All-Inclusive Continuing Education Retreat

Come Learn the Sacred Practice of Yogic Bodywork

Experience the union of Yoga & Bodywork. No prior Yoga experience necessary. CE Credits approved for Massage Therapists & Yoga Instructors.

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Yogic Bodywork Fundamentals Retreat

4-Day All-Inclusive Retreat

Approved for 16 CE Credits for Massage Therapists
Approved for 7.5 hrs for Yoga Instructors

June 19-22, 2025
(Thursday to Sunday)

Marshall, North Carolina

Retreat Starts in...

63

DAYS

11

HOURS

47

MINS

21

SECS

About This Retreat

Join Yogic Bodywork co-founders Dr. Jared Cooper and Jot Anant for a 4-day all-inclusive transformational retreat in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

16 hrs of Yogic Bodywork Training (16 CE Credits Approved)
7.5 hrs of Instructional Yoga
Sound Healing Baths & Instructional Training
Yogic Breathwork Training
Yoga Nidra Neural Regulation Training
Bonfire & Cacao Offerings
Guided Meditation Hikes
Daily Organic Vegetarian Gluten-Free Meals
On-Site Sleeping Accommodations

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Retreat Venue

Prama Institute in Marshall, NC

Unique double geodesic eco-friendly dome creating an amazing energetic field for learning and personal growth. Located on 150 acres of community land surrounded by peaceful and accessible nature trails just 20 minutes from Asheville, NC.

182 Ananda Girisuta Dr., Marshall NC, 28753
https://www.prama.org

Nearest airport is Asheville Regional Airport.

Retreat Venue

Prama Institute in Marshall, NC

Prama Institute's unique double geodesic, eco-friendly domes create an amazing energetic field for learning and personal growth. Prama is located on 150 acres of community land surrounded by peaceful and accessible nature trails. Located just 20 minutes from Asheville, NC, Prama has hosted hundreds of meditation, somatic, and bodywork retreats.

182 Ananda Girisuta Dr., Marshall NC, 28753
https://www.prama.org

Nearest airport is Asheville Regional Airport.

Retreat Amenities

What is Yogic Bodywork?

The Sacred Union of Traditional Yoga & Fascia-Informed Bodywork

Yogic Bodywork is a table-based fully clothed bodywork method that integrates traditional Yogic principles and postures with modern fascia-informed bodywork techniques. Using leverage and bodyweight, you will move your client into Yoga-based releasing and lengthening postures, similar to Thai Massage, but updated and enhanced by modern fascial science.

While supporting your client in each releasing and lengthening posture, you will incorporate PNF techniques, touch-based inputs like deep pressure, tapotement, rocking, and trigger point release, and deepening practices like guided visualization, meditation, sound, and breathwork.

Rather than doing all the work yourself, as a Yogic Bodyworker you will coach and cue your client to reach, expand, and lengthen actively, just as one does when performing traditional weight-bearing Yoga. In this way, you will transform your client from a passive recipient who is fully reliant on you to “fix” their problem, into an active participant who is working with you to create the result they desire.

Each Yogic Bodywork session will leave you feeling refreshed and enlivened. This is because each Yogic Bodywork technique is designed for effortless geometry. You will feel as though you too are receiving the work.

As a result, your client will experience the lengthening and strengthening benefits of Yoga, in addition to the relaxing and releasing benefits of massage. They will leave each session feeling physically opened and spiritually awakened, fully conscious of the transformation that you and they have co-created.

More Than a Continuing Education Course

The Yogic Bodywork Retreat features training sessions and practices that will deepen and enrich your learning experience.

Yogic Bodywork Training

Learn to perform a full Yogic Bodywork session with your massage clients (16 hrs of training).

Breathwork Training

Learn to deepen your client's experience through enhanced breathing exercises.

Neural Regulation Training

Learn to down-regulate your client's nervous system using guided Yoga Nidra.

Sound Healing Baths

Learn to enhance your client's experience using acoustic sound healing.

Daily Yoga Classes

Develop your structure and effortless flow with twice daily Yoga instruction.

Guided Meditation

Find stillness in your learning journey with guided meditation.

Daily Cacao Offering

Focus your learning experience with organic cacao offerings served daily.

Communal Connection

Connect with like-minded bodyworkers and share your experience, stories, and laughter.

Vegetarian Organic Meals

Fuel your retreat with gluten-free, vegetarian, and organic whole food.

Retreat Schedule

The Yogic Bodywork Retreat delivers 4 amazing days of inspiring education, practice, and support.

