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Dynamic Yoga Retreat Bali, Louisa Raszyk Sept. 22nd – 27th 2016
I am very excited to announce another Dynamic Yoga retreat in Bali, from September 22nd – 27th, at the magical, remote north coast retreat of Villa Boreh. Following the wonderful experience of the April retreat, I have had many students wanting to come back or come for the first time. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore the deep sensitivity and intelligence of the Dynamic Yoga Method, in an authentic retreat situation, away from the demands and distractions of your daily life.
Villa Boreh is a very beautiful and special place that was built 15 years ago specifically to hold yoga retreats. The perfectly kept Balinese bungalow accomodations are woven seamlessly though leafy tropical gardens and small temple spaces, swimming pools and rest areas, cool quiet spa rooms, open air bathrooms nestled in tropical gardens, and all of this right on the ocean’s edge. It really is an exceptional place that has been constructed according to geobiology under the instruction of local priest and shamans using mostly Balinese architecture and materials. It is intimate and traditional, but still quietly and unobtrusively offers all the conveniences of a quality resort.
I propose a five day, five night retreat, offering five meditation, pranayama and asana classes in the mornings, and five late afternoon meditation and restorative, nourishing classes. The first class will be the evening of your arrival, the last will be the morning of your departure. You will have afternoon time free to simply relax, doze, read a book, do more yoga! Or explore, making the most of optional activities available: onsite spa treatments, visits to waterfalls, temples, the local healer, cultural tours with knowledgable and bilingual guides, scuba diving, sunrise dolphin excursion, etc. I have purposefully chosen a venue that is very remote – there are no distractions, no nearby town and tourist attractions, so that the particiapnts are invited to enjoy the experience of a true yoga retreat.
I am a Senior Dynamic Yoga teacher and shiatsu practitioner with 20 years’ teaching experience. I have had a daily yoga self-practice since 1989. The Dynamic Yoga Method is based on self-inquiry and uses safe, accessible movements and shapes to allow the mind to soften and merge with a deeper consciousness. In doing so, we naturally become more intimate with life, more open to the present moment, and more present and open to those around us. These group classes are appropriate for all people who do not have major injuries, illnesses or disabilities, in which case personal instruction is recommended.
The retreat will cost €1050 (AUS$1600) and this includes:
- transfers leaving Denapasar airport 12H30 on the 22nd September, and arriving at Denapsar airport 3.30pm 27th September
- 10 yoga, meditation and postural classes (25 hours)
- all meals – delicious, healthy and prepared using Villa Boreh’s own organic garden produce
- beautiful shared accommodation (single accommodation available at an extra cost according to availability)
- use of the entire grounds including three pools
- fully serviced rooms with organic onsite spa products provided
- access to the custom built yoga shala and equipment at any time
- use of sea kayaks and snorkelling equipment
- one complementary Balinese massage
There are also optional activities which you may choose – onsite spa treatments, tours taking you to waterfalls, temples, the local healer, cultural tours with knowledgable and bilingual guides, scuba diving, sunrise dolphin excursion, etc.
I would love to see you there and to spend time doing yoga in this beautiful place.
Email me redearthcentre@yahoo.com if you are interested and would like to register.
With love
Louisa
Dynamic Yoga Retreat in Bali with Louisa Raszyk, 16-21st April 2016
Dear students and friends,
I hope this email/post finds you well and enjoying the cosy Parisian winter. I am still in Australia and will be back in Paris this June.
AtI have just visited the magical island of Bali, researching remote, authentic yoga retreat centres to find the perfect place to offer retreats to my Australian and European students (well, it’s not quite halfway, but it’s the best option I could think of!). I am happy to say that I have found the perfect retreat centre with a wonderful, professional staff, in the secluded north of the island, far from any touristed areas. Tejakula and Singaraja are some of the oldest spiritual centres on the island, and the beautiful deep Balinese spiritual energy is alive and well here. I will be holding the retreat from 16th -21st April, 2016, and if you wish to arrive earlier or stay longer, this can be arranged.
Villa Boreh is a very beautiful and special place that was built 15 years ago specifically to hold yoga retreats. The perfectly kept Balinese bungalow accomodations are woven seamlessly though leafy tropical gardens and small temple spaces, swimming pools and rest areas, cool quiet spa rooms, open air bathrooms nestled in tropical gardens, and all of this right on the ocean’s edge. It really is an exceptional place that has been constructed according to geobiology under the instruction of local priest and shamans using mostly Balinese architecture and materials. It is intimate and traditional, but still quietly and unobtrusively offers all the conveniences of a quality resort.
