hatha yoga in Austin Texas
Lake Atitlan - Guatemala Retreats
with Charles MacInerney
& Patricia Lewis
hatha yoga in Austin Texas

Facilitators

Charles MacInerney and Patricia Lewis have been collaborating to offer Yoga & Creative Writing retreats since 1995.

Patricia Lee Lewis is founder-director of Patchwork Farm Retreat in western Massachusetts and has led writing retreats there, in her home state of Texas, and internationally since 1996. She holds an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Vermont College, and completed her undergraduate degree at Smith College, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1970. She is an Affiliate of Amherst Writers & Artists. Her poetry, fiction and feature articles have appeared in a variety of journals & anthologies, The Los Angeles Times, Hampshire Life, and The Boston Sunday Globe. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for Poetry. Her prize-winning chapbook of poems, A Kind of Yellow, is available at www.writingretreats.org Patricia has practiced yoga for 25 years. See her web page for more information about her, this retreat, and other retreats she is offering in The British Isles, and Mexico. You can send e-mail to Patricia at: patricia@writingretreats.org

Charles is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level (the highest registration currently available), and is the co-founder and serves on the faculty of the Living Yoga Teacher Training Program. He is also the co-founder of Texas Yoga, and helps organize and presents at the Annual Texas Yoga Retreat.

Charles is a guest writer for Yoga Journal's "Ask Our Expert" column, and has been intereviewed for articles in Yoga Journal four times, on yoga retreats, creativity, heart disease, and Yoga for overweight students. One of Charles' essays (written on retreat with Patricia) appeared as the lead essay in a National Chess magzine in India. He has numerous essays published in regional publications through out the US, and on the internet.

Charles MacInerney has studied Yoga and Meditation since 1971. He teaches classes on Yoga, Meditation, Posture, Visualization, Breathing, Balance, Creativity, Concentration and biofeedback for a variety of businesses, corporations and institutions. He has worked with over 12,000 students in Austin, where he lives. In 1999 he was asked to present on "Yoga for At-Risk-Youth" for the 2nd Annual S.W. Yoga Conference, and was a panelist, answering questions about hospital based Yoga programs for Cardiac Patients.

The following year Charles presented at the 3rd Annual S.W. Yoga Conference on "Devotion in the Workplace" and was asked to be on the advisory panel to the conference. In 2002 Charles presented two workshops at the International Conference on Yoga for Positive Health.

Charles has led over 50 retreats since 1992, including 15 international retreats. For more information see his biography.

Charles is also a professional public speaker with the National Speakers Association and has presented numerous times on Mind Mapping; Stress Management; Meditation; Visualization; Breath Work, and Self-Awareness Tools for Self Transformation; at Regional and National Conferences, including the prestigious National Wellness Conference. For more information about Charles MacInerney's speaking career, please visit his website at ExpandingParadigms.com

Charles is usually assisted by at least one guest teacher which allows for more personal attention for participants.

UPCOMING RETREATS with Charles MacInerney
April
10-13, 2008
- Sold Out -
Yoga & Writing
Alma de Mujer Center
Austin, Texas
May
9-11, 2008
(Mother's Day Weekend)
Yoga & Meditation
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
June
20-22, 2008
Texas Yoga Retreat
Barsana Dham, Austin, Texas
July
12-19, 2008
Yoga & Meditation
Villa Sumaya Retreat Center,
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
October
2-5, 2008
Yoga & Writing
Stump Sprouts Retreat Center
Massachusetts
November
7-9, 2008
8th Annual
Texas Yoga Retreat
Barsana Dham, Austin, Texas
November
15-22, 2008
Yoga & Meditation
Los Naranjos Retreat Center, Yelapa, Mexico
December
5-7, 2008
Yoga & Meditation
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
February
14-21, 2009
Yoga & Writing
Villa Sumaya Retreat Center,
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
March
6-8, 2009
Raja Yoga Retreat
Margaret Austin Center
Chappell Hill, Texas
March
14-21, 2009
Yoga & Writing
Los Naranjos Retreat Center,
Yelapa, Mexico