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- Organizer: Inner Smile Yoga
- Type: Yoga Retreat
- Starting From: 02-May-2020
- Duration: 7 Days
- Area: Granada, Spain
- Food: Vegetarian,Vegan,Gluten Free,Organic,Dairy Free,Nut Free
- Surrounding area: Mountain,Close To Nature
Overview
The 5 elements, fire, earth, air, water and space, will guide us on a journey of healing and balancing, releasing emotional and physical blockages, supporting energy to flow easily and freely in body and mind.
Reviews
Surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Alpujarras Maya and Felix will guide you on a journey of personal growth, strength and reflection.
Teaching you to work in harmony with the elements and the breath. I have never felt so at peace with myself.
I know I cannot retreat forever, but by bringing home this philosophy and practice I feel I am in a strong place to slowly change my world for the better.
Thank you both for your unconditional love and nurturing, sharing your spirits with us.
Source: Website
If you want to quieten your busy head and exercise your body in beautiful mountain scenery with birdsong all around – come to this retreat!
You will go back feeling energised and healthy.
Source: Website
Maya and Felix are extremely caring, compassionate people who have a bit of magic in them.
Spending time with them feels special and nourishing and I hope to come back again and again for retreat with them.
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Teachers
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Maya Gayle Fletcher Smith
Core Subject: Elemental Yoga and Yoga Nidra
Maya offers adjustments with a magical touch, giving Yin Yoga and restorative classes with divine Yoga Nidra, meditation, and relaxation. Through regular community yoga classes and retreats, Maya brings a compassionate sense of nurture to life, empowering you to take health into your own hands.
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Felix Fletcher Smith
Core Subject: Yoga Instructor
He qualified as a yoga teacher with Swara Yoga School in 2013, and as a children's yoga teacher with Cosmic Kids Yoga in 2017, he is also a qualified Karate instructor and NLP Coach. He has an intuitive and compassionate approach, bringing a poetic rhythm and vibrant light to teaching and loves nothing more than deepening and sharing his yoga practice.
Location
This is a beautiful mountain region, fed by mountain waters, underneath a large natural park in an area renowned for its natural diversity and clean air.
La Alpujarras is a region of the Sierra Nevada and Yegen is a small mountain village, continue below and this stunning mountain landscape leads you along a hiking trail following natural spring water to a region called the strong rock.
Mornings include a dynamic Yang yoga practise to energise and wake up body and mind, each afternoon a relaxing Yin practise draws us inwards and grounds the energy raised by the days activities.
In between yoga practises there will be meditations and workshops related to each element, and plentiful time for walking, stillness, peace and rest in beautiful nature.
A revitalizing days where we get our boots on and work together to revive the land as well as ourselves.
- Morning yoga - Yang yoga session.
- Breakfast - We prepare all meals together and clean up after meals together
- Free time - Meditation session / Workshops
- Lunch - Preparing meals together, eating and cleaning up after meals together.
- Afternoon Yoga - Yin yoga practices
- Evening - Time to relax and unwind from the day's adventures.
- Dinner - We prepare all meals together and clean up after meals together.
* This is an sample retreat schedule which may change according to the organiser.
Accomodation options include shared or single rooms in beautiful Spanish rooms. Traditional style spaces that are simple and comfortable with a nourishing family vibe.
Comfort requests like an extra pillow or blanket are very welcome, your sleep quality is important to us during your stay.
*Camping in beautiful nature - bring your own tent and bedding.(Camping – €550 )
We’ll eat and cook together, healthy vegetarian food, much of which is grown in our organic permaculture garden.
Yoga is for everyone, and adapt our practise to suit all ages, life stages and styles, from embryo to elderly.Therefore,this retreat offers functional, embodied yoga practise, merging ancient and modern wisdom in service of body-mind-heart, nature and community.
- 2 Yoga classes daily with experienced teachers.
- Meditations and elemental workshops.
- 3 Vegetarian meals a day.
- Spring water swimming pool.
- Simple and comfortable accommodation.
Exclusion:
- Flights (closest airports are Granada, Almeria or Malaga being the most affordable)
- Transfers*
- Tent and bedding if camping
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