EMPOWER: A Mentoring Retreat for Yoga Teachers
November 7–9, 2025 | Sage Manor, Bowral NSW
Facilitated by Clare Lovelace & Karolina Szymala
Only 12 spaces - book now
If you’re a yoga teacher who’s been feeling a little uninspired lately… you’re not alone.
Maybe planning classes has started to feel heavy.
Maybe your spark has dulled.
Maybe you’re craving new perspectives — or just time to remember why you teach.
Empower was created exactly for this moment.
A boutique retreat just for yoga teachers — to rest, reconnect, and be re-inspired in your craft. Not another certification. Not more pressure. Just space. Clarity. Mentorship. And a circle of teachers who understand what this path really asks of us.
Whether you’re a few years into teaching or a decade deep, this weekend is about taking your teaching to a new level — rooted in your lived experience, your intuition, and your love of the practice.
We’ll gather at Sage Manor, a stunning private estate in the Southern Highlands — surrounded by nature, open fires, beautiful interiors, nourishing food, and deep intentionality.
Here’s what we’ll explore:
Yoga philosophy not as theory, but as lived experience — with sessions on the yamas and niyamas, the eight limbs, the kleshas, and the antarayas from the Yoga Sutras. Together, we’ll unpack the mental, emotional, and energetic obstacles that arise as teachers, and how to move through them with more ease, clarity, and compassion.
We’ll spend time with the koshas, learning to sequence and teach to the whole person — not just the physical body.
You’ll gain tools for intelligent sequencing, learn how to build towards peak postures, and revisit the foundations of alignment in our asana lab sessions, where we break down more complex postures and explore different ways to teach them with skill and sensitivity.
There’ll be real support for the challenges of teaching multi-level groups, including working with injuries, nervous system regulation, and adapting on the spot.
You’ll also learn how to weave philosophy, theming, mantra, and dharma talks into your classes in ways that feel grounded and real — not performative.
And most importantly: there’s space for honest conversation.
Space for you to show up with your questions, your stuckness, your truth.
To be in a room of other teachers and say, “This is where I’m at.”
And be met there — with wisdom, humour, and support.
If you’re a yoga teacher who’s been feeling a little uninspired lately… you’re not alone.
Maybe planning classes has started to feel heavy.
Maybe your spark has dulled.
Maybe you’re craving new perspectives — or just time to remember why you teach.
Empower was created exactly for this moment.
A boutique retreat just for yoga teachers — to rest, reconnect, and be re-inspired in your craft. Not another certification. Not more pressure. Just space. Clarity. Mentorship. And a circle of teachers who understand what this path really asks of us.
Whether you’re a few years into teaching or a decade deep, this weekend is about taking your teaching to a new level — rooted in your lived experience, your intuition, and your love of the practice.
We’ll gather at Sage Manor, a stunning private estate in the Southern Highlands — surrounded by nature, open fires, beautiful interiors, nourishing food, and deep intentionality.
Here’s what we’ll explore:
Yoga philosophy not as theory, but as lived experience — with sessions on the yamas and niyamas, the eight limbs, the kleshas, and the antarayas from the Yoga Sutras. Together, we’ll unpack the mental, emotional, and energetic obstacles that arise as teachers, and how to move through them with more ease, clarity, and compassion.
We’ll spend time with the koshas, learning to sequence and teach to the whole person — not just the physical body.
You’ll gain tools for intelligent sequencing, learn how to build towards peak postures, and revisit the foundations of alignment in our asana lab sessions, where we break down more complex postures and explore different ways to teach them with skill and sensitivity.
There’ll be real support for the challenges of teaching multi-level groups, including working with injuries, nervous system regulation, and adapting on the spot.
You’ll also learn how to weave philosophy, theming, mantra, and dharma talks into your classes in ways that feel grounded and real — not performative.
And most importantly: there’s space for honest conversation.
Space for you to show up with your questions, your stuckness, your truth.
To be in a room of other teachers and say, “This is where I’m at.”
And be met there — with wisdom, humour, and support.
Our daily rhythm will look something like this:
6:30–830am — Asana practice themed, with Clare & Karolina
8:30–9:30am — Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30pm - Morning Session, energetics, Asana Labs, teaching for modifications
12:30–1:30pm — lunch
1:30–5:30pm — Q&A + Pick-Our-Brains mentoring space, Teaching workshops, philosophy integration, asana labs
6:00–7:00pm — Dinner
7:45–9:00pm — Evening Yin, Restorative & Chanting Practice
This isn’t just a retreat.
It’s a return to yourself as a teacher.
A chance to refill your own cup, reawaken your love for the practice, and feel part of something again.
We’ve extended the earlybird until April 30.
$1300 until then (then it moves to $1500).
A $300 deposit holds your place. Payment plans are available (contact Clare 0447617619)
There are only 12 spaces — and we’d love to hold one for you.
book your spot here! or transfer $300 for despot to Clare Lovelace BSB 062514 ACC 10357084
With love,
Clare & Karolina x
This isn’t just a retreat.
It’s a return to yourself as a teacher.
A chance to refill your own cup, reawaken your love for the practice, and feel part of something again.
We’ve extended the earlybird until April 30.
$1300 until then (then it moves to $1500).
A $300 deposit holds your place. Payment plans are available (contact Clare 0447617619)
There are only 12 spaces — and we’d love to hold one for you.
book your spot here! or transfer $300 for despot to Clare Lovelace BSB 062514 ACC 10357084
With love,
Clare & Karolina x