Yoga and Your Health Retreat
The Practical Approach to a Balanced Lifestyle
October 6 - 13, 2012
With Claudia Jones
The Program
The Yoga and Your Health retreat offers a practical approach to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. This retreat is for those wishing to make positive changes in their lifestyle to combat the pressures of today's modern living and its impact on our health.
On the Yoga and Your Health retreat you will enjoy:
- Delicious home-cooked healthy meals
- Fresh fruit and vegetable juices
- Fresh wheatgrass juice
- A variety of nutritious healthy supplements
Practical afternoon sessions include:
- Healthy cooking class
- How to make your own nutritional health supplements
- Neti (nasal cleansing),
- Tratak
- Introduction to self-massage, hand and foot reflexology.
- Talk on healthy, balanced living
- Discussion, Q & A
Yoga classes include:
- Guided asana practice.
- Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style will be available for those with an established self-practice
- Restorative yoga
- Breathwork, pranayama and meditation
Upon arrival you will receive your complimentary Samahita Wellness 'Yoga and Your Health' Welcome Kit.
We recommend you take the opportunity to relax and rebalance further by adding on one of our Samahita Wellness Balanced Living packages over the 7 days:
(please note there is an additional cost for these to the standard retreat rate)
| Simple Balanced Living | Radiant Balanced Living | Pure Balanced Living |
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7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies:
You can choose from any one of the following 60 minute 'Body and Soul' therapies each day:
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7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies as described under Simple package.
Plus You can choose 3 of our 'Radiance' Treatments:
and 3 Far Infrared Sauna sessions |
7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies as described under Simple package.
Plus 3 'Radiance' treatments Plus the following detoxifying therapies: 3 Far Infrared Sauna sessions 2 Colon Hydrotherapy Treatments 2 Chi Nei Tsang abdominal massage |
The Teacher
Claudia specializes on our Health and Wellness retreats and was the Wellness Director at Samahita Retreat for 3 years. Claudia guided and supported our guests through healthy weight loss, detox and wellness programs since the center's beginning. Claudia brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of complementary health and wellbeing from her holistic health and yoga center in the UK, which she ran for many years until 2006. She completed her Centered Yoga Training in 2007, has taught retreats in India, Greece and Taiwan. She has spent time in study in both Mysore with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath and also at The Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute with Sri Tiwari for pranayama. Claudia continues to lead our retreats as a guest teacher throughout the year.
Schedule
The program begins at 5pm on the first day of the retreat with a group welcome and departure is at 12pm on the last day.
The schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the teacher.
| 7:00 am | Herbal tea |
| 7:30 am | Intention and Day Opening Breathwork-Pranayama and Meditation |
| 8:15 am | Asana Practice: Guided asana practice. Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style will be available for those with an established self-practice |
| 10:00 am | Breakfast of fresh fruits, juices and cereals |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch of soup, steamed vegetables, rice, salads |
| 3 - 3:30 pm | Snack and refreshment |
| 4:00 pm | Practical sessions including: healthy cooking class, how to make your own nutritional health supplements, neti (nasal cleansing), introduction to self-massage and hand/foot reflexology talk on healthy, balanced living, discussion, Q & A |
| 5:00 pm | Restorative yoga asana and breath work |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner of soup or broth, steamed vegetables |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | Steam room available |
| 7:30 pm | Evening program - video, tratak, meditation |
Based on request and availability, you are welcome to arrive early or extend your stay, our Residential and Wellness Programs details are on http://www.yoga-thailand.com/yoga-holidays.html
Testimonials
Extremely good quality of food, the best vegetarian food ever enjoyed! Great chef!
Vivian, Hong Kong (2012-04-01)
Been here for a week. I am amazed how much change can be done in that time! I really toned up, my mind stilled within days, very relaxed, feeling bright and healthy, got a lot more flexibility, more muscle control and found out I have muscles that I never knew. Loved it, Rachel
Rachel, Netherlands (2012-04-01)
I found the retreat very nice and relaxing with the opportunity to do breathwork and yoga in the morning, eating healthy and delicious food and meeting nice people.
Dorthe, Denmark (2012-04-01)
Really enjoyed this week with Claudia and my group, it was fun even when we worked hard. I liked Claudia is expertise in teaching.
Danijela, UK (2012-04-01)
That is a wonderful and peaceful place where I hope to come back again. At the end of the week I feel healthy and in good shape. Could have stayed longer. Thank you!
Kathrine, Switzerland (2012-04-01)
