Archive for October, 2009

Jivamukti Yoga Center

The Jivamukti Yoga Center offers their Focus of the Month:

Non-Violent Communication 

        The key to effective spiritual activism is non-violent communication. An activist is someone who actively works for change, and to be spiritual is to feel your connection to all living beings. Spiritual activism is working actively to further the conscious connection of oneself to others in a positive, life-affirming, mutually beneficial way. To be a spiritual activist is to be activated by spirit rather than by a skin-encapsulated ego. Through non-violent communication, a spiritual activist pursues liberation or enlightenment for the benefit of all.
         The biggest obstacle to our spiritual evolution at this time is our perception and treatment of animals and the natural world. When people learn of the horrible animal abuse that goes on day after day, they often feel despairing, overwhelmed and helpless, or they get angry and want to attack the perpetrators. Neither one of these reactions will bring about a positive transformation that will benefit the animals. Only through active, conscious compassion can you affect people’s minds and hearts, with the result that they find it in themselves to be compassionate and to extend that compassion to all beings, including animals. In other words, change must start with you – you must become the embodiment of compassion. Patanjali advises: vitarka-badhane pratipaksha-bhavanam (PYS II.33) – when disturbed by disturbing thoughts, think of the opposite.
         When destructive emotions like hate, anger, or the desire to do violence arise within you, cultivate the opposite state of mind. See the other person’s potential for kindness and bolster your own expression of kindness. View others with hope, seeing them as having overcome their own ignorance. If you see them in a negative way, the power of your perception will only help to keep them that way as you polarize yourself from them, assuming a superior role. You may at first encounter ridicule from others when you speak up for animals, but this ridicule can help you to hone your skills, enabling you to become better at articulating the message of veganism and animal rights in an informed and compassionate way. If you have a desire to be an effective speaker on the subject of yoga, animal rights and veganism – that is, if you have a desire to be a spiritual activist – then these ideas may help you achieve your goals:
         1. Listening: The Heart of Communication. Be sure you want to communicate as opposed to merely expressing yourself. Strive to be a communicator not a professor. To communicate, one must be able to listen and to hear where the other is coming from. Through empathetic listening, you will be able to change underlying causes, not just outward symptoms. Non-violent communication with others whom you would like to inspire toward change will transform you in the process, as it will develop compassion, which dissolves differences and leads to an enlightened existence.
         2. Feeling: The Means of Communication. Before you speak to others, ask yourself: How do I want them to feel about themselves when I talk to them? Martin Luther King, Jr. did not see African-Americans as victims, but as strong, whole, and complete. He didn’t have time for hate, recognizing that it would slow him down on his way to his goal. He envisioned a new world in which all people lived together in harmony, and he spoke from that elevated dream. Black people who heard him felt themselves to be as Dr. King saw them, empowered with vision and hope to take their rightful place in society rather than remain victims of an unjust racist system. Only through humility and respect will you be effective in communicating. When conveying the messages of yoga and vegetarianism to others, don’t make them feel condemned or judged, but rather empowered to make conscious choices that would lead to liberation.
         3. Seeing: The Expression of Communication. To separate the world into good guys and bad guys or victims and perpetrators will only result in more division, not the peaceful unification we seek as yogis. When you speak to others about vegetarianism or animal rights, you must not view them as stupid, callous, or evil. Instead, see them through your eyes of compassion as holy beings, capable of kindness. If the person eats meat, why not view that as a temporary condition? If you can’t see others as potentially kind and compassionate beings, how can you ever expect them to see themselves that way?
         4. Bliss: The Result of Successful Communication. Ecstasy is the true ground of being, and it pulsates within you at all times. Recognize it and celebrate it in others, and you will find it in yourself. By not trying to tame, enslave, and exploit others, you allow them the right to pursue their true natures and, in doing so, you allow yourself the same adventure into bliss. If we are to spiritually evolve and survive as a species, we must liberate ourselves from the lie that we are separate from the rest of life. Recognize the potential within yourself to become liberated and for your life to serve as an instrument of liberation for others. Cultivate your vision by infusing yourself with vast compassion that extends to include everyone. Liberation, or moksha, is the goal of yoga, and ecstasy, or bliss, is its experience.
         -Sharon Gannon, adapted from Yoga and Vegetarianism

Here is the schedule of some upcoming events taking place at Jivamukti Yoga Center:

SUNRISE GITA
with Joshua Greene (Yogesvara) Tuition: $10
$8 for those with Unlimited and/or class packs.
Every Sunday: 9:30am-10:30am

Downtown Center:
841 Broadway, 2nd Floor , New York , NY   10003
Phone: (212) 353-0214

Launch your week with a refreshing Sunday morning service of chanting and study. Each program includes kirtan, verse-by-verse discussion of India’s sacred text Bhagavad Gita, and a personal quality to cultivate in the week ahead.

