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YogaRetreats and

Holidays2017

Health, Healing and Happiness

Chinmayi has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with students which isconstantly expanding and evolving.

In 2017, Chinmayi offers retreats to meet all budgets. Something for you whether you arerelatively new to yoga or experienced, with the usual emphasis on the deep healing thattraditional yoga can bring.

Very often within the weekly yoga class, we have a limited opportunity to explore the many

facets of yoga. Chinmayi's evolved style takes a holistic approach involving practices for the

mind and soul also. This is further deepened by her shamanic healing experience.In 2017 you

can choose between a healing retreat, an ashram-style retreat or a more relaxing and

rejuvenating yoga holiday.Which retreat do you need to take your practice or healing journey

to the next level?

Introductionretreats for deep healing, relaxation and rejuvenation

with Chinmayi Dore

Women's Holistic Health Retreat 17-21 May -ONE PLACE AVAILABLE and DAY VISITORSARE WELCOMETechniques and practices for healing mind, body and soul

Yoga Bliss Holiday 7-14 June - ONE PLACELEFT (sharing a twin room)Relax and rejuvenate in lush healthy surroundings

Yoga Ashram Retreat 5-12 September -SEVEN+ PLACES AVAILABLEA week in a typical ashram environment

2017 Calendar

“If you are looking for an invigorating, relaxing, exciting and

magical experience with warm hearted, beautiful souls in a

stunning setting

– this is the retreat for you.”

Women's Healing Retreat - day visitors welcome!

How about a 4-day retreat with like-minded women in the UK? Perhaps you don’t want to fly, can’ttake a week away from home or prefer the English weather! This year Chinmayi has teamed up withher great friend Suzanne to offer you a women’s retreat in May, at her home in Kent.

Maybe you have something personal to you that you are working through at the moment. Perhapsyou feel a little isolated sometimes and could use some female energy to boost your femininepower.

Our female ancestors would have spent many hours together, telling stories and passing on skills totheir daughters and granddaughters. This kind of teaching, learning and support is incrediblyhealing. It gives us a new perspective on life, tools to live a more fulfilling life and the personalpower to live an extraordinary life.

Chinmayi has studied, practised and taught ancient healing techniques for over a decade. She hastravelled far and wide with the aim of finding the source. With advanced qualifications in traditionalyoga and shamanic healing, she is able to offer you something for your physical, mindful andspiritual growth and transformation.

There will be group sessions throughout the day, learning new techniques which will enrich your lifewith renewed energy and enthusiasm. But also plenty of time for you to relax and reflect, take a napor walk, or do some journaling or colouring. There will be space for private treatments and/orhealing with Chinmayi. She is qualified in 24 different holistic treatments and traditional healingtherapies! Depending on your needs, you’ll probably get a combination of two or more of them.

There will be an opportunity for you to attend for one or more days without accommodation butincluding meals, please contact Chinmayi at omchinmayi@gmail.com.

Women's Holistic Health Retreat 17-21 May 2017 - ONE PLACE LEFT andDAY VISITORS WELCOME!“My treatments were out of this world. I really feel that Chinmayi is an incrediblehealer, in particular her shamanic treatment has had profound positive effects on me”

This is a small gathering of a maximumof 8 women at Suzanne’s beautiful home.Once a working mill, the house is over400 years old. Its proximity to the rivermakes it a perfect setting for a women’sretreat.

Accommodation is in a double or twinroom (sharing).

Like all Chinmayi’s retreats, food issupremely healthy, mostly vegan and asmuch as possible organic. Please readthe page “Food Facts”.

What to Expect at the Women'sHolistic Health Retreat

Passionate about holistic health but with an influence on balance and havingfun living it, Chinmayi has so much to share! Expect a daily yoga practice,meditation coaching and practice, learning some basic massage techniques,card readings, learning about nature’s medicines - essential oils, flowerremedies, crystals and other elements, Emotional Freedom Technique andso much more

...tranquil setting ...cosy bedrooms ...private therapy room

...practice with a view ...the beautiful old mill ...finding balance

...sharing space ...reach for newexperiences

...other visitors

Women's Holistic Health RetreatGallery“Go – you will come home feeling completely revived!”

Your Investmentand How to BookYour Place at the

2017 Women'sHolistic Health

RetreatOne double room available at £547

...also, day places available on Thursday18th May 2017, Friday 19th May and

Saturday 20th May 2017 at just £97 perday

Day places are without accommodationbut include meals and all of thesessions for that day, for more

information please contact:

CLICK HERE

Just want to chill?

This year Chinmayi is offering a yoga holiday where the focus is on relaxation and rejuvenation.

Perhaps you just need some time out from the daily grind. You need healthful food and maybe aglass of wine with your dinner. You're not here to detox but to unwind, holiday-style. Your biggestdecision is whether to swim in the pool or take shade under a parasol.

