A weekend to RECONNECT
October 3rd-5th, 2025
Guided by Deva Shantay & Elena Brower
This gorgeous weekend combines offerings of meditation, yoga, Ayurveda and contemplation, exploring the transformative nature of autumn. Surrounded by the majestic Rocky Mountains, True Nature Healing Arts provides a sanctuary fostering inspiration, connection and self-discovery.
Deva and Elena blend their respective studies and decades of experience to bring enriching classes, discussions, contemplations and explorations of what it means to empty the mind, reset the body and begin again from the heart.
WEEKEND OFFERINGS
FRIDAY,
October 3RD
CONNECTING THROUGH SOUND
Friday, October 3rd | 7:00pm-8:30pm
An Evening of Sacred Sound with Deva + Eaden Shantay
Join our founders, Deva + Eaden Shantay, for an intimate evening of sacred sound.
Through guided chant and the deep resonance of the gong, you’ll awaken your subtle energy body and bring balance to your mind and spirit.
This journey is open to all—no experience necessary. Come as you are and allow the healing frequencies of sound to support your personal transformation.
Saturday,
October 4th
CONNECT TO YOU
Saturday, October 4th | 9:00am-12:00pm
A Mindful Practice of Yoga & Breath with Deva Shantay
Slow down, breathe and connect. This practice guided by our co-founder, Deva Shantay, is an invitation to connect more deeply to yourself—through mindful movement, intentional breath, and gentle presence.
Guided by Ayurvedic wisdom, we’ll align with the season’s rhythm to restore balance, calm the mind, and nourish the body.
Connect to your body, your breath, and your inner knowing. Connect to YOU.
CONNECT TO THIS MOMENT
Saturday, October 4th | 2:00pm-4:00pm
Quieting asana and Zen meditation with Elena Brower
This moment is all there is.
We will practice with this quote from dear teacher in Elena's lineage, Katherine Thanas, "Are you willing to practice in this realm, willing to be this moment however it is, no apologies, no regrets, no grasping?"
Embrace what is, and come to a state of stillness.
Sunday,
October 5th
CONNECT TO GRACE
Sunday, October 5th | 9:00am-12:00pm
Vigorous asana and Zen meditation with Elena Brower
Practice is participation in our lives, holding ourselves steady, actively investigating our edges and meeting them with the breath.
Connect to the grace within you through this sequence of postures crafted to strengthen, open and settle your body and being.
Close with meditation.
CONNECT THROUGH YIN
Sunday, October 5th | 2:00pm-4:00pm
A Transformational Yin Yoga Experience with Deva Shantay
Join True Nature co-founder Deva Shantay, for a deeply nourishing yin yoga practice that will guide you into quiet, spacious connection with yourself.
This class offers more than just gentle movement—it is a meditative journey inward. Through long, restful holds and presence, you'll soften into stillness and allow your body’s wisdom to speak.
Each offering can be purchased separately to curate your personal weekend retreat.
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RECONNECT WEEKEND FULL ACCESS
To dive into the fullest experience of these teachings, please join us for the entire weekend!
Our guides
Deva Shantay
Seer and visionary endowed with the gift of intuitive sight, master yoga therapist (E-RYT 500, IYT 1000), Ayurvedic practitioner and chef, advanced medicinal aromatherapist, fine artist, dedicated mother and co-creator of True Nature Healing Arts Foundation in Carbondale, Colorado, USA and Loma Sagrada in Nosara, Costa Rica—two scared spaces that support inspiration, connection and self-discovery. Deva supports clients in understanding their karmic obstacles so they can discover and live their life purpose. She is able to see deeply into her client’s subconscious, bringing awareness to that which is unresolved, suggesting ways to call forth greater alignment, harmony and purpose. Currently residing in Costa Rica, offering individual and group sessions (virtually and in-person), workshops, retreats and yoga teacher trainings globally.
Elena Brower
Mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, bestselling author and host of the Practice You Podcast, Elena Brower has taught yoga and meditation since 1999. After graduating Cornell University in 1992, she designed textiles and apparel for almost a decade before shifting her focus to yoga, meditation, art and writing. Her books, Art of Attention, Practice You, Being You and Softening Time walk us through stages of practice, life and listening. Elena's Perceptive Parenting audio course is a key resource for parents; her yoga practices and meditations are featured on Glo. She works to elevate bright futures for girls, women and children through her support for Girls on Fire Leaders, On The Inside and Free Food Kitchen. She received the Buddhist Precepts from Roshi Joan Halifax in 2023 and is now a candidate for Chaplaincy. Her spoken word poetry can be heard on Above & Beyond's Flow State albums.
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Self-care and holistic wellness are at the center of True Nature’s nourishing spa services. With that ethos in mind, we offer luxurious treatments meant to soothe, revitalize, and support introspection. Please explore our nourishing offerings and book online to reserve a treatment during the weekend!
We highly recommend scheduling a spa treatment during the weekend, and also exploring our other regularly scheduled yoga program offerings.