Asheville, North Carolina
September 11-15, 2024
Luminous Tranquility: Retreat to Asheville
Welcome to the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, where you’ll enjoy a four night yoga retreat with Lumos Instructors Eunmi Chang and Sam Leonetti. Part of the Appalachian range, the Blue Ridge Mountains are among the oldest in the world, and are known for their distinctive “blue” color, emanating from it’s mountain forests. Our days include hikes in the mountains, a visit to Biltmore, dinners at James Beard award nominated restaurants, daily vinyasa and restorative yoga classes, and a soundbath led by Eunmi.
Come away with us and experience the magic!
The Itinerary
Wednesday
We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Lodge! We’ll start the retreat with a Restorative Yoga session on the deck, followed by a farm-to-table dinner at The Market Place, a 2024 James Beard Semi-Finalist.
Thursday
Take this first morning to explore Asheville, or just relax on the property. We’ll head over to The Biltmore Estate at lunchtime - you’ll be able to eat on site, tour the house, explore the grounds, and check out the special Chihuly exhibit that is visiting the estate in 2024. From there, we’ll drive the group to All Soul’s outdoor patio for seasonal wood-fired pizzas.
Friday
We’ll head out to onto the Blue Ridge Parkway for a late morninghike at Craggy Pinnacle, one of the most well-known hikes in the Asheville area. Twisted, jagged, rocky “crags” give Craggy Gardens its name, but these high elevation summits are home to stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The rest of the afternoon and evening is yours!
Saturday
We’ll drive down to Pisgah National Forest, and spend the day hiking through a couple of trails. Eunmi will offer a soundbath this evening to conclude our time in Asheville. For our final night, we’ll head to the private dining room at Curate, a James Beard Award-winning restaurant, for a group dinner.
Sunday
We’ll offer a final Yoga session before breakfast, and depart from the lodge. For those catching an evening flight out, we will store your bags offsite at a secure location about 20 minutes from the airport. Feel free to spend this day exploring more of Asheville!
Bent Creek Lodge
Bent Creek Lodge is a B&B located in Arden, NC - just a short drive into downtown Asheville, and is conveniently located a few miles from the regional airport - the ideal location for hosting our retreat, away from the bustle of the downtown area.
The Lodge features 10 guest rooms on 3 different levels. All rooms have private baths and individual heating and air conditioning.
About 100 yards up the road from the Lodge is the Luhn House, an adjacent house with its own small waterfall and yard. The house has three bedrooms and two and a half baths. The Luhn House is perfect for a group of friends who want to enjoy the retreat together!
Bent Creek Inn and The Luhn House have been fully reserved by Lumos for this retreat!
How to Book Your Room
Select your room - In the main lodge, there are seven Queen Rooms available and two King Rooms. At the Luhn House, there is one Queen Room, one King Room, and one Lofted Queen Bed.
Queen Rooms rooms are single occupancy only. King Rooms are either double occupancy for a couple or two friends, or can be booked as single occupancy. King Rooms are listed as single occupancy on our booking site, please email us at info@lumosfitness.com for us to change it to double occupancy for booking.
A non-refundable $500 deposit is required at the time of booking. The remaining balance is due by August 12th, and partial payments can be sent in before.
Payment plans are available. After you have paid the deposit, email info@lumosfitness.com and we can set up a plan for 3, 4, or 5 installments.
Now through April 30th, we’re offering an early bird discount! Take $125 off the retreat price with promo code “BLUERIDGE”. Discount applies to final payment if doing a payment plan.
Paying in Full? Email us at info@lumosfitness.com for a unique promocode to take $150 off your total retreat payment.
Learn more and meet the instructors at our Retreat Info Session on Sunday, April 21st at 12 PM at Green Street! Sign up to attend on Momence (free to attend, but sign ups help us know how many to expect)
The Instructors
About Sam
Sam first came to yoga asana through aerial yoga in 2104 and absolutely fell in love with it. That segued into vinyasa and restorative yoga classes, completing a beautiful trifecta of powerful, restful, and creative styles of asana. In 2016 she completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher and 25 hour Registered Yoga Assist Certificates at Hot Asana Yoga Studio in Durham, NC. Since then she has completed 50 additional hours of Yoga Anatomy + Applied Anatomy Sequencing Training at Y7 Studio in NYC and has taught over 1750 hours of yoga asana classes. Sam is currently in med school to get her Doctor of Physical Therapy and loves infusing her anatomy and biomechanics knowledge into her classes.
About Eunmi
Eunmi, a former fashion designer and current fabric artist, immigrated from Seoul, Korea to the United States in 2016. She began studying traditional Buddhist meditative yoga, inspired by her traditional Buddhist upbringing, about 20 years ago while still living in Korea.
Eunmi, a 500 hour E-RYT, completed her initial 200 hour yoga teacher certification at Wake Up Yoga under Corina Benner here in Philadelphia, and has taught over 1600 hours. Eunmi continued her education with 300 hours of study at Aligned Yoga under Briony Smith. She has also completed her Restorative Yoga Certification at Yoga International under Cyndi Lee.
She has also completed her 250HR Sound Healing Certification under Tony Nec. She specializes particularly in Tibetan Singing bowls and Crystal Bowls. Her passion is to create sound vibrations that help people feel relaxed and whole.