Intermediate/Advanced Mountain Bike & Yoga Retreat
Sept. 19-21, 2025
ALL GENDERS WELCOME
Cost: $645 Earlybird Rate until June 30, 2025
For-rest Retreat is located in Salmo, BC. Thirty minutes South of Nelson.
Enjoy a full weekend of riding and honing your mountain bike skills and maintenance skills, yoga classes, meditation, sound healing, local and organic meals, sauna time and much more!
Included in the fee:
- Bike maintenance workshop
- Friday & Saturday Dinner
- Saturday and Sunday lunch/snacks
- 2 – 3 hour coaching sessions (6 hours total)
- Saturday night sauna
- 3 yoga classes
- 2 guided morning meditations
- sound healing Shavasana
- Sunday group ride
- camping at For-rest Retreat
Schedule
Friday, Sept. 20: starting at 4pm
We will start the weekend off right with a bike maintenance workshop, followed by Wood-fired Pizza, salads and Kombucha. Get to know the group in a casual and relaxed environment. We will have a fire going for evening social time and opeening circle (pending any fire bans).
Saturday, Sept. 21: 8:00 am – evening
After having breakfast on your own, we will start the morning with a yoga flow & guided meditation in the yurt, followed by free time to get ready for the ride and pack a lunch and snacks (provided). We will then gather at 10:30 am and drive out to some local trails where you will work on your skills with professional KMC coaches. After 3 hours of skills coaching, we will head back to For-rest Retreat, change/shower and then enjoy a late afternoon gentle yoga session, ending with a sound healing extended Shavasana. After yoga we will gather for a taco bar, social time around a fire and the sauna will be lit for anyone wanting to use it.
Sunday, Sept. 22: 8:00 am – 4:00pm
We will meet at 8:00 am for morning yoga and guided meditation to start our day once again. We will then break to pack our lunches (provided) get ready for our second skills clinic out on a different trail. Bike skills workshops will go until 1pm. We will then break for lunch and either have free time to relax or head out for a group ride to end the weekend.
Optional accommodation upgrades.
Don’t want to camp? We have 4 beds available in our off-grid cabin for $45/night/person. Shared kitchen and living space. Outdoor camp shower (this is a 10 minute walk or a quick ride from the main area).
We also have 2 other private accommodations available onsite:
The Casita: A tiny home with 1 queen bed. External shared bathroom/shower. $85/night for retreat participants.
The Caravan: Tiny home built onto the back of a 1967 International (truck). Composting toilet and private shower. $120/night (1 queen and 1 twin futon).
Please fill out the form below and send a minimum deposit of $150 to hold your spot.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
The $150 deposit is non-refundable but can be transferred to another person or event if cancellation is before Sept. 1, 2025. The remaining balance is due on or before Sept. 1, 2025. Any cancellations between Sept. 1 and 20th will be transferable to another person but non-refundable.
Facilitators
Chevayo Roddick
Retreat Facilitator, Certified Yoga Instructor
Blessed to have a home, nestled in the beautiful mountains of British Columbia with my daughter, I find joy in hiking, beekeeping, leading local community yoga classes, facilitating retreats, being in nature and exploring in the awe-inspiring mountains and world travels.
As a dedicated student of my practice I have completed 200 Hatha RYT and 200 Vinyasa RYT with continuing certifications in Anusara Yoga, Trauma Informed Somatic Healing, Sound Healing, Breath Work and Wilderness First Aid.
I’m a retreat facilitator and co-owner of Exhale Adventures a business that combines all of my passions for sharing the healing benefits of wellness and nature with others. I love to assist students in shedding self-imposed limitations and foster a profound connection with their breath, body, inner selves, earth, the web of life and the possibility of living from a more grounded, vibrant and joyous existence.
Johanna
Retreat Facilitator, Certified Natural Chef, Mountain Bike & Trail Enthusiast
Johanna developed a love of nature and trails while growing up in the Canadian Rockies, where she spent many years as a lodge chef and hiking guide, before moving to Colorado and eventually Salmo. Her lifelong dream has been to develop a property with trails and a gathering space where people can come to relax, be in nature and have space for personal growth. Johanna became a certified natural chef at Bauman College in Boulder, Colorado and is excited to prepare some delicious and nutritious food for the retreat.
When she is not busy managing For-rest Retreat with her husband Jon or running retreats with Chevayo, she can often be found working on building new trails on the property (or out enjoying the trails with her dogs Sunny & Buddy)
