Loire Yoga Bike Tour

The Loire is the valley of dreams. Begin your days with energizing yoga to prepare the mind and body for fun-filled days of cycling. Bicycle through the level terrain of a provincial countryside, through medieval villages, and along meandering rivers, pause at lush, age-old vineyards to taste glorious vintages and explore the region’s distinct subterranean troglodyte cellars. Visit sprawling, immaculate castles that seem to have popped out of storybooks, and roam vibrant gardens manicured into works of art. Your luxurious châteaux-hotels will pamper you in royal luxury and you will ease into evenings with gentle and meditative yoga sessions. This is a land of pure enchantment.

DuVine Yoga Instructor: Julie Rader
Julie Rader first discovered meditation as a teenager as a tool to enhance her gymnastics performances. She continued to study the power of the mind body connection through college and graduate school. The intellectual learning transferred to experiential learning by using mental imagery and yoga to earn her All-American recognition as a springboard diver. Julie uses yoga, visualization and yoga nidra to help professional athletes reach their highest potential. She works with professional volleyball players, soccer players, basketball players, and snowboarders.   

Julie has owned two yoga studios. The first was a partnership and the second, Mukti, was a sole ownership.  After four years of yoga studio management, Julie decided to turn her focus back to teaching. Julie now manages Mukti Yoga teacher training school.  Mukti Yoga teacher training school is made up of 50-hour, 100-hour, and 150-hour modules. The modules allow trainees to customize the teacher training experience based on the path they would like their teaching career to take. Mukti Yoga senior teachers lead the foundation modules and Julie leads the graduate module as well as most of the 50-hour modules. Mukti Yoga encourages students to have their feet rooted on the ground and their head dreaming in the clouds.