Bear Mountaineering Yoga Retreats
In remote northwestern British Columbia, yoga and meditation have been thriving for a long time. People living in the backwoods have combined their own experiences with classical yoga teachings and meditation techniques. Now you can tap into this special flavour of meditation and yoga.
The Burnie Glacier Chalet sits in true, glorious mountain wilderness. Far from roads and industrial activity, it is accessible only by air or a strenuous two day hike. The lodge is at the elevation of a glacier terminus, yet surrounded by ancient forest. This is where you can practise yoga, meditation and also mountaineering, which is in itself a meditative exercise.
Your instructors are Jean Christian and Phillipa Beck. Jean has lived in wild and remote places for many years. Raising her children ten km from the nearest road, she learned meditation. Jean is also knowledgeable in herbal and homeopathic medicine. As a registered Homeopath, she has been a healer in this community for many years.
Phillipa Beck became a yoga instructor after stints as a journalist and publisher. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor and teaches and practices Hatha Yoga.
Christoph Dietzfelbinger is a IFMGA mountain guide who has built and operated the remote mountain lodge where it's all happening.
We offer week-long retreats to let you become fully immersed in the powerful mountain wilderness surrounding the lodge. Daily exercises will be interspersed with hiking and climbing to the degree you desire. Mountaineering, yoga and meditation will build on each other.
Excellent food, prepared on the lodge's wood cookstove, a wood-fired cedar sauna, and comfortable beds with duvets and bedclothes will round out your experience.
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Meal Options |
Non-Veg (all) |
Vegetarian |
Organic |
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Non-Veg (fish/chicken) |
Vegan |
Ayurvedic |
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Diabetic |
Low Salt |
Low Fat/Cholesterol |
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Kosher |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Additional: Monika Loschberger, our wonderful Austrian cook, will prepare the food on our original Amish wood cookstove. Monka can marry Old World attention to detail and quality with a preference for organic foods and lots of creativity.
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| Hiking | The lodge sits a little below timberline beside a massive glacier in the rugged northern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. Numerous trails lead through the old-growth forest to fantastic flower meadows. Mountain goats and caribou can often be seen. | | Ice Climbing | The faces and ridges of the Howson Range offer classic to demanding mountaineering. Equipment and a certified guide make this accessible to you. | | Meditation | A large tent set up on the soft sand will protect you from the elements while allowing you to immediately expereince the sights, sounds and smells of mountain wilderness as you meditate under Jean Christian's guidance. | | Mountaineering | Classical and demanding mountaineering with an experienced certified guide on the rugged faces and ridges of the Howsons. | | Rock Climbing | There are numerous bolted rock climbs close to the lodge. This is a safe and easily paced opportunity to learn this great sport. | | Yoga | Hatha Yoga in the powerful environment of wild water, ice, forest and rock will be a deep and satisfying experience. |
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| Required Skill Level |
Open to All
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| Required Equipment |
Not Applicable
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| Our Certificatons |
Jean Christian is a registered Homeopath and Herbalist. She has practiced and taught Mindfulness Meditation in the Bulkley Valley and in Victoria for many years.
Phillipa Beck is a Certified Yoga Instructor (Salt Spring Centre, which is recognized by the International Yoga Alliance). Her field is Hatha Yoga.
Christoph Dietzfelbinger is a UIAGM/ IFMGA Mountain Guide. |
Yoga Styles |
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Hatha Yoga |
Asthanga Yoga |
Iyengar Yoga |
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Vinyasa Yoga |
Bikram Yoga |
Jivamukti Yoga |
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Kripalu Yoga |
Kundalini Yoga |
Ishta Yoga |
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Power Yoga |
Sivananda Yoga |
Raja Yoga |
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Bharata Yoga |
Karma Yoga |
Bhakti Yoga |
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Jnana Yoga |
Tantric Yoga |
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Meditation Styles |
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Zen Meditation |
Transcendental Med. |
Mindfulness Med. |
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Vipassana Meditation |
Osho Meditation |
Yoga Meditation |
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Qigong/TaiChi |
Visualisation |
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