Detailed Weekly Information - Villa Gokbel 2011
Our Schedule:
A morning session is scheduled for around 7.45 a.m.
At 10.00 a.m. a large breakfast is provided leaving the majority of the day clear for other activities. There are fabulous walks and of course the beach to explore - or just laze by the pool.
There is a further yoga session from 6.00 to 7.30 p.m.
followed by dinner (except on Saturday evening when we eat
out)
'Yoga For Joy' with Kathryn Banks
Kathryn's returns for another season at Villa Gokbel. See pictures below of last years group
Her holiday will be a smooth blend of Yoga, Pilates and Chi Gung coupled together in new inventive ways to build on our foundation and relax into the presence. Music may be involved to lift us higher into the joy of movement.
Kathryn trained and qualified in exercise to music RSA in 1989, Pilates in 1998, Body Balance in 1999, Astanga Yoga in 2003, and Hatha Yoga in 2004. She has trained with top teachers from around the world.
Kathryn blends all aspects of her training into her Yogaflow classes.
(pictures below from her trips to Villa Gokbel which everybody loved)
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As
a child Ben was fascinated by the illustrated Yoga book gathering dust on the
shelf at his family home.
Some years later he took the book with him on a whim before returning to university and began to explore the Yoga within the pages. It was two years before he attended a Yoga class, which was taught by a Traditional Yoga Association teacher and brought about a remarkable and profound healing within him over time. He now teaches in the beautiful countryside throughout Somerset and Wiltshire and gives private Yoga sessions to individuals, partners and families
Ben
has tried many different types of Yoga and brings that experience with him to
this yoga holiday, he will be dedicating our week in Dalyan to releasing the
stress in our bodies via his yoga classes.
Through asana/postures he will reintroduce ourselves to muscles that have long
since resigned themselves to a lifetime of painful armoured tension.
With this increased awareness of ourselves gradually will come a clear and blissful understanding that, life is meaningful and good.
"Yoga enables us to understand and love ourselves more deeply, and therefore others,
and the best aspect of all - absolutely anyone can do it."
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Gabrielle McNaughton is a Hatha Yoga teacher and Craniosacral therapist.
She brings an understanding of the body and movement to her teaching, from a previous career in dance working with Rambert Dance Company amongst others.
Discovering yoga in 1997, she studied Sivananda and Astanga and developed a
dedicated self practise before training in the Scaravelli Inspired approach.
Teaching since 2006, Gabrielle brings an intuitive and mindful approach to her
yoga classes, which encourage a fluid relationship to movement, breath and
stillness. There is a focus on healthy alignment andgrounding for a safe and
resourced practise, developing core strength for stability, and cultivating a
deep and nourishing connection to the breath.
Morning classes will include exploring the energetic and anatomical element of
both simple and more complex poses and flowing, meditative vinyasa sequences to
revitalise and awaken body and mind.
The evening class will be a more restorative practise, which may include inversions, pranayama and relaxation.
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Vajrasati
Yoga with Tabitha Tarran
Tabitha has been practising yoga for 15 years and is a founding member of the Vajrasati School of Yoga. She is currently studying for a BSc in Physiotherapy alongside teaching a busy schedule of classes and workshops in the Brighton area.
Her yoga explores balance through deepening observation and awareness of
body/mind using meditative, integrated and focused study of posture and breath
Vajrasati Yoga aspires to use yoga as a vehicle towards insight and
self-understanding predominantly through asana but also drawing on the practices
of pranayama, mantra and meditation. Props may be used to encourage students to
find peace and freedom in their bodies, as they are.
For more information on Tabitha visit her website at www.tabithahealth.co.uk
