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WELLNESS RETREAT IN THE DESERT RETREAT
May 21-23, 2025

3 great days+ 2 great nights of togetherness, fun, holistic health and the desert! Escape to the desert in a rejuvenating retreat full of  yoga, sound healing, Reiki, breathwork,  hiking at Joshua Tree National Park, yummy food, community, peace, self reflection + fun!  All are welcome!

 

This retreat is led by Shawna Schenk of Yoga With Shawna on her desert retreat property, Desert Dimension, with her partner, John Bebbling. Desert Dimension is located in Twentynine Palms, CA. This land is 5 acres out in the desert, about 15 minutes away from grocery stores, restaurants and Joshua Tree National Park. It is the rustic desert: dark and quiet, vast and inspiring. We are in the middle of no where off a dirt road.  It is approximately a 3 hour drive from San Diego. The experience is one of a kind: the desert is a very healing, powerful and humbling place. 


The price of the retreat varies upon the sleeping arrangement you agree to. Your stay includes the chosen accommodation for the 2 nights, 3 days plus   all meals, classes, and activities  listed on the schedule, access to all the amenities on the property including hot tub, gameroom, zen garden, hammocks and sitting areas, outdoor + indoor kitchen, bathrooms + showers, affirmation path, outdoor library, etc. Read more on our amenities here.  See a map of the property here.

We offer both indoor + outdoor accommodations. We have a limited number of rooms, domes and an RV, so space is limited.   Community activities, meals and holistic classes will be done both indoors + outdoors. For pictures + details on each of the different sleeping accommodations  go here.  

See video property tour here. 
 
Please select the sleeping accommodation you prefer: Required
Do you have a vaild national park pass?

SCHEDULE

DAY 1

3:00 PM: Intention Setting + Snacks

 Have some welcome snacks as you meet each other! Write some intentions, pull some oracle cards and introduce yourself to one another for our wonderful time together. We want you to leave the desert feeling fresh, lighter and aligned. What is that you want? The desert can help grant your wishes. We will share our intentions (if you feel others) or listen to other's and what they want + wish!

3:30 PM:  Property Tour 

Get settled into your room or campsite. Explore the property.

4:30 PM: Gentle Hatha Yoga 

Stretch your body after your travel to get to the desert. This 50 minute gentle hatha class will release tension and restore the body. Various sound healing instruments will be played as you move and stretch to bring peace and harmony to the mind and body. The class will be outside as you absorb the energy of the desert. 

5:30 PM: Desert Crystal Labyrinth Walking + Zen Garden + Hope Pole Ritual 

You will be guided on how to walk the labyrinth (and what a labyrinth is) and then you will walk  the labyrinth; you will engage in a hope ritual with our Hope + Peace Poles  and then have time to meditate in our mini desert zen garden. 

6:30 PM: Community Dinner

Build Your Own Taco Bar with:

Organic Seasonal Grilled Veggies  // Organic Soft Tortillas  // Organic cheese, sour cream, guacamole + various salsas  // Organic Beans // Organic Rice // Elote // Organic Tortilla Chips 

8:00 PM:  Sound Healing 

Join in for a relaxing sound healing session. 

FREE TIME:

 Hot Tub, Karaoke, Games + Black Light Lounge, Firepits, Stargazing = Hammocks (optional)

Soak in the color changing hot tub   to charge your chakras and release tight muscles. Sing karaoke and play the various games in our fun lounge. Lay down in our far out black light lounge. Be silly. Have fun. Bond with others. Relax. 

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“The Holistic Bedtime Station” (optional) Here you will find a number of essential oils you can put on yourself to help you deeply sleep + rest well along with different teas for sleeping + a great  night's rest!  
 

DAY 2

8:00 AM: Teas, coffee, tea +  fresh fruit + small breakfast bites will be left out for your leisure. 

9:00 AM: Morning  Yoga 

We will stretch and move in this morning yoga class that honors movement and breath leaving you energized and ready for the morning. 

10:00 AM:  Breathwork + Aromatherapy 

Totally relax in this grounding and balacning transformational brehwork practice with esentail oils. 

10:30 AM: Community Breakfast

Organic Yogurt Bowls with fresh, local fruit, granola and honey // Eggs + Bacon  // Toast, pastries, jellies and nut butters  // Organic coffee // organic  mushroom teas + coffee substitutes + superfood creamers 

 12:30 PM: Joshua Tree National Park Hike + Picinic Lunch 

We will check out the park, hike and have fun exploring along the trails, with the  Joshua Trees, and with the rocks of this amazing National Park.

 

We will:

  • do a 30 minute hike (rated easy)

  • meditate + journal in the park (bring a journal/ you will be given a prompt) (optional)

  • share a small picnic lunch you can enjoy on the rocks (organic salad + snack)

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FREE TIME: The rest of the day is yours. You can continue hiking in the national park. Explore the eccentric towns of Twentynine Palms or Joshua Tree. Go thrifting or shopping. Dinner is on your own tonight so you can check out the great and funky restaurants the town has to offer (we will give you a list of our favorites!) or come back to the property and enjoy its amenities (read  a book in a hammock from our library, look for crystals on the property, walk the affirmation path,, etc) and cook your own meal in the outdoor or indoor kitchen and dining areas on the property. Light snacks will be provided back at the retreat center.

7:00 PM: Tarot + Reiki with Aromatherapy: Pull some tarot cards, journal and reflect, hear Shawna's insight on the pull and then receive community Reiki to feel balanced and aligned. 

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DAY 3 

 8:00 AM: Teas, coffee, coffee substitutes +  fresh fruit / light breakfast bites will be left out for your leisure. 

9:00 AM: Yin Yoga + Sound Healing 

We will hold poses for 3-6 minutes to deeply restore the body. The perfect compliment after our hot springs night soak.  Yin Yoga is also perfect to prepare for the travel ahead. 

10:00 AM: Community Breakfast

Organic Oatmeal, fresh fruit, brown sugar +  honey // Organic Veggie Quiche // Toast, jellies and nut butters  // Organic  teas + coffee substitutes + superfood creamers 

11:00 AM: Meditation + Reflection 

We will sit in stillness with the desert + reflect on what our magic time together brought to leave here clear headed, energized, and balanced.  

12:00 PM: Check Out

 

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • Guests can enjoy indoor showers and bathrooms. There is also a portapotty outside + outdoor shower.

  • If you have dietary restrictions let us know. You can bring extra food and snacks to eat at any time. Guests can cook in the outdoor or indoor kitchen + store food + drinks in the outdoor or indoor refrigerators. Grills, griddles and stoves provided.

  • Snacks will be provided throughout the trip! 

  • Filtered water is provided. There is a coffee maker; although we will not offer caffeine on the retreat, you are welcome to make your own coffee . 

  • WIFI

  • You must be pet friendly: your hosts John + Shawna have two dogs, a 125 pound St. Bernard who is a big lover knows no boundaries and a 5 lb Chauhauha who is sweet + feisty all in one. These two fur babies will be staying in the house (sleeping in our bedroom) but do keep that in mind if you are sleeping in the house.

  • No refunds or credits. We understand things happen but due to the limited availability and nature  of this retreat, we cannot afford to refund guests who have to cancel. All  are sales final. We thank you for understanding. 

  • The property is still a work in progress. We have so many great things to share with you and we are looking forward to spending our time together. There will be things in construction but this will not effect any of our offerings at the retreat or your stay. 

Thanks for submitting! We will get back to you with details + payment information soon. We are looking forward to our time in the desert.

Desert Dimension,  1522 Wilson Way, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

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