The Power Within – Andalucia, Spain Yoga Retreat
THE POWER WITHIN - Andalucia, Spain Yoga Retreat
14 AUGUST – 18 AUGUST 2022
From ignorance, lead me to truth. From darkness, lead me to light. From death, lead me to immortality.
From the moment of birth, we begin the never-ending push and pull between the Self and the world around us. Our reality, shadowed by a structured world of expectation, opinion, desire, linearity and cognitive processing that is so entrenched in the external world. We often forget that our greatness lies in the wisdom, sensing and power from within. In many ways, so much of our unease comes from a lifetime of aligning our deeper truth with what we are told is true, from being told what is worthy and valuable. As we evolve in this world our experiences become engrained as patterns within the physical, energetic, mental and emotional layers of our bodies. Knowing ourselves becomes a daunting task. Yet knowing ourselves and owning our truth is eternal freedom.
This August, we take you on a journey of deep reflection and true joy that comes from the freedom and permission to be exactly who you are! Our program is designed to help you unravel the layers of yourself and to provide you with lifelong tools to support the continuation of steady self-inquiry within the clutter of the modern world.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Learn how to design short and empowering self-practices to meet your personal needs.
- Embodiment and somatic yoga to build more acute sensory awareness.
- How to use breath-based meditations and movement practices to manage nervous system responses.
- Modern application of the ancient philosophy of yoga as a guideline for integrating mindfulness into your daily life.
- Daily meditations on self-love
- Ego and shadow work in separating perception from reality.
- Value exploration – identifying and aligning to our core values.
- Open discussion, reflection and sharing will be central to the learning process.
- The program is built on an inquiry-based approach that will empower you to continue the process long after you have left the retreat container.
- Free time to explore Ronda and the White Villages or for lounging by the pool
HOURLY SCHEDULE
ARRIVAL
2:00pm Pick up from Malaga Airport
3:30pm Arrival at Lodge, Check in and rest
5:00pm Evening practice (Ashtanga led)
6:00pm Opening meditation
6:30pm Opening circle and introductions
7:15pm Dinner
EXPLORATION OF THE PHYSICAL LAYER
8:00am Morning practice (Ashtanga led)
9:30am Morning meditation
10:00am Breakfast
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2:00pm Philosophy guidelines – breaking down the physical, breath and meditation practices of yoga and how it relates to our mind-body-self mapping
2:45pm Sequencing workshop – the building blocks
5:00pm Self-led practice (assisted)
7:00pm Dinner
EXPLORATION OF THE ENERGETIC (BREATH) LAYER
8:00am Morning practice (breath-based vinyasa)
9:30am Morning meditation
10:00am Breakfast
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2:00pm Anatomy and biomechanics of breathing – the science behind why and how the breath works
2:45pm Breath-based practices – traditional pranayama and experiential exercises
5:30pm Yin yoga
7:00pm Dinner
EXPLORATION OF THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL LAYERS
8:00am Somatic embodied yoga
9:30am Morning meditation
10:00am Breakfast
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2:00pm Discovering the Self – Ego and shadow work; value exploration.
3:00pm Self-led empowered practice
5:00pm Evening circle
7:00pm Dinner
DEPARTURE
8:00am Morning practice
9:30m Closing circle
10:30am Breakfast and check-out
12:30pm Transfer back to Malaga Airport
THE DESTINATION
Ronda Lodge is set in the beautiful rolling countryside of Andalusia’s Serrania de Ronda Mountains and is surrounded by national park sand the famous white villages. It’s an ideal get away with a modern contemporary feel, that successfully combines the feeling of a luxury hotel with the exclusivity of your own private space. Professional staff unobtrusively tends to your every need. Built on a private 22 acre property which includes both walking and jogging trails, horses tranquilly graze the attractive grounds. Your pool area provides more opportunities to unwind and ionizers in the water ensure that the water is like drinking quality and extremely gentle on your eyes, hair and skin.
The Lodge has seven luxuriously appointed bedrooms, all with en-suite facilities and breathtaking views of the surrounding majestic countryside and grounds. The perfect place to wake up and enjoy Andalusia. The Lodge is truly one of the most beautiful Andalusian rural accommodations, with Sevilla, Córdoba, Malaga, Jerez and Granada right on your doorstep.
