Yoga and Your Health

Yoga and Your Health - The Practical Approach to a Balanced Lifestyle

September 11 - 18, 2010
October 30 - November 6, 2010

With Claudia Jones

About the Retreat

The Yoga and Your Health retreat offers a practical approach to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. This retreat is for those wishing to make positive changes in their lifestyle to combat the pressures of today's modern living and its impact on our health.

On the Yoga and Your Health retreat you will enjoy:

Delicious home-cooked healthy meals
Fresh fruit and vegetable juices
Fresh wheatgrass juice
A variety of nutritious healthy supplements

Practical afternoon sessions include:

Healthy cooking class
How to make your own nutritional health supplements
Neti (nasal cleansing),
Tratak
Introduction to self-massage, hand and foot reflexology.
Talk on healthy, balanced living
Discussion, Q & A

Yoga classes include:

Guided asana practice.
Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style will be available for those with an established self-practice
Restorative yoga
Breathwork, pranayama and meditation

Upon arrival you will receive your complimentary Samahita Wellness 'Yoga and Your Health' Welcome Kit.

We recommend you take the opportunity to relax and rebalance further by adding on one of our Samahita Wellness Balanced Living packages over the 7 days:

(please note there is an additional cost for these to the standard retreat rate)

Simple Balanced Living	Radiant Balanced Living	Pure Balanced Living
7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies: You can choose from any one of the following 60 minute 'Body and Soul' therapies each day: A Touch of Ayurveda Traditional Thai massage Therapeutic massage Aromatherapy massage Swedish massage Sabai massage Thai massage with herbal compress Foot reflexology massage Relaxing Foot Massage	7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies as described under Simple package. Plus You can choose 3 of our 'Radiance' Treatments: Apricot facial massage Facial treatments Exfoliating body scrubs Nature's touch: hands & feet and 3 Far Infrared Sauna sessions	7 individual 'Body and Soul' therapies as described under Simple package. Plus 3 'Radiance' treatments Plus the following detoxifying therapies: 3 Far Infrared Sauna sessions 2 Colon Hydrotherapy Treatments 2 Chi Nei Tsang abdominal massage

About the Teacher

Claudia is the Director of Samahita Wellness at Yoga Thailand. Claudia expertly guides and supports our guests through detox and wellness programs and has done so since the program's launch. She is instrumental in the ongoing development of our detox programs and the growth of our wellness center. Claudia brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of complementary health and wellbeing from her holistic health and yoga center in the UK, which she ran for many years till selling in 2006. She completed her Centered Yoga Training in 2007, has taught retreats in Goa, India and on the Greek Islands and is a resident teacher here at Yoga Thailand. She has spent time in study in both Mysore with Pattabhi Jois and Sharath and also at The Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute with Sri Tiwari for pranayama. For more please see her full bio

The Daily Schedule

The schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the teacher.

7:00 am	Morning cleansing practices. Herbal tea
7:30 am	Intention and Day Opening Breathwork-Pranayama and Meditation
8:15 am	Asana Practice: Guided asana practice. Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style will be available for those with an established self-practice
10:00 am	Breakfast of fresh fruits, juices and cereals
1:00 pm	Lunch of soup, steamed vegetables, rice, salads
4:00 pm	Practical sessions including: healthy cooking class, how to make your own nutritional health supplements, neti (nasal cleansing), introduction to self-massage and hand/foot reflexology talk on healthy, balanced living, discussion, Q & A
5:00 pm	Restorative yoga asana and breath work
6:00 pm	Dinner of soup or broth, steamed vegetables
6:00 - 9:00 pm	Steam room available
7:30 pm	Evening program - video, tratak, meditation

Please arrive by 5pm for a retreat welcome on the first day. Departure is by 12 noon on the last day. You are welcome to arrive early or stay on, check our residential stay rates

Retreat Rates

Share two bedroom loft	€ 690 per person
Single superior room	€ 890 per person
Add-on a 7-day Samahita Wellness Balanced Living Package Simple € 130 per person Radiant € 210 per person Pure € 360 per person

Upgrade to our Deluxe Suite additional cost on the total program package:

€ 50 per day
€ 320 for one week
€ 620 for two weeks
€ 900 for three weeks
€ 1100 for four weeks

We only have two deluxe one bedroom suites located in our most private and nearest building to the sea. They have a private bedroom, living room, fully equipped kitchen, deluxe bathroom and with an extra large balcony they have the prime sea views available at Yoga Thailand. Both suites include a fully furnished living room with flat screen TV, DVD and satellite. They are perfect for a family or couple. The additional rate is a flat rate based on the room and is added on to the total rate package whether a single individual, couple or family.

All our rooms have direct sea view with their own private balcony and bathroom.

The rate is inclusive of: