nature, read books, journal, relax, book in a massage or bodywork session and eat nourishing foods. We’ll even be sharing some recipes for you to try out.

Thursday, January 9

7pm – 8pm (UK Time)
Intention Setting with Margi

A journaling, meditation and breathwork class. Get still and grounded with some breath-work and meditation and then Margi will lead us through a journaling practice to help us to tune into where we are and what would be helpful in this year and for 2025. This exercise is open to everyone—no need to be a writer- just an exercise to ponder life from a different angle!

FRIday, January 10

7pm – 8.30pm (UK Time)
A Welcome circle, hosted by Lucy, will connect us to the retreat theme, community and our goals. Followed by a sequence of slow, hip-opening poses to settle the spirit and connect to the earth. A soothing breathwork exercise will then follow, to balance the nervous system and settle the spirit. 

SATURday, January 11

9am – 10:30am (UK Time)
An energetic breath-led vinyasa yoga class with Lucy designed to open and clear the heart, uplift the spirit & reclaim our inner radiance. We will work progressively and intelligently through a backbend focused sequence incorporating dynamic, awakening breathwork, mudras and enlivening mantras. Come away feeling renewed, refreshed and vitalised. 

5pm – 6:30pm (UK Time)
A gentle movement sequence, led by Margi, designed to open up the hips and spine, promoting ease and fluidity. Prepare to reconfigure your space—pull apart your couch to create a cosy nest of cushions for a deeply supported restorative pose. The practice will culminate in a seated meditation, featuring alternate nostril breathing (Nadi Shodhana), to send you into your night balanced, refreshed, and grounded. 

SUNday, January 12

9am – 10:30am (UK Time)
An invigorating breath-led mindful vinyasa yoga morning class with Lucy. Beginning with centring meditation and cleansing pranayama followed by poses that will focus on twisting to cleanse, rinse out and harmonise our whole system. Leaving us feeling enlivened, empowered & back in our radiant centres.

Midday – 1pm (UK Time)
Q&A with Lucy

5pm – 6:30pm (UK Time)
Closing Practice: A Soothing and Joyful Farewell
As we wrap up this weekend retreat, join Margi for a soothing and joyful practice designed to leave you feeling uplifted and inspired. In this special session, Margi will guide you through some of her favourite, crowd-pleasing sequences to help cement the idea of finding and cultivating goodness in your life.

We will then come together with Margi, Lucy and Kat for a heartfelt closing circle, sharing reflections, intentions and gratitude for our time spent together. To end on a high note, we’ll celebrate with a yogi toast to 2025—raising our collective energy, sharing our intentions of radiance, joy and finding our personal intentions as we venture onwards into 2025, with the reminder that we can shine brighter, come into our radiance and empowerments with community.

COST: Offered on sliding scale: £47-£97

See more details on teachers and practices here.

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