Nov 1
2.9 – “Govinda, I shall not fight.”
We humans are complicated: often we say the opposite of what we feel. Today’s talk explores how professing repulsion for the difficult journey to self-awareness belies our desire to begin.

Nov 8
Our Sunrise Gita gathering will have a special guest: Karnamrita. http://www.karnamrita.com.
She is coming with a musician accompanist, and we will take the opportunity to relish the sound of kirtan and delve into Gita verse 9.14:
“Bhakti-yogis are always chanting my names and offering me their love, for they have consecrated their lives to me in unceasing devotion.”

Nov 15 no class

Nov 22
2.10 – “Krishna smiled.”
Why? Because Arjuna, a beloved friend, was asking for help. Bhakti Yoga nurtures a healthy cooperation between ourselves and the Divine – a loving exchange that erases doubts and fear.

Nov 29
2.11 – “Wise souls mourn neither the living nor the dead.”
Compassion can be misplaced. Healthy compassion blends concern for others with knowledge of how and why we suffer. Without knowledge, compassion can be an excuse for avoiding our own inner work.

Dec 6
2.12 – “Never was there a time when we did not exist.” Special class on yoga and vegetarianism.
Today we explore the philosophical foundation of the yoga diet. It’s not just about avoiding cruelty. We will look at exceptions to the rule, the karmic consequences of eating out, and discuss tips for staying spiritually fit in a fast-food world.

Dec 11
Sunrise Gita Holiday celebration
Date to be confirmed

Dec 13
Sunrise Gita with special guest Shala Mattingly

Dec 20 no class

Dec 27 no class

Bamboomoves Yoga Studio

Bamboomoves Yoga Studio has multiple locations throughout The New York City area.  They offer a very wide range in their class selections from Tai Chi and Yoga for the beginner to Belly Dancing, Ballet and Meditation.  Bamboomoves also offers classes in Capoeira which they describe as an art form created from the experiences of African slaves during the colonial period of Brazil. Incorporating music, singing and acrobatics, capoeira is a game of negotiation through movement, facilitating self-expression and empowering defense. Classes introduce fundamental movements and their application within capoeira games accompanied by traditional rhythms. Flexibility, strength, balance, creativity and aerobic conditioning—this is a high-intensity class open to anyone interested in challenging their physical limits.

The following are excerpts from an interview done with Andrew Tanner, co-owner of the Yoga Studio: Source The Skinny Chef

The main benefits of yoga is that you feel more energy, flexibility, core strength, and a lighter, more joyous heart.  Yoga helps you release stress and the causes of stress – which is being attached to the little things in life. Through yoga, people can slow down their hectic minds by focusing on their body’s movement in conjunction with the breath and find a sense of peace and serenity.  

Yoga is not a miracle cure, but it is so special because it focuses on energy through movement and breath. Practicing every day benefits you 10-times more than other exercises that don’t incorporate energy work.  But practicing yoga even on a semi-regular basis (1 to 2 times weekly), you’ll experience a real difference in how you look and feel.

Purple Valley Yoga Retreat is located in a peaceful valley in Assagao, North Goa, between the Arabian Sea at Anjuna beach and the small market town of Mapusa. Set in landscaped tropical gardens there are communal areas for eating and relaxing and private spaces for contemplation and meditation, it is quiet and safe, and the ideal place for a yoga holiday.

 

Purple Valley Yoga Retreat

Purple Valley Yoga Retreat

The yoga is mainly of the Ashtanga yoga tradition. The morning walk to the shala (Sanskrit for yoga school) is through the tropical gardens of the yoga retreat with the scent of frangipani in the air, the sun rising over the field of palm trees and the birds and cicadas singing. The shala itself is an amazing space with a peaceful energy and the perfect place to deepen and explore your yoga practice.

Meals are vegetarian, served buffet style on our open-air terrace and enjoyed in the company of the other students. Many friendships are formed over the conversations and laughter that last long after the food is served.