RETREAT FACILITATORS
Julie Moksim
A veteran in global yoga gatherings, inspiring real conversations about yoga in Asia’s off-the-beaten path locations. Her work of a decade has put Luang Prabang, Laos, on the map as a yoga destination, after garnering the interest of Om Yoga Magazine and Australian Yoga Journal. Julie’s approach to yoga is accessible, but there is an intensity in its depth as she seeks to uphold its body of wisdom and intelligence. As co-director of Urban Yogis, Julie is now navigating Singapore’s yoga environment to bring her global network of knowledge resources to yogis looking for a practice beyond asana.
Mana Takai
In 2016, Mana left her creative director/consultant position in Japan’s fashion industry after almost 2 decades. She started traveling more to get closer to her true nature and joined yoga classes while traveling in Southeast Asia. After she got back to Tokyo, she took practicing seriously. She finally decided to move to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to change her lifestyle from one of the busiest cities, Tokyo, and go back to the spirit itself. She has found healing, compassion, and peaceful mind through ashtanga yoga practice and meditation. This transformation is what she shares and offers through her teachings. Mana is currently based in Washington D.C., in the United States. She was recently a finalist in the Washington Paper’s ” Best of D.C. 2021″ in the “Best Yoga Teacher” category.
Antje Luebbe
Antje practiced different types of yoga for 15 years until she moved to Thailand for a job. In Chiang Mai she started practicing Ashtanga and Vinyasa on a regular basis and only then did the Prana really hit her and she understood what is meant by ‘Yoga is something I am, not something I do’. She wanted to learn more about the philosophy behind this movement therapy and spread the Love. Numerous workshops and the iflow Teacher Training in Ubud, Bali with Amy Pastore gave her the knowledge and courage to find ‘her kind of yoga’ and teach it. Antje’s teaching style is fluid, modern, playful and dancy, reflecting the many sports and different types of yoga that have influenced her practice. She has been teaching yoga locally and internationally since 2013. Her classes are a perfect balance between intensity and centering and will leave students feeling high and smiling for hours. Antje is currently based in Hamburg, Germany.
THE COST
Retreat prices are in Singapore Dollars and listed as a per person price. For indicative exchange rates in USD and EUR calculated at the time of publishing, please click here.
For room descriptions and photographs, visit Ronda Lodge Accommodations.
*For payments in Singapore a 5.5% discount will be given for PayNow transfers. For international customers, the 5.5% discount will be offered for direct bank transfers in which the payer bears that cost of the transaction fee.
PRICE INCLUSIONS
- Round-trip transfer from Malaga Airport to Ronda Lodge (must travel with the group on August 14 at 2pm and August 18 at 12:30pm). Outside of these times, transportation will be at your own cost.
- Daily brunch and dinner
- Round-trip transportation into Ronda on August 16
- All yoga/meditation workshops (approximately 20 hours of instruction)
- 4 nights accommodation
PRICE EXCLUSIONS
- Airfare
- Travel insurance (we recommend getting your own travel insurance for any unforeseen circumstances related to your travel
- Excursions and activities during your free time (with the exception of the August 16 trip into Ronda)
- Beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages that are not included in the brunch and dinner)
HOW TO REGISTER
*Fill out the registration form
*You will receive an email with instructions for payment.
*Payment to be made by credit card, PayNow or direct bank transfer (discounts offered for PayNow and bank transfers), and cryptocurrency
*You will receive a confirmation email once your payment is received
*Bookings are not considered confirmed until the payment is received. We will hold your booking for a maximum of 7 days and will release the booking if no payment has been received after 7 days.
Cancellation policy: full refund up to Friday June 11; 50% refund between June 12 and July 3; no refunds after July 3. In the event that government Covid restrictions prevent us from running the retreat on the scheduled date, you will have the opportunity to postpone your attendance to a future date or to a full refund.
TRAVEL TO MALAGA AIRPORT
The pickup location for the retreat is at Malaga Airport on Sunday August 14 at 2pm.
