All-Inclusive Continuing Education Retreat
Come Learn the Sacred Practice of Yogic Bodywork
Experience the union of Yoga & Bodywork. No prior Yoga experience necessary. CE Credits approved for Massage Therapists & Yoga Instructors.
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Yogic Bodywork Fundamentals Retreat
4-Day All-Inclusive Retreat
Approved for 16 CE Credits for Massage Therapists
Approved for 7.5 hrs for Yoga Instructors
May 21-24, 2026
(Thursday to Sunday)
Marshall, North Carolina
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About This Retreat
Join Yogic Bodywork co-founders Dr. Jared Cooper and Jot Anant for a 4-day all-inclusive transformational retreat in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
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16 hrs of Yogic Bodywork Training (16 CE Credits Approved)
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7.5 hrs of Instructional Yoga
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Sound Healing Baths & Instructional Training
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Yogic Breathwork Training
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Yoga Nidra Neural Regulation Training
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Indoor Fireplace & Cacao Offerings
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Sauna, Hot Tub & Cold Plunge
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Organic Vegetarian Gluten-Free Meals
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On-Site Sleeping Accommodations
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Retreat Amenities
What is Yogic Bodywork?
The Sacred Union of Traditional Yoga & Fascia-Informed Bodywork
Yogic Bodywork is a table-based fully clothed bodywork method that integrates traditional Yogic principles and postures with modern fascia-informed bodywork techniques. Using leverage and bodyweight, you will move your client into Yoga-based releasing and lengthening postures, similar to Thai Massage, but updated and enhanced by modern fascial science.
While supporting your client in each releasing and lengthening posture, you will incorporate PNF techniques, touch-based inputs like deep pressure, tapotement, rocking, and trigger point release, and deepening practices like guided visualization, meditation, sound, and breathwork.
Rather than doing all the work yourself, as a Yogic Bodyworker you will coach and cue your client to reach, expand, and lengthen actively, just as one does when performing traditional weight-bearing Yoga. In this way, you will transform your client from a passive recipient who is fully reliant on you to “fix” their problem, into an active participant who is working with you to create the result they desire.
Each Yogic Bodywork session will leave you feeling refreshed and enlivened. This is because each Yogic Bodywork technique is designed for effortless geometry. You will feel as though you too are receiving the work.
As a result, your client will experience the lengthening and strengthening benefits of Yoga, in addition to the relaxing and releasing benefits of massage. They will leave each session feeling physically opened and spiritually awakened, fully conscious of the transformation that you and they have co-created.
More Than a Continuing Education Course
The Yogic Bodywork Retreat features training sessions and practices that will deepen and enrich your learning experience.
Yogic Bodywork Training
Learn to perform a full Yogic Bodywork session with your massage clients (16 hrs of training).
Breathwork Training
Learn to deepen your client's experience through enhanced breathing exercises.
Yoga Nidra Training
Learn to down-regulate your client's nervous system using guided Yogic meditation.
Sound Healing Baths
Learn to enhance your client's experience using acoustic sound healing.
Daily Yoga Classes
Develop your structure and effortless flow with twice daily Yoga instruction.
Guided Meditation
Find stillness in your learning journey with guided meditation.
Hot Tub, Sauna & Cold Plunge
Reboot your mind, body and spirit with daily access to thermal therapy.
Communal Connection
Connect with like-minded bodyworkers and share your experience, stories, and laughter.
Vegetarian Organic Meals
Fuel your retreat with gluten-free, vegetarian, and organic whole food.
Retreat Schedule
The Yogic Bodywork Retreat delivers 4 amazing days of inspiring education, practice, and support.