Breakfast is a feast of exotic tropical fruits, homemade breads with toppings, local nuts and porridge.  Dinners are an imaginative mix of Indian and Western food and all ingredients are bought fresh daily at the local market, organic wherever possible and everything is prepared with love.

Many students come to Purple Valley Yoga Retreat for it’s quiet location, away from the busy markets and tourist areas because it is safe and not too remote.  They also try to cater for those who want a bit of extra-curricular activity by organising trips to the local spice plantation and having our popular movie nights under the stars.

 

Love & Compassion Integrative Health and Healing

 
Healing Meditation Program (4 classes)  
Are you on the healing  journey whether physical, mental, emotional or spiritual? Are you interested in learning about healing meditation techniques?  Then Love & Compassion Integrative Health and Healing  Center in New York City is the place to learn.  They are located at 48 W. 21st St. 7th Floor (between 5th & 6th Aves) and you can contact them by phone at (212) 242-8701.  Healing starts from putting your Mind on your own healing and awakening your healing ability. This Program will teach you Eastern healing meditation techniques that will accelerate your healing process. After learning these skills, you can continue practicing at home on a regular basis. Healing is a journey and Mika will teach you how to be in charge of your own healing.
Next Program: 4 Weds, Nov 11, 18, 25 and Dec 2, 6:30 – 8:30pm

Week 1: Mind Power 1 & Soul Power: wakening your own healing mechanism, affirmation of healing, healing mantra
Week 2: Mind Power 2: Visualization for healing
Week 3: Energy Healing 1: Taoist healing: Qi Gong meditation
Week 4: Energy Healing 2: Taoist healing: two hands energy flow techniques

Fee: $160 (4 classes)

Please contact Mika to sign up. Thank you.

The following Programs are available for those who have completed the Beginners’ Meditation Program (Level I). These Programs will deepen your meditation skills and guilde you to the higher level of practice.

 

 

 

 

Level II Meditation Program: Advanced Beginners

1. Maintain regular practice
2. Learn how to develop connection with the Higher Self through  meditation
3. Learn how to receive Personal Truth through Meditation
Fee: $30/month
An application is necessary. Please contact Mika by email. Thank you.  

Level III Meditation Program: Intermediate NEW
Once a month program: 3rd Monday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Goals:

1. Maintain regular practice                                                                                                 2. Learn how to go to the deeper state in meditation 
3. Learn how to develop connection with the Higher Divine/Universe
Fee: $30/month
An application is necessary. Please contact Mika by email. Thank you.

(Former Meditation Circle)
Once a month program: 1st Monday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, starting on October 5.
Goals:

 

Integrative Approach: Unlike the Modern Western Medicine, ancient Eastern approach is to find the deep cause of illness and heal the condition inside out. Our role is to find what the the root cause is and where is located. The root cause could be physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. We humans carry these 4 levels and they are all mutually connected and interacted. Mika’s role is to find the root cause and offer the most appropriate and effective healing modalities to heal inside out.

Goal-oriented Coaching Style: We are serious about your healing and learning. This Studio is not just for symptomatic relief, but in-depth thorough healing. You come in with your specific healing and empowerment goals. And we will help you achieve as effective and faster as we can. Mika is not only a health practitioner, but also a “healing coach” to achieve your goals toward the optimal health and wellbeing!

Continuum from Healing to Spiritual Growth: Healing is crucial, but not the final goal. It is the beginning of your new journey! Because healing is an opportunity to learn about your Self. Mika is prepared to offer numerous classes and workshops that deepen your search.

Next program: 4 Weds, Nov 11, 18, 25 and Dec 2, (6:30 – 8:30 pm)

LAUGHTER YOGA, A Global Movement for Health, Joy, and Peace

Tree of Life Yoga Center located at 102-06 Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills Queens has a new genre of yoga called Laughter Yoga. Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea – simple and profound. An exercise routine, it is fast sweeping the world and is a complete well being workout.

It is the brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian physician from Mumbai who started the first laughter club in a park on 13th March 1995, with just 5 people. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 social laughter clubs in 60 countries.

