seva journal

While we were in Bali Michele made some video blog posts for WOTV 4 Women!

• Michele Arrives in Bali
• Exploring the Monkey Temple
• A Look at the Elephant Cave
• A Fishy Foot Masage

Hope you enjoy!

February 25 – March 3
LIFE IS SHORT. COME TO BALI.

Join yogi Michele Fife at the beautiful Soulshine Retreat Center in Ubud, Bali! From the moment you step off the plane let the warmth and rich culture of this tropical eden embrace you.

Enjoy all of the comforts of home and let the stress melt away in this jungle paradise. From daily Yoga classes to the delicious authentic Balinese cuisine this is your escape into the extraordinary. Every day a new adventure awaits — riding elephants, visiting the Sacred Monkey Temple, or white-water rafting! Or perhaps spend a relaxing day sunning by the pool and enjoying one of the many local Balinese spa treatments.

Each day will begin with a wonderful wakeup Yoga Vinyasa on our studio overlooking rice patties and the jungle, followed by a local Balinese breakfast served to you by the pool. And then the day is yours to enjoy at your leisure. A Yoga Master Class will be led on three of the evenings, designed to inspire and challenge you. Space is limited and life is short, so don’t miss out on this trip of a lifetime.

Photos from our previous Bali retreat:

Costs:

TERRACE VILLA : 10 spaces
$1250 per person – Double occupancy

LOTUS VILLA : 14 spaces
$1050 per person – Double occupancy

includes: Accommodations, Daily Breakfast, All Yoga Classes, 1 Hour Massage, Airport Transfers

Schedule:

Sat Feb 25: Arrive in Bali! Welcome drink and group dinner followed by a restorative yoga class
Sun thru Fri: Vinyasa Yoga 7am-8:30am, 10am breakfast buffet, then enjoy these days on the island!
Sun, Tues, and Thurs: Master Classes 6pm-7:45pm
Sat Mar 3: 7am Yoga, Group Luncheon Buffet, Farewell Paradise!

Complete schedule and updates will be given to you at the welcome dinner ~ please stay open to the flow, as the schedule may shift

Register with your $500 deposit now to reserve your space!

Contact Michele Fife for any questions you may have!

*deposit is non-refundable

Expand your awareness of the rhythm of life as you embrace a…
24-Hour Reset with Michele Fife And Marro Spehar

Pierce Cedar Creek Institute . 701 West Cloverdale Road . Hastings . MI 49058

YOGA . HIKING . DRUMMING . VEGETARIAN MEALS

Exhale at PCC with Michele and Marro for a 24-Hour Reset designed to calm the mind, open the body and relax the spirit.

Arrive at Pierce Cedar Creek in the mid afternoon and let the journey begin as you drop your bags in your room and allow yourself to unwind at the 661 acre nature facility. We’ll begin the guided activities at 5:00 PM. Marro will lead an afternoon Yoga (Sadhana) before sitting down for dinner at 6:30 PM. Saturday evening finds us exploring our innate relationship to rhythm. We will be led in an experiential drumming workshop – weather permitting, around a fire pit at 7:30. After finding our rhythm, unwind with a restorative Pranayama and Yoga Nidra session with Michele and Marro, 9:30pm.

Sunday morning brings an inspiring Yoga session with Michele at 8am before enjoying breakfast observed in Loving Silence at 9:15AM. Sunday morning is yours to explore the forests, fields and wetlands. Our closing lunch will be at 1pm.

June 4 & 5
Cost: $180 single, $160 double

Includes:
Overnight Accommodations
3-Vegetarian Meals
2-Yoga Classes
Drum Circle

Participation is limited. Register now!

*cancelled reservations subject to $50 cancellation fee.

Saturday, March 19 · 5:00pm – 7:00pm
We have done it before, we can do it again!

Yogis near and far,

108 is considered a sacred number in Hinduism and Yoga. Traditionally, malas, or garlands of prayer beads, come as a string of 108 beads. Mathematicians of Vedic culture viewed 108 as a number of the wholeness of existence. 108 also connects the Sun, Moon, and Earth: The average distance of the Sun and the Moon to Earth is 108 times their respective diameters. According to yogic tradition, there are 108 pithas, or sacred sites, throughout India. And there are also 108 Upanishads and 108 marma points, or sacred places of the body.
And one can enjoy a Yoga mala of 108 Sun Salutations as an offering to Peace and Unity.

Join Michele on Saturday to celebrate the vernal equinox with 108 sun salutations!

$20 Day of event space permitting.

Ubud, Bali. Your next Yoga Adventure.

I love taking students to a new place on the mat, a new space in your life and on travels around the world.

In January 2011 join me for the opening celebration of Stay Human, a beautiful Yoga and retreat center dedicated to bringing people together to practice Yoga. Meditation, Art and Music.
(more…)

Michele Fife and Ron Collins team up to show WoodTV’s eightWest viewers that yoga is accessible and beneficial to anyone, regardless of age:

YOUR YOGA ADVENTURE IN TUSCANY at Soul Space
with Michele Fife and Daniel Gottleib, July 24th – 31st 2010

My goal as a teacher is to guide you on a journey- away from the everyday stresses of life. We have an incredible opportunity to experience this journey in an entirely new way. An old Italian Villa in Siena, Italy awaits us! In this ancient place called ‘Soul Space’ we will practice, we will play, we will eat local organic foods, and enjoy all that the beautiful Tuscan countryside has to offer. This unique Yoga adventure is available to 20 students.
Contact Michele Fife for more info at 616 901 7229 or email sevayoga@gmail.com.
See more pictures at Soul Space

ABOUT THE TRIP-
This property is immersed in the midst of the Tuscan woods, atop the rolling hills of Cerbaia on 100 acres in the Senese countryside. Silence and peace are assured. The rooms are elegantly decorated and newly restored. The yoga space has views of the surroundings and is equipped with sound system, including a piano.

ACCOMMODTION & ACTIVITIES
Accommodation is in newly and nicely restored apartments. Rooms have private bathrooms. Some single rooms available. Activities will include daily yoga, an excursion to Siena, a great medieval town famous for the Palio horse race, an excursion to the small towns of Montalcino & Montepulciano with wine tasting, an excursion to the ocean by the Maremma National Park, half day to the Petriolo Hot Springs.

COST OF RETREAT
$3250 per person / $3550 single occupancy
Package includes:
- all transfers (arrival and departure from/to Pisa airport)
- 7 nights accommodation
- breakfast, lunch and dinner, except lunch during excursions (wine not included)
- full day excursion to Siena
- full day excursion to Montalcino and Montepulciano
- full day excursion to the ocean
- 1/2 day to the Petriolo hot springs
Not included: airfare, tips.

HOW TO ENROLL
To enroll please pay a $500 non-refundable deposit per person.
Please pay your deposit by check made to Cultural Italy and give it to Michele.
The balance will be due 60 days before the retreat (June 28th.)
You can pay the balance by check or credit card (visa, mastercard or amex) over the
phone.

michele had the chance to go on woodtv’s eightWest to talk about how balance asanas can help you find a happy medium in other areas of your life

michele shows woodtv’s eightWest some inversions and discusses the benefits — how they assist with rejuvination and overall wellness.