Soften yourself
Autumn Bhakti
Learn to Fall like Like Autumn Leaf
and you will Return To Inner Peace
Yin Retreat Highlights
06:00 – Pranayama, Meditation & Chanting
07:00 – Guided Restorative Yin practice
08:30 – Herbal Tea and Fruit Break
09:00 – Yoga Philosophy & Mind Wellness Workshop in theme of Bhakti Devotion
10.30 – Sattvic Vegetarian Brunch
12:30 – Anatomy and Body Wellness Workshop – Self massage, Roll and Release, Myofascial Trains & Meridians
1:30 – Free time for relaxation, massage, exploration
18:00 – Evening Dinner
19:30 – Evening Havan Fire Ceremony 108 Vedic Mantra Chanting & Devotional Kirtan & Sound Healing
Balancing Pranayama, Vedic Chanting & Devotional Kirtan
Each morning of our Autumn Bhakti Yin Program is dedicated to the more subtle balancing and introverting pranayama practices, and will focus on gentle breath elongation, suspensions and refinement of the breath, leading into Japa meditations.
Chanting has the incredible benefit of calming, aligning o& cultivating our minds, as well as stimulating our throat centre and elongating our exhalation, which brings us back into parasympathetic 'rest and digest' state.
The evenings are dedicated to learning and chanting 108 rounds of powerful Vedic mantra around the Havan followed by devotional kirtan for the purification of our minds, cultivation of wholesome qualities, inner resources and building connection to that which is beyond our limited Self. Through repetition, you will absorb the spirit of Mantra into your daily life and experience its profound benefits that help you stay connected to that which is true and whole.
Restorative Yin Yoga Practices
The physical approach of our Autumn Bhakti Program is centered on entering into supported, long held, passive postures that bring a deeper release of the muscles and connective tissues of the body, as well as a release and re-alignment of the energetic, mental and emotional tensions stored in the body and organs.
In a Yin practice, you will:
- Learn what it means to find your edge,
- Drop into stillness
- Remain for time
- Cultivating the state of mindfulness
- Begin to understand your emotions
- Develop wholesome supportive attitudes
- Release and transform old patterns and stored impressions.
Yin Yoga can feel challenging at first and can be met with a lot of mental resistance, but it has immense benefit for those with a predisposition for stress, agitation, restlessness and held tension and those who are super active and always on the go. Yin is your ticket to the parasympathetic switch, teaching you vital tools to reduce gear and slow down.
Bhakti Yoga Philosophy & Myofascial Roll & Release Workshops
Our Mind Wellness workshops will touch upon key topics of devotion, what it entails and why its spiritually important according to Yogic philosophy. We will also learn the meaning and pronunciation of Various Vedic Mantras.
The body wellness workshops of this restorative week is a deep dive into the myofascial trains and meridians. Students will massage their way through their fascial trains and feel into some juicy pressure points.
Together we will review where the subtle energy meridians from Traditional Chinese medicine, fall into the fascial trains and discuss what emotions are associated with certain organs and meridian lines.
Body Wellness Workshops include:
- Deep Front Line, Kidney meridian and fear
- Superficial back line, bladder meridian
- Superficial Front line, Stomach meridian and Stress
- Lateral & Spiral lines, Gallbladder meridian and anger
- Arm lines, heart & lung meridian, Joy & depression.
Having only ever practiced Yin a handful of times I was incredibly taken to a whole new dimension and understanding of yoga. Yan’s calm, informative, gentle, approach was something that I’ll always remember, she also has the most incredible knowledge of the human body and the mechanics of it. Her teaching method is wonderful, she is full of wisdom and has a beautiful spiritual deep love for sharing all her knowledge and experiences to her students.
Natalie
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All you need to know about our
Autumn Bhakti Immersion Retreat
Learning Outcomes:
Morning Pranayama & Japa Meditation Practice
Over 6 sessions you will:
– Familiarise yourself with Nadi shodana alternate nostril breathing
– Learn and practice other Pranayamas and slowly begin to elongate and suspend the breath
– Learn Surya Bhedan, Ujayi, Sitali, Sheetkari, Bhastrika, Brahmari
– Learn how to hold and use Japa Mala beads and chant with it.
– Explore the different stages of chanting
Guided Restorative Yin Yoga practice
Over 6 sessions you will:
– Apply the three pillars of Yin Yoga practically
– Learn to slow down and hold a mindful space for yourself
– Learn to read your breath
– Get lots of time to feel into what tensions and emotions are stored in your body
– Experience the subtle dynamics of emotion and trauma release
– explore the use of positive resources in healing
Philosophy & Mind Wellness Workshops
Over 6 sessions you will:
– Explore Bhakti Devotional philosophy
– Study key texts and discuss how to apply devotion into your everyday life
– Explore how to set up an altar and prepare a sacred space
– Be introduced to Sacred Deities and their significance
Wellness & Body Awareness workshops
Over 6 sessions you will:
– Learn detailed fascia anatomy to understand how the body is so deeply interwoven
– Delineate the myofascial Trains and overview of the Chinese Meridians
– Understand how and where emotions are stored in our body
– understand different Yin postures to the fascia and meridian lines
Fire Ceremony & 108 Vedic Chanting Practice & Evening Kirtan
Over 5 sessions you will:
– help to set up Sacred space
– Understand the importance of Fire ceremony
– Learn and chant various Vedic Mantra
– Hear about and build relation to various spiritual forms represented in the depiction of deities
– take part in devotional kirtan and understand the approach of Bhakti
– Learn the call and response approach to chanting
– Learn the art of deep listening
– Experience and understand the benefits of a devotional practice in humbling the ego
Day 1: Check in and orientation
Day 2 – 7: Six retreat days
Day 8: Check out
Make it a teacher training!
Autumn Bhakti 50 hr Yoga Program
LEARN TO TEACH HEALING RESTORATIVE YIN YOGA CLASSES
For new teachers who would love to add additional teaching skills and knowledge to their yoga toolbox and share it with others, we are offering this week as a 50hr continuing education program with Yoga Alliance international.
Additional Schedule includes 3.5 additional daily hours in:
– In depth Yin practice & posture workshop
– Yin Teaching theory and methodology
– Mini teaching practicums
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