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'Making Waves'
Greg Colson and his pupils on holiday at Source of Light (formerly Montana Palmera)
'Space
n' Flow' Yoga - with Raphan Kebe
Raphan Kebe is a creative and committed full-time Yoga teacher and body therapist based in London. After having trained with various Yoga schools his practise and teaching methodology is now influenced by the work of Jonathan Monks, the Feldenkrais method and Zen as well as martial arts, contemporary dance and Structural Integration (Rolfing).
Raphan teaches Vinyãsa Yoga internationally, privately as well as in various studios within London. His teaching emphasis is on the development of a practice that is personal, conscious yet fun and done in a meaningful way; guiding practitioners towards a freer expression of their own yoga all the while providing a solid foundation to build from/on. Raphan finds Yoga to be a great metaphor for life, challenging us to be engaged yet relaxed on one’s path.
The Yoga holiday:
This
week long workshop will invite a sense of play between both presence
and playfulness, being flexible and decisive and calm yet
energetic. We will practise and discuss theme related sequences and
postures, breathwork and meditation and will aim to clarify our
attention to movement, deepen our perception and develop a
consistent quality of connection within ourselves, asanas and our
practise of Vinyãsa Flow.'
By giving everyone individualized attention combined with hands-on
assisting and adjustments, the goal of this retreat is to help you
build a foundation for and/or strengthen your yoga practice, as well
as helping you with the release of three kinds of tension -
muscular, emotional and mental - thus leaving you feeling refreshed
and renewed!
Invigorating and challenging, this retreat will offer a complete
journey for the body and mind. Designed for beginners through to
advanced practitioners, classes will consist of Vinyasa (flowing
asana sequences), hands-on adjustments, Sanskrit chanting, uplifting
& soothing music, meditation and deep relaxation.
Both classical and creatively-adapted sun salutations will be
practised as well as standing and seated postures, balance-poses,
backbends, and inversions alongside meditation, yogic breathing
manipulation exercises & more.
Modifications for beginners and options for advanced practitioners will be provided throughout.
For more details on Rahan visit his website at www.yogaspace.in
Hatha
Yoga with Lindsay Jones
Lindsay attended her first yoga class when she was 13 years old, which means she has practiced yoga for over 30 years.
She has now been teaching yoga for 7 years and also teaching yoga to
children in schools after doing the Yoga*d Up training.
Although she has practiced many styles, including Hatha, Astanga, Sivananda
and Yin Yoga her main influence is Iyengar.
Classes on this holiday will be
a mix of yoga styles with importance placed on the postures
Lindsay's classes are suitable for all levels as she encourages students to
work within their own capabilities.
The week will offer a 2 hour morning yoga asana class suitable to all
levels of students and a short evening class.
Scaravelli
Inspired Hatha Yoga with Jane Manze
During this week within the warmth of Spain, Jane Manze will encourage students to discover a deeper body awareness by taking time in each posture and being attentive to their breath.
Inspired by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli, Jane invites you to discover a greater flexibility and strength through asanas (yoga poses) and pranayama (breathwork).
This dynamic yet attentive approach is suitable for people with any existing yoga practice and for those new to yoga.
Jane was led to Hatha, Scaravelli yoga via a background in martial arts, dance and bodywork. She has studied yoga both in the UK and in India.
Knowledge and experience give her teaching a clarity in identifying and working with energetic and physical limitations and possibilities within the body.
Based in Brighton, Jane currently teaches weekly classes to a wide client base, as well as workshops and international retreats.
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Diana Shipp, has over eleven years experience and specialises in the Sivananda style of yoga.
She is the owner of the extremely popular Kailasam Yoga Retreat in Kerala (pictures below), where she teaches the yoga classes from November through to March each year.
Diana teaches integrated breath and posture work, with spiritual awareness, based on classical Sivananda yoga and other traditions.
She holds teaching diplomas from the British Wheel of Yoga and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram in India.
Diana
is an experienced teacher who has been teaching for the past 15 years. She
has taught in the UK, Turkey, Bali, Crete, Spain and India.
On this holiday you will experience asana, pranayama, meditation, visualisation and relaxation in two classes daily. The yoga will improve your strength and flexibility and guide you to the calm centre of Being within.
This yoga will be suitable for beginners as well as more experienced students. Diana's approach is both joyful and imaginative, with emphasis on raising of consciousness through breath and body awareness, to bring you a feeling of well-being.
This holiday is suitable for all standards of yoga practitioner
Dynamic
Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga with Roanna Harstad
''Roanna Harstad is an adventurer!
