WELCOME TO GREECE 2017!
A YOGA & AYURVEDA RETREAT
JUNE 26 – JULY 6, 2017
FREE FALL IN LOGIC: THE STUDY OF VINYASA KRAMA YOGA
W/SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AYURVEDA
WITH ARUN DEVA
ASHLEY FIALA
VIVI LETSOU
AT ZEN ROCKS, MANI, GREECE
HOSTED BY NYSY YOGA, ATHENS
AVOCADO VEGETARIAN CAFE, ATHENS
ARUNACHALA YOGA & AYURVEDA, LOS ANGELES
$2250 Early Bird Price/$2550 After April 30, 2017.
A deposit of $500 will hold your spot and price till April 30.
After that, your deposit will apply only towards the Full Price*.
INFORMATION: ADretreats@gmail.com
REGISTRATION LINK*
(Once we receive your Registration Form, a link for payment through Paypal Link will be sent to you. If you wish to pay by check, please note that in your Registration Form along with your telephone number.)
The Details:
Vinyāsa Krama literally means the methodology of a fluid practice within set parameters. There are 10 primary and one auxiliary sequences that make up the logic and freedom of the Vinyāsa style of practice in yoga. Within this logic happens the exhilaration of a free fall! This is the possibility inherent within the flexibility of the variations. Then there is the pranayama’s, the chanting, the meditations.
Ramaswami teaching Anjaneya asana advanced version
Ayurveda: So as not to get injured when the practice is not based on a sounder personal logic, the magic of Ayurveda makes sure we stay on the correct trajectory of our free fall: the health and wellbeing we are all seeking to create in our yoga. We will also practice daily living modalities from Ayurveda and study its basic principles.
Nadi Pariksha in Greece
Source: Based on the teachings of Srivatsa Ramaswami as transmitted to him in over 33 years of personal practice with the legendary TKV Krishnamachārya and understood by Arun Deva over a decade of practice. Infused with the understandings of Ayurveda through Arun Deva’s over two decades of Ayurvedic practice comes this Free Fall Within Logic.
With my teacher
THE TEACHERS: Arun Deva , Vivi Letsou and Ashley Fiala.
Arun will teach the various traditional sequences with alternate therapeutic versions where necessary. He will also teach the Ayurveda lectures and lead the traditional pranayama and meditation practices.
Ashley will assist and demonstrate as well as lead joyous kirtans.
Vivi will lead evening sangha talks drawing from the years of Buddhist studies.
VIDEO: ASHLEY AND ARUN DISCUSS THIS RETREAT IN TEMECULA
Zen Rocks is perched in its own free fall method on the hills overlooking the azure sea of Mani, Greece. Right over the home of Zorba the Greek. Right over some of the best ocean for swimming in the world. And Zen Rocks is the mad genius of Vivi Letsou, a Buddhist-Anusara trained yoga teacher, pioneer of Yoga Education in Greece; and Eraj, the prescient restaurateur of Avocado Cafe, Athen’s first successful Vegetarian Restaurant.
At dusk
Practice: In this unique place we will have a very rare opportunity to practice all 11 Vinyāsa Krama Yoga sequences that comprise the basis of all Vinyāsa Yoga Practice. These teachings will be infused with important secrets from Ayurveda that add knowledge and insurance to our practice as Yoga Teachers and practitioners.
Eat amazing, home cooked meals; swim in the ocean; chant and sing in the evenings and spend much time meditating on the free fall of our own lives and how to bring a healing logic to them.
Our hosts, Vivi Letsou and Mama Kula
Calling all yoga teachers, advanced students and any one else daring enough to walk into their own world of learning, practicing and teaching of the yoga. Of course. it helps that it will be in Greece!
VIDEO: ASHLEY AND ARUN DISCUSS THIS RETREAT IN TEMECULA
INFORMATION: ADretreats@gmail.com
REGISTRATION LINK*
(Once we receive your Registration Form, a link for payment through Paypal Link will be sent to you. If you wish to pay by check, please note that in your Registration Form along with your telephone number.)
The above prices include:
- Transportation on morning of June 26th from Athens to Zen Rocks (conditions apply*)
- Transportation on late morning of July 6th from Zen Rocks to Athens (conditions apply*)
- All accommodations and home cooked meals at Zen Rocks.
