Workshops and retreats are an opportunity to deepen one’s experience of Yoga.  Each format has a different goal. Whereas in a workshop you can expect to come away with new learning, be it a skill, information or specific experiential element; at a retreat the focus is just that - a withdrawing or turning inward through the experience of dedicated time and space to practice yoga.  A workshop has a definite theme or goal, and a retreat may or may not, although topics of interest are likely to be offered.