6 Day Journey Through The Chakras Wellness Retreat in Island Falls, Maine, USA
Sewall House, 1027 Crystal Road, PO Box 254 Island Falls, ME 04747 United States
Yoga and Wellness Retreat USA
Sewall House Yoga Retreat just got voted #2 again by USA Today voter contest 2 years in a row! This retreat also has been chosen as a top ten in USA, Canada by Condé Nast Traveler. Donna/Amrita, owner of Sewall House, has extensive experience teaching chakra workshops, including her popular series on Daily Om Journey through the Chakras. They will use various forms of yoga, be given a manual with practices, explanations and applications written by Amrita for a Hay House publishing contest, as well as journal questions within each chapter for each chakra. You will come away with a better understanding of your own self and energy based on the physical, mental and breath (spiritual) aspects of yoga as a tool for awareness and self healing.
Meet the instructors
Donna
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Highlights
- Learn about chakras and how to utilize it for healing
- Find imbalances in your life and work toward improving them
- Find insight into creating habits that support your full potential
- Receive a book about suggested practices based on Kundalini yoga
- 5 nights accommodation
- Vegetarian meals
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
5 days with instruction
Airport transfer available:
Bangor International Airport (US$ 110 per person)
Bangor International Airport (US$ 110 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Sauna
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Picnic area
- Free Wi-Fi
Clear your soul at the historic Sewall House, built in 1865, where yoga instructor Donna Davidge’s great-grandfather, William Sewall, taught Theodore Roosevelt the wonders, beauty, and healing attributes of nature.
Donna’s great grandfather’s chosen location in northern Maine is close to Canada and near Mt. Katahdin, where the sun first hits the East Coast as it rises; you can enjoy the nearby forests, lakes (Mattawamkeag Lake and Pleasant Lake), Baxter State Park and wildlife such as moose and loons. It is here you will be able to experience serenity and solitude, away from the trappings of everyday life.
Sewall House is an alcohol and recreational drug-free environment in keeping with the yoga lifestyle.
The yoga retreat offers a warm bed and breakfast atmosphere filled with antique treasures and books as well as a lovely fireplace for gatherings in the living room. Yoga DVDs and books are available for use during your stay.
Amenities:
- Wi-Fi internet access
- Sauna and single-person jacuzzi are available to all guests.
There is a total of 6 private rooms:
- 2 rooms have private bathrooms
- 4 rooms share 2 bathrooms accessible through the hallway
- 5 rooms have antique full-size beds
- 1 room has a queen-size bed
Program
Everything is energy. To balance your life is to organize your energy systems as a cycle of proportions. For example: How much do you sleep? How hard do you push yourself? The chakras are amazing tools to empower you and peel the layers of issues that may lie physically, mentally, and emotionally in your body.
In this special retreat, you will look at the various areas of your life - personal, professional, and financial - to discover where imbalances lie. From there, you will work toward an awareness of how your energy centers can help you address healing and offer insight into creating habits that will allow you to experience life to its full potential.
Yoga traditions teach you that your full physical potential lies dormant at the bottom of the spine. To awaken this powerful life gift, yoga offers techniques to unblock and harmonize the energy centers, called chakras (vortex or wheel). Through these techniques, you strengthen the internal organs, nerves, and glands associated with each of these areas as you move up the spine.
This special retreat will be led by Donna Davidge, the owner of Sewall House. Donna has offered chakra workshops for years in New York City at the Open Center, as well as at other centers on the East Coast, and at Sewall House.
Schedule
Sunday, July 27, 2025
- 14:00 Arrive and settle in
- Svaroopa yoga with Ajeet in the evening
Monday - Thursday, July 28-31, 2025
- Each day, you will cover several chakras, working your way up the spine.
- 08:00 - 09:30 Yoga class focusing on how the traditional yoga poses affect specific chakras
- 09:45 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 13:30 Explanation, discussion, and journaling questions for the chakras
- 14:00 Lunch
- 15:30 - 17:30 Free time for journaling, massage, sauna, porch sitting, walks, kayaking, whatever you like
- 17:30 Kundalini yoga class with sets for the chakras and spine
- 19:00 Evening meal and rest
Friday, August 1, 2025
- 08:00 - 09:30 Yoga class focusing on how the traditional yoga poses affect specific chakras
- 09:45 Breakfast and departures
Note: The retreat will provide you with a newly published workbook that includes case studies and suggested practices based on Kundalini yoga. It will also provide you with charts.
Instructors
Donna Davidge
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Donna Amrita Davidge has been teaching yoga in New York City since 1985, integrating Kundalini, Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Dharma yoga. She also teaches Restorative, Nidra, and meditation. She has also produced products for home use and has taught at premier yoga studios such as PURE, Golden Bridge, and the Open Center as long as at her retreat, which has operated since 1997 in Maine. Donna is a highly experienced yoga teacher with 500 hours of yoga teacher training.
Location
Sewall House is located in the northern part of Maine, in the town of Island Falls, which is in the southern part of Aroostook County. The area is known for Baxter State Park, Mount Katahdin, and the surrounding lakes.
It is only 30 miles from the Canada-United States border, so bring your passport! The bordering town in the United States is Houlton. In Canada, the bordering town is Woodstock, which is 92 km west of Fredericton, the quaint, artsy capital of New Brunswick.
Food
In keeping with traditional yogic values, Sewall House serves a vegetarian menu. The food is ample, tasty, mostly organic, and prepared in the kitchen. Sewall House serves homemade items such as granola made with gluten-free, organic oats, bread, jams, and nut butter for breakfast, in addition to yogurt, cheese, and fruit. Sewall House usually offers eggs or pancakes on weekends.
Examples of the main dishes include veggie burgers, chili, soups, and different types of curries. The dinners are followed by desserts such as cookies, brownies, and raw items. Most of the food is naturally gluten-free and vegan options are readily available. Let Sewall House know about any food allergens ahead of time so they are aware.
Please also note that if you require all meals to be gluten-free or completely vegan, a 20 USD charge per person per day applies.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- All activities mentioned
- A newly published workbook that includes case studies and suggested practices based on Kundalini yoga
- Charts
- Daily full-board vegetarian meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- 5 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Taxes (will be charged on arrival)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
BGR
Bangor International Airport
140 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 110 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Bangor International Airport (BGR). Airport transfer is not included in the price.
From the airport, you can catch a bus or rent a car. Sewall House provides Bangor airport pickup and drop-off for a fee. If you’d like to drive to Sewall House Yoga Retreat, it is conveniently located only about a mile off Interstate 95.
The airport transport fee from Bangor, Maine, is 110 USD each way.
Airport: Bangor International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Bangor International Airport (US$ 110 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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