Spirit of Bali: 8 Day Yoga Retreat in East Bali May 2008
HIGHLIGHTS:
Expert, empathetic, dynamic personalised yoga instruction,
One additional private session with Albert Hennink,
Resident chef, Sussa’s healthy delicious local cuisine, from the land and sea, overseen by Marieke and Baxter,
Opportunities for excursions that take you to the heartland of Bali, and access to activities that are invigorating and exciting: local markets, traditional villages, holy sites, weaving and basket-making families, scuba diving and snorkelling, white-water rafting, natural healing practitioners and massage………
THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO A MAXIMUM OF 10-12 PARTICPANTS, ENSURING PERSONAL ATTENTION.
A Word about Yoga - an ancient practice for a modern world-
In the western mind, many myths abound about yoga being a mystic religion, being a cult, being only an exercise system or being a form of passive meditation. Yoga, from the ancient Sanskrit word meaning "to yoke or bind together", is an integrated system of physical, mental and spiritual disciplines and when practiced regularly over a sustained period, produces excellent physical health and feelings of well-being, integration and tranquility.
The most sensible thing to say about it is that under expert tutelage, yoga incorporated into your weekly or daily routine has the potential to bring you a fund of inner strength to live a more energetic life, to reduce stress, increase concentration, gain a sense of mind-body-breath awareness, and balance. Yoga gives the practitioner the ability to face the physical, mental and emotional challenges of contemporary life with strength, thoughtfulness, grace and equanimity. And, for people with ailments or injuries, it can also assist with pain and physical improvement.
The disciplines of yoga - developing physical, mental and spiritual well-being:
The physical discipline of yoga involves the gentle and mindful practice of the asanas or poses. Asana practice builds long term health and stamina, improving flexibility, muscle tone, immune response and circulation.
The mental disciplines of yoga teach self-awareness, deep concentration, and mindfulness, enabling students to respond calmly and with focus even in very stressful situations.
The spiritual disciplines of yoga encourage the practitioner to rise above selfish individualism to experience and value the connections that sustain all life on earth.
Whilst experienced yoga practice is by no means a requirement for enjoying and benefiting from this special week, a basic understanding of and some experience of yoga will be most valuable.
Your Yoga Teacher: Albert Hennink of Dharana Sanctuary
Albert Hennink has been a prominent figure in the yoga community since 1963. As a scholar of respected teachers in India, America and Australia he has enlightened others with his unique and powerful yoga training and instruction for nearly 40 years.
Dedicated to the awakening of spiritual intelligence, inner awareness and self-realisation, Albert established a popular yoga and natural therapies college in 1985 and has since facilitated numerous personal growth workshops and seminars.
He regularly acts as a dynamic catalyst in spiritual awareness discussion groups with other health care practitioners and integrates his diverse capacity for healing in private consultations.
A life philosophy to live and teach in accordance wit ancient laws of nature and principles of yoga have offered him the ability to nurture and instill well-being and spiritual union in others.
Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom ~Lao Tse
Subjects Albert works with include
- Discovering the hidden benefits of asanas
- The secrets of pranayama revealed
- The four seasons of man
- How positive thinking affects our destiny
Additional to instructing all the yoga sessions whether they be meditation, asanas, theoretical discussions, philosophical investigation, Albert will also make himself available to students for extra private consultations, utilizing soul yoga, yoga therapy in conjunction with other dynamic modalities such as wholisitic counseling, kinesiology and hypertone muscle correction.
NATURAL THERAPIES
Kinesiology
During the course of our lives we develop patterns of behaviour. As we are often unaware of the patterns our mind entertains, destructive behaviours often repeat themselves in present situations.
Educational Kinesiology is a powerful multidimensional therapy to integrate the mind and body whilst replacing old damaging patterns with new empowering ones.
Polarity Therapy
Beyond the physical form lies a magnificent continuum of subtle energy fields called ‘vital energy’ or ‘life force’. In the East it is known as Prana, Chi or Ki and is the essence of all living things. Good health is only attainable when this energy flows unrestricted throughout the body. When this energy becomes blocked or unbalanced, pain and disease can occur.
Polarity Therapy provides techniques to clear energy blockages and correct imbalances enabling physical, mental and emotional harmony.
Remedial/ Trager Massage
Tension, anxiety and busy lifestyles can lead to pain and discomfort in the body. Through the communication of touch we can reconnect with our true self by nurturing the body and encouraging the muscles to relax. Trager massage teaches mind/body re-education by working directly on the unconscious mind. This treatment effectively triggers tissue change via sensory motor feedback loops in the central nervous system.
Marieke Brugman will host this special Rejuvenation Yoga week.
Passionate about Bali, and with fifteen years expertise of leading cultural and gastronomic tours around the world, this journey expresses a personal new direction for Marieke with her growing interest in yoga and experience in arranging yoga retreats also in Australia and India. Marieke with Baxter has been collaborating with Albert for a number of years, most recently helping to run very special intensive yoga retreats in Victoria.
Kylie Baxter will assist with the Yoga.
A devoted student and now teacher of yoga, Baxter undertook traditional teacher training at Sivananda in South India and has a special interest in chanting and the anatomy and therapeutical aspects of yoga. In the last two years she has developed a loyal following of students with her school in Mansfield and continues to develop her own practice with workshops in Australia and India.
Our life is the creation of our mind. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth:
not going all the way and
not starting. ~Buddha The Dhammapada
You cannot discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Anon