Yoga and Meditation

Yoga is offered in the morning and a stretch and relaxation or meditation late afternoon. Everythingis optional. Plenty of time is available for absolutely nothing!

You can read, colour, paint, watch a movie or just lie in the sun all day. It's totally up to you!

Other Options

A huge range of treatments and healing will be available. You may like a relaxing massage orholistic facial. Or perhaps a card reading or spiritual healing. Included in the price of your holiday isa 20-minute private consultation.

If you wish to explore the area, guided walks will be offered and transport can be arranged toMontefrio, the site of Spain's only round church and also voted by National Geographic magazine asone of the ten villages with the best views in the world.

Yoga Bliss Holiday 7-14 June 2017 -ONE PLACE LEFT (sharing a twinroom)“Everyone on the holiday was made to feel special. The holiday leaders werediscreetly attentive to all our needs.”

Fabulous accommodationwith some air-conditionedrooms. Twin singles anddouble rooms available.Chinmayi's toiletries areprovided together with fruit,healthy treats and springwater in each room; allreplenished daily.

...and relax!

What to Expect on aYoga Bliss Holiday

Pure Relaxation! You will choose this holiday because youwant to have the option of doing something or nothing,enjoying some sunshine and taking timeout from thetimetables of normal life!

...the pool ...view from pool house ...yoga in the sun

...andalucian arches ...among the best 10 viewsin the world

...pool and pool house

...lush private bedrooms ...the bliss within ...lounge areas to cool off

Yoga Bliss Holiday Gallery“Fabulous accommodation! Clean, spacious, well equipped and well appointed -a home from home!”

Your Investmentand How to Bookfor the 2017 Yoga

Bliss HolidayYour investment for 7 nights

accommodation in a beautiful Finca is£797

- ONLY ONE PLACE LEFT (sharing a twinroom)

Arrival is from 4pm on Wednesday 7thJune 2017 and departure is after lunch on

Wednesday 14th June 2017.

“If you are looking for an invigorating,relaxing, exciting and magical experience

with warm hearted, beautiful souls in astunning setting

– this is the retreat for you.”

CLICK HERE to find out more

Yoga Ashram Retreat

Truly a retreat from normal life where you can immerse yourself into traditional yoga. Different to a yogaholiday, this will deepen your practice and allow you to evolve your yoga into everyday life.

Chinmayi has spend a considerable amount of time in ashrams and has found the perfect place to host thisstyle of retreat in 2017. During the week you will be learning and healing through exploring:

The depths of traditional yoga and it’s healing benefitsThe science of asana and how to get the maximum benefits from a poseA holistic approach to connecting, understanding and transforming your - body, mind and soul.The three stages to Bliss - Bhakti, Karma and Raja YogaThe Chakras and PranayamaThe Yogic Lifestyle in everyday lifeFire Puja and shamanic ceremonies for deep healing and transformation

The Location

Casa de Rufo is located on the edge of a small town at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the highestin Spain.

It’s under half an hour from Granada airport to which Easyjet now fly from Gatwick. We offer a pick-up anddrop-off from Granada airport late morning or Granada bus station early afternoon. See below for moreinformation.

During your afternoon siesta break, you can take a short bus ride to the centre of Granada. Whilemeandering through the Albayzin with its street markets and tea shops, you might feel like you were inRishikesh itself!

However unlike India, Spain is under 3hrs from most UK airports.

No visas, no jabs and you can drink the water!

Yoga Ashram Retreat 5-12 September2017“I loved the combination of asana, pranayama, mantra, mediation and yoga philosophy. Theyoga nidra was greatly appreciated to and timed well around the heat of the day”

Of course, we will also have a lot of funand laughter.

This is not a luxury holiday. It is designedto reflect the simplicity of ashram life.However the accommodation is spotlesslyclean and the food is as healthy, nutritiousand plentiful as ever. Although run as anashram-style retreat, Casa de Rufo has thebenefit of a large swimming pool - perfectfor a dip after your practices!

There are some house rules aroundscreens (mobile phones etc), drugs(smoking, alcohol, coffee, sugar etc)processed food and meat. We ask that yourespect your space and the space youshare with others. You need to be able toswitch off from your life at home to gainthe maximum benefits.

If you still need to connect with yourbusiness life at home, please considerYoga Holiday Bliss (details in thisbrochure).

P.S. There is one beautiful dog who liveswithin the grounds but outside the house.

What toExpect at aYoga AshramRetreat

True self-development andgrowth happens when we letgo. In this retreat, Chinmayi willshow you how you can detoxyour mind, body and soul easily.

Food will be almost all vegan(ahimsa) and where possibleorganic.There will be some periods ofsilence (mouna) to create a spacewhere you can reflect withoutdistraction. This is a powerfulaspect of ashram life.Shamanic healing and othertherapies will be offered to helpyou on your soul’s path.The week will be carefully craftedwith practices where you canexperience HUGE shifts in yourlife.The yoga practice includes allaspects of the yoga journey,including ecstatic chant, fire pujaand some light cleansingtechniques. By choosing thisretreat you have the intention ofattending all classes.

