Yoga Therapy & Sound Healing Retreat

  …A Transformative & Empowering Retreat…

Yoga I Wellness I Sound

12 – 17 March, 2018

Are you ready for yoga to truly change your life?

Do you want a personalised practice with real tools that truly empower you?

DIVE DEEP into the Heart of Empowered Practice in this unique integrative transformational retreat. An insightful immersion into Therapeutic Yoga, holistic healing, and your understanding of the mind-body connection. Experience the ancient wisdom of yoga brought alive for modern living through the powerful combination of Breath, Movement, Mindfulness and Sound. Gain more in-depth knowledge of the structural and subtle therapeutic benefits of yoga for optimal health and mental balance.

‘REAL’ yoga will transform and empower you!

ACCELERATE your learning experience, prevent injuries and start or deepen your personal practice. You can spend years attending yoga classes for many years and still lack awareness and not know what is truly right for you. Infact you could even be causing further imbalances. Explore therapeutic postures and techniques to improve posture, respiratory, digestive and emotional health towards the ability to live a healthier lifestyle. Unlock your unlimited potential for change and be empowered with timeless practical information that you can use for the rest of your life.

A key element is seamless INTEGRATION, to quickly and effectively apply what you have learned towards developing a personal practice and consolidate the teachings into daily life. An important component is informative and interactive mini workshops/lectures as well as optional private sessions with qualified teachers.

Experience morning energizing, creative and INSIGHTFUL MINDFUL YOGA, a combination of Hatha Flow and traditional Vinyasa Krama from the teachings of Sri.T. Krishnamacharya (the father of modern Yoga). We focus on the cultivation of mindful awareness and inner alignment through the breath, biomechanical principles, and creative themes, as well as pranayama and meditation.

Afternoons explore THERAPEUTIC YOGA through an informative interactive lecture/workshop and guided practice of the techniques. Incorporating gentle effective movement patterns and pranayama. lso experience the art and science of Restorative Yoga as a valuable tool for deep relaxation, inviting you to let go into comfort and stillness. Ease chronic stress and tension, recovery from illness and injury, and stimulate the body’s natural healing mechanisms. Understand nature and the elements with Ayurveda for health and lifestyle factors according to your individual constitution (dosha).

YOGA THERAPY WORKSHOPS:

• Spinal Health (Posture)
• Digestive Health & Ayurveda Principles
• Stress & Anxiety
• Depression & Fatigue

*Optional YOGA THERAPY FOR WOMEN Workshop.

Relax deeply in extended final relaxation ‘Savasana’ to the soothing harmonics of SOUND MEDICINE through either Crystal Bowls, German and Chinese Gongs, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Hapi or Koshis. Sound is one of the most powerful tools to release stress, remove emotional blocks and activate self-healing mechanisms in the body. The power of sound opens up the vibrational field of resonance to induce a deep meditative state and bring deep transformation on all levels of being. It is a deep healing experience leaving you feeling balanced, calm and rejuvenated.

Discover SELF-MYOFASCIAL RELEASE a highly effective technique, using small balls as a deep form of self-massage alleviating tension in trouble spots (trigger points) especially within the low and upper back, shoulders and hips. It reduces chronic pain, enhances postural alignment, increases ROM (range of motion), restores function, and releases suppressed emotions.

The retreat culminates in a NEW MOON CEREMONY to set intention and invite inner peace. Sage, Sandalwood and Palo Santo are used to cleanse the space, the heart is activated as we let go of anything that is no longer serving us, and we envision our intention. Immerse in an ocean of harmonious sounds in a SACRED SHAMANIC SOUND BATH that will shift your consciousness, calm the mind and leave profound effects. Using the world’s finest quality healing grade Singing Bowls, Symphonic Paiste, Planetary Gongs, Chinese Chau Gongs, Buffalo Drums, Rattles, Steel Tongue Drum and more to support your journey inwards and experience yourself in your entirety.

WHO IS THE RETREAT FOR?

• Anyone wishing to deepen their personal practice and understanding of the body mind network for their own optimal health and well-being.
• Beginner students wishing to pursue the path of Yoga and transformation through powerful direct experiences.
• Advanced students looking to refine their practice, learn quick accessible tools and explore Yoga Therapeutics and Sound on a deeper level.
• Yoga Teachers and holistic practitioners interested in exploring Yoga Therapy and sacred sound tools to enrich their current knowledge and skills.

*Yoga was traditionally transmitted one-on-one where practices were given specifically for the individual student with a purpose of bringing about change. This in essence is the true application of yoga to meet the needs of the student at any given moment and works towards a state of wholeness in an intelligent way.

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