This retreat is an invitation to cultivate a sense of belonging and safety in the body.
In this complex and constantly shifting world, we all need self-care practices and tools that help us ground ourselves and support us to stay engaged with the world more fully from a place of clarity and balance. Supported by the beautiful surrounding nature, we will explore somatic and therapeutic practices, and create spaces of mindful connection with the group. We will inquire what it’s like (and what it requires)
to connect with ourselves from a grounded place, gain clarity around our personal needs
and develop strategies for taking care of them. 

Join me and Sarah for a 4-day yoga retreat in a very special place in the middle of nature – Breitenteicher Mühle in Brandenburg.

Theme: summer retreat ‘Curiosity & Connection’ 
Sleep, eat, work, yoga, repeat…even when making space for self-care in our hectic modern schedules we sometimes slip into auto-pilot mode. This can get in the way of genuine deep connection and union – in other words yoga.
Busy and goal-oriented we overlook all that is already present.
We invite you to pause, to rediscover the power of curiosity and connection, on a 4-day retreat at Breitenteicher Mühle in the beautiful surroundings of the Uckermark region.

We will combine stillness, dynamic practices and playful flows, always staying curious, with no attachment to outcome. We will refresh how we connect to ourselves and others, and explore how to bring curiosity and stillness back into our daily lives.

About the mill
Breitenteicher Mühle is a luxuriously modernized old mill located near the village of Frauenhagen in the middle of a nature reserve in Brandenburg, near the Polish border. The mill uses the water of the river Welse in the district of Angermünde, Uckermark. Find a map here

The mill, a cultural heritage protected building, has been renovated using local and environmentally-friendly materials. Green electricity as well as heating and warm water is obtained from water power from the river Welse.

The bedrooms and bathrooms are luxuriously furnished and the yoga studio is beautiful and full of light. There will be a campfire every night and also one sauna evening in a charming, cabin-style “Bauwagen”. The kitchen offers vegetarian (optional vegan) and organic food cooked with mainly local products, including ingredients that come directly from the fruit and vegetable garden and beekeeping farm on site.

Prices
The price for the weekend is 210€ paid to yellow yoga.

The price for accommodation and meals will be collected by the owner of the Breitenteicher Mühle at your arrival in August:

• Double bedroom: 3 nights x 45€ = 135€ per person
• Shared bedroom (3 or 4 beds): 3 nights x 40€ = 120€ per person
• Mongolian yurt with 4 beds: 3 nights x 30€ = 90€ per person
• Your own tent: 3 nights x 15€ = 45€ per person

Price for delicious organic vegetarian (optional vegan) meals: 3×40€ = 120€

Reservation and payments
The fee to yellow yoga is 210€ and can be paid in full or in three instalments. Make your reservation and payment here.
1st installment          110€           immediately to confirm your place
2nd installment          50€            by Jul 1
3rd installment           50€            by Aug 1

The price for accommodation and meals will be paid to Breitenteicher Mühle-Organizers and will be collected at your arrival.

What can you expect?
– 2 daily yoga classes open to all levels, classes are taught in English
– A daily pranayama and/or a daily meditation practice
– Yoga theory and philosophy
– Surprise workshops, excursions and rituals
– Campfires and sauna in the evening
– The experience of a silence day
– Unlimited drinking water, herbal teas and fresh fruit
– Delicious organic vegetarian/vegan food, most of the veggies come directly from the garden
– In addition to yoga, you can choose to go for relaxing walks, enjoying stunning nature, little hikes in the nearby surroundings
– The option of treatments with massage therapist Rachel (not included in the price)
– A great time!

The retreat includes 3 nights and 4 days (we start on Thursday in the afternoon and end on Sunday at lunch time) with a group of max. 25 participants.

How to get there
From Berlin it takes about an hour and a half to drive there (depending on traffic). The train to Angermünde takes about an hour and leaves hourly. Yellow Yoga will try to organize car sharing and train groups, so you can share petrol, or you can buy a Brandenburg ticket together (29 Euro – 5 people). They will also try to arrange a couple of buses to correspond with the train arrival times at the train station in Angermünde. Arrival from early afternoon is possible but it would be good if the group get there latest 16.30 pm on Thursday, so there is time to show you around and to explain all you need to know. We will stay on Sunday afternoon for an excursion and leave Sunday early evening. For more info click here.

Refund policy
yellow yoga is a non-profit project and do their best to offer the lowest price possible. In this spirit they rely on the commitment of all participants. Reserving your space is binding and the retreat fee cannot be refunded in case of non-participation. If you need to cancel you have the option of finding another yogi to take your place (fee 20.00 €). This option is only available up to 7 days before the retreat (replacements on such short notice means a lot of re-organisation of transport, invoices, accommodation, etc.).

