June 19-21

Bhakti Yoga + Hiking

RETREAT

June 19-21, 2026 | Hosted by Bala Ashram
at Hanging Rock State Park, North Carolina

Step away from the noise of the world and into a weekend of movement, nature, and sacred sound.

Daily hikes at the beautiful Hanging Rock in North Carolina

Soul Culture Yoga flows + ecstatic dance

Singing + vegetarian meals + beautiful lodging

Jaishree’s Classes on Saturday PM – Awakening the Body

Discover Your Bliss – Ecstatic Integration

Sacred Cacao and Ecstatic Dance

Schedule and activities

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Jaishree Dasi

Soul Culture Yoga School | Soul Mapping Matrix

Jaishree is a spiritual teacher, musician, and founder of Soul Culture Yoga School, devoted to helping people reconnect with their deeper truth through embodied spiritual practice.

Drawing from yoga, mantra, and Vedic wisdom, she guides students to move beyond limiting patterns and experience devotion as something lived in the body. Through soulful yoga flows, sacred chanting, and transformative teachings, Jaishree creates spaces where ancient wisdom becomes a practical path for modern life.

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Yana

Sacred Cacao & Inner Child Connection

Yana draws from yoga, meditation, and healing breathwork to create a space to be deeply held and seen. Yana will lead us in a joyful cacao ceremony followed by ecstatic dance, plus a movement therapeutic shamanic transformation.

She believes that discomfort is not something to fix, but a doorway into deeper self-awareness and healing.

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Sri Rasa Ji

Soul Culture Yoga School | Soul Mapping Matrix

Sri Rasa ji (Rasanidhi Dow-Spielman) is a devotional musician, educator, and grounded leader within Soul Culture Yoga School and Mandali. With roots in music therapy and corporate leadership, he bridges structure and spirit with clarity and devotion.

Rasa co-leads retreats and trainings with his wife Jaishree, supporting individuals and couples in building aligned lives, relationships, and work rooted in power, play and presence.

Step away from the noise of the world and into a weekend of movement, nature, and sacred sound.

The Yoga & Hiking + Bhakti Retreat is an immersive experience designed to bring devotion out of theory and into the body—through hiking, yoga, chanting, and joyful movement. Set in the natural beauty of Hanging Rock State Park (NC), this retreat offers a chance to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with the deeper joy that bhakti awakens.

Our Team

A circle of facilitators bringing bhakti into the body—through yoga, chanting, movement, and lived practice.

KG

Bhakti-Yoga Retreat Host

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KG – Bhakti-Yoga Practitioner & Retreat Host

KG Das is a Bhakti-Yoga practitioner with over 15 years of experience in devotional service and spiritual community building. He organizes retreats, festivals, and events that inspire connection and growth. As a mentor and leader, KG supports newcomers on their spiritual journey, fostering inclusive spaces rooted in love, service, and the timeless wisdom of Bhakti.

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Karuna

Bhakti-Yoga Practitioner

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Karuna

Karuna, a dedicated yoga practitioner 15 years, embraces mindfulness as a way of life, and passionately shares holistic wisdom gleaned from her own personal journey. She finds joy in crafting healthy, Ayurvedic meals that nourish both body and spirit. Her love for nature inspires a warm, grounding approach to hospitality, where every detail reflects intention and serenity.

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Jaishree

Soul Culture Yoga School

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Jaishree

Soul Culture Yoga School | Soul Mapping Matrix

Jaishree is a spiritual teacher, musician, and founder of Soul Culture Yoga School, devoted to helping people reconnect with their deeper truth through embodied spiritual practice.

Drawing from yoga, mantra, and Vedic wisdom, she guides students to move beyond limiting patterns and experience devotion as something lived in the body. Through soulful yoga flows, sacred chanting, and transformative teachings, Jaishree creates spaces where ancient wisdom becomes a practical path for modern life.

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Sri Rasa Ji

Soul Culture Yoga School

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Sri Rasa Ji

Soul Culture Yoga School | Soul Mapping Matrix

Sri Rasa ji is a devotional musician, educator, and grounded leader within Soul Culture Yoga School and Mandali. With roots in music therapy and corporate leadership, he bridges structure and spirit with clarity and care. Rasa co-leads retreats and trainings with wife Jaishree, supporting individuals and couples in building aligned lives, relationships, and work rooted in responsibility, presence, and devotion.

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Naomi

Naomi guides others home to themselves through embodied healing and sacred presence. As a somatic experiencing practitioner, shamanic apprentice, reiki healer, and holistic health practitioner, she integrate nervous system wisdom with energetic alignment. Her work includes occipital lobe recalibration, intentional space holding, and yoga training, supporting deep transformation, inner safety, and authentic, soul-led living.

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Naomi

Bhakti-Yoga Practitioner

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Naomi

Naomi guides others home to themselves through embodied healing and sacred presence. As a somatic experiencing practitioner, shamanic apprentice, reiki healer, and holistic health practitioner, she integrate nervous system wisdom with energetic alignment. Her work includes occipital lobe recalibration, intentional space holding, and yoga training, supporting deep transformation, inner safety, and authentic, soul-led living.

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Yana

Yana draws from yoga, meditation, and healing breathwork to create a space to be deeply held and seen. Yana will lead us in a joyful cacao ceremony followed by ecstatic dance, plus a movement therapeutic shamanic transformation.

She believes that discomfort is not something to fix, but a doorway into deeper self-awareness and healing.

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Yana

Sacred Cacao & Inner Child Connection

Read more ➞

Yana

Yana draws from yoga, meditation, and healing breathwork to create a space to be deeply held and seen. Yana will lead us in a joyful cacao ceremony followed by ecstatic dance, plus a movement therapeutic shamanic transformation.

She believes that discomfort is not something to fix, but a doorway into deeper self-awareness and healing.

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Schedule

Jaishree’s Classes on Saturday PM

Part 1: Discover Your Bliss – Awakening the Body
A guided Soul Culture Yoga Flow to open the body, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect to breath, rhythm, and presence. This is where we clear stagnation, build heat, and return to the body as a sacred instrument — steady, alive, and receptive.

Class on Saturday

Part 2: Discover Your Bliss – Ecstatic Integration
An embodied dance journey to release control, move emotion, and awaken joy through sound and spontaneity. We move beyond structure into freedom — where devotion becomes expression, and bliss is remembered through the body.

Inner Child Connection with Yana

A guided practice to reconnect with your inner child through sensation, emotion, and authentic relating—revealing how past experiences shape your present emotional state.

This is bhakti in motion: on the trail, on the mat, in the breath, and in the rhythm of sacred sound.

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Pricing

Choose the space that supports your experience — all options include the full retreat. All options include classes, lodging, meals, and hiking activities.
You as participant are responsible for your own travel.

Tiny House $1200 (2 available)

Private Rooms $850 (5 rooms)

Shared Rooms $500 (6 rooms)

Bring your own tent $350 (4 spots)