| July 11, 2008 6:00 pm | to | July 21, 2008 9:00 am |
Yoga, Yoga Gaia and Hiking in The Italian Alps with Hasita Nadai and David Lurey
We will EAT, PRAY, LOVE together…yes, like the Book!
July 11 – 21, 2008
Cheneil, Italy
Join us for an exploration of body, mind, and spirit in the dramatic setting of a small mountain village in the Italian Alps, sitting in a glacially carved out bowl 2001 m high and above the tree line. Cheneil is located on the Italian side of the Matterhorn (Cervino in Italian).
We will develop new relationships with your body through David’s morning Asana classes crafted to awaken you for a day. Each morning session will be unique and inspired by what the day’s activities are. Some days will be for hiking to tall peaks and others just across the meadow.
After morning practice, we will share breakfast together and then decide on which way to venture, with several options offered each day with the help of local friends and guides. We reconvene in the early evening for some gentle yoga and family style dinners with music, events, and fun.
Every day, will also