RUBY HORSETHEIF WOMEN’S ADVENTURE & WELLNESS YOGA RETREAT
Meet & Greet Location: Las Colonias Shop
What’s Included:
- High-quality watercraft equipment & safety gear
- Professional& licensed guides
- All gear ferried to our riverside camp daily by support raft
- Locally sourced, whole foods meals & beverages~ Vegetarian options
- Goodie bag
- All meals prepared by your guides
- All meals from lunch on day 1 to lunch on day 3 & ice water
- Full kitchen, all utensils
- Comprehensive first aid kit
- 100 liter personal dry bag
- Yoga mat
- Portable toilet system with privacy tent
- Shuttle transportation
- Camping chair
What to Bring
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping bag liner or sheet
- Sarong
- Tent or bivy
- Water Bottle (at least 1 liter) with locking carabiner
- Personal camping clothing & gear (*a list will be sent upon booking)
- Personal adult beverage of your choice
*Listed items are also available for rent
There is no better time but the here and now for adventure!! Spend three amazing days connecting with family, friends and nature within the colorful canyons off the Colorado River. Join GJ SUP/ Grand Junction Adventures for an unforgettable 3-day & 2-night Colorado River Adventure. Expect beautiful paddles, colorful hikes and yoga & meditation practices alongside the towering canyons & peaceful Colorado River.
This all-women’s adventure and wellness yoga retreat will offer lots of activity and relaxation. You will feel like you are living a dream. While at the same time strengthening bonds with new and old friends. We will build each other up, impower our adventurous spirits and balance the mind & body during this retreat that centers around paddling, hiking, yoga and fun.
Yoga makes you harmonious with nature and teaches you to be joyful and curious about your inner world. Expect to practice yoga and meditation 2 times a day alongside the towering canyons and peaceful river of Ruby-Horsethief on this all-levels retreat. You will have yoga classes and meditation practices with RYT-500 certified yoga instructor, Elizabeth Fortushniak and RYT-200 certified yoga instructor, Kristi Gallegos. *Note: yoga practices are optional.
Yoga & meditation will include from the following practices: Pranayama, Meditation, Yin, Yoga Nidra, Lakshmi Rising Vinyasa or Power Yoga
This section of the Colorado River is suited for beginners to experienced paddlers. The character of the river is calm, flat and slow moving. We recommend this trip for first time river paddlers. Especially, those that are ready to cross over from paddling on the lake to rivers.
Stand up paddlers will learn about river environments, paddling skills and techniques.
“Option to pick between rafting, paddle boarding or kayaking”
We will spend our days paddling the river, relaxing at camp, yoga along the river & campfire and hiking the colorful side canyons of Ruby Horsethief. Daily tarot card readings and chakra bracelet making are optional activities. You will be mesmerized by the ancient metamorphic black rocks, desert towers, rock art and wildlife.
Backcountry meals are amazingly delicious! Enjoy nutritious, locally sourced, whole food camp-cooked meals & beverages under the stars at our riverside camp. Vegetarian options are available. *A meal list with options will be sent out prior to trip.
You will camp nightly underneath the stars beside the Colorado river. Your eyes will be lit up with shooting stars.
What to Expect:
- 2-days of 12-to-10-mile paddles and 1-day 4-mile paddle
- Expect to spend up to 5 hours on the river on long paddle days
- SUP & kayak of average fitness will have no problem keeping up with the group
- Paddle boarders must be able to stand, sit, or kneel up to 5 hours each day
- Paddle boarding is a independent activity, No one can paddle your board or kayak but you
- Our certified ACA (American Canoe Association) SUP instructors will be there with you to help and instruct paddling technique
- Support raft will carry all camp and personal gear
- Expect only to carry personal water bottle & snacks
- Raft’s will be rowed by our guides