Laughter Yoga combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing (Pranayama). Anyone can laugh for no reason, without relying on humor, jokes or comedy. Laughter is simulated as a body exercise in a group but with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter. The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter.One gets the same physiological and psychological benefits.  Here are some exciting upcoming events at The Tree of Life Yoga Center:

Meditation Workshop

Meditation is a core practice, often the fundamental practice of nearly every spiritual tradition for experiencing deeper levels of consciousness and awareness. In this class we will draw from Yogic, Buddhist, and Kabbalistic traditions to explore various meditative techniques. We will also discuss current scientific models of the mind to draw upon contemplative tradition. Topics covered in this workshop: Buddha’s Paradigm, The Universe of Discourse of Meditation, Benefits of Meditation, Aspects of Ritual, The Importance of Intent, Yantra and Mantra, The Science of Breath, Practical Aspects, Meditation in Motion. Besides lecture and practice, there will be ample opportunity for open discussion and practicum. You will leave this class equipped to engage in a personal practice of meditation, ready to enjoy the enhanced mental clarity, balance and equanimity this will bring into your life. May be used for yoga Teacher’s Training credits.

When: to be announced

Led by:
Rene David Alkalay, Ph.D., N.D.

Introduction to Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a profound system of esoteric Jewish and Hermetic spiritual knowledge and training. It is said to be the most ancient wisdom given by God to man as a vehicle to attain mystical insight and luminous understanding. Once restricted to secret societies and initiates of the Rabbinic schools of Kabbalah and Western mystery schools, it is now available to all those who seek to journey on a higher path. In this intensive, 14 week program we will study both the theory of Kabbalah and its meditative practices.

When: Call to register

Led by: Rene David Alkalay, Ph.D., N.D.

The Vow Project

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Vow to Change Your World

If we don’t have control of our minds, we do not have control of our future. Let THE VOW PROJECT help you track your mind and change your world.

It’s so simple. Your Buddhist vows are sent via text to your mobile phone throughout the day, at specific intervals. Each time an SMS is sent, you are reminded how an Enlightened Being is meant to think, speak and act.

You begin to change,
Your world begins to change,
Everyone’s world changes.

The Buddha taught that everything we think, say and do in the present moment plants powerful seeds, seeds that create our future world. In order to create a perfect world, what kind of thoughts should we be thinking? Perfect thoughts.

What are perfect thoughts?

According to Buddhism, perfect thoughts are thoughts that are concerned with the welfare of others. Most of us need support shifting our concern away from ourselves and towards others. THE VOW PROJECT does just that.

“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” ~ The Buddha

Modern life is busy, chaotic and full of distractions. It’s difficult for even the most conscientious of us to maintain our awareness and remember to watch our minds throughout the whole day. In compassionate response to that difficulty, THE VOW PROJECT was born…a way to easily track our minds as we go through the day.

A modern approach to a timeless practice:

We’ll text a different vow to your mobile phone 6 times each day, to help you stay mindful and on track – a quiet reminder to pause and redirect. With these small, incremental seeds, you’ll see your whole world begin to transform… Get ready to change Your mind and Your world!!

The Vow Project is a non-profit organization. They are able to provide this service through the kindness and generosity of people everywhere. Please help them continue their efforts by offering a donation of $10/month or $108/year. A portion of your donation will cover costs necessary to keep the Vow Project running, and the rest will given to a dharma-driven non-profit of your choosing. Follow this link for donation information: https://www.thevowproject.com/createaccount

Himalayan Spiritual Center

The Char Dham, know as the “four abodes,” is the most important pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas, located in the state   of Uttaranchal. With four individual sites, each circuit has an autonomous history and significance that predates and remains distinct  from their status as a whole. Overtime, these four circuits have been caused to be viewed together in popular imagination and actual pilgrimage practice. The origin of the Char Dham is not fully known, but originally the name was reserved for India’s most famous pilgrimage circuit of four important temples grouped together but an 8th century reformer. These four temples make up the All-India pilgrimage circuit to the four cardinal points of the subcontinent. Unlike the original Char Dham, the sites of the Chota Char Dham do not share a single affiliation but instead the three major movements all have representation. Until as late as the twentieth century, the “Chota” designation was still used to define the Himalayan version of the Char Dham.

The circuit was only accessible until recently only after taking a two-month trek exceeding 4000 meters and long dominated by wandering ascetics and religious professionals. The long and tiresome journey was also joined by a handful of devoted retirees and wealthy patrons who could afford an entourage. The individual sites were important to Hindus, but they were not a particularly visible aspect of religious culture.

After the war in 1962 between India and China, the accessibility to the Chota Char Dham improved drastically and pilgrim buses began to arrive. It was around this time that the name became Char Dham, though the prefix of ‘Himalayan’ is often still used to avoid confusion and emphasis.

