Full Moon New Year Reset Retreat: Set Your Intentions (Ratna Ling Retreat Center, Cazadero, CA)

This yoga retreat in the redwood forests of Sonoma County is a weekend of yoga, breathwork, meditation and sound healing, timed to the full moon at the start of the year. It is for anyone who wants to pause, reflect and set intentions for the months ahead, and it is led by Alyssa Lauren Stone at Ratna Ling Retreat Center in Cazadero, California.

What to Expect

The Full Moon New Year Reset Retreat runs for a weekend, with two nights on site. The days move between energizing and quiet practices. Mornings and days draw on vinyasa and pranayama to bring vitality into the body, balanced by gentle yoga, meditation and restorative postures practiced under the full moonlight. The intention is to activate the body while learning to surrender to whatever arises.

Breathwork and meditation are part of each day. One afternoon is set aside for quiet time and introspection. You might spend it journaling or walking the hiking trails around the property. Throughout the weekend, you are invited to use your own intuition as a guide, both for the days here and for the year ahead.

Restorative yoga is paired with a full sound bath, offered by Alyssa as a classically trained musician. The instruments include Himalayan bowls, gongs, a harmonium, chimes and other percussion, played to soothe the body and mind.

About Alyssa Lauren Stone

Alyssa Lauren Stone is a Bay Area teacher of yoga, meditation and breathwork (E-RYT®, YACEP), a certified Reiki Master and a sound healer. Her classes bring alignment-based Vinyasa together with breathwork, guided meditation and yoga philosophy, and she aims to make each one relaxing, challenging and rewarding. She has practiced Vinyasa regularly since 2008 and has been a certified Reiki Master since 2019.

Before teaching, she spent over ten years as a software sales executive in New York and Silicon Valley, and earlier worked in media and publishing sales. She graduated cum laude from New York University with degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication and in Sociology. Years of stress-related health issues from high-pressure corporate roles led her to integrative medicine and alternative forms of healing, and the pandemic prompted her move into wellness. She is also a published writer.

The Setting

Ratna Ling Retreat Center sits in the forests above Cazadero, about 900 feet above sea level. The grounds are surrounded by redwood, pine and oak trees, with hiking trails to explore in your free time.

Accommodation is two nights in private rooms. Meals are gourmet, farm-to-table, organic and vegetarian.

What's Included

- Two nights in luxury accommodations with private rooms
- Daily yoga, breathwork and meditation
- Restorative yoga with a full sound bath
- Gourmet, farm-to-table, organic vegetarian meals
- Free time on the retreat center grounds and trails