Family Yoga Camp Retreat
With Matthew Fredrickson, Irene Schulman and Tim Tschantz
July 17 - 21, 2024
Join our 5-day retreat for families seeking an uplifting summer experience!
Come play, learn, and relax with other conscious, yoga-loving parents and families
Our annual Family Yoga Retreat at Ananda Village, for families with children ages 5 to 12, will be hosted at The Expanding Light Retreat! Led by Education for Life teachers and community residents: Matthew Fredrickson, Irene Schulman, and Tim Tschantz. This fun and inspiring week is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other families while enjoying the beauty of nature and the uplifted environment of our intentional spiritual community.
Our week includes:
- Morning circle for the whole family with music, yoga postures, meditation, and more
- Healthy, child-friendly, vegetarian meals together (plus snacks!)
- Stories, singing, games, art, and more to inspire and share universal spiritual values
- Mornings include classes for parents in the EFL approach
- Mornings include classes for parents about Education for Life
- Fun, engaging activities for children including arts and crafts, music, visits around Ananda Village, and more!
- Sharing Nature activities and cooperative games
- Morning and evening sadhanas for parents with childcare provided
- Evening activities for quality family connections
Register soon. The Family Yoga Retreat program has room for about 10 families (30 to 40 people.) If you have children who are younger than 5, or older than 12, please call for information (800-346-5350) on how they can come also. Older children can be part of an assistantship aspect of the Family Yoga Camp Retreat. Parents would need to stay with and be responsible for children under 5 years old.
Hosts
Matthew has worked with children of all ages for almost 3 decades. He is thoughtful, creative, musical, and tunes into each child’s qualities to help them learn and shine in exactly the ways they need. He is part of the team that hosts Family retreats at The Expanding Light Retreat. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Matthew attended Weber State University in Utah, and has a BA in Education and Creative Writing from Ananda College of Living Wisdom in California. He has traveled extensively, traversing the United States multiple times and touring South America, Europe-and India. A…
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Irene has long been involved in, and has much experience with educating children through the Ananda system of Education for Life. She presently works for Education for Life International (EFL), mentoring teachers, and visiting and supporting EFL schools everywhere. She has served as a teacher at Ananda Village Living Wisdom School (Grades 4-12), helped develop a teen camp (Inner Adventure Camp for Teens), and helps with online teacher training for parents and teachers. Her sunny disposition, creativity, quick mind, and spontaneous sense of humor are a joy to be around. She is a wonderful retreat leader that children and adults…
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Tim Tschantz arrived at Ananda Village in 1981 and spent his first decades as a highly original and very creative landscape architect. He then turned his talents to teaching children in Ananda’s Living Wisdom School. The children still tell stories of their educational adventures with teacher Tim. He currently teaches regular classes for The Expanding Light’s Karma Yoga program, shares stories of the Bhagavad Gita with guests, and co-coordinates Ananda Village’s first-year member’s program. Known for his creativity and joyful service, Tim looks forward to sharing with guests.
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