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- Organizer: NOSADE
- Type: Yoga Retreat
- Starting From: 22-October-2019
- Duration: 5 Days
- Area: Marrakesh, Marrakech Tensift Al Haouz, Morocco
- Food: Vegetarian,Vegan,Pescetarian
- Surrounding area: Desert,Close To Nature
Overview
Enjoy yoga overlooking the magical, ancient city of Marrakech. Dive deep into the most famous of Morocco’s imperial cities. Dive into the souks of the Medina, enjoy traditional delicious Moroccan food and spend the nights within the true beauty of your quiet housing right in the middle of Marrakech’s vibrant heart. The package for both the beginner and the advanced student of yoga in search of a quick escape from everyday’s life, getting inspired and enchanted by Marrakech’s captivating atmosphere: Yoga & culture on a 5 days trip to Marrakech.
Reviews
Urban Yoga Marrakech was wonderful Not only the food in the riad, the contact with each other, the contact with the staff was great. The riad itself is wonderful. Great clean room. And the yoga was accompanied by a super teacher.
Source: Tripadvisor
All in all, the journey was successful and beautiful. The Nosade team has made everything possible so that the journey can take place as planned despite small obstacles in advance. The communication was always great, before the trip as well as with Sara on site. A very good care.
I really enjoyed the yoga retreat myself. The riad was very cozy and a little feel-good oasis in the middle of the city. The 2 yoga sessions a day were varied and I really liked it. Lauren was a great yoga teacher!
The Urban Yoga Retreat is a successful combination of rest and relaxation and the immersion in a new culture with all its facets. Especially nice was the bike ride in the middle of the city on the first day. So you get a great impression of the city and the culture.
The trip has aroused the desire to discover even more of the beautiful Morocco. I've always wanted to do a yoga retreat, and I've definitely made a good choice with Nosade!
Source: Tripadvisor
Was already for the second time with Nosade in the desert and can only recommend it. The organization is top, the accommodations are beautiful and the team of Nosade very sympathetic and helpful. The yoga lessons with Feli were beautiful, we all loved it last year with Katrin. I was able to relax and enjoy a few quiet days. Looking forward to the next time desert,maybe even a little bit longer!
Source: Tripadvisor
Teachers
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Evelyn Stavrinidis
Core Subject: Yoga Instructor, Qi Gong Kung Fu, Shiatsu
“I’m focused on cultivating awareness & balance through truly listening, offering the knowledge I’ve been taught by exceptional teachers and mentors, and through body work and facilitation. Whether it’s exploring presence of breath and qi, in movement or stillness, my sessions are designed to reinvigorate all the layers of being.” Evelyn is a 500hr certified teacher, with a background in vinyasa, tantric Hatha (inc. Pranayama, yoga nidra, meditation & yin), qi gong kung fu, shiatsu, disciplined self-study and an inquisitive mind. She facilitates one on one session in yogic practices, meditation and breathing techniques. Evelyn also offers shiatsu therapy and massage. These practices are a renewal of energy. She’s working with the physical, mental and energetic bodies. Zen, awareness and practice can help revitalise and shift habitual patterning. “Training in tantric hatha with zuna yoga taught me the dynamic exchange of breath and its ability to harmonise our experience. My diploma in shiatsu & oriental therapies taught me balance. It was more like life school really! I believe the symbiosis of different traditional techniques (kundalini, tantra, hatha yoga, taoism, shiatsu and chinese medicine) creates a stream to freedom in the mind-body connection. I teach in line with the lineages i’ve studied and in respect of the traditions and teachers before me.”
Location
Located in the Medina – Marrakech´s historical old town – our Riad is truly a living relict of the tales of thousand and one nights, While drifting through the Medina, you admit yourself discovering treasures everywhere in any shape: Spices, perfumes, handicrafts, carpets, jewelry.
Between all the small shops you will find tiny fruit and vegetable stalls where farmers offer their freshly harvested products; old carriages serving as counters for fresh delicious bread.
Everything is surrounded by a bewitching smell. The whole city seems to be enchanted by the drumming and singing, by snake charmers and storytellers. Calm and coolness can only be found once entering the very narrow streets.
Marrakech, it is easy though to feel comfortable and at home despite its strangeness and fascination – in this sea of seething life, bustling action, loud shouts and the feverish, everlasting and never ending circle of boiling life.