Malaga is easily accessible from Singapore by Lufthansa flights via Frankfurt, which offers VTL flights on the return back to Singapore.
From the United States, Malaga Airport is serviced by multiple airlines with a stop-over in another European city.
Malaga is serviced by various low-cost carriers from destinations around Europe.
COVID ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
At the time of writing, fully vaccinated travelers from Singapore, Europe and the United States must show proof of a valid vaccination certificate. No additional testing is required.
For unvaccinated travelers, Spain requires a negative covid test prior to departure for Spain.
Please check carefully to ensure that you are eligible for entry to Spain. Urban Yogis will not be responsible for anyone who is refused entry by the airline or immigration at the time of travel.
In the event that government Covid restrictions prevent us from running the retreat on the scheduled date or that changes to entry requirements into Spain prevent you from attending the retreat, you will have the opportunity to postpone your attendance to a future date or to a full refund.
Speakers
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Antje LuebbeYoga Retreat FacilitatorAntje practiced different types of yoga for 15 years until she moved to Thailand for a job. In Chiang Mai she started practicing Ashtanga and Vinyasa on a regular basis and only then did the Prana really hit her and she understood what is meant by ‘Yoga is something I am, not something I do’. She wanted to learn more about the philosophy behind this movement therapy and spread the Love. Numerous workshops and the iflow Teacher Training in Ubud, Bali with Amy Pastore gave her the knowledge and courage to find ‘her kind of yoga’ and teach it. Antje’s teaching style is fluid, modern, playful and dancy, reflecting the many sports and different types of yoga that have influenced her practice. She has been teaching yoga locally and internationally since 2013. Her classes are a perfect balance between intensity and centering and will leave students feeling high and smiling for hours. Antje is currently based in Hamburg, Germany.
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Julie MoksimCo-owner & Yoga InstructorI’m Singaporean by birth, global citizen by lifestyle, having lived in Indonesia, Egypt and India as a child and young adult, and later in the United States, Laos and Myanmar. My spark for yoga began while I was living in Boston in 2003, but my calling to teach grew much later out of the joy that I developed as a teacher’s assistant at the studio that I attended regularly. After completing a teacher training in Bali with Rachel Hull, Anna Smallwood, Emil Wendel, James Newman and Dr. Sujatha Kekada in 2011, I moved to Laos and started a yoga cooperative called Luang Prabang Yoga. Both the yoga cooperative and the immersive retreat programs that I lead under Laos Yoga Retreats have in some ways, put Laos on the map as a destination for yoga. I also co-owned a yoga studio in Myanmar between 2017 and 2019. My partnership with Kathy and Urban Yogis has grown out of a collective purpose to share knowledge and bridge the gap between people of different cultures, languages and belief systems. I trust that when a group of people come together from all walks of life, the opportunity for learning is boundless. Yoga has been an essential platform for these gatherings and for experiences that create more open-minded humans. Today, the biggest influence in my practice and teachings is Edward Clark of Tripsichore Yoga. He reinforces the importance of authenticity in how we express ourselves in movement. Ultimately, this translates to authenticity in life. I’d like to say to people out there, don’t be afraid to find out who you are, and when you find that person, don’t be afraid to be the person that you are! Thank you for taking the time to read this and to browse our website and offerings.
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Mana TakaiIn 2016, Mana left her creative director/consultant position in Japan’s fashion industry after almost 2 decades. She started traveling more to get closer to her true nature and joined yoga classes while traveling in Southeast Asia. After she got back to Tokyo, she took practicing seriously. She finally decided to move to Chiang Mai, Thailand to change her lifestyle from one of the busiest cities, Tokyo, and go back to the sprit itself. She has found healing, compassion, and peaceful mind through ashtanga yoga practice and meditation. This transformation is what she shares and offers through her teachings. Mana has been extensively studying, practicing, teaching, and traveling throughout the world including , Thailand, Laos, Japan and Washington DC, USA.
Mana is currently based in Washington D.C., in the United States. She was recently a finalist in the Washington Paper’s ” Best of D.C. 2021″ in the “Best Yoga Teacher” category.