Day 1
1:00 - 1:30 PM Check In, Set-Up, Registration
2:00 - 2:30 PM Opening Circle
2:30 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training **
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner *
7:30 - 8:15 PM Yogic Breathwork Experience
8:15 - 9:00 PM Breathwork Facilitation Class
9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering
* All meals are vegetarian, gluten-free & organic
** Massage tables, Yoga mats, and Yoga accessories are provided for the entire retreat.
Day 2
6:00 - 7:00 AM Sauna & Cold Plunge with Chai Tea
7:15 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience
9:00 - 10:00 AM Communal Breakfast
10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Hike, Sauna, Hot Tub
3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 PM Yoga Nidra Experience
8:15 - 9:00 PM Yoga Nidra Facilitation Class
9:00 - 10:30 PM Bonfire Communal Gathering
Day 3
6:00 - 7:00 AM Sauna & Cold Plunge with Chai Tea
7:15 - 8:30 AM Hatha Yoga Experience
8:45 - 9:45 AM Communal Breakfast
10:15 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 PM Hike, Sauna, Hot Tub
3:00 - 5:30 PM Yogic Bodywork Training
6:00 - 7:00 PM Communal Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 PM Sound Healing Experience
8:15 - 9:00 PM Sound Healing Facilitation Class
9:00 - 10:30 PM Somatic Dance Party
Day 4
6:00 - 7:00 AM Sauna & Cold Plunge with Chai Tea
7:15 - 8:15 AM Communal Breakfast
8:30 - 12:45 PM Yogic Bodywork Trade
1:00 - 2:00 PM Communal Lunch
2:15 - 4:00 PM Closing Circle & Certificate Ceremony
4:00 - 4:30 PM Check Out & Departure
Continuing Education Credits
Massage Therapists
Approved for 16 Continuing Education Credits
Yoga Instructors
Approved for 7.5 Continuing Education Hours
Retreat Leaders
Experienced teachers Jot Anant and JC hold the space together to provide you a deeply inspirational and highly memorable retreat experience.
Dr. Jared Cooper, PT
Bodywork Retreat Leader
A bodywork practitioner for over 25 years, Dr. Jared Cooper (J.C.) is the co-developer of Yogic Bodywork and the founder of the continuing-education platform Bodywork Dojo. He is an American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) national and regional presenter, an NCBTMB-approved Continuing Education Provider, and has served as an instructor for Massage Envy and BioTone.
J.C. has also taught for the Center for Massage & Natural Health in Asheville, NC, and has served as a clinical instructor for Seton Hall, Rutgers, and Western Carolina University, as well as for the Osteopathic Manual Therapy Fellowship at Morristown Hospital. His work as an educator has been featured on ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Sun, and The Chicago Tribune. In addition to teaching, he maintains a private holistic clinic where he treats clients and patients.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California.
Jot Anant
Yoga Retreat Leader
A Yoga practitioner for over 17 years, Jot Anant began her Yogic study at Asheville Community Yoga and now studies yearly under Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu, founder of Akhanda Yoga Institute. She later expanded her practice into Intuitive Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Yoga, Kirtan, Pranayama, Sound Healing, and Thai Yoga Bodywork.
Jot Anant now shares her love of Yoga through her compassionate and playful classes, workshops, series, retreats, and trainings. She currently teaches and serves as the Operations Director & Teacher Liaison at Asheville Community Yoga, and frequently leads retreats in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nepal and India (at Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram, home of the world renowned Akhanda Yoga Institute).
Jot Anant's teaching style artfully weaves the science with the sacred, focusing on both proper Yogic technique, while exploring the intuitive wisdom present in all of us. Jot Anant is best described by her students as having grace, humor, purpose and a gratitude-filled heart.
Cost & Accommodations
To reserve your spot at the Yogic Bodywork Retreat, a $200 Retreat Deposit is all that's required. Your Retreat Balance will be due 7 days prior to the start of the retreat. We will email you an invoice allowing you to pay at your leisure.
All prices listed below include access to the entire 4-day retreat. Note which accommodation you desire, and click the Reserve This Accommodation button.
Majestic Lodge
Shared Room
Large Bed
Warm shared room in the main lodge with all-day access to bathrooms, a wrap-around deck, full kitchen, practice room, fireplace, and shared lounge.
6 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $927
Majestic Lodge
Shared Room
Bunk Bed
Cozy bunk beds in a shared space within the main lodge, with all-day access to bathrooms, wrap-around deck, kitchen, practice room, fireplace, and lounge.
9 Available
All-Inclusive Retreat Price $767
Enchanted Cabin
Private Room
Large Bed
Private bedroom located in a detached cabin next to hiking trails, with all-day access to a private bath, private balcony, sitting room, shared kitchen, in-room fireplace, and deck.
0 Available
FULLY BOOKED
Enchanted Cabin
Shared Room
Large Bed
Shared bedroom located in a detached cabin next to hiking trails, with all-day access to a bathroom, balcony, sitting room, shared kitchen, shared fireplace, and deck.
0 Available
FULLY BOOKED
Enchanted Cabin
Private Room
Small Bed
Private bedroom located in a detached cabin next to hiking trails, with all-day access to a shared bath, sitting room, shared kitchen, fireplace, and deck.
0 Available
FULLY BOOKED
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