Saturday, 31st August - Saturday, 7th Sept. 2024
Yoga in Salento, Italy
Ashtanga and Vinyasa are two of the most practiced styles of yoga practice but did you know that Vinyasa is deeply rooted in Ashtanga?
Join Katy for a week long retreat where you get the opportunity to explore the Ashtanga practice on your own terms! No matter if you are an Ashtangi through and through or a Vinyasa practitioner, Katy will meet you where you are in your practice and will help to guide you through the Ashtanga practice. This is an Ashtanga retreat BUT with a very open invite to Vinyasa practitioners and teachers to come and experience the practice in a safe and open space.
The location
The retreat will take place at the beautiful Yoga in Salento in Italy. This will be the 5th Retreat we have hosted there and we are always excited to return. Agricola Samadhi is a last generation organic farmhouse located in southern Puglia in the heart of Salento in the Grecia Salentina countryside right in the heart of Zollino, just a few steps from the quaint country train station. Immersed in the fascinating and authentic atmosphere of Puglia, the Agricola Samadhi farmhouse enjoys a strategic location to dis- cover Salento, just 10 minutes from Lecce and 20 minutes from the most beautiful beaches on the Ionic and Adriatic Seas.
Schedule
Our schedule will include 5 Morning Mysore practices, one Led class and 4 afternoon sessions covering a variety of topics.
Students will also receive an informational handout to help them start or deepen their Ashtanga practice.
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Arrival day and retreat welcome.
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8-10 am - Mysore Practice
4-6pm - Workshop
How it all begins: The components of Surya Namaskar A & B.
A workshop where we will explore the fundamental elements of the sun salutations. We will look at and discuss how to best approach Chaturanga, upward facing, downward facing, utkatasana, virabhadrasana 1 and the elusive toe rolling.
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8-10 am - Mysore Practice
4-6pm - Workshop
The foundations.
A workshop where we will explore the standing asanas of all the primary series. These are the foundational asanas of Ashtanga Yoga and are present in every practice. We will look at these core asanas and break them down to make them assessable to the individual as well as look at the traditional transitions between the postures. Description text goes here
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8-10 am - Mysore Practice
FREE AFTERNOON.
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8-10 am - Mysore Practice
4-6pm - Workshop
Backbending in Ashtanga.
A workshop where we will look at the fundamentals of urdhva dhanurasana and how to practice this key asana safely as well as learning how we can deepen it to prepare for Dropbacks.
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8-10 am - Mysore Practice
FREE AFTERNOON.
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8-10 am - Led Class with a LOT of extra explanations
4-6pm - Workshop
How it ends.
A workshop where we will look at the Finishing sequence of Ashtanga yoga. This long and incredibly important part of the sequence can be challenging considering all the inversions involved. We will explore the sequence and work with variations and steps to make the finishing sequence accessible to you.
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Travel Day.
About Katy
Katy is an Authorised Ashtanga and Breathwork teacher based in Bonn, Germany. She is the co-founder and owner of The Vinyasa People Yoga Studio and Yin Nation a yoga and lifestyle store.
I love to blur the lines between tradition and modernity and find it fascinating, scary, provocative and transformational! An Ashtangi at heart I find comfort and support within the traditions of the practice, completing 5 months of study in Mysore under Sharath Jois and gaining his blessing to teach in 2022 where I received my authorisation.
When it comes to breathwork and pranayama it's a different story. After years of traditional practice I shook things up and dove head first into the world of breathwork where I experienced the life altering power of breath!
Blending tradition, modern science and dynamic breathwork practices I offer a space for all students to go all in, go deep all whilst being supported on their breathwork journey.
I whole heartedly believes there is beauty in combining tradition with modernity to create a practice that serves you so you can serve others. As a dedicated practitioner, teacher, business owner, mama and wife I understands the true meaning of flexibility and likes to share the lessons I has learnt to all willing to try.
Over the years as a teacher I completed my first RYT 200 Hour training with Seasonal Yoga in Glasgow and then my RYT 300 with Tribe in Austria. I later went on to do a second RYT 200, The Ashtanga Intensive with the Miami Life Center and my 500 Hour Pranayama and breath work teacher training with Pranayama Sadhana in beautiful Bali.
I have also completed the Breath Mastery course with Dan Bruhle, the Oxygen Advantage course with Patrick Mckeown and Pranayama level 1 teacher training Eddie Stern and team.
What’s Included?
Daily yoga practice plus 4 workshops
7 nights and daily room cleaning
6 vegetarian organic brunches
7 vegetarian organic dinners
1 vegetarian organic breakfast on departure day
Access to all the facilities including the beautiful pool area
Yoga mats and props
YIS staff assistance
Rates for 7 nights (p.p)
Triple room with private bathroom - 1020 Euro
Double room with shared bathroom - 1050 Euro
Double room with private bathroom - 1200 Euro
Single room - 1360 Euro
Double room for single use with shared bathroom - 1360 Euro
Double room for single use with private bathroom -1520 Euro
To find out more information or to sign up for the Back to the Roots Retreat 2024, just fill out the form below and we will be in touch :-)
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