Sedona Arizona Yoga Hiking Healing Retreat
April 12-18, 2026
Spring has excellent weather, not too hot or cold.
Please see below for room choices and price details
Come join us for our 20th year in Sedona …
Sacred Sedona
Come experience the sacred energy and wonderful beauty of Sedona, Arizona. Prices vary, depending on the room (see below, average price of $1,600 per person).
“Thank you Roy and Liz for the perfect retreat! Just the right combination of adventure and sacred! The yoga, the hiking, the people; this was my best vacation ever.”
Theme: Lift Your Spirits
We humans have our ups and downs, and certainly Earth is not an easy place to live! And we are wise to feel fully, grieve and have a heart of compassion. But many of us live a heavy life, and get bogged down in depression and hopelesness. We need joy! It is essential. Is it possible to feel joy even in the midst of challenge, struggle and even pain? Yes!
Price includes
Price includes 6 nights beautiful accommodations at the Transition Retreat Center, most meals (about 14 meals), yoga, meditation, guided hikes, vortex visits, creek swimming, and other trips. We also include shuttles to all guided hikes, and shuttles from and to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (if you arrive in Phoenix by 11am Sunday, and fly out no earlier than 2pm Saturday; otherwise other shuttles are available). No worries if you do not have a room-mate, we will find you someone compatible. We will be staying right in the heart of Sedona, Arizona.
Teachers and Hike Guides
Roy Holman and Liz Gross will teach the yoga, lead the hikes and other activities, and even cook the delicious healthy, mostly organic meals. Roy has led over 120 retreats in Washington, Mexico, Guatemala, Hawaii, Bali, and Costa Rica. Liz joined Roy with her gifts in 2015, and co-lead over half of the 120+ retreats. This will be our 20th year in Sedona, so we know the best hikes, vortexes, sites and restaurants! Roy is trained at the 500 hour level in Viniyoga, a breath-connected, body-friendly, heart centered, meditative flow yoga. This retreat is suitable for all yoga and hiking levels. Liz Gross is a yoga teacher and gifted vibrational energy healer. Both cook excellent, healthy, tasty meals.
Meals
Most meals are included (two or three a day). Daily healthy, mostly organic breakfasts: usually a wide variety buffet of oatmeal, eggs, granola, cereal, nuts, seeds, nut butters, breads, various milks (diary and non-dairy), fresh fruit, flax, hemp, coffee, tea, and much more. We will make sure all diets are met.
We also prepare most of the lunches, and three or four home-cooked delicious dinners. For other meals, we either eat out of allow you to make your own food; you can save money and cook at the retreat center. As this is our 20th year in Sedona, we know the best places to eat, usually one night Thai, one night Gourmet Mexican, and one excellent, “typically Sedona” Health food.
Please Note: We are happy to take the time to make meals that fit your needs and allergies. However, we ask for NO MALEABLE DIETS. By this we mean, if you request a certain diet, please stick to what you requested. We have had numerous attendees who request certain meals (vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, etc.), but when actually at the retreat, after we took considerable time to make their separate meals, they decided to “change their mind” or “just go with the flow” and eat the food intended for the main group. This gives us extra work and also means there is less of the other food for those who did not request special foods. Again, we are happy to fit your needs, but if your request is just a preference–not an actual allergy–consider the extra work we take to make your food and be honest and considerate, thank you!
Deluxe Accommodations in Sedona
Our host home is called Transition Home, and transition is encourage! Click here to see pics of the space. Nice spacious rooms, wonderful setting in the very heart of Sedona, with a hot tub, and lovely yoga space. We have the whole place to ourselves with no other guests or groups. Transition Home click here
And ….. please take off $50
if you have attended any retreat with us before!
Rooms and Rates:
Please look over the list of rooms and rates below and tell us your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices. We will do our best to meet your needs.
Bedroom 1: Crescent Moon – (First pic, top left) : (2 or 3 twins) ensuite bathroom with large tub, shower, 2 sinks
3 people: $1,650 per person, or 2 people $2,150 each
Bedroom 2: Star Song (pic at top middle; this may be the only room not taken) : 3 Twins, attached bathroom tub/shower combo, 1 sink
3 people: $1,600 each, or two people $2,050 each
Note: There is 1 additional full bath off large living room
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Upstairs Rooms
Bedroom 4: (MoonView – pic at top right): choice of king & 1 twin or 3 twins) ensuite bathroom with shower, 1 sink, This room has private balcony, and one of the beds is in a little semi-private nook
3 people: $1,700 each, or two people $2,200 each
Bedroom 5: (Eclipse, pic above, lower row, left): 1 Queen bed, shared bath
2 people: $1,600 each, or private room $2,500
Bedroom 6: (Brightline, pic above, lower row, right) : 2 Twin beds, with shared bath (shared bath with room #5)
2 people: $1,600 each
For two shared rooms above: Full bath, tub / shower combo
For bigger, better & more room pics CLICK HERE
“TRANSFORMATIVE. This was my first yoga retreat. Hosts Roy and Liz deliver. They ooze kindness and contagious enthusiasm. With humor and a zest for life, Roy is quite the chef and serves up healthy satisfying meals. Liz is a studied healer and empath who takes time to listen. Every participant was involved in their own journey. Supportive concern not egos was the norm. I formed new friendships in healthy ways with shared experience and the enrichment of one on one conversations. If the world is my mirror, I feel beautiful. A warm, goosebump afterglow stays with me. Would I do this again? Absolutely without reservations. Thank you Roy and Liz.”
“Thank you, Roy and Liz, for all you did to make this a wonderful heartfelt retreat. The care and concern you both showed for all of us was very evident. I am so glad I was able to participate in this beautiful Sedona retreat.”
Key Travel Details
Please contact us before you book your flights, for details. Some folks choose to arrive a day early or leave late, which is fine. Otherwise we will meet at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport the first morning (Sunday April 12) and we will have a rented van waiting. Please make sure your flight arrives by 11am if you plan to ride with us to Sedona from Phoenix, and plan to fly home no earlier than 2 pm, again, only if you want to ride with us back from Sedona to Phoenix. We cannot cover costs of separate transport, only with our van. Separate shuttle is about $80 each way.
Note: To ride in the van from and to the airport you MUST not have any very large bags; please travel light, as the van has limited space, and most people way overpack anyway. Also, there are laundry facilities (washer, dryer, detergent) at the retreat center. $50 DISCOUNT if you: do not need the airport shuttle, or if you use carry on size bag. On the other side, $50 EXTRA FEE for bags bigger than 17 x 24 inches or 40 pounds. We just do not have the space in the van for more than 3 or 4 this size. (LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT SIZE BAG YOU WILL BRING).
Hike Note: We request that you trust our expertise and experience. We all have different abilities in hiking pace and distance. We try to work it out so everyone gets what they need, but we do have a to honor our commitment to the group. This is a retreat with at least one hike a day. What is easy to one may be difficult to another. All of the hikes are doable for most people, but we may have to ask that certain people go a shorter distance or even skip a particular hike. We will do our best to meet everyone’s needs.
General Day by Day Sample Itinerary of Trip
At least one daily yoga class (sunrise or sunset), some vortex visits and meditations, healing workshop, daily hikes, and other activities. We expect to have about 12-15 max people attend. All classes, hikes, and activities are optional. October is ideal hiking weather.
Note: All classes, hikes, activities are optional of course. Rest when you need rest.
Day 1: Meet in Phoenix for shuttle van ride to Sedona (or meet us in Sedona). Visit sacred site, shop for our lunch fixings for week, yoga class, dinner.
Day 2: Morning yoga. B-fast, playshop / workshop, then Bell Rock vortex 4 mile hike. Dinner at hotel.
Day 3: B-fast, Little Horse Trail 4 mile hike hike. Afternoon yoga, Amitabha Peace Park Stupa, dinner at home.
Day 4: Meditation option. Morning yoga, B-fast, hike Mescal Trail 4 – 5 miles. Dinner at home (retreat center).
Day 5: B-fast, then hike Cathedral Rock Vortex hike, 4 miles, souvenir shopping at Crystal Magic, Native Art store, out to dinner.
Day 6: Meditation option. Morning yoga, B-fast, Creek hike, closing ceremony and out to dinner.
Day 7: Morning yoga, B-fast, shuttle to airport (or your own transport)
Note: Please let us know if you already have a room mate you wish to share with. Please note that we will do our best to honor your request for double or triple as we arrange the rooms (probably no single rooms available). Checks ($500 nonrefundable deposit or entire amount) can be sent with REGISTRATION to: Roy Holman, 1917 Rockefeller Ave, Everett, WA 98201 Or you may pay securely online via PayPal: Make a deposit of $500:
Pay approximate full amount of $1500:Non-Discrimination Policy
Yoga is about unity and oneness, not divisiveness and polarity. All are welcome on our retreats. We do not discriminate for any reason, including sex, gender, race, age, vaccinated or unvaccinated, masked or unmasked. We trust you to take care of yourself, and to decide first, if this trip is for you, and second, how to take care of yourself. We will do our part to keep everyone safe and honor all our needs, but ultimately, your health is your responsibility. May this retreat be a healing experience for all.
Payment and Refund Policy
For those visiting from afar, we highly recommend trip and travel insurance. In rare cases, we have to cancel trips, and we cannot be responsible to cover lost airfare or other fees. The global uncertainty and change of late (you may have noticed!) is another reason to purchase travel cancelation insurance.
We request a $500 deposit, balance due 30 days prior to trip. Note: Deposit is generally nonrefundable. 3/4 of later payment may be refunded if you cancel > 30 days prior to trip, 1/2 refund if you cancel 15 – 30 days prior to trip (depending on retreat center refund policy), no refund under 15 days prior to trip–unless I can get some money back from hotels and retreat center.
I had so much fun and I loved the people that I met. the hosts, Roy and Liz, are incredible people that gave us an experience of a lifetime. I wanted to enjoy Sedona with like-minded people who enjoyed hiking, yoga and meditation as much as I do. It had everything I wanted in the area I wanted to go.
