Yoga-Detox Retreats
About the YogaDetox Retreat:
Designed for practitioners of Yoga (or those who are keen to start a practice), with emphasis also on a high quality and genuine detox. Whether an advanced or novice practitioner, you will significantly develop your yoga practice, detox your body and mind and improve your vitality. You will be supported and inspired to reconnect deeply with yourself, live from your heart and fulfill your potential in life.
It is held at the renowned "Yoga Thailand" - one of Asia's leading and respected yoga training centre. We are exited to be holding this retreat at their at their new center during 2009.
Detox has become a new buzz word in recent years. However the scope of Detox programs vary greatly from simple juice types fasts with enemas to medically based detox programs. The Yoga Detox falls more into the latter category and has been carefully designed from Graeme's extensive 25 years experience as a respected Naturopath (specializing in detoxification programs). With Carole's experience as a life-coach, teacher and practitioner of Ashtanga yoga, they have designed the program to suit practitioners of yoga, both in the context of detox and living a more yogic and fuller lifestyle.
The Yoga Detox works on a deeper level physically than most fasts, to deal effectively with poisons and heavy metal toxins that most people have accumulated simply from living in a toxic world. Even yoga practitioners who have a healthy lifestyle will have toxins in their bodies - simply accumulated from living in a toxic world. High quality therapeutic meal replacements, natural therapies, herbal and homeopathic supplements support genuine detoxification with the safe removal of poisons. Whilst classical fasts often decrease metabolic rate, the Yoga Detox actually enhances metabolic rate. This enables you to maintain energy (and muscle mass) for your yoga practice and results in balanced weight maintenance in the longer term. The nutrients provided significantly reduce many side effects found with classical fasts (such as fatigue, dizziness and headaches), as well as maintaining healthy metabolism.
The primary series of Ashtanga Yoga is basically a detoxifying sequence. For more experienced practitioners, you will already have cleaned up your system a lot and sweated out a lot of toxins through your practice. However, there are harder - to - shift toxins that have been stored in the fatty layers of tissues and organs such as the nervous system will be removed by this detox* These include toxins such as heavy metals and pesticides. As well as improvements to your health and vitality, you will experience a deepening in your practice. For beginners of the Ashtanga sequence, the Yoga Detox will accelerate the detoxification of your system and removing the toxins safely, providing you with the perfect complement to this practice,
As well as the authentic Ashtanga yoga practice on your retreat, Carole brings a feminine flavour to the yoga. You will experience, connecting more deeply with your heart, intuition and inspiration for a richer yoga practice both on and off the yoga mat!
The morning Mysore-style yoga practice already is a powerful process for each person. However on this retreat, other yoga and mind/body techniques are integrated with the program to facilitate healing on the mental, emotional and spirit level. There is an emphasis on a deep acceptance of "what is" and "surrender" along with compassion and humour to release limiting patterns and shift towards fulfilling your highest potential in life.
(*To complete their toxic heavy metal removal some people will need longer detox treatments). www.yoga-thailand.com
Schedule Outline:
There are day to day variations, but this is the basic format for most days:
| 7am | Breath-work and morning cleansing practices |
| 7.45 am | Detox supplements and nutritional support |
| 8am | Yoga - Mysore style |
| 9.30 am | Breakfast - therapeutic meal replacement shake |
| 11.30 am | Theory class and discussions |
| 1.00 pm | Therapeutic super-food / shake Free time for treatments, sauna, personal consultations, self reflection, rest |
| 4.45 pm | Afternoon Yoga session (incorporating mind-body-energy awareness practices) Sunset / steam |
| 6.30 pm | Dinner (Therapeutic super-food / shake) |
| 7.30 pm | Evening program (some days) |
| 9 pm | Detox supplements, rest and sleep |
