Yoga in the Poconos on the Lehigh Gorge Bike Trail

Yoga and Biking in the Poconos with Nearme Yoga and Pocono Bike Rental

June 28th, 2017 – Lehigh Gorge State Park, White Haven, PA

A New TWIST is being added to the gentle curves and bends of the Lehigh Gorge Bike Trail  in the Poconos this summer and fall, Yoga on the Bike Trail. This new series presented by Nearme Yoga in cooperation with Pocono Bike Rental combines rail trail mountain biking in a relaxing forest setting with a 1 hour yoga class. To and from class you bike along a smooth well maintained trail, stopping at a river meadow, where your harmoniously guided yoga class will immerse you in nature.  Beginning this Saturday July 1st, and happening every other Saturday through October 21st, 2017.

“It is a familiar and instinctive way to practice yoga in nature”, says Nearme Yoga and NEPA Yoga Festival Creator, Chelsea Manganaro. “This new Yoga 1 Day Retreat like event provides a great opportunity to experience fitness of the mind, body and spirit in a unique way”, she also mentions.

Pocono Bike Rental owner Tom Williams states, “Nature is where we all came from. Yoga is a spiritual way to reconnect our ourselves to it and biking like any outdoor adventure sport makes that happen quite easily.”

Go biking with Pocono Bike Rental; on the world famous Lehigh Gorge Trail, the #1 Rail Trail in America (as searched on RailstoTrails.org) to a beautiful serene mountain meadow alongside the Lehigh River and practice yoga with the amazingly talented instructors from Nearme Yoga (the hosts of the largest annual Yoga Festival in the NEPA Poconos Region www.NEPAYogaFestival.com).

See nature’s beautiful wonders and practice Yoga along the Lehigh Gorge Trail witness; the whitewater Lehigh River rapids, amazing waterfalls, scenic overlooks, unique rock outcroppings, quartz crystal deposits, historical landmarks and the 1,000 foot mountain walls of the Lehigh Gorge, offering unique, majestic and spectacular views! This unique one of a kind series is the only DCNR approved State Park Yoga and Biking Series in the State of Pennsylvania!

Yoga on the Bike Trail – Bike, Hike, Yoga and Connect…
Lehigh Gorge State Park, White Haven, Poconos, PA

Yoga on the Bike Trail combines mountain biking in the Poconos and hiking on the world famous rail trail with practicing yoga at a river meadow all for $49.95.

This one day yoga retreat in the Poconos consists of

• 11:00 AM start time (please arrive at 10:45 AM)
• Bike approx. 20-30 minutes to Yoga Meadow
• Practice Yoga for approx. 55 minutes during High Noon
• Bike approx. 20-30 minutes to lunch spot/picnic area
• Lunch (self provided) 10-15 minutes (pack in/pack out)
• Hike approx. 5-10 mins. to the Lehigh River and Lock 22 at Mud Run
• Bike approx. 45-55 minutes back, finishing at around 2:00 PM

Series dates and teachers

• July 1^st Happy Freedom Revive – Chelsea Manganaro
• July 15^th Midsummer Meltdown – Nicole Grasso Kreidler
• July 29^th Summer Sweat – Janet D. Martin
• August 12^th Jam along the River – Chelsea Manganaro
• August 26^th Back to School Recharge – Georgia Bone
• September 2^nd Labor Day Rejuvenate – Maya Kowalcyk (of Jim Thorpe Yoga)
• September 16^th Nature’s Refresh – Chelsea Manganaro
• September 30^th Fall Foliage Rebirth – Georgia bone
• October 7^th Fall Foliage Restore – Stacy Hein (of Jim Thorpe Yoga)
• October 14^th Fall Foliage Spectacle – Lauren Franko
• October 21^st Fall Foliage Finale’ – Chelsea Manganaro

Pricing: $49.95 – ($59.95 day of w/online registration)
With your own bike $29.95 – ($39.95 day of w/online reg.)
Lehigh Gorge State Park, White Haven South Access
Teachers subject to change, RAIN/SHINE or MAY be moved to Sunday
48 hours advanced reservations suggested, class size is limited.

For more information and to check availability call 570-899-5025 or goto: www.YogaontheBikeTrail.com

Nearme Yoga founder– Chelsea Manganaro has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. She opened her first studio in 2014 because she wanted to provide people with a sense of community in which she experienced while living in San Diego. She also has found that Yoga has changed her life, and wants to offer others to find that same journey. She likes to teach beginners the best, but loves a power class as well.

Nearme Yoga offers a state of the art studio featuring contemporary colors to soothe and energize, sometimes with a warm towel for after class, tea and plenty of parking. They supply blankets, yoga straps, chairs, and blocks and also have mats available for $2 to rent. There is a Boutique for exclusive collaborations, yoga accessories, performance apparel, and essentials.

Nearme Yoga has two locations – 700 Main Street in Moosic PA and 110 Terrace Drive Peckville PA 18447.

Pocono Outdoors.com d.b.a. Pocono Bike Rental.com owner – Tom Williams, operates as a marketing partner and service provider to several outdoor adventure companies and wellness based entities throughout the Northeast PA Poconos Region. Proudly providing Pocono Outdoor Adventures like Mountain Biking Tours and Mountain Bike Rentals, Whitewater Rafting, Hiking, Disc Golf and Outdoor Yoga Adventure Retreats. Also partnered with both for profit and charitable organizations to provide everyone the opportunity for outdoor adventure sports fun!

Pocono Bike Rental serves the general Poconos area with multi day doorstep bike delivery and repair service. Primarily a bike rental and VIP Shuttle Service at the Lehigh Gorge Trail in White Haven and Jim Thorpe, PA.

Media Contact:
Nearme Yoga – Chelsea Maganaro – Phone: 570-840-3220
Pocono Bike Rental- Tom Williams- Phone: 570-899-5025

For booking information: www.YogaontheBikeTrail.com