ISHTA co-owner and teacher Mona Anand and ISHTA teacher Helen Jansson are part of this winter retreat on the Swedish West Coast!
”Welcome to an inspiring retreat at Varbergs Stadshotell & Asia Spa. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced yogi, this is your chance to develop, find inspiration and enjoy a weekend that strengthens both body and soul.”
A total of 30 workshops/classes will be offered, of them are 7 offered from ISHTA by Mona Anand and Helen Jansson.
Workshop:
The Pillars of ISHTA Yoga - Combine Hatha Tantra and Ayurveda to Find Balance – Mona & Helen
The workshop will begin with a lecture and discussion on the the pillars of ISHTA Yoga followed by a short practice integrating the pillars into the practice. ISHTA stands for the integrated science of hatha tantra and ayurveda and ISHTA means individualized in sanskrit. We will discuss how each of these pillars is integrated into the ISHTA approach to teaching. By taking your own basic ayurvedic pulse you will learn how to recognize your own imbalances and learn what poses and variations are right for you. The workshop will end with a short class where you will experience how these pillars can be appplied to individualize your practice and find balance.
Classes:
A chakra balancing asana and yoga nidra practice designed to connect back to yourself and bring inspiration and joy into your living. Mona will help move your energy back to source and connect to your deeper purpose – Mona
The practice will begin with asana designed to balance all seven segments of the body and wiill include pranayama, kriya techniques and mantra to connect back to your essence and to this unified fiend of consciousness that we are all a part of. In tantra we connect to this unified field not to escape this plane but to bring wisdom insight and joy into our daily living. The practice will end with a long yoga nidra designed to experience an expanded state of awareness and give you clarity and insight to your deeper purpose at this moment.
Find Winter harmony with a gentle uplifting asana practice to lift your spirits followed by a Healing Yoga Nidra – Mona
This class will begin with a gentle uplifting asana and pranayama practice to releasse excess kapha which can manifest as feeling slugish, depressed and low in energy followed by a long yoga nidra designed to lift your spirits and connect to the well of joy within.
A Restorative / Yoga Nidra Practice to release layers of inner tension and connect to inner stillness and peace – Mona
This Restorative / Yoga Nidra practice will make you want to stay all day, nourishing your body and soul by connecting you to that well of peace and stillness that resides within all of us. By using props and poses that are calming to your nervouse system it will crate the space for complete rest and will leave you feeling deeply relaxed, calm and peaceful.
A Yin Yoga Practice to Rise Above Your Limiting Beliefs – Helen
This yin yoga practice offers a full body sequense that are gently tapping into your fascia in seated and floorbased poses while philosophical yoga wisdoms are shared. With your awarness turned inward you will find yourself rising above limiting beliefs to release old patterns and gaining space for your true self to grow.
A Meditation Practice Balancing Your Front and Back Gates to Clear Any Obsticles – Helen
Your inner network of energy has seven main hubs along your spine. In this meditation practice you will gain access to tools that help clear obsticles from the past and worry for the future in each of these hubs to bring light into your living. We start with a pre-meditative asana sequence designed to find physical homeostasis allowing you to sit comfortably, we use mantra and pranayama to nock on the gates, then we end with a proper regrounding sequence leaving you radiating with hope, trust and joy.
A Meditation Practice to Build Your Aura From the Inside and Out – Helen
We all have an aura - an electro magnetic field building from within. In this meditation practice you are offered tools to free yourself from any clouds that, knowingly or not, stops you from radiating fully. We start with a pre-meditative asana sequence designed to find physical homeostasis allowing you to sit comfortably, we use mantra and visualisations to build the aura, then we end with a proper regrounding sequence leaving you shining brightly and lovingly in life.