With the various improvements, the importance of the Char Dhambecame both an actual destination and an object of the national Hindu religious imagination. The Char Dham has become an important destination for pilgrims from South Asia and those sharing the same ethnicity identity.

These days, the Char Dhamhas 250,000 unique visitors in an average pilgrimage season which lasts from April until sometime in November. The heaviest time is in the two-monthperiod before the monsoon. Once the July rains come, the pilgrimage travel is extremely dangerous withdestabilized rocks, fatal landslides and bus or car accidents regularly with mortality rates often surpassing 200 in one season. Despite the danger, pilgrims do continue to visit the Char Dham in the monsoon period, as well as after the rains end.

Although temperatures at the shrines in the early winter months (October and November) are inhospitable, it is said that the incredible mountain scenery that surrounds the sites is most vivid after the rains have had a chance to moisten the dust of the plains below.

Hot Yoga Paradise Parties

Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi

Birthdays, Showers, Any Event

10-24 People

Classes, Juice, Mats, Gifts, Candles, T-Shirts, Massages

HOT YOGA PARADISE
213-01 Northern Blvd. Suite 2E
Bayside, NY 11361

Entrance and Parking Garage on 213th st.

718-428-0075

Schedule and Classes

2009
 
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:30am
Hot Yoga
Hot Vinyasa
Hot Yoga
Hatha
Hot Vinyasa
Hot Vinyasa
Hot Yoga
11:00am
 
 
     
Hot Yoga
Hot Vinyasa
1:00pm
 
 
 
 
 
 Tai-Chi*
Goddess
2:00pm
         
Pre-Natal*
Belly Dancing
4:00pm
             
5:30pm
   
 
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6:00pm
 Hot Yoga
 
Hot Vinyasa
 
 
 
 
7:00pm
 
Inside Out 
 
Inside Out
Hot Yoga
 
 
8:00pm
Hot Vinyasa
Hot Yoga 
Hot Yoga
Hot Vinyasa
 
 
 

Hot Yoga
A series of poses performed in a heated room. The heat aids the stretching process while challenging the focus on the mind, enhancing the transformational experience of yoga. The heated environment relaxes the muscles while working up a sweat detoxifying the body and strengthening the heart. This incredible workout is cardiovascular and anaerobic. The benefits are: mental clarity, stress reduction, increase vitality, energy, blood circulation as well as strength and flexibility while improving your immunity. Amazing and fulfilling. ( 90 min.)
   
Hot Vinyasa
A Vinyasa flow yoga class performed in a heated room. It combines deep breathing and specifically sequenced sets of flowing yoga postures. Hot Power yoga has the ability to build strength, increase endurance, release tension, burn calories and create more flexibility in the entire body. The class can be vigorous and challenging and will leave you feeling empowered.( 90 min.) 
   
Ashtanga
Building, strength, stamina. A dynamic form of yoga which links postures and breath together to create a continuous flow of movement. A full body workout targeting major muscles of the back, legs, chest and arms. It focuses on creating heat internally through a fast-paced series of vinyases. It purifies and strengthen the body while generating parana ( Life force). Victoriously you will feel each time you finish your class. ( 90 min.)
 
Power Yoga
Strong and meditative with attention to alignment, while building strength, flexibility & stamina. ( 90 min.)
 

Hatha
A series of Yoga poses designed to promote flexible strength. Which will increase your internal energy, massage and tone your internal organs and help regulate your hormones. ( 90 min.)
 
Gentle Yoga
A practice of postures, breathing and, meditation increasing flexibility, mobility, and range of movement. Focus on body alignment, exercise and deep relaxation. (90 min.)
 

Inside Out- Out
Powerful and challenging, it is empowerment for your body that projects out to your life. It is a unique and motivating combination of Pilates and progressive body sculpting that will develop strength, sleek toned muscles, and reduced body fat. Weighted balls and elastic bands add innovation to a class designed for all fitness levels. ( 60 min. ) 
 
Pilates
Stretch, Strengthen and, tighten your abdominal muscles.
Improve your body alignment and energize your mind and body. Relax and breath. ( 60 min.)
 
Nia
Neuromuscular Integrative Action, combines movement from Yoga, Modern dance, Jazz, Tae Kwon Do Aikido into a lyrical dance -like routine. Powerful and playful, offering a total body cardiovascular conditioning.It is playful, mindful, and you will integrate body and emotions into a joyful experience.
( 60 min.)
 

