Join Us for an Autumn Weekend Retreat
Booking now: SEPT. 5-7th, 2025
Vitality Wellness Autumn Yoga Retreat
Watsonville, CA
Enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend at Mount Madonna Center with your host Dr. Bridget Puchalsky, DTCM and E-RYT 500 yoga instructor. This retreat center is a spiritual retreat center on a peaceful mountaintop setting outside of Watsonville, CA. Just an hour from San Jose and Santa Cruz but it feels a world away. Located on 380 acres of redwoods and grasslands, this peaceful haven is a place where you can step back, slow down, and reconnect to your center, to nature, and to a more authentic flow of life.
Inclusions:
- 2 nights/3 days Lodging (see below for accommodation options)
- Vegetarian meals with non-gluten and non-dairy options (5 meals + afternoon snacks)
- 2 Morning Practices: Postures, Breathwork & Meditation
- 2 Evening Practices: Yin Yoga Practices
- 1 afternoon shavasana relaxation treatment with acupuncture (optional)
- 1 Evening community event (kirtan, soundbath, or similar)
- Daily reflection and down-time, put our phones on airplane mode and experience the land.
- Join in a community of fellow yoga practitioners for fun, retreat, and self-reflection
- Full Tea Bar available 24/7
Optional Experiences:
- Hiking Trails through the Redwoods
- Attend an Arati Ceremony at the Hanuman Temple- this ceremony is very similar to those experienced in India.
- Browse Oceanview Books and Gift Shop – A conscious consumer hub for spiritual literature, crystals, art, apparel, and more.
- Book Appointments at the Wellness Center – For additional fees you can arrange appointments for a variety of Ayurveda therapies, traditional massage, and other body therapies, provided by professional practitioners. Best to book in advance.
- Make new friends and spend time with old.
Other Information
- Retreat Check in is 3 pm Friday. Early arrival (not check in can be accommodated but must register for lunch separately)
- Early arrival might be good for getting a body work session or for beating afternoon traffic but please let us know and do not arrive before noon.
- Please, no food, drugs, alcohol, pets, incense, candles or other flammables.
Note this is an adult retreat, no childcare available and over 18 years for attendees - Retreat Check out is before lunch on Sunday, guests are welcome to linger on the property in afternoon after lunch and checkout.
Steps to register:
1. Fill out housing application
2. Pay deposit $550 (please note by registering here ALL deposits and retreat payments are 100% non-refundable). You may transfer retreat participation to another person up to 72 hours before retreat start date/time.
3. Personal invoice based on housing will be emailed. Retreat balance due by 7 days after deposit.
Thank you and please contact me with ANY questions, concerns or excitement for the event!
Lodging Options
Please note we have several lodging options, each is first come first serve and every attempt will be to serve all. All in we have If attending as a single please specify if your preference is for a single room, or if you’d be open to sharing please specify and we would attempt to accommodate a roommate (only if available). If attending with a friend or partner please specify upon registration, but register per person. Lodging is allocated per group we have a certain number of each option.
Guest Rooms
Single or Double
Ensuite Bath or Shared Bath
Hotel-style rooms (without phones or TVs) with twin beds in each. Some include a private bathroom with a shower (ensuite). Others have access to shared (private while in use) bathrooms and showers down the hall. Natural and unscented body products are provided. Register early for best selection.
1 Avail private rooms with ensuite bath
4 private room with shared bath (private while in use)
4 shared rooms with shared bath (private while in use)
Situated in an oak grove, the cozy Oaks Cabins each sleep 2 people and have electricity and heat, but no plumbing and no wi-fi, what a great retreat condition! A separate bathhouse with private flush toilets and shower rooms is nearby. Cabins are located a short distance away from the associated parking lot. It is a 10-minute walk up the hill from the main Conference Center to the cabins. At night one can drive up if desired but the walk is beautiful.
2 shared cabins, shared bath
Guests may bring their own tents for use on developed campsites located amongst oak and madrone forest. All sites have access to enclosed showers and outhouses; some to a separate bathhouse with private flush toilets and shower rooms. Camping offers an “unplugged” experience and sites are located a 10-15 minute walk away from the main meeting facilities. Tents are located a short distance away from the associated parking lot. Note that high levels of rainfall November – April may affect campground availability.
Spaces are available for a van, camper, or other vehicle (maximum length 25 feet). Electrical or other hook-ups are not available. Showers and restrooms are available in the campgrounds and nearby buildings.
Rates are based on stated occupancy. Double rates are available ONLY to groups of 2 people who are staying in the same room. Please list the names of the people with whom you are sharing the room on the registration form. When possible if there are 2 request for doubles, then we may be able to pair singles of same gender identification.
| Lodging Choice | Total Retreat Cost (Lodging, Meals, and Retreat Experience) | |||
| Private Room (single) with ensuite Bath | $ 1,118.00 | available | ||
| Private Room (single) with Shared Bath | $ 918.00 | available | ||
| Shared Room (double) with Private Bath EACH | $ 838.00 | available | ||
| Shared Room (double) with shared bath EACH | $ 758.00 | available | ||
| Cabin Private (single) with Shared Bath | $ 898.00 | available | ||
| Cabin Shared (double) with Shared Bath EACH | $ 738.00 | available | ||
| Van or Tent Camping (own vehicle & tent) | $ 558.00 | available | ||