One Day Yoga Retreat: Ballintotis, Midleton, East Cork
Building the foundations and confidence for inversions
&
Yin yoga & yoga nidra
When: Saturday the 3rd of November
Where: Ballintotis, East Cork (approx 4 min drive beyond Midleton)
What's included: 2&1/2 hour workshop focusing on inversions, 2hr yin yoga and yoga nidra workshop, 2 course lunch plus tea & coffee & treats
Who: This day is suited to people who already have a yoga practice and are looking to deeper their practice.
How much: €60 for first timers and €55 for returning retreaters. I have a limited amount of spaces for those of you who wish to only attend one workshop with the option of lunch. €25 deposit required to hold your place
To book: Contact me on 0863241168 to reserve your spot or for any further questions
Inversions workshop:
Turning yourself upside down can be quite scary for many people in a yoga class and for others it can be their favourite part of the class. It takes confidence, practice, patience, and the right foundations to learn how to practice inversions correctly and safely but with the right tools, support and encouragement you can achieve anything!
During this workshop that is exactly what we will do. We will work on building the right steps towards inversions such as Shoulderstand, Crow, Clown, Tri-pod headstands, Headstands and Handstands. Fear not if non of these are in your practice as this is what the workshop is all about. Here you will learn the steps needed to either bring you towards trying out your first inversion or taking it to the next stage either way you will gain knowledge and skills that you will hopefully be able to take home and practice. We will prepare the body through lots of mobility, strength & stability exercises, yoga poses and needless to say some added fun and surprises to spice things up. Inversions have so many benefits beside looking pretty cool! Inversions can build confidence, encourage you to face your fears, build strength, stimulate the immune and endocrine systems, can be lots of fun and can be very rewarding & uplifting. This workshop is suited to those of you who are looking to dive deeper into your yoga practice and are interested in learning how to flip your perspective and turn that frown upside down ;-))))
Lunch:
Lunch will be provided by the wonderful Naturally Nourished Cafe. It will include delicious homemade soup and Arbutus homemade breads, a salad of your choice or a warm dish (all dietary requirements catered for), tea & coffee & homemade chocolate protein balls.
Yin yoga & yoga nidra workshop:
The afternoon will be a 2 hr yin yoga workshop finished off with a guided yoga nidra. This is a seated practice that involves holding floor poses for a few minutes at a time. It is a passive deep, inward, meditative practice that focuses on balancing and harmonising the mind & body, stretches and strengthens the connective tissues around the joints, helps shift any stagnant energy and deepens and prepares the mind & body for seated meditation. It is a beautiful practice that draws our awareness inward creating space for us to really get to know what's going on inside without any external distractions! This style of yoga is the yin to your yang and nowadays we are mainly driven by the yang qualities in our daily lives, always pushing and striving for "better things" and everybody knows that too much of one thing isn't good for you so this will be the perfect way to bring that balance into your life!