Balancing freedom and containment – Cultivating balance

Vinyasa, Fascia yoga, Yin and Restorative yoga

Let’s get still & enjoy a weekend mixing up slow movements, stillness and faster paces of flows.

After morning meditations and thoughtful dharma talks, I will teach special yin yoga workshops and lead afternoon fascia-releasing vinyasa flows.

Nurture yourself with healthy food, rest, and find both freedom and containment.

— 500 Euro —

All bookings via Mary-Beth Volker under https://yttwithmarybeth.splashthat.com/ ( scroll down for the retreat section. 

Weekend retreat in the heart of the beautiful Havelland an hour away from Berlin, in Götzer Berge

September 7-9th (EN/DE)

Experience the joy of moving, singing and speaking in your own unique way!

During this weekend we will release body and mind of all the blocks around being truly ourselves. Through yoga-based movement we will search our own unique way of feeling stable, at ease and joyful in the body, and through voice work explore our own confident and unique expression in the world.

All this will take place in a beautiful and magical Mongolian Yurt, set in nature. The food served will be wholesome and delicious, as is the surrounding nature, with its lakes and forest to enjoy during walks in between our at least two daily sessions.

Come spend this time with us, Valerie and Joanna, because the world is brighter and more alive when we are all truly ourselves.

10 % Early bird discount until the end of May!!!

For reservations email: stimmeundyogaweb.de (Joanna) or  valerie@essentiallymoving.com (Valerie)

What is included:

• Yin, Vinyasa and Hatha yoga practised with mindfulness and playfulness, and inspired by the latest fascia and movement science, led by Valerie and Joanna
• Voice work, led by Joanna
• Stunning nature all around
• Various accommodation options depending on budget
• Delicious vegetarian food
• Prices start at 270€ for accommodation in the yurt or in your own tent, 310€ for a shared room, 320€  for a single room.
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July 6-8th
Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen, Brandenburg

All the information originates from here.

In this retreat we will free ourselves from restrictions and move into liberation and abundance. We will experiment with a variety of tools that help us let go, we will make space for the new and celebrate all that we already have. We will look within, write out, shake out and burn the old, the stale and the heavy. Roni, Valerie and Paula come together for your transformation with a mix of Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin, Vinyasa, writing, walking, swimming, silence, playing and being together.

Schedule 

2018_ponderosa schedule_Juli

About the house
Ponderosa is a gorgeous artists’ community run by wonderful and friendly people! There are many volunteers helping and the place has its own rhythm and ideology. We have booked two big dance studios and the Sauna will be heated on Saturday evening. There will be a campfires in the evening. It will be amazing – with nice food, nature, and space for breathing and creativity. If we are lucky there will even be some spontaneous performances to enjoy.

How to get there
It takes about an hour and a half to drive there (depending on traffic). The train to Angermünde takes about an hour and leaves hourly. We will try to organize carsharing and train-groups, so you can share the petrol or you can buy a Brandenburg ticket together (29 Euro – 5 people). We will try to arrange a couple of Ruf-Taxis to correspond with the train arrival times at the train station in Angermünde.It would be good if the group arrives around 16.30 on Friday, so there is time to show you around and to explain the way of communication. We will stay on Sunday afternoon for an excursion, or a swim in the canal and leave Sunday early evening. For more info click here.

What does the price include?
– Yoga classes in the morning and in the evening with different levels and different teachers. Classes are taught in English.
– A morning and/or evening meditation practice.
– Yoga theory and philosophy.
– A special movement/ dance and/or yoga workshop.
– The option of treatments with a massage therapist (to be paid separate).
– Campfires, singing cricle and sauna in the evening.
– Six delicious and healthy vegetarian meals (with a vegan option if wanted).
– Unlimited herbal teas.
– In addition to yoga, you can choose to go for relaxing walks, enjoying stunning nature, swimming, little hikes and excursions in the nearby surroundings.
– A great time!

Prices
The price for the weekend is 160€ to yellow yoga.

Additionally the prices for accommodation incl. meals have to be paid to Ponderosa partly in advance after your booking with them:
– Your own tent: 69€
– Ponderosa Dormitory (With your own sleeping bag): 76€
– Garden Cabin Single: 88€
– Garden Cabin Double: 160€ (2 people)
– Private Guest Room Single: 100€
– Private Guest Room Double: 174€ (2 people)

If you want to have a look here are some photos. Prices include six delicious vegetarian/vegan meals.

Please note
In summer there are many dance and performance workshops and trainings during the week (Porch-training program and international guests). So please be aware, we will not have the place for us alone and we will be all very respectful to guard each others privacy. There’s enough space to find solitude in the surrounding nature and at Ponderosa area, which is quite spacious. Please be informed that the toilet/bathrooms are very simple at Ponderosa. We would ask each of you to help the cooking team one time to prepare the food (cutting vegetables for half an hour for example). We will all clean our dishes after the meal ourselves. Karma yoga can be fun, too!

