Let go of the burdens that prevent you from feeling fully present, alive, and joyful. Enjoy two nights at the gorgeous Blue Sky Retreat Center at San Geronimo Lodge, including festive catered dinners each night, and a gourmet brunch each morning. Expand your inner horizons with meditation and both active and restorative yoga sessions with Zoreh and Kim. There will be ample rest and quiet time to book a massage or partake in nurturing activities such as journaling, stargazing, hiking, or exploring Taos. Soak in the Black Rock Hot Springs or become enchanted on the shores of the Rio Grande River. Emerge refreshed and renewed, ready to fully embrace your life.

Zoreh, founder and director of High Desert Yoga, has been teaching yoga since 1985. She has deeply studied methodologies including Iyengar, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, meditation, and the American Yoga College. Zoreh's joyous personality and sense of humor endear her to her students with a teaching style that is both nurturing and fun, and her teaching combines a delicate knowledge of the body that allows a compassionate spiritual expression of the postures to emerge. Zoreh has been hosting yoga and meditation retreats in many heavenly spots around the world for more than 20 years.

Kim Schwartz has studied and taught Hatha Yoga for more than four decades. His lifelong passion for mystical truth led him to become ordained as a swami of the Temple of Kriya in Chicago. He was elevated to the position of Maha Swami in the Kriya lineage, enabling him to ordain others as swamis. Kim was director of the Temple’s Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Program before moving to New Mexico, where he continues to lead High Desert Yoga’s Teacher Training Program. Kim is recognized by many well-known yoga instructors both as a “master of his art” in personal practice and as a true “teacher’s teacher,” one with the ability to communicate the timeless truths of yoga on many levels to fellow instructors in a way that enables them to pass this wisdom on to their own students. He is registered with Yoga Alliance as E-RYT 500.

Schedule Details

Friday–Sunday, October 1–3, 2021

Friday, October 1, 5:00–7:00pm Welcome & orientation with Zoreh & Kim, followed by a catered dinner

Saturday, October 2, 7:30–9:30am Yoga class with Kim, followed by brunch

Saturday, October 2, 4:30–6:30pm Yoga class with Zoreh, followed by dinner

Sunday, October 3, 7:30–9:30am Yoga class with Zoreh & Kim. followed by brunch

Check-out time Sunday: 11:00am

Please note: at this time full Covid-19 vaccination is required to attend our retreats.

Price Options

Double Occupancy: $590.00

Single Occupancy: $649.00

Limited option for Triple Occupancy; inquire for availability.

Cost includes: accommodations, Friday and Saturday dinner, Saturday brunch, and all yoga sessions.

$275.00 deposit holds your space; balance is due by September 17, 2021.

Cancellations before Sept 17, 2021: a $50 cancellation fee (+ non-refundable transaction fee) will be charged.

Cancellations on or after Sept 17, 2021: your deposit will only be refunded (minus $50 fee and trx fee) if your place is filled from a waiting list.

*7.875% NM gross receipts tax and 2.9% non-refundable transaction fee added at checkout.

If paying by check, make payable to Zoreh Afsarzadeh and mail to Zoreh Afsarzadeh, P.O. Box 6100, Albuquerque, NM 87197.

Check Amounts : Deposit - $296.66 • Double Occupancy Full Payment - $636.44 • Single Occupancy Full Payment - $700.11 • Double Occupancy Balance Payment - $339.81 • Single Occupancy Balance Payment - $339.81