Indeed no other city in the world deserves the name “Pearl of the South” more than Marrakech.
Enjoy 5 days of skilfulness and inspiration on that adventurous and yet grounding urban yoga. Daily morning Yoga sessions including Pranayama and Meditation, after breakfast we can provide a guide tour to all the must see in Marrakech and you can enjoy your leisure time in the place as you like.
Feel completely refreshed and rejuvenated by our sunset yoga session. For dinner you will be served the taste of Moroccan food from nearby authentic restaurants, which will help you to satiate your palate.
Day 1: Arrival + Introduction / No yoga
Arrival in Marrakech throughout the day & Transfer from the airport to the Riad
(Transfer will be arranged individually according to your arrival time)
19.30: Introduction & welcome dinner in the NOSADE Riad
Day 2: Pikala City Tour on bicycles / 2 Yoga Sessions
07.30-09.99: Morning Yoga, incl. Pranayama + Meditation
09.30: Breakfast
11.00: PIKALA bike tour to all the must sees of Marrakech
15.00-17.30: Free time
17.30: Sunset Yoga
19.30: Dinner in the Riad
Day 3: Optional Paradis du Safran / 2 Yoga Sessions
07.30-09.00: Morning Yoga, incl. Pranayama + Meditation
09.30: Breakfast
11.30: Optional heading to Paradis du Safran (subject to surcharges)
16.00: Transfer back to Marrakech
17.30: Evening Yoga
19.30: Dinner outside in a nice restaurant
Day 4: Optional La Maison de la Photographie / 2 Yoga Sessions
07.30-09.00: Morning Yoga, incl. Pranayama + Meditation
09.30: Breakfast
11.30: Optional heading to the museum of Photographie (subject to surcharges)
11.30-17:00: Free time in the museum and afterwards for some shopping in the souks
17.30: Evening Yoga
19.30: Dinner in the Riad
Day 5: Departure / No Yoga
Breakfast & Departure
(Transfer will be arranged individually according to your departure time)
Live between old walls and experience an energizing magic, that was eventually spread more than 150 years ago by one of the many women of Marrakech´s Pacha living her exclusive, but yet very private life in the Riad.
Regular accommodation happens to be in a spacious shared triple room (same gender) with ensuite bathrooms & free wifi access. Single or double accommodation is bookable upon request / availability and with subject to surcharges.
On top of this very private Riad experience you will have the spacious rooftop for outdoor yoga practice, afternoon hangouts and sunbaths, as well as fabulous tasty food.
As Morocco is still a developing country without access to specialty products such as gluten free bread or lactose free milk, we ask that you understand that if there is a need for such products you will have to bring them yourself. Generally, anything but coffee or tea may be imported for personal consumption. Dairy products, bread, cereal etc. can be brought into the country without an issue. Here you can find a comprehensive list of customs regulations regarding food and drink import.
- Calming meditation and pranayama practices
- All levels Yang practice in the morning,
- Relaxing Yin practice with the sunset.
- Individual organization of any additional desired trip/activity upon request
- Traditional, delicious, healthy food of Morocco.
- Accommodation in a beautiful Riad
- Half board (breakfast + dinner, incl. water during dishes)
- 6 yoga sessions & morning meditations
- 1 guided Pikala bike tour to all the cultural must sees in Marrakech
- Individual transfers from and to the airport
*Your journey to and home from Marrakesh is not included.
Nosade Riad
You will stay in our newly opened Nosade Riad and breathe in the mystical history of Morocco´s most vibrant city. Belonging to the oldest houses in town – it still partly inhabits the original and stunning architecture of the 19th century –seducing its residents with original tiles, as also a charming fountain and woodcrafts in the patio.
Once we have created your individual trip package together, you are confirming your booking request with sending over your private postal address. The request is turning into an official booking by then.
Nosade will send you an official booking confirmation via Email and a contract comes into force. In addition to the booking confirmation you’ll a travel insurance certificate submitted.
With the arrival of these two documents a deposit payment of 20% of the tour price will be due immediately. 28 days before the beginning of the trip, the remaining 80% of the tour price will be due.
Payment by installments is possible as well. Please talk to us, if necessary.