Pause & Renew August 2025

With Carrie Demers, MD

August 1 - 3, 2025

Location:
Himalayan Institute

Address:
952 Bethany Turnpike, Honesdale, PA, USA

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  • Guest House Suite – $1,449.00
  • Jivana Suite - King with Living Room and Private Bath – $1,449.00
  • Deluxe Suite - Queen with Pull-out Sofa and Private Bath – $1,379.00
  • Deluxe - Queen/Full and Private Bath – $1,219.00
  • Deluxe - 2 Twins and Private Bath – $1,219.00
  • Standard Select Plus – $1,159.00
  • Standard - Queen/Full – $1,119.00
  • Private Standard - 2 Twins – $1,119.00
  • Shared Standard - 2 Twins – $979.00
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Plant the seeds of self-care and harvest the fruit of restoration. Get away for a weekend of therapeutic massage, biofeedback sessions, and individual yoga therapy sessions designed to help you unwind and feel refreshed.

This retreat puts rejuvenation and optimal health in your hands. This 3-day program provides you with relaxing and therapeutic services which will support you in your journey to creating renewed wellness and a balanced life.

Pause and Renew Retreat Includes:

A 60-Minute Integrative Consultation: This 60-minute medical and lifestyle consultation will provide an integrative approach to renewing your health. Combining concepts from allopathic (conventional), homeopathic, and ayurvedic medicine, core faculty member Carrie Demers, MD, will work with you to understand your health needs, make recommendations for a balanced lifestyle, and suggest natural medicines and supplements that support healing.

Daily 60-Minute Bodywork Treatment: Our highly skilled massage therapy staff will release muscular tension and restore the flow of healing energy in your body through individual bodywork treatments. Multiple treatments are sure to unwind stress and bring peace to body and mind.

A 60-minute Building Resilience Assessment: Resilience is the capacity to prepare for, recover from, and adapt in the face of stress, adversity, trauma, or challenge. In this session modern, computerized biofeedback techniques will be used to assess your breathing and resilience.

A 60-Minute Yoga Therapy Session: Using yoga practices, our therapist will help you find more ease and freedom in your body and mind. These yoga therapy sessions are tailored to each individual, focusing on your specific needs. You will discover simple techniques that will make a profound impact on your healing journey.

The program begins with an orientation on Friday evening and concludes at lunch on Sunday.

Amenities Beyond Your Daily Treatment Schedule:

In addition to your daily treatment schedule you will have access to:

  • Morning yoga classes (postponed due to Covid-19)
  • 3 Vegetarian meals daily
  • Explorations in self-awareness
  • Meditation in the Sri Vidya Shrine
  • 400 acres of wooded hiking trails and vistas
  • The MarketPlace Bookstore and Giftshop
  • Unlimited Wi-Fi

About the Leader

Carrie Demers, MD

Board-certified in both internal medicine and integrative medicine, Carrie Demers, MD, is a holistic physician who blends modern medicine with traditional approaches to health. After receiving her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Demers went on to study massage, homeopathy, nutrition, herbal medicine, yoga, and Ayurveda. She has been the medical director of […]

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