Saturday, August 4, 2012

Yoga weekend to welcome spring



Everyone loves Spring time!
Emerge from your winter hibernation with a weekend of yoga.

This yoga weekend will focus on morning routines. While we only have two to practice together, the aim is to continue with a morning routine which is beneficial to your health but also realistic with your lifestyle.

According to Ayurveda, morning routines are important. When the body adjusts to a routine, it starts to rely on it, which in turns means the nervous system relaxes. Routines also mean your body is ready for food when it expects it and therefore can digest it properly.

I will provide more information on this prior to the weekend, but some of the routine you will do at home before you come to yoga (of course this is optional). So it means you have to get up early - I'm sorry!

As a guide this is roughly what our routine will look like:

Wake early
Use a tongue scraper, clean teeth
Sip a lemon and ginger tea, or just warm water
Use a neti pot to clear nasal passages
Meditate, or sit quietly for about 5 or 10 minutes
Apply warmed oil to your body. This self massage is known as Abhyanga. (I will blog about this soon)
Shower or bathe

Then we will meet for a brisk walk together.
Yoga class
Alternate nostril breathing.

Finally it will be time for a well deserved breakfast!

Class times are:
Friday 14th September 5.30pm
Saturday 15th September 6am for walk, 6.30 if you would like to join just for yoga
Saturday 15th September 5.30pm
Sunday 16th September 6am for walk, 6.30 for yoga.

The cost for the weekend is $135 per person for yoga and meals.
I will have neti pots and tongue scrapers available for you to buy. We can organise this once you're booked in.

 Send me an email if you would like to come.