Awakening Connection - Yoga and Meditation Retreat
12-19 October | The Lagoon Retreat - Dalyan, Turkey
Join us for a week on the beautiful Turkish Riviera and take some time out for yourself during this immersive and explorative yoga, meditation, and self-discovery retreat. And come also to explore the rich culture inherited from the Persian, Greek and Roman times and enjoy the Turkish hospitality.
It’s time to stop for a moment. Take a few breaths. Observe what is no longer serving you. And maybe find more scope for reconnecting with your sense of Self, being in human connection, and our connection to nature and the greater universe.
By nature, we are Beings of relation. But especially in today's Western society, there is a dominant culture of separation. As a result, we are not able to be in our full expression of life, we have fallen out of resonance with Nature and the world around us, and we have lost the support of the village, around which we have evolved. This leads to enormous struggle to cope with day-to-day life and feeds into the development of disease in the body.
This week will be holiday, retreat, and deep-dive all at once. We will explore connection, disconnection and reconnection through a number of different practices and modalities: Yoga, somatic movement, breathwork, Thai Yoga Massage, meditation, Somatic Experiencing, Yoga philosophy, journaling and self discovery; awakening to the deep clarity that is available in our body, mind and spirit when nurtured and listened to.
A generous programme of physical and mental practices for relaxing the body, silencing the mind and nurturing the soul awaits you. Return home feeling calm, your authentic self, and armed with simple techniques for building these positive results into daily life.
Come too to enjoy some autumn rays of sunshine, healthy and delicious food and the beauty of nature. A chance to rest, rebalance, and tune into yourself and the slowing forces of this seasonal transition. We look forward to welcoming you.
Costs: starting from €995
For bookings or enquiries, contact healingmotionkw@gmail.com
MEET THE RETREAT FACILITATORS
Kirsten (Kaye) Wilkinson - Kirsten has over 20 years of working with moving bodies, trauma, and building trauma informed curriculum. She is the founder of Healing Motion, a private practice that offers somatic therapy coaching and embodied practices that support mental health by assisting individuals in discovering their innate wisdom, restoring their embodied strength, and transcending to holistic wellbeing through nervous system self-regulation, lifestyle balance, and personalised wellness programs.
Tiago Botelho - Tiago likes to see himself as an "explorer of life", as he understands life as discovering and recognizing what we are and everything around us. He studied and worked as a communication consultant, but discovered in Ayurvedic medicine and in Yoga a different way of Being in life. He has been teaching yoga for over a decade and has been practicing since 2005. Learning from various teachers and in different traditions, he has built a broad, free and simple view of what yoga proposes and how it can be approached and practiced in different ways. With deep gratitude and reverence to all his teachers and to the teachers of his teachers, he continues to study annually in Portugal, Spain and India. He has been teaching in Portugal, Spain, Israel, India and Indonesia for love and dedication to everyone's life and well-being.
Katrin Heuser - Yoga teacher and bodyworker, Katrin has always been interested in the body and movement. After many years of dance, her Scoliosis lead her to Pilates and finally to Yoga and Thai Massage, which then became her path in life. For her it’s about the never ending discovery of body and mind, to deepen the awareness and to release all tension and stagnation. Only then, the journey towards healing and transformation can begin, the capacity and power of resilience of the body can grow, and more space for positive life energy and joy can develop. Since 2015 Katrin lives in Lisbon and co-runs Little Yoga Space, where she teaches and gives Osteothai treatments, and is the director of Hadadi School of Thai Yoga Massage, offering foundation and advanced training courses worldwide.