Tai Chi
Yang Style Short Form develops tone, strength, flexibility and concentration. An introduction to the ancient “Supreme Ultimate” martial art. ( 60 min.) 

Belly Dance
Starts with a fun exotic warm up that shapes and conditions while toning your body. It leads into various patterns of Belladee and Bolero movements of Egyptian and Greek style Belly dancing. (60) 


Meditation for the Day from Yoga Journal

Use this practice to rediscover your natural connection with joy.

The more you practice invoking states of well-being, the more available they are.  Use the following practice to teach your mind and body to experience joy in the moment.  As you invite happiness into your life in this way, you will have more access to a joyful life.

1. Get comfortable and, if you wish, close your eyes.  Become aware of your breath, and breathe slowly and deeply. Breathe in relaxation and a sense of ease.  Let go of any tension as you exhale. Let the warmth of relaxation flow through your whole body, from your head all the way down to your feet.

2.  Find your own way to the still, quiet center of your being, with your body relaxed, your emotions calm, your mind peaceful and spacious.

3.  Think of a time when you experienced great joy and well-being, perhaps when you were in a beautiful place or with a good friend.

4.  Recall your experience with as much detail as you can.  If possible, bring an image of that moment to mind.  What was happening? What was the environment like?  Were you alone or with others?  What sights or sounds can you remember?

5.  Remember how the experience of well-being or joy felt in your body.  Did your body feel light? Energetic?  Expansive?  What did joy feel like in your mind?  Did your mind feel open?  Present? Clear?  Take a few moments to let your awareness feel the sensations in your body and the mood in your mind.  Let them fully register as you breathe in this feeling of well-being.  Relax into it with each exhalation.

6. Practice calling up this image and the feelings of well-being regularly each day for one week. At times, you may find you can simply invoke and sustain those feelings of well-being without having to re-create the specific memory.

Use this practice whenever you are feeling stuck and want to shift to a more uplifted state of mind, or simply want to open yourself to joy.

For more information on this or other meditation series look at www.yogajournal.com

Summer Retreat in Bali Register Now!

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There is an exciting upcoming retreat in Bali for the summer to look forward to in June of 2010 from www.exoticyogaretreat.com.  I had an opportunity to speak with one of the founders of this marvelous yoga getaway Kimberly LaRue and she was so enthusiastic about the wonders of the Balinese culture experienced while on last years retreat.  Kimberly spoke of the inspirational people that inhabit the village in which the retreat is held and how warm and welcoming a people they are.  Participants will stay in lovely mountainside accommodations at  Ubud Bungalow which is located right in the middle of the Monkey Forest.  Ubud “the cultural heartland of Bali” is also another word for medicine and this resort is a healing sanctuary of peace and relaxation.  The trip includes 2 hours of morning yoga at the bungalows before breakfast and an additional daily afternoon meditation.  One of the highlights from last years retreat was an amazing hiking adventure up Mt. Batur at sunrise, which is an active volcano “where in places it is still hot enough to fry an egg” according to Kimberly- the group hopes to repeat the hike this year.  There will also be many more excursions including a temple visit where everyone will have the experience of being blessed in a water ceremony by a Balinese priest.  Also included in the retreat:

  • Airport transfers (You will be met personally by Patrick)

  • Welcome treatment at Verona Spa

  • 10 nights room and gourmet breakfast at Ubud Bungalow (optional vegan menu)

  • Dinner at Ketut Darna’s private home in the silver village

  • Trip to Pondok Pisang for morning yoga (shala on the ocean)

  • Holy water blessing at Tirta Gangga temple

  • Daily morning Active Yoga and afternoon practice of Yin Yoga meditation

  • One Balinese cooking lesson

  • Kecak dance

  • Farewell dinner at Ubud Bungalow

Ample free time will be available for you to take advantage of many more Bali activities:

Amazing local spas offering the ultimate in pampering

  • Experience traditional Balinese healing treatments by native practitioners

  • World-class snorkeling and diving

  • Surf in some of the best waves in the world with pro surfers

  • Sunrise hike up Mt. Batur, Bali’s most active volcano

  • View the amazing rice terraces

  • Visit villages famous for their artisans–silver, textiles, wood sculpture…

  • Healthy hip local cafes with wi-fi available

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