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All our 5-weeks online programs are now available on demand – plus through gift vouchers too. Just let us know when you (or the person you are gifting the program to) would like to start & off you go.
Advanced Yoga Weekend Retreat
Whether you are a yoga teacher or experienced student, this is YOUR weekend to nourish yourself (extended time for all parts of your practice – sunrise meditation, pranayam, guided asana), gently cleanse (Ayurvedic diet and other gentle cleansing elements throughout the weekend), improve your yoga (various workshops on bandhas, sound, energetics) and connect and grow…
Peace. Gratitude. Joy.
My friends’ Sri Lankan hospitality has been nothing but humbling, heart-melting and all-encompassing. Today they send me off with a traditional farewell ceremony. When I bowed my red-ochre-dotted forehead into the rice, three rice grains stuck to it. Customarily this means I will have three children – and I do, and now that I’m sitting…
Quilombo* in Colombo
The early morning drive to the airport feels surreal – my time in India more like a dream. Once more I get the opportunity to observe traditional village life and routines from my taxi’s window: Old guys dragging themselves into the day wearing not much more than the traditional loin cloth. Guys’ conglomerations slurping chai…
Excursion to the tip
Days in the bubble, aka our stunning yoga retreat centre, pass quickly and fluidly. One and a half hours yoga and Pranayam at 7am, breakfast thereafter. Then people flock off to do their things: Meandering down to the beach, getting a coconut or chai in town, reading, writing, meditating or heading in for an ayurvedic…
Rainbow Chai at the Bazaar
Our daily full and complete yoga practices have been following the chakras. It was no coincidence that on the day of Manipura, our inner sun and powerhouse, we had planned to explore Thirundum’s culture and bazaars. We hit the road, filled with a powerful sunrise flow and, as always, delicious breakfast served with ocean views…
Day 3 in Kerala
I open my eyes to the sounds of the Arabian Sea caressing Kerala’s sandy shores with it’s gentle waves. Fishing boats are bobbing in the not so far distance waiting for the morning catch. The Mohadzin starts singing his daily call for prayer from the nearby mosque. What an eccentric mix of people, cultures, religions…
Dini Martinez 