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Next Retreat Weekend:
September
10-12, 2010
Please
come and join us as we get back into our regular springtime
retreat! It is a beautiful time of year.
Bookings
limited
Open
to all levels of experience
Cost:
$350 or Earlybird $330 (if payment received before July
30)
Please
book your space early with payment as this is a popular
retreat (bookings taken from now).
Last
Retreat:
Hatha
Yoga Retreat Weekend at Springbrook
September 11-13, 2009
Another
wonderful weekend of yoga, good company, delicious food
by our cook Margaret, bushwalking, playing cards, and hanging
out by the fire. Thanks to everyone for helping to make
it such an enjoyable weekend!
We
had perfectly clear and still days and nights this time.
We enjoyed several walks including a walk to Waringa Pool
and Twin Falls.
There
was abundant birdlife with rosellas and lorikeets, currajongs,
and kookaburras, as well as wallabies at the retreat property.
Qi gong was practiced before breakfast and flowed beautifully
for everyone.
The
yoga was the right intensity for everyone to feel they had
a good weekend of exercise and relaxation. A very refreshing
time indeed!
Next
year we will add more time on to the retreat, starting on
the Friday morning instead of the Friday evening as many
people wanted to stay longer!
HATHA
YOGA IN SPRINGBROOK
In the heart
of Springbrook amongst tranquil, pristine mountain forests
we can experience peace and freedom from tension in the
ideal setting for a Yoga Retreat.
New single accommodation
facilities combined with wholesome vegetarian meals, and
plenty of yoga and free time to explore the surrounding
National Park, provide the perfect way to enjoy ourselves
within Nature.
Springbrook National
Park is a beautiful rainforest environment renown for its
all trees, waterfalls, and creeks, colourful birdlife and
marsupials. The air is so refreshing!
This retreat
is open to all, from beginners to those more experienced
in yoga.
Peter Bisson (IYTA)
has been practising yoga since 1983 and teaching since 1992.
He has also worked
as a health practitioner of Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese
Medicine and Therapeutic Massage.
His approach
to yoga involves gentle stretches to release tension, classical
and innovative yoga postures (asanas) to align the body
and enhance energy flow, breath practices (pranayama) to
further promote the flow of energy into the body, meditation
to centre and calm the mind, and relaxation for settling
the nervous system and for rejuvenation.
It is advisable
to book early as this is a popular workshop and numbers
are limited.
SCHEDULE
(times are approximate now but will be finalised closer
to the date)
Friday 10 September
- 10.30-11am Room allocation
- 11.15-12.30pm Yoga (settling in) Session One - Stretches,
Postures (Asanas), Relaxation (Yoga nidra)
- 1-2pm Lunch
- 2-4pm Free time/drive and walk to Best-of-All-Lookout
- 4-5.30pm Yoga Session Two - Stretches, Asanas, Meditation
(Dhyana), Yoga nidra
- 6.00pm Dinner
- Relax after dinner. Listen to music, play Scrabble or
cards etc., conversation by the fire, or do your own thing.
Saturday 11 September
- 7.30am Session of Qi gong
- 8am Breakfast
- Free Time or walk to Retreat waterfall
- 10.30-12.30 Yoga Session Three - Stretches, Asanas,
Breathing Practices (Pranayama), Dhyana, and Yoga nidra
- 12.45-1.30pm Lunch
- 1.30-4pm Free Time or Purlingbrook Falls bushwalk
- 4pm-6pm Yoga Session Four - Asanas, Pranayama, Dhyana,
and Yoga nidra
- 6.15pm Dinner
- Relax after dinner. Listen to music, play Scrabble or
cards etc., conversation by the fire, or do your own thing.
Sunday 12 September
- 7.30am Session of Qi Gong
- 8am Breakfast
- Free Time or Twin Falls bushwalk
- 11am-1pm Yoga Session Five - Asanas, Pranayama, Dhyana,
and Yoga nidra
- 1pm-2pm Lunch
- 2pm-3pm Free Time
- 3pm-4pm Yoga Session Six - Pranayama, Dhyana, Yoga
nidra
- 'Take the Feeling With You'
Times for yoga sessions may change.
WHAT
TO BRING FOR SPRINGBROOK WEEKENDS:
- Comfortable loose clothing.
- Own blanket for relaxation-mats supplied.
- Joggers or walking shoes if you intend to go walking/bushwalking.
- Maybe a shady hat.
- Rain gear-just in case!
- Something warm for the evening as Springbrook cools
down at night.
- Two sheets, a pillow slip and a towel.
- Dressing gown or track suit.
- Soap and personal toiletries.
- A torch & insect repellent may also be useful.
For the comfort
of people with chemical allergies Health Options weekends
are PERFUME FREE. Please also avoid strongly scented cosmetics
and hair products.
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DIRECTIONS
TO RETREAT CENTRE 2184 Springbrook Road, Springbrook.
Take the Springbrook Road through
Mudgeeraba from the Pacific Highway and follow the Springbrook
signposts. When you are nearing the top of the hill, approximately
half an hour from Mudgeeraba, you come to a short piece
of divided road at a keep left sign. At the end of that,
on your left you will see Wunburra Lookout. Approximately
2.4km past Wunburra Lookout, on your right, you will see
a sign which reads 'Retreat Centre entrance 200m on right',
then follow the access road through the gate until you reach
the car park.
Cost, Registration
Cost (all inclusive)
includes:
- Single acccommodation, own washbasin (communal toilets
and bathroom)
- Vegetarian meals
- 3 days (six sessions) Yoga, Saturday and Sunday morning
Qi Gong.
Expression
of Interest - Springbrook Retreat
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