I propose a six day, five night retreat, offering six meditation, pranayama and asana classes in the mornings, and six late afternoon meditation and restorative, nourishing classes. You will have afternoon time free to simply relax, doze, read a book, do more yoga! Or explore, making the most of optional activities available: onsite spa treatments, visits to waterfalls, temples, the local healer, cultural tours with knowledgable and bilingual guides, scuba diving, sunrise dolphin excursion, etc. I have purposefully chosen a venue that is very remote – there are no distractions, no nearby town and tourist attractions, so that the particiapnts are invited to enjoy the experience of a true yoga retreat.
The first class will be the evening of your arrival, the last will be the morning of your departure. If you don’t know about me, please see the website of my Parisian studio, the Red Earth Centre, which I founded in 2003 www.redearthcentre.com. I am a Senior Dynamic Yoga teacher and shiatsu practitioner with 20 years’ teaching experience. The yoga I teach is based on self-inquiry and uses safe, accessible movements and shapes to allow the mind to soften and merge with a deeper consciousness. In doing so, we naturally become more intimate with life, more open to the present moment, and more present and open to those around us. The classes are appropriate for all people who do not have major injuries, illnesses or disabilities, in which case personal instruction is recommended.
The retreat will cost €1050 (AUS$1600) and this includes:
- transfers
- 12 yoga, meditation and postural classes (30 hours)
- all meals – delicious, healthy and prepared using Villa Boreh’s own organic garden produce
- beautiful shared accommodation (single accommodation available at an extra cost according to availability)
- use of the entire grounds including three pools
- fully serviced rooms with organic onsite spa products provided
- access to the custom built yoga shala and equipment at any time
- use of sea kayaks and snorkelling equipment
There are also optional activities which you may choose – onsite spa treatments, tours taking you to waterfalls, temples, the local healer, cultural tours with knowledgable and bilingual guides, scuba diving, sunrise dolphin excursion, etc.
I would love to see you there and to spend time doing yoga in this beautiful place.
Email me redearthcentre@yahoo.com if you are interested and would like to register.
With love
Louisa
Red Earth Centre welcomes Sergio Iglesias
Hello all,
So here we are again at the end of the year – it went by so fast! I wanted to share some news of the centre before the big August break.
The BIG news, as most of you already know, is that I will be leaving Paris in September to spend some time with my family in Australia. I will continue whilst there the exciting project of translating Godfrey Devereux’s interpretation of the Yoga Sutras with my partner Benoit (soon to be published by Synchronique Editions).
Since there are no other Dynamic Yoga teachers in Paris, I am bringing an excellent Dynamic Yoga teacher from Switzerland to take care of you in that wonderful Dynamic Yoga way! Sergio Iglesias (www.yogabasliea.ch) will start classes in the rentrée from the 8th of September. He is a longterm, experienced practitioner and teacher, and he will maintain the present schedule, adding an extra class – Wednesdays 19H30.
I will still be here in September for a few weeks, and I am organising an Open Day on Sunday 14th September, where you can come and take a class with Sergio, and say hello!
My last class will be tomorrow, Monday 28th July 19H45. The centre will be closed, as every year, during the month of August.
The centre will reopen on Monday 8th September at 18H, with Sergio’s first class of the rentrée.
I hope to see you soon – either at my classes in the coming days, or at the Open Day September 14th.
Have a great summer!
Love
Louisa
0610897604
Teen Yoga Training at Red Earth Centre Oct. 2014
I am very happy to announce Paris’s first Teen Yoga training at Red Earth Centre in the fall.
This training aims to develop the practice of yoga in schools and to communicate the benefits of yoga to a specific and fascinating age group : adolescents.
The course is a 5 day, Yoga Alliance accredited course, developed by Neuroscientists, Psychologists, Teachers and Medical Doctors over the last 10 years and presented in over 100 schools in the UK and abroad.
From 20 to 24 October 2014 9h – 17h
at Red Earth Centre, 235, rue Lafayette, Paris 10
The training is open to:
– Yoga teachers
– Professeurs d’EPS
- – Social workers and educators
- – Anyone who practices yoga and works with, or wishes to work with, adolescents.
- This course will cover:
- physical development
- mental development (neuroscience)
- psychological development and theories of adolescence
- behavioural management
- mindfulness techniques
- how to structure a 10, 20, 30 or 60 minute class
- how to introduce philosophical discourse involving yoga philosophy
- how to introduce meditation
- how to teach pranayama and asana
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Stage bilingue (Français / Anglais)
For more information, or to register, please contact: - Sophie : 0619714239 – sophiedemacon@hotmail.com
Charlotta : +44 1761 470658 – charlottayogi@me.com - Charlotta Martinus is a Yoga Therapist for the NHS in the UK, a secondary school teacher, and a yoga teacher for the last 10 years. She runs her own yoga and retreat centre and devised and teaches the course since 2004. In the past she also worked at the BBC as a TV producer and now is a regular contributor to the UK yoga Om Magazine.
