Winter/Summer/Fall
Neika Embry Whittemore
Creatress of Environments
Artist, Mother, Chef, Facilitator, Teacher, Lover
Artist since 1953
Mother since 1982
Chef since 1991
Owner/Cateress of The Baraka Building 2000-2022
Breathwork Practitioner since 2002
Meditation Teacher since 2005
painting from a flower since 2009
Teacher of Meditation Teachers since 2015.
Owner/Proprietress of Little Yosemite Lodge on Hoyau Creek since Spring 2023
February 19 through 23, 2026 Winter Breathwork Retreat
Begins w/Dinner @ 6PM Feb 19 – participants may arrive 3-5PM to settle in their rooms
Ends w/ closing ceremony @ 10AM on Feb 23. Check out time is 11AM – Participants may book to stay on as guests to enjoy the Yosemite National Park area. 4 nights
Little Yosemite Lodge, Cascadel Woods, North Fork, CA 93643
The description below applies to all three Breathwork Retreats:
Nestled along Hoyau Creek, the earthlands of Little Yosemite Lodge are both powerful and breathtaking. This sacred landscape has drawn humans for thousands of years—an ancient place of healing, connection, and deep stillness that naturally invites restoration.
Join us for 4 nights in the High Sierras of California, living together in community and immersed in the vast wilderness of the Sierra Mountains. As the days unfold, the land reveals increasing beauty, quiet, and clarity—creating the ideal environment for relaxation, presence, and renewal.
This intimate retreat offers 4 full daily group breathwork sessions and meditation practices, balanced with ample free time for hiking, self-care, being creative, integration, and rest. Optional acupuncture and massage sessions will be available with select, highly trained practitioners in our forest campus. You can walk 5 minutes to your appointment!(advanced booking required; please contact Neika for practitioners contact information.)
The $795 all-inclusive tuition is based on double occupancy and shared bathrooms. Optional private vintage airstreams are available and sleep 2 people.
- Four group breathwork sessions
- Daily group meditation and daily breath exercises you can do at home
- Vegetarian meals prepared under the direction of an award-winning chef
- Accommodations and full retreat programming
This experience is designed to nourish your body, calm your mind, and reconnect you with you through nature, breath, and shared presence.
Limited to 8 participants.
Inquiries & Enrollment:
Call /text Neika at 415 570 3028
Email: artofawareness@gmail.com
Summer Breathwork Retreat: Aug 17-21
Fall Breathwork Retreat October 15-19, 2026 w/Kristen 4 nights $795
JOURNEY TO ABSOLUTE TRUTH
Facilitated by Kristen Maurice and Neika Whittemore
Kristen 619 248 9284
Neika 415 570 3028
Limited to 8 people
ART OF AWARENESS 