Welcome to our spring cleanse retreat

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1 Welcome to our spring cleanse retreat Our retreats are a thoughtful blend of Yoga and Ayurveda. Ayurveda is Yoga s sister science, it encourages us to live in tune with our unique constitution and the seasons reducing illness and imbalance and offers guidelines for food and wellbeing that enriches our lives, health and our Yoga practice. As special offer for this retreat you will also receive meal and life style guidelines so that you can deepen your experience to encompass 5 full days of Ayurvedic clean living and eating guidelines. This will improve your digestion, metabolism and reduce toxin build up in your system creating lightness, radiance and boasting enthusiasm for life and birthing of projects one of the gifts we are ready to receive in Spring. You are welcome to arrive at the retreat from 4pm on Friday 6 th October directions will be sent to you on booking. I m so looking forward to sharing this weekend with you! Rachel x

2 Retreat schedule Friday 5.30pm Welcome to the retreat Yoga practice and intention setting 7.00pm A light winter warming supper 8.30pm A restorative practice and guided Yoga Nidra Saturday 7 am Spring seasonal Yoga Practice 9am 11am 1pm 2pm 4pm A hearty warming breakfast Lecture How to reduce toxins in your body and environment with Ayurveda Lunch All food will be seasonal and organic where possible, you ll receive all recipes to inspire you this season Take rest Quiet time around the fire or take a stroll around the stunning location A restorative Yin Yoga practice and extended meditation (2 hours) 6.30pm A nourishing yet light supper for the season 7.30pm Evening practice / Chanting candle lite Sunday 7am 9am 11am An invigorating morning Yoga Practice focusing on the digestive system Hearty breakfast Yin yoga Closing ritual 1pm Our finial meal together delicious lunch to prepare you for you re journey home 2.30pm Retreat finishes Note: sample only and subject to change

3 Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments Jodie will be providing all our Ayurvedic massage and spa treatments over the weekend at Kangaroo Valley. All the Divine treatments on the menu start with a Tibetan bowl sound bath and soothing dry body brushing. Please contact Jodie prior to he retreat to book your treatment. Tel: mailto:yogaveda.space@gmail.com 75min Abhyanga & Shirodhara ($155) This blissful treatment is performed with long flowing soothing strokes with gentle pressure to revitalise and harmonise the body and mind while nourishing your delicate skin. Shirodhara calms the mind with warm oil streaming smoothly over the brow. 60min Padabanga Foot & 1/2 Leg Scrub & massage ($95) Give your feet and legs some love with this beautiful treatment for the feet and legs. 75 min Aura cleanse body scrub ($95) Your skin being the largest organ will benefit from detoxification and rehydration. This is treatment is deeply relaxing and soothes the senses while gently exfoliating your whole body leaving you feeling refreshed and balanced. 75min Abhyanga massage ($95) This blissful treatment is performed with long flowing soothing strokes with gentle pressure to revitalise and harmonise the body and mind while nourishing your delicate skin.

Ayurvedic food Ayurveda tells us that food provides more than physical sustenance for the body. Food shapes and shifts the mind and our emotions.

4 Ayurvedic food Ayurveda tells us that food provides more than physical sustenance for the body. Food shapes and shifts the mind and our emotions. During the retreat we will be serving Sattvic foods that make the mind relaxed, are full of life force (prana) are cooked in ghee, and are light and easy to digest, yet impart strength and stability. Fragrant spices are added to make the recipe optimum for digestion. All foods will be vegetarian. Since toxins can be generated for a variety of reasons, including emotional and seasonal variability I recommend cleansing once a year. During the retreat plus pre and post retreat you ll be guided on a Langhanam mindfully making light eating plan. Foods must digest easily, are light, hot, dry, cooked, fresh, natural and not too oily. SAMPLE MENU ONLY Ayurvedic qualities light, dry, warming, bitter, astringent, pungent Afternoon Tea Ginger lime lassi Dinner Carrot ginger soup with roasted chickpeas Saturday Breakfast Berry buckwheat cereal Morning Tea Spring digestive tea Lunch Spicy Andhra style daal Coconut & lime cabbage Steamed rice Afternoon Tea Nectar fruit stir fry Dinner Spring kicharee Grapefruit chutney

5 Five Reasons to Detox this Spring 1. Spring is the optimal time for lightening and clearing the body after the heaviness of winter if you, like me, indulged in a few too many winter treats (ahhh pudding & hot chocolates!) there is some excess heaviness to shed. By cleansing in spring, your body aligns perfectly with the seasons. 2. A Spring detox harmonises you with the energy of Nature. With Spring comes bursts of colour, shoots of green, warmth and new life. The cold & dullness winter is left behind and the world rejuvenates. It is time for you to do the same, body, mind and spirit. We are after all, a microcosm of Nature. 3. Spring is the time to let go just as the snow releases and melts after winter, physically and mentally we should let go to what are you holding onto that doesn t serve you? Excess kilos? Unhelpful thought patterns? Is something stuck, heavy, stagnant? A spring detox will allow the melting away to occur. 4. An Ayurvedic detox is gentle, and does not require you to be hungry. You will simply be introducing foods that are perfect for the season which are light and easy to digest seasonal greens, berries, fresh ginger, turmeric and spicy soups. Throw away your carrot and celery sticks! 5. You will feel good actually amazing! Feel a bounce in your step, a lightness in your body, mind & spirit, a twinkle in your eye & a smile on your face.

6 Booking We are really looking forward to sharing this retreat with you. To book full payment of $695 is required to secure your space. Payments can be made by credit card over the phone or via the mindbody booking system via our website. Accommodation: Rooms are quad/twin share with en suite bathroom. If you are coming along with a friend just let us know we can put you together. Allergies Unfortunately we are not able to cater for individual tastes however if you have allergies or require a gluten free or vegan menu please let us know via . Click here to us this information

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