Red Earth Centre is 10 Years Old!!
Hello everyone, party news and spring news !
It is 10 years ago this spring that the Red Earth Centre opened its doors, now I do believe that deserves a CELEBRATION !!
In order to mark this momentous event, I invite you all to join me on the afternoon of Saturday 24th May at the centre from 4pm – 7pm for an afternoon tea/aperitif Red Earth Centre style. Which means, come along, bring something or nothing, bring your kids, friends, grannies, families, pets, and enjoy a gathering, it’s been a while since such an event at the centre. Let me know if you will be coming !
Other news at the centre – the centre is open all the long weekends in May and I will be teaching all holiday Thursdays my usual 12noon class. So come along and enjoy a nice deep yoga session on your day off ! Miranda will replace me Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd, and Dinusha will repalce me Saturday 10th. Apart from that , I will give all long weekend classes as usual.
I am thrilled to anounce that Red Earth Centre will be participating in the wonderful Room To Read programme this year. All proceeds from my class Saturday 7th June 10H30 will be given to this highly respected charity which educates girls in Asia and Africa (www.roomtoread.org) . Did you know that it only costs 181€ to educate a girl for one year in the Room To Read programme? SO COME ALONG, the 17€ that you pay for class will go entirely to Room To Read.
Due to popular demand, Kids’ Yoga is back ! Sharon Bales will be teaching Kidding Around style kids’ yoga classes at the centre on Thursdays from 5pm – 6pm (except holiday Thursdays) til the end of the school year. Contact Sharon Bales for further information and registration : sharon@yogabijaparis.com tel. 06.22.52.16.94
And last but not least, a glimpse of what is to come in October – it’s early to annouce it but this is an exciting programme for me – Teen Yoga training (the first in Paris !) with the truly committed and comprehensive www.teenyoga.co.uk.
So with all this activity at the centre, I hope to see you soon. Enjoy the spring !
Love
Louisa
Kids’ Yoga at Red Earth Centre
Kids’ yoga classes are back at the Red Earth Centre!
Sharon teaches traditional Integral yoga poses to children and helps them practice them through songs, games and stories. The children learn about meditation and how to use it to calm their minds using age-appropriate meditation techniques. The stories that Sharon uses in her classes teach the children about honesty, respect, courage, friendship and anger management. Many of the activities are very high energy, but there is always time in her classes for quiet reflection and relaxation.
Thursdays 5pm – 6pm May 15th, 22nd; June 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th. Ages 5 – 10
120€ / six sessions
Contact Sharon Bales for further information and registration:sharon@yogabijaparis.com06.22.52.16.94
To learn more about KAY, have a look at the main website: www.kiddingaroundyoga.com
>>To learn more about Sharon: www.yogabijaparis.com
Classes continue during all longweekends in May
Just a quick post to let you know that my classes will continue as usual through the month of May. I will be replaced occasionally by Dinusha and Miranda. Here is my full schedule:
Thursday May 1st 12noon : Louisa
Friday May 2nd 9.30am : Miranda
Saturday May 3rd 10.30am : Miranda
Thursday May 8th 12 noon : Louisa
Friday May 9th 9.30am : Louisa
Saturday May 10th 10.30am : Dinusha
Thursday 28th May 12 noon : Louisa
Friday 29th May 9.30am : Louisa
Saturday 30th May 10.30am : Louisa
See you soon at the centre!
Planning au Red Earth Centre pendant les vacances de Pâques
Bonjour à tous!
Le centre restera ouvert pendant les vacances de Pâques avec quelques petits changements:
Monday 14th April 18H NO CLASS; 19H45 Dynamic Yoga Method with Louisa
Thursday 17th April 12noon Dynamic Yoga Method with Louisa
Friday 18th April 9H30 Dynamic Yoga Method with Louisa
Saturday 19th April 10H30 Dynamic Yoga Method with Louisa
Monday 21st April 18H NO CLASS; 19H45 Hatha Yoga with Dinusha (replacing Louisa)
Thursday 24th April 12noon Hatha Yoga with Dinusha (replacing Louisa)
Friday 25th April 9H30 Vinyasa Yoga with Miranda (replacing Louisa)
Saturday 26th April 10H30 Vinyasa Yoga with Miranda (replacing Louisa).
Have a wonderful Easter and stay tuned for upcoming events at the centre!