Yin and vinyasa, morning and afternoon
Rhythmic vinyasa sequences and long-held yin postures, with a gentle class on the first evening and a vin-yin session on Sunday morning.
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Destination retreat · Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, USA
A silent winter weekend of yoga and Zen in the Colorado Rockies
Healing the Heart: A Silent Yoga and Zen Retreat in Colorado
Yin and vinyasa yoga, Zen meditation and Noble Silence at Drala Mountain Center, February 5 to 7, 2027.
About the retreat
Healing the Heart is a weekend immersion at Drala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, in the Colorado Rockies, from February 5 to 7, 2027. It weaves Zen meditation with yin and vinyasa yoga and inquiry informed by Internal Family Systems, and most of it is held in Noble Silence, from Friday evening to the end of Sunday's morning session.
The weekend is built around the Brahma Viharas, loving-kindness, compassion and empathetic joy, taken as practices rather than ideas, with forgiveness as the route to equanimity. All levels are welcome, and no experience of yoga or meditation is needed.
MyLAyoga does not run this retreat. Enquiries come to us first: tell us which kind of room you want and we confirm availability, the current price and how to book with Drala Mountain Center, then follow up with you ourselves.
Retreat highlights
What the weekend is built around
Zen sits and dharma talks
Silent sits and dharma reflections, opening with a talk on the awakened heart on Friday evening.
Noble Silence
Silence begins after Friday's evening session and ends after Sunday's morning session, so Saturday is a whole day without conversation.
One heart practice per session
Each session pairs yoga with one of the heart practices: metta (loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (empathetic joy) and kshama (forgiveness).
Breathwork and IFS-inspired inquiry
Heart-opening breathwork and inquiry drawn from Internal Family Systems, the therapy model Kali Basman is a certified coach in.
Meals included
Every lodging option includes Drala's meals and drinks, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices.
Meet your hosts
Kali Basman
Kali Basman
Yoga and meditation teacher, certified IFS coach
Kali has taught for nearly two decades. Her work draws on the Insight Yoga tradition and her long study with Sarah Powers, alongside studies with Paul Grilley and Tias Little, and brings Buddhist psychology and Internal Family Systems into yin yoga.
Day by day
Friday to Sunday
- Day 1 · Fri, Feb 5
Arrive and settle
Check in at the Guest Services Cabin between 2 and 5 pm, orientation at 5:30 and a community dinner at 6, then a dharma talk, gentle yoga and metta practice from 7 to 9 pm. Noble Silence begins.
- Day 2 · Sat, Feb 6
A day in silence
Breakfast, vinyasa yoga and karuna practice from 9:30 to noon, lunch, then yin yoga and mudita practice from 3:30 to 5:30 and dinner at 6.
- Day 3 · Sun, Feb 7
Forgiveness, and the end of silence
A silent morning and breakfast, then vin-yin yoga and kshama practice from 9:30 to noon. Silence ends, followed by lunch and departure.
Cost & what's included
Included
- Two nights' lodging at Drala Mountain Center, in the room type you choose
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options
- Drinks
- Every yoga, meditation and dharma session
Not included
- Flights
- Ground transport from Denver (Drala suggests the Groome Shuttle to Fort Collins, then a ride to the center)
Packing for it? What to pack for a yoga retreat, and when your own mat is worth the suitcase space.
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Getting there
Flights from LAX
Nonstop to Denver (DEN), 2 h 15 min to 2 h 38 min, then the Groome Shuttle to Fort Collins and about 45 minutes by road.
Round trip from LAX to Denver (DEN), from about
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Flight times: Directflights.com route schedules, checked October 7, 2026.
Rooms & pricing
Ask about a place in February.
Drala Mountain Center prices each room type at checkout. Tell us which one you want and we will confirm what is still available, the total for the weekend and how to book.
Dormitory
A bed in a dorm of seven or eight, men and women in separate dorms, with a shared bathroom down the hall
Monk room
A small private room with a desk and a large window, sharing a bathroom
Single or double room
Your own room with an attached bathroom (shower, no bathtub)
Junior suite
A queen bed, a sitting area and a private bath with a tub
Off campus
Stay elsewhere and pay tuition plus $40 a night for meals and the facilities
No payment now, and this is not a booking. We pass your enquiry to Drala Mountain Center and follow up with you ourselves.
Good to know
Questions guests ask before booking.
What does it cost?
Tuition is $300, and you add two nights' lodging at checkout, which also covers meals and drinks. Drala Mountain Center prices each room type (dormitory, monk room, single or double room, junior suite) when you book; its program page does not list those rates. If you stay off campus, you pay tuition plus $40 a night for meals and use of the facilities. Extra nights are 50% off.
Do I need yoga or meditation experience?
No. The hosts welcome all levels and say no prior experience of yoga or meditation is needed.
How silent is it?
Noble Silence starts after Friday evening's session and ends after Sunday morning's, so all of Saturday is held without conversation, and Sunday morning is silent too.
How do I get there from Los Angeles?
Fly into Denver (DEN), which is nonstop from LAX. Drala's own advice is the Groome Shuttle from Denver International to Fort Collins, booked in advance, then a ride of about 45 minutes to the center. By road from Denver it is about two hours.
When does it start and end?
Check in is from 2 to 5 pm on Friday, February 5, 2027. The weekend ends after Sunday's morning session and lunch on February 7.
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Tell us which room you want and we will come back with availability, the price and how to hold your place.
Questions? Get in touch.
Colorado Feb 5 – 7, 2027