As a Yoga Instructor, NLP Practitioner, Life Coach, Empowerment Teacher,
Sundoor Master Firewalking Instructor, Spiritual
leader, Retreat/Workshop Leader, Body Worker, Therapist and Founder of
Resting Buddha she leads clients into a more empowered, healthy and
enjoyable way of life.
Roanna brings a holistic, spiritual and dynamic approach to her Retreats, Classes and Workshops.
Roanna brings ancient healing and fun tools into her sessions to empower our
thinking and soften our being. With her gentle, informative but deeply
encouraging and motivating approach, you will find you release barriers and
move into a new, stronger, more aware sense of your body and self.''
‘I invite you to come and play, come with an open heart and a soft smile.
Together lets investigate where our joy is hiding, lets be playful when
remembering how fragile life can feel sometimes, lets find our power and
rain our light on all that need it.
Let’s remember our happiness and all the gifts that we bring to this
world. Let’s celebrate our challenges and give thanks for the opportunity to
inspire each other through this ancient and beautiful practice.’
www.restingbuddha.co.uk
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Yoga
For Joy' with Kathryn Banks
Kathryn's 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 and is a regular teacher with Free Spirit Travel in Turkey, Spain and Egypt.
Classes are suitable for all levels.
Dynamic
Yoga with Jana Czipin
Jana Czipin was born in Austria and in 15 years of practice has moved through different styles of yoga (Sivananda, Hatha, Astanga).
In 2005 she became a certified teacher from the Mysore Mandala Shala in India and in 2008 she studied at the school of TKV Desikachar (KYM) in Chennai (India), which focuses on Yoga therapy.
Since February 2004 she lives in Dahab, Egypt, and works there as a Yoga Teacher, she is extremely popular and Free Spirit Travel uses her both as an in-house teacher and also for private classes for those who need a more concentrated session.
On your yoga holiday in Spain she will teach a morning class of Dynamic Flowing Yoga, kept flexible and attuned to the needs of the different levels of the students.
The afternoon class will be a Hatha Yoga class with various breathing techniques in Pranayama and different methods of meditation.
Classes are suitable for all levels of students, from beginners to advanced.
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 and grounding 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.
www.gabriellemcnaughton.co.uk
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Vinyasa
Yoga with Jane Cornwall
Jane has been a practicing yoga teacher for over 10 years, building on a
previous background of dancercise, Qui Gong and Pilates Instruction. All this
experience has resulted in a Vinyasa style of yoga, which she believes
brings focus, fun and variety to the practice, without losing its deeper
meaning and authenticity.
This has led to consistently high attendance and a faithful following
from her students. Her teaching style has evolved and developed through
her interaction with both class members and many inspiring teachers over
the years.
She has an approach which roots yoga in people’s everyday
lives, with an emphasis on the significance and benefits of
synchronising movement and breath. She is always keen to incorporate a
pranayama element in her classes to help her students to cope with
life’s many challenges and to be able to use the gift of yoga as a
fundamental part of their being.
Her maturity brings with it considerable experience and she has a zest
for life which results in a strong personal engagement with her class
members. Her love of yoga inspires her to want to share her knowledge
and help enhance the lives of others!
About this holiday:
This week will be all about the benefits of self nurture and 'going with the flow'
whilst realising the importance of being strong, yet flexible, in body
and mind. My aim is that participants have fun, get the opportunity to
switch off from their everyday life and end the week feeling
invigorated, refreshed, revitalised and with a wonderful sense of
wellbeing
Morning sessions will be invigorating Flowing Vinyasa Yoga, creating heat and energy. It will incorporate breathing exercises and finish with relaxation.
The afternoon class will consist of gentle yoga postures, incorporating elements of Chi Gung and Pilates - leaving everybody stretched, soothed and contended.
Classes are suitable for all levels, newcomers to yoga are welcomed so long as they have a core fitness
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Hatha
Flow Yoga with Neville Cregan
Neville has studied Yoga and related arts for 15 years and has been teaching for 10.
In recent years his primary inspiration has been with the teaching and work of Dona Holleman and Donna Farhi whose approaches offer intelligent, modern and realistic approaches to Yoga without losing the rich timeless wisdom of the tradition.
His Asana (Yoga Postures) teaching style encourages a slow build up
towards a dynamic flowing practice; it is slower than some of the
dynamic forms, however, and there is plenty of time to find your way
within each pose during the flow. His belief is that Yoga practice needs
to fit into the practitioner, and wherever they are at, rather than the
other way round.
During this holiday we will practice a wide range of poses and explore our personal limitations in a safe and enjoyable way with adaptations for individuals as required; there will be some exploration of Pranayama (breathing Practices) and simple Meditation.
The course is suitable for beginners and more experienced practitioners alike as the core principles are the same for everyone; all being well we will deepen our experience of Yoga on many levels and have fun!