The Threshold: A Sedona Yoga Retreat
The Threshold Yoga Experience
October 31–November 6, 2026
Join Dani Locastro & Amy Pearce Hayden in Sedona, Arizona
Sedona offers a rare combination of awe-inspiring natural beauty and quiet spaciousness, naturally inviting reflection and inner exploration.
This five-day experience is shaped around the idea of arriving at a threshold: a moment of pause, transition, or change. The practices we’ll share are intended to support you when something feels ready to shift, soften, or be reconsidered. Think of this retreat as a catalyst for loosening old patterns or ideas, and for becoming unstuck where movement has felt difficult.
This retreat has space built in on either end, allowing you to plan your own stay and vacation activities in Sedona. Please plan to arrive in Sedona by October 31 so you are ready to begin our first retreat day on Sunday, November 1.
Our experience officially begins Sunday, November 1, with a group lunch at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park, where we will open our small group in sacred circle.
Please note: you must be committed for the entire retreat. Programming at Sedonya Center runs Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This retreat is designed for you to experience many different tools of yoga for self-awakening, shared by experienced teachers and healers, with meaningful space in between for contemplation and growth.
What’s Included
Four full-day integrated yoga workshops at Sedonya Center, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
28 CE credits
Some special evening programming
Opening outdoor sacred circle and guided peace walk
Gong bath and tea ceremony with energy healer Sonya Belisle
Four daily gourmet lunches at Sedonya Center for Conscious Living
Heartful Yoga art-making collaborative workshop
Yoga philosophy study with Amy
“Die Before You Die” seminar with end-of-life doula Linda Weaver
Yoga Wall Fundamentals class with Dani
Indigenous ceremonial dinner with Uqualla
Uqualla is a spiritual emissary, ceremonialist, and universal wisdom keeper born of the Havasupai Tribe, who live within the Grand Canyon.Sacred fire ceremony with Uqualla
To sit in ceremony with Uqualla in Sedona, upon the land of his ancestors, is to touch something timeless and rare.Closing group dinner at Sedonya
What’s Not Included
Airfare, lodging, and transportation
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Arroyo Piñon Hotel, within walking distance of Sedonya Center for Conscious Living. Attendees are welcome to reserve at our selected hotel or choose their own accommodations.
Retreat Pricing
$2579 per person
This is Dani’s second time hosting the Sedona Retreat. It will sell out!
October 31–November 6, 2026
The Threshold is a five-day yoga retreat in Sedona, Arizona, created by Dani Locastro and Amy Pearce Hayden for those standing at a moment of transition, reflection, or renewal.
Held at the Sedonya Center for Conscious Living, this intimate experience weaves together integrated yoga workshops, yoga philosophy, Yoga Wall fundamentals, sacred ceremony, creative practice, and restorative healing experiences. With time intentionally held for contemplation and growth, The Threshold offers space to soften old patterns, reconnect with what matters, and welcome the movement that is ready to emerge.
Your retreat includes four full days of programming, daily gourmet lunches, a gong bath and tea ceremony, sacred circle and peace walk at Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park, an Indigenous ceremonial dinner and sacred fire ceremony with Uqualla, and closing dinner at Sedonya.
*Total price includes all associated fees
October 31–November 6, 2026
Reserve your place for The Threshold, a five-day yoga retreat in Sedona, Arizona, created by Dani Locastro and Amy Pearce Hayden for those standing at a moment of transition, reflection, or renewal.
Held at the Sedonya Center for Conscious Living, this intimate experience brings together integrated yoga workshops, yoga philosophy, Yoga Wall fundamentals, sacred ceremony, creative practice, and restorative healing experiences. With time intentionally held for contemplation and growth, The Threshold offers space to soften old patterns, reconnect with what matters, and welcome the movement that is ready to emerge.
Your retreat includes four full days of programming, daily gourmet lunches, a gong bath and tea ceremony, sacred circle and peace walk at Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park, an Indigenous ceremonial dinner and sacred fire ceremony with Uqualla, and a closing dinner at Sedonya.
*This deposit reserves your place.
Meet your educators
Danielle (Dani) Locastro E-RYT 500, YACEP
Dani is the creator and founder of Heartful Yoga, LLC, integrating yoga and art for creativity, healing, and self-expression. She is a professional artist, textile design`er, entrepreneur, potter and yoga educator with an E-RYT 500 (YACEP). Trained in Raja Hatha Yoga, she also holds certifications in Iyengar Yoga Wall 1-2, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Kids Yoga, and Yoga Therapeutics. Her lifetime as an artist has given her a keen eye for form, function, alignment, and the body’s natural intelligence—supporting students in movement, release, and honest self-exploration.
Dani believes yoga and art should be accessible to people of all body types, identities, and emotional states. She creates a safe, supportive space where everyone can show up as they are. Rooted in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Dani weaves together asana, pranayama (breathwork), meditation, mudras, mantras, and art-based practices—offering practical tools students can return to in everyday life.
Her teaching blends clear alignment, thoughtful pacing, and creative process—so students can build strength, steadiness, and trust in themselves.
As a creative guide, artist, and educator, Dani brings people together in studios, schools, festivals, galleries, and wellness spaces—to move, breathe, and make their marks on the canvas of life.
Amy Pearce-Hayden, E-RYT 500, CRP
Amy’s formal yoga study began in 1995 as part of her training as a professional actor, and it has become her daily education and practice ever since.
Amy is the founder of The RajaHatha School of Yoga and carries this simple philosophy: “Absolutely everything is connected. Our practice is in becoming present in the moment to allow for that reality and magic to joyfully unfold.” Amy has studied Yoga in India, and under the guidance of many western yogis. She received her Certifications in Yoga that placed focus on the branches of Raja, Hatha, Jnana, Bhakti, and Tantra Yoga as well as Ayurveda. Amy has been training teachers in her linage since 2004. Spring 2026 will be her 22nd year certifying students. Amy has been named “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” of Putnam County, NY. She is the author of “Living the Sutras, A Guide to Yoga Wisdom beyond the Mat, and the spin-off Podcast “Living It” co-host, as well as the author of “Live Your Yoga”, a yoga practice card deck.
As a recognized International Yoga teacher, she is sought out for her expertise in linking classical yoga with modern living. She has been a regular contributor to Yoga International Magazine, as both a cover model and creator of on-line yoga classes and guided meditations for them. During the summers of 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019 she co-hosted the Times Square Summer Solstice “Mind over Matter” event with 10,000 yogis practicing in the heart of New York.