- One group excursion to the beach and a luxurious dinner at a taverna on the waterfront.
- All yoga classes, Ayurveda lectures and evening lectures and satsangs.
* The group will leave from NYSY Yoga Studios in Athens Monday morning. You will be responsible for arriving there on time to join the group for the journey together. If you do not make the bus trip, you will be responsible for your own individual transportation with no refunds for any portion of your costs.
What is not included in the price:
- Any transportation not specifically included above.
- Any alcoholic beverages. This Retreat will offer beer and wine with dinner, Greek style. You must be over 21 to drink.
What is optional:
- Any additional trips to the beaches of Mani are best done in the afternoons during the free time. These are optional and not included in your costs.
- We recommend you arrive in Athens by Sunday June 25th. We are happy to suggest a friendly hotel close to NYSY Yoga Studio in the heart of Athens and walking distance to the Acropolis and the Plaka
Additional Info:
- Although the meals will be primarily vegetarian, some dairy, eggs and fish may be served. If you are vegan or a strict vegetarian, please let us know so we may do our best to accommodate you. It will be impossible to do a completely gluten free preparation, so if you have a serious allergy to gluten please be advised you will be responsible for all your own food preparations.
INFORMATION: ADretreats@gmail.com
REGISTRATION LINK*
(Once we receive your Registration Form, a link for payment through Paypal Link will be sent to you. If you wish to pay by check, please note that in your Registration Form along with your telephone number.)
SCHEDULE:
- June 26: Drive to Mani and settle in. Evening, welcome and orientation.
- June 27-July 5 (9 days):
- 7:30-9:15AM: Morning Practice
- 9:15: Light morning repast: Fruits, cereals, porridge, tea/coffee
- 10-11:30AM: Ayurveda lecture.
- Noon: Lunch
- 1-4: Free Time
- Our one group beach excursion will be on one of these days and will start after lunch and extend into the late evening.
- 4-6PM: Afternoon Practice
- 6:30-8PM: Dinner.
- 8-10PM: Satsang (led in turns by Vivi (meditation), Ashley (kirtan), Arun (talk on yoga/tantra/ayurveda)
- July 6: Morning practice. Brunch and closing circle. Drive back to Athens
Note: A deposit of $500 will hold your spot and price till April 30. After that, your deposit will apply only towards the Full Price.
Deposits and other payments are refundable at 50% till May 30th 2017. No refunds will be made after that date.
INFORMATION: ADretreats@gmail.com
REGISTRATION LINK*
(Once we receive your Registration Form, a link for payment through Paypal Link will be sent to you. If you wish to pay by check, please note that in your Registration Form along with your telephone number.)
COMING UP IN APRIL:Yoga Practices for Emotional Intelligence: CLICK HERE
Sivananda Yoga Farm, Grass Valley, CA. April 7-9, 2017
This time around, it is less theory and almost all practicum. So, you actually get a taste for why I keep teaching this stuff. This Emotional Intelligence Stuff. The stuff that when functioning clearly, innocently, joyously leads to clear, innocent, joyous thinking and thus actions. Those that support us instead of bushwhacking us. Every. Single. Time.
REGISTER HERE FOR GRASS VALLEY RETREAT
READINGS:
AN INTERVIEW ON LEVITATING MONKEY WITH ANJULA DUGGAL
PSYCHOLOGY OF A SAGE ON AYURVEDA NEXT DOOR
COMING IN THE FALL:
This Retreat is in the Planning Stage but this is how it is shaping up:
Two sections:
A Southern India portion that includes Somatheeram Ayurveda Beach Resort, Kerala, for a week of pampering and Ayurvedic treatments and then a week of travel around some of my favorite places down south. Such as Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, Arunachala.
A Northern India portion that starts with the birthplace of Lord Krishna; continues to the Taj Mahal and then wanders into Rajasthan, and into some legendary temple, wildlife and archeological sites. Along the way we will talk about the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, the meaning of Tantra which in itself can be quite evasive to pin down and stories from India’s mythological past.
A total of two weeks in Southern India. And one week in the North. Do just two weeks or do it all. If you are interested in this Retreat, please write to adretreats@gmail.com and you will be put on an Early Announcement Letter with a Special Price Offer.
May we always be friends in the light,
Arun Deva
Arunachala Yoga & Ayurveda 