...authentic yoga ...ashram-style sleeping ...semi-rural setting

...spacious living ...plunge apres-yoga? al-fresco dining

...twisting by the pool? ...mastering asana ...shared sleeping spaces

Yoga Ashram Retreat Gallery

Your Investmentand How to BookYour Place at the

2017 YogaAshram Retreat

Your investment for 7 nights ashram-styleaccommodation is £797 per person.

Arrival is from 4pm on Tuesday 5thSeptember 2017 and departure is after

lunch on Tuesday 12th September 2017

CLICK HERE to find out more

Obviously you get to practice lots of yoga! According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, yoga also includes,meditation, concentration and practices for living with yourself and others harmoniously. Somesimple house rules make everyone’s retreat a blissful experience.

Please avoid:-

1. Using your mobile phone inside the houses or having your mobile phone with you in practicetime. Bring a camera for photos please.

2. Smoking in or around the house. Please dispose of your cigarette butts very carefully withwater provided. Fires can be started easily here.

3. Drinking alcohol in the accommodation. Be mindful, that sometimes our guests have issueswith alcohol and other substances and just need somewhere to be away from them for a week.If this might be a challenge for you, please let me know.

4. Being late for classes. It is in your interest to be there from the start, to centre yourself, set yourintention for the session and to give your body a chance to warm up and loosen. It is alsodistracting for other students ‘in the zone’ when people arrive late.

Please do:-

1. Let us know which flight you intend to book asap2. Then book your flight early while prices are still low3. Pay your deposit 3 months before to be an Early Bird!4. Complete the Health Form and return it with your balance 1 month before

What is a Yoga Retreat or Holiday?

A Typical DaySchedule

0630 – 0830 Meditation & Yoga

0830 – 0900 Breakfast

0930 – 1030 Morning Activity

1030 – 1230 Free time

1230 – 1330 Lunch

1330 – 1630 Free time

1630 – 1800 Meditation / Yoga

1800 – 1900 Supper

1900 – 2000 Satsang

2000 – 2100 Free time

You will also have the opportunityfor a healing massage or therapy.

As well as yoga teaching, Chinmayiis qualified in over twenty different

practices. Everything fromShamanic Healing Therapies to

Tarot Readings and Reflexology toIndian Head Massage!

Treatments are just €30 for half anhour or €50 for an hour to be paidas you go in local currency please.

Book early to avoid disappointment.

You will be asked to complete a Health Form andDisclosure. Please complete the forms fully andcompletely, advising of all health challengesincluding medications taken, and recentoperations.

A reasonable level of mobility is required to walkcomfortably. Unfortunately that the area andaccommodation are not suitable for wheelchairs.

The yoga teaching is suitable for all abilities inHatha Yoga but is not appropriate for totalbeginners.

You are strongly advised to hold Travel Insuranceto cover delays, cancellations and losses and othermatters outside our control.

We recommend as a minimum, you obtain aEuropean Health Insurance Card. This latter is freeonline www.nhs.uk and covers any medicaltreatment you may need.

We do hold a basic first aid certificate and kit.

PhysicalChallengesand staying safe

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Food Facts

The food provided on our retreats is fresh, lacto-vegetarian, wholesome and healthy. It includes fruit and

vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, local virgin olive oil,coconut oil, a small amount of wheat, some optional dairy

and eggs. It does not include fish or meat, processed foods,refried or refined oils or sugar. We provide organic or local

farm produce wherever possible.

We are very happy to accommodate vegan preferences andprovide alternatives to wheat or other main allergens withprior knowledge. Please be honest with yourself and with

us in advance.

If you feel you need to bring special foods to accommodateyour diet, please let us know.

Alcohol, drugs (except prescribed medicines) and meat arenot to be brought into the accommodation.

“The food was a delight. We loved the colourful, nutritiousand delicious meals everyday. Wonderful.”

A small Rucksack for walking - this could beyour personal baggage item, check themeasurementsEuros - for an excursion and treatments ifyou likeYoga Mat - thinner one is better so you canfold it.Yoga Clothes - cool and lightweight. Lightcolours reflect the sun. Shorts and vests areok.One set of cool clothe e.g. shorts, shirts andskirts etc.A light long-sleeved pale-coloured top forwalkingA wide-brimmed hat and sun glassesA body-size light Sarong - for relaxationoutside and can be used as a towel forswimmingWater bottle - reusable or recyclableSwimsuit and towel - please don't use thetowels at the houseWalking sandals, shoes, trainers or bootswith socksFlip flops (not suitable for walking) but idealfor pool and in the housePlenty of smiles and a willingness to just beyourself!

What to BringNearly always you can get away withcarry-on luggage only