Day 1

1:00 - 1:30 PM Check In, Set-Up, Registration

2:00 - 2:30 PM Opening Circle

2:30 - 3:30 PM Yoga in Bodywork Workshop

3:30 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training **

6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner *

7:30 - 8:15 PM Yogic Breathwork Experience

8:15 - 8:45 PM Breathwork Facilitation Class

* All meals are vegetarian, gluten-free & organic

** Massage tables, Yoga mats, and Yoga accessories are provided for the entire retreat.

Day 2

6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening

7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience

9:00 - 10:00 AM Communal Breakfast

10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training

1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 PM Guided Meditation Hike

3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training

6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner

7:30 - 8:15 PM Yoga Nidra Experience

8:15 - 8:45 PM Yoga Nidra Facilitation Class

9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering

Day 3

6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening

7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience

9:00 - 10:00 AM Communal Breakfast

10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training

1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 PM Guided Meditation Hike

3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training

6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner

7:30 - 8:15 PM Sound Healing Experience

8:15 - 8:45 PM Sound Healing Facilitation Class

9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering

Day 4

6:30 - 7:00 AM Tea Coffee Cacao Awakening

7:00 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience

9:00 - 10:00 AM Silent Communal Breakfast

10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Trade & Closing Circle

1:00 - 2:00 PM Open Snack Bar

2:00 - 3:30 PM Open Bodywork Practice Time

3:30 - 4:00 PM Check Out & Departure

Continuing Education Credits

Massage Therapists

Approved for 16 Continuing Education Credits

Yoga Instructors

Approved for 7.5 Continuing Education Hours

Retreat Leaders

Experienced teachers Jot Anant and JC hold the space together to provide you a deeply inspirational and highly memorable retreat experience.

Dr. Jared Cooper, PT

Bodywork Retreat Leader

A bodywork practitioner for over 25 years, Dr. Jared Cooper is the co-developer of Yogic Bodywork, and the founder of the Continuing Education platform Bodywork Dojo. An avid teacher, Doc is currently a lead instructor for the Center for Massage & Natural Health in Asheville, NC, and he is an NCBTMB-approved Continuing Education Provider.

Jared has also served as a clinical instructor for universities such as Seton Hall, Rutgers, and Western Carolina University, and for the Osteopathic Manual Therapy Fellowship at Morristown Hospital. His work as an educator has been featured on ABC News, in The Wall Street Journal, The NY Sun, and The Chicago Tribune. In addition to teaching, Jared currently treats clients and patients from his private holistic clinic.

Jared earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. He currently lives in a tiny home near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina with his wife Karen, his son Renly, and their adorable Aussie-Doodle Shae.

Jot Anant

Yoga Retreat Leader

A Yoga practitioner for over 17 years, Jot Anant began her Yogic study at Asheville Community Yoga and now studies yearly under Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu, founder of Akhanda Yoga Institute. She later expanded her practice into Intuitive Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Yoga, Kirtan, Pranayama, Sound Healing, and Thai Yoga Bodywork.

Jot Anant now shares her love of Yoga through her compassionate and playful classes, workshops, series, retreats, and trainings. She currently teaches and serves as the Operations Director & Teacher Liaison at Asheville Community Yoga, and frequently leads retreats in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nepal and India (at Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram, home of the world renowned Akhanda Yoga Institute).

Jot Anant's teaching style artfully weaves the science with the sacred, focusing on both proper Yogic technique, while exploring the intuitive wisdom present in all of us. Jot Anant is best described by her students as having grace, humor, purpose and a gratitude-filled heart.

Cost & Accommodations

To reserve your spot at the Yogic Bodywork Retreat, a $200 Retreat Deposit is all that's required. Your Retreat Balance will be due 7 days prior to the start of the retreat. We will email you an invoice allowing you to pay at your leisure.

All prices listed below include access to the entire 4-day retreat. Note which accommodation you desire, and click the Reserve This Accommodation button.

Bunk Accommodation

Cozy bunk bends in shared space with privacy curtains and access to community bathrooms. Upstairs all day access to kitchen, deck, library, and lounge.

8 Available

All-Inclusive Retreat Price $747

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Shared Room, Queen

Warm shared room in the Dome Center with bathroom access, space heater, work desk, and lounge chair. All day access to the kitchen, living room, library, and deck.

0 Available

All-Inclusive Retreat Price $897

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Shared Room, Twin Bed

Warm shared room in the Dome Center with bathroom access, space heater, work desk, and lounge chair. All day access to the kitchen, living room, library, and deck.

0 Available