BhaktiBreath
An integrative retreat to remember your wholeness.
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BhaktiBreath Retreat
An integrative retreat to reset your nervous system and reconnect with your inner self.
Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, NC
September 24-27th, 2026
Starting at $910 (Tuition) + $645.90 (Lodging and Meals)
Early Bird Discount: $130 off tuition rate. – Offer ends on December 31st, 2025.
Bring a Friend/Partner Discount: Each person receives an additional $60 discount when they bring a friend or partner.
The Art of Living Retreat Center
Set amidst 380 acres of pristine forest high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the tranquil Art of Living Retreat Center—the perfect place to begin your journey to wellness. In addition to the inspiring surroundings, the award-winning Shankara Ayurveda Wellness supports you as you shift into self-discovery with therapeutic Ayurvedic treatments designed to cultivate relaxation and rejuvenation.
From their welcome team of authentic and caring staff to pristine grounds to delicious vegetarian food and everything in between, they are dedicated to making your stay extraordinary. You’ll experience true nourishment of body, mind, and spirit.
Why the Art of Living Center Holds a Special Place in My Heart
I was introduced to the Art of Living organization in my early 20s, when I attended a meditation held in a community space inside a local grocery store. From there, I went on to take their Happiness Program several times, along with other life-changing courses—including The Art of Silence with H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. His teachings and writings have profoundly supported both my personal growth and the way I hold space as a teacher. These experiences were foundational to my spiritual journey in early adulthood.
Having grown up with Bhakti yoga, these teachings felt like a natural extension of the devotion and inner connection I was already cultivating.
Returning now—years later—to offer a retreat at one of their ashrams is a deeply full-circle moment, and one I hold with immense gratitude.
Experience
Retreat Overview
Through the lens of BhaktiBreath, this 3-night/4-day experience is a space to soften, breathe, and reconnect with the sacred within. You’ll be guided through gentle yoga, yoga nidrā, breath-centered practices, and immersive sound healing—all held within a devotional container. We’ll explore mantra chanting as a pathway to presence and gather for a special workshop to deepen your connection with yourself.
Whether you’re seeking nourishment, clarity, or connection, this retreat offers a spacious and supportive container to settle your nervous system, awaken your heart, and return home to your innate wholeness.
Connection, Kīrtan, and More
We’ll have the opportunity to gather outdoors around a communal bonfire—open to the public—for reflection, connection, and shared song. We’ll also open our hearts in community with a Bhakti-inspired kīrtan night, chanting sacred mantras as a form of devotion, expression, and joy—also open to the public. No singing experience is needed, just a willingness to receive and participate. These evenings offer a powerful way to invite the collective spirit into our personal practice and to honor the healing vibration of sacred sound, together.
Shankara Ayurveda Wellness SPA
Nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shankara Ayurveda Wellness Spa at the Art of Living Retreat Center offers a deeply nourishing experience rooted in ancient healing traditions. Their experienced therapists offer personalized treatments such as Abhyanga (warm herbal oil massage), Shirodhara (a calming stream of warm oil over the forehead), steam therapies, herbal exfoliation, and more—each designed to help restore balance to body and mind, support detoxification, calm the nervous system, and reconnect you with your natural rhythm.
This spa experience is more than a treatment—it’s an invitation to step into a deeper sense of well-being and learn what works best for your unique body and energy.
While these services are not included in retreat tuition, they can be booked individually for those who wish to complement their retreat journey with an extra layer of care.
REtreat FacilitatoR
Veda Spidle, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Veda Spidle is a certified Yoga Therapist, breath therapist, sound healer, and founder of BhaktiBreath—a heart-centered method weaving together conscious breathwork, mantra, gentle movement, and sacred sound. As a life-long learner, she continues to deepen her understanding of yoga and related sciences through ongoing trainings, workshops, mentorships, and self-study.
Veda’s versatility allows her to support people of all ages and ability levels. She specializes in helping individuals find and maintain harmony between their internal and external worlds, offering inclusive, trauma-informed spaces for self-discovery and integration. Her approach is rooted in compassion, presence, and the belief that devotion to self is a path to wholeness. Above all, she hopes to inspire self-compassion through the healing tools of yoga, breath, and sound.
Retreat Assistant
Meet Rasa Indraya!
Rasa Indraya is proud to assist her amazing sister at this retreat and is deeply grateful for the love and encouragement of family and friends. Life has led her down many beautiful and creative paths. She is a trained pastry chef, and a certified practitioner in sound healing, Reiki, and meditation. A lover of all things joyful and soul-nourishing, Rasa brings her full heart to everything she does—whether she’s baking something sweet, guiding a peaceful meditation, painting something new, or soaking in nature. She believes in laughter, beauty, and creating moments rooted in gratitude and presence.