Please understand, that Ponderosa is not a hotel or a service provider – it is a self-organized artist space and we are guests there. Please adapt your communication and expectation to this situation.

Reservation and Payments
To reserve your place please register and pay online here.

Next to this reservation you have to reserve your accommodation (tents/cabins/rooms) at Ponderosa. Please fill out this form immediately after your booking with us. Otherwise it can not be guaranteed that there is still space. For questions about accommodation and food you can contact Adi: adi@seminarhaus-stolzenhagen.de.

Refund policy
yellow yoga is a non-profit project and we do our best to offer the lowest price possible and we rely on the commitment of all participants. Reserving your space is binding and the retreat fee cannot be refunded in case of non-participation. If you need to cancel you have the option of organizing another yogi to take your place (fee 20,00 €). This option is only available up to 7 days before the retreat (replacements on such short notice means a lot of re-organisation of transport, invoices, accommodation, etc.).

How much? 

• £650 Simple accommodation with 3/4 sharing (Limited availability)
•  £740 Double/Twin occupancy ( £650 Early Bird special valid til 20/03/17)
•  £860 for a Single occupancy 
• Euro prices subject to exchange rate, please consult us when inquiring 

                    

Dearest Women,

This is an invitation to dive into the deep, soft, vulnerable, powerful, wild and blissful nature of our Embodied Womanly Essence.

Gift yourself a week with a devoted circle of sisters in a stunning and cosy retreat centre, set in the beautiful Alpujarra Mountains of Spain. In amongst the raw and unbridled nature, and with stunning mountain/ocean views as our backdrop, we will explore practices that support an embodied journey of Awakening as Women.

If this calls to your brave and beautiful Heart, then join Valerie and Naseem, two caring and dedicated teachers. They will lovingly offer a nourishing and deeply healing space for honouring our bodies and emotions, reconnecting to our hearts and wombs, discovering and cultivating sexual/creative energy, through sharing circles, ceremony, guided meditation, guided movement/free dance/asana, and sacred tantric and yogic practice. Let’s play wildly, rest deeply, open our vulnerable hearts and powerful wombs, and celebrate together our journey as Awakening Women! You will be held safely and guided truthfully, as we work towards radical self-love and wholeness, developing a range of practices to allow an unfolding into our profound and fertile power as Women and Human Beings.

WHERE?

The stunningly beautiful off-grid mountain haven that is Hidden Paradise Retreat Centre!
Hidden Paradise is designed and run to feel like a home away from home. And Rupert and Jules, the incredibly warm and wonderful owners, quickly become like family, though they are mindful of giving people their space.

There is shared & single occupancy bedrooms in various dwellings built using locally sourced materials. The stone buildings also have comfortable communal spaces with fully working kitchens. The WIFI internet connection can be used in the main house where guests can grab a book from the library, socialise with the other guests or simply enjoy the stunning views down the valley to the Mediterranean Sea.

Each dwelling has various bathrooms (shower, basin & flush loo) and there are additional composting loos.

Thanks to the abundant Spanish sunshine, Hidden Paradise is completely off-grid, using substantial solar systems to supply electricity & hot water. An abundance of sun & spring water enables them to offer you a luxuriously comfortable stay, with little effect on our glorious planet.

Their experienced chefs take pride in creating delicious, healthy meals using home-grown and where possible organic and always locally-sourced ingredients, to prepare nutritious raw, vegan and vegetarian dishes. They are happy to accommodate the needs of guests with allergies to particular foods and often prepare gluten and dairy free meals – all served with so much love!

Sweat it out in the gorgeous hand built traditional wood-fired sauna, which holds up to eight to ten people. Or enjoy a cooling dip in the stylishly covered natural spring water pool, heated by the sun and cleaned using two alternative systems, a copper/silver electrode system and a U.V. light.

For more details on the venue head over to their website:
http://hiddenparadise.org/

EXCHANGE

From £650pp

Simple accommodation with 3-4 sharing (limited availability) ~ £650
Twin/Double Accommodation ~ £740 / ** £650 Early Bird until 20th March 2017 **
Single Occupancy (limited availability) ~ £860

Exchange includes:

• 7 nights accommodation and superb hospitality;
• 3 delicious home-cooked, healthy vegetarian meals per day;
• teas, coffee, water;
• all workshops, classes, tuition

Price does not include:

• flights (nearest airports are Grenada or Malaga)
• transfers (we have great reliable and cheap contacts, so do let us know if you want help)
• travel insurance
• visas (if needed for your country)

Contact Valerie or Naseem now to secure your place with a non-refundable deposit of £200
valerie@resonanceexperience.com / naz@theheartcentreyoga.co.uk