New Orleans Yoga Retreat

Join Laurie and Megh for this mystical and cultural yoga retreat in New Orleans!

Explore this culturally rich city while also digging deep into intuitive connections.

Join Laurie and Megh for this exciting and mystical yoga retreat in New Orleans, LA. Our group will be staying in the newly transformed Maison Grace in the neighborhood of the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, right next to the French Quarter. The space is equipped with multiple lounging areas, a large backyard with a crystal-clear pool, a rooftop deck, full kitchen, and laundry facilities. You will experience an exciting and engaging itinerary filled with yoga, intuitive work and art, local and culturally enriching excursions, and community and self connection. With the entire space to ourselves, we will have time to both connect with the group and also experience downtime and reflection in quiet nooks.

Lodging

All of our retreat participants will stay at the Maison Grace. Maison Grace is an adaptive reuse transformation of a mid century warehouse in the neighborhood of the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. The building features soaring roof line ceilings, exposed steel trusses and walls of energy efficient glass. The one-time 6200 square foot commercial warehouse has been repurposed to accommodate retreat groups like ours. In addition to the beautiful rooms, there are cozy lounging spaces on each floor, a rooftop deck, outdoor pool, outdoor gazebo, and outdoor lounge space. Keep scrolling for specific lodging options within Maison Grace.

Schedule, Yoga, Meals, and Excursions

New Orleans has so much to do! Whether you’re into the spooky scene, Jazz, food, or swamp activities, you can find it nearby. We have excursions built into our program, but there will be enough downtime for you to also venture out on your own and explore your individual interests. We will have a balanced yoga session in the morning that includes both invigorating and calming elements. During our afternoons and evenings, we will work with our intuition through contemplative and artistic means, go on group excursions, and have some downtime for hanging out on the property or exploring the city. Our location is within walking distance of many exciting New Orleans attractions. Two of our dinners will be planned for the group and served in house, and two of the dinners will be on your own so that you can get a taste of the amazing culinary scene in New Orleans. Group excursions include a ghost tour, visit to a fortune telling/crystal shop, and a swamp tour.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE:

• Snacks and Coffee

• Morning Yoga

• Breakfast

• Downtime/Intuitive Work

• Lunch on own — Explore New Orleans!

• Off-Site Excursion

• Evening Meditation or Reflective Exercise

• Dinner (2 with group, 2 on own)

• Group Hangout Time or City Exploration Time!

Planned Activities

• Yoga

• Meditation

• Intuitive Art (supplies included)

• Tarot Readings

• Shadow Work Activities

• Ghost Tour

• Swamp Tour

• Crystal/fortune teller shop visit and lecture

• Two dinners on site from local restaurants

Room Options and Pricing

On-site accommodations for this retreat are currently sold out, but you can book off-site accommodations and still participate in all retreat activities! Off-site participation includes everything that on-site participation includes except for lodging. The price for off-site participation is $1,350, and you are responsible for booking your own lodging.

What’s Included

Accommodations, all yoga, all breakfasts (4), 2 group dinners from various local establishments, planned on-site activities and materials required for them, excursions— ghost/cemetery tour, swamp tour, crystal shop/fortune telling visit and lecture.

What’s Not Included

Airfare, meals outside of the program itinerary, additional excursions, transport to and from airport, and services outside of the planned retreat offerings.

Downstairs at Maison Grace

Bedroom 1: King with Shared Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 2: Queen with Shared Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 3: King with Private Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 4: Queen with Private but Detached ADA Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 5: King with Private Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Upstairs at Maison Grace

Bedroom 6: Queen with Shared Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 7: Queen with Shared Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 8: Queen with Private Bath (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 9: 2 Twins with Private Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Bedroom 10: 2 Queens + Daybed with Private Bathroom (SOLD OUT)

Other Notes About The Property

• full kitchen

• coffee station

• laundry

• pool

• rooftop deck

• Each bedroom has a Roku TV with Netflix and HD antenna for live local channels
  
  
  

Payment Schedule

• $500 non-refundable deposit to reserve spot

• $500 payment due either December 15th 2023 OR two months after initial deposit (whichever comes first)

• $1000 payment due January 25th 2024

• Balance due February 29th 2024

• Unless someone to takes your spot, all payments are non-refundable. If someone takes your spot, then you will receive a refund minus the deposit and transaction fees.
  
  
  
  

New Orleans

We are so excited to be staying in this space right next to the French Quarter! We’re staying in a literal walkers paradise with so much to do within your reach.

Check out these websites for ideas for places and restaurants to visit in your downtime:

https://www.neworleans.com/plan/neighborhoods/french-quarter/restaurants/

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60864-Activities-New_Orleans_Louisiana.html

Meet Your Teachers, Laurie and Megh

Laurie LeCompte

Laurie has been teaching or coaching since she was a teenager. She has always been attracted to athletic activities and relished the community that came with being part of a team. Laurie has volunteered as a rowing coach and has also been an assistant cross country coach.

Laurie found yoga as a way to incorporate more varied joint movements that caused less repetitive stress. She was also looking for more peace and chill in her life. Yoga was the perfect complement to the more intense activities she practices.

After falling in love with the yoga practice and practicing for several years, Laurie completed her 200 hour training in Ashtanga Vinyasa at Infinite Yoga in San Diego, California. Laurie also completed 300 hours in advanced yoga studies at the Asheville Yoga Center. She has specialized training in pre- and post-natal yoga, restorative yoga, yoga with HIIT, yoga for seniors, yoga nidra, trauma sensitive yoga, yoga for cancer, and therapeutic elements of yoga.

Laurie also loves reading Tarot for her clients and has explored various outlets of intuitive expression. She helps her students connect with their intuition through teaching meditation, Tarot, and other mindful and reflective practices.

Laurie’s love of teaching and sharing yoga with her students inspired her to create Yoga Baum, a yoga studio and school in Louisville, KY, in 2016. Laurie lives happily in Louisville with her husband, Jordan, her ferrets, Lars, Karl, Lucy, and Hilde and her parrot, Pete.

Megh Zahrndt

Megh was introduced to yoga at the age of 17, the same time she fell in love with photography. Her pursuit of yoga has taken her all over the world; two of her greatest passions. She has completed a 500-hour certification in Modo Yoga, in Nicaragua and an additional 200-hour certification in Anusara Yoga. Megh hold certifications in aerial and restorative Yoga as well, and she often weaves myths and stories into her classes, in what she called Storytime Yoga. She loves to travel and has practiced yoga in Japan, Germany, Costa Rica and Iceland. 

 Outside of her yoga life, Megh has degrees in Anthropology and Photography. When she is not teaching yoga, she tutors children through her business, AcademyMegh, and also runs a photography business, M3ZStudios. She has a soft spot for animals, art, mythology, and science fiction.

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