RESTORATIVE ME – half day retreat
When:
1st Sunday of each month – next Sunday 5th February
1:30PM-4:00PM
Rate:
$55-$75 (sliding scale pay what you can)
Calm your nervous system and restore balance in this half day retreat with the heart-warming goodness of medicinal plant-based ceremonial cacao, restorative Yin Yoga, breath work, meditation practices, essential oils, organic sweat treats and journalling – all brought together to support your return to wholeness. This is an ultimate reset for your mind, body, and spirit wellbeing and one you will want to schedule in monthly.
During this experience you can expect to:
- Bask in restorative Yin Yoga poses, and breath practices to calm the nervous system and activate the free flow of prana through the body.
- Access deeper levels of creativity, wellbeing, and peace with a nourshing savasana, essential oils, sound healing, guided meditations and Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), and journalling.
- Sip on the highest quality Peruvian ceremonial cacao, with blissful heart-opening compounds – it’s 100% pure artisan cacao, scientifically tested and a blend designed to help internalising and spiritual awakening.
- Treat the tastebuds to organic raw sweets and tap into your heart-felt desires with a free flow journalling practice and guided inspiration, with time to share and connect.
About Restorative Yin Yoga
Journey into stillness with restorative Yin Yoga shapes that heal, rejuvenate, and allow for optimal wellness.
Yin Yoga is a very restful, therapeutic practice that releases tension from the body and mind through long, passive holds. This class will combine the best of Restorative Yoga with Yin Yoga to go a step further and promote deep relaxation with the aid of props to find comfort, ease and opening. Expect to repair wear and tear, balance your mood and blood chemistry. It is suitable and gentle enough for all body ages and stages, including preganancy.
About Breath Work + Meditation:
Yoga pranayama (breath) is how we direct the lifeforce and key to sustaining wellbeing in the body and mind, and accessing higher states of consciousness. The yogi’s say all dis-ease in the body begins with blockages in the breath (prana).
You will be safely guided through key yoga pranayama exercises and meditation from the Hatha Tantra tradition – Kriya’s for everyday householders and helpful in stilling the mind and turning inward to reach samadhi (oneness).
Yoga Nidra will also be on offer, it is the most gentle of yoga practices where you simply lie on your back in corpse pose (called Savasana in Sanskrit).
You will be invited on a sarced journey around your body, rotating consciousness to release and holdings and connect with the trusting rhythm truth and light within.
Yoga Nidra is also known as Yogic Sleep. It not only helps you to recognise your more subtle energies, but also promotes deep rest and wellbeing.
Yoga Nidra is also reported to assist you in accessing your calm state more readily, improve your sleep, and sharpen your mind and creativity long after practicing it – 20 minutes of Yoga Nidra, which is said to equate to two hours of sleep. A practice that is super nourishing for many consumed by the ‘doing’ in our modern, busy, Western life.
About cacao:
Ceremony is about coming together with an intention – we gather to rest from the outside world and tune in with who and how we are.
Medicinal cacao enhances our receptivity to the magic held within ourselves. She is a soft yet powerful plant-teacher that helps to soothe our souls and open our hearts for our families and communities.
Cacao helps increase the energetic field of our hearts, and when consumed in a group this energetic field becomes exponentially more expansive.
Mama cacao (when prepared and used correctly) is nature’s medicine, it is a mood enchancer, pain moderator, and antioxidant – a superfood full of amazing bioactive compounds that are good for you – iron, potassium, and magnesium to name a few! It was referred to by the ancients cultures where cacao originates in Central and South America as a ‘gift from the gods’.
Cacao can improve your memory, reduce heart disease, shed fat, boost immunity, and create loads of energy. It increases blood flow and nutrition to the brain, heart and skin. Sacred cacao is also said to provide heightened awareness, focus and intensified sensations, making it the perfect exlir to prime the body, mind, and spirit for Yoga Nidra meditation journey.
The best way to know what cacao can offer you is to experience it yourself!
Please consult your medical practitioner for advice if you are on medication and have sensitivity to chocolate.
To bring/prepare:
- All yoga equipment is provided (mat, blocks, bolster, and blanket) but feel free to bring your own (or another) as well as a cushion or any other snuggly props for maximum comfort (to help you in seated or lying down meditaton).
- Bring your water bottle and hydrate with plenty of water before and after drinking cacao.
- Bring your favourite journal and pen.
- Please arrive 2-5 mins early to settle in so we can start on-time.
Please use the ‘REGISTER’ button above on this page to book and pay for your spot at this experience or use this link here.