Wellness and Yoga Workshops
INTO THE CURRENT:
A Yoga and Meditation Retreat on the River
August 2 - 6, 2026
Exploring the River of No Return in Idaho
Join teachers Tim Burnett and Raizaleh Bayen as we step into the rhythm of the river. INTO THE CURRENT is a four-day immersive retreat set in the stunning landscape of Idaho’s Salmon River Wilderness, where river rafting, gentle yoga, and meditation come together in a seamless practice of mindful living.
Each day unfolds with intentional movement, breath, and awareness. Begin your mornings with grounding meditation and yoga, then carry that presence onto the river as we paddle through pristine waters of this awe-inspiring canyon. Rafting becomes a moving meditation—an opportunity to listen deeply, engage fully, and flow with changing currents.
Mindfulness is gently woven throughout the entire day, from quiet moments on the river to shared meals, rest, and reflection. Evenings offer gentle yoga, contemplative practices, and time to integrate the day’s experiences under open skies.
This retreat invites you to slow down, unplug, and rediscover the joy of being fully present—supported by nature, community, and practice. No matter your level of experience, INTO THE CURRENT offers a rare opportunity to balance adventure with stillness, and effort with ease.
More about teachers Tim and Raizaleh:
Founder and Director of Open Pathways Institute for Integrative Massage, Raizelah has been teaching massage, yoga and wellness workshops for over 20 years. She is a registered yoga teacher and a nationally approved massage CE teacher. Her teaching style is grounded in Zen Buddhist breath meditation and body awareness practices. As a yoga teacher and bodyworker, Raizelah is most passionate about teaching embodiment as a path to presence. When Raizelah isn't teaching, you'll find her hiking, biking and happily kayaking.
Tim founded Mindfulness Northwest in 2011 offering the transformational practices he'd learned as a student of Zen Buddhism to a wider community. He is a certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Self-Compassion, and Compassion Cultivation Training. A meditator since his teenage years, Tim's background in traditional Dharma practice informs his mindfulness work. Tim worked as a wilderness biologist in his early adult years. When not in the classroom, you might find him hiking, paddling, botanizing, or birding.
INTO THE CURRENT YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT
is sponsored the highly experienced and licensed guides of Yellow Jacket River Guides.
They offer a safe, professional, inclusive, fun, and meaningful river rafting experience for everyone!
Yellow Jacket River Guides operates under a Special Use Permit issued by the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
Rooted in Compassion
Relax and rejuvenate with mindfulness, compassion, gentle yoga and self-care practices
Co-facilitated by Raizelah Bayen, director of Open Pathways, and Tim Burnett, director of Mindfulness Northwest.
Step into a nourishing day of quiet reflection and renewal, devoted to cultivating self-compassion. This immersive retreat offers a guided flow of meditation and movement practices in mindful self-compassion, including loving-kindness meditation, gentle yoga and self massage for self care, grounding body scan, walking meditation, and sensory awareness. Together, these practices support greater ease, kindness toward oneself, and embodied presence.
To participate fully in gentle yoga involves the physical ability to get down and up off a yoga mat. All are fully welcome to attend the retreat. You are always invited to do what your body allows.
Saturday, April 4, 9:30 - 4:30 in Blaine, WA (Semiahoo Park)
Tuition is offered on a sliding scale ($165-$250). Payment plans and a limited number of scholarships also available.
Stay Healthy with
Chinese Medicine
Learn Acupressure, Essential Oils and Herbs
for Cold and Flu Season
This pre-recorded virtual workshop is useful for everyone. Listen at your own pace, when the time is convenient for you. Discover home care practices using self-acupressure, herbal medicinal teas, and essential oils to help prevent, as well as heal from colds and flus.
In this 2.5-hour workshop, you will:
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Explore Chinese and Western herb formulations to address differing types of colds and flus
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Discover specific acupressure points to stay healthy through the season
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Learn how to use essential oils on acupressure points for a synergistic healing response
This self-pace course is offered at $52.
Restorative Reset: Gentle Yoga Supported by Hands-on Massage
Workshop
Restore and Renew
This nurturing workshop weaves together the calming practices of restorative yoga and therapeutic massage
to support profound rest and renewal.
The workshop will start with Chinese self-massage practices to circulate Chi. Participants will then be guided into fully supported yoga poses designed to gently release tension, soothe the nervous system, and invite relaxation. While resting, you’ll receive from the instructor mindful massage to ease muscle holding, and deepen the body’s ability to let go. This unique blend creates a spacious, meditative experience that restores balance, replenishes energy, and leaves you feeling grounded, relaxed, and cared for—both physically and emotionally.
Where: Bellingham Yoga Collective
When: April 26, 2026, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. $45
Restorative Reset: Gentle Yoga Supported by Hands-on Massage
4-Week Series
Restore and Renew
This special series weaves together the calming practices of restorative yoga and therapeutic massage
to support profound rest and renewal.
Participants will be guided into fully supported yoga poses designed to gently release tension, soothe the nervous system, and invite relaxation. While resting, you’ll receive from the instructor mindful massage to ease muscle holding, and deepen the body’s ability to let go. This unique blend creates a spacious, meditative experience that restores balance, replenishes energy, and leaves you feeling grounded, relaxed, and cared for—both physically and emotionally.
Where: Bellingham Yoga Collective
When: May 27, June 3 and June 10, 6:30 to 7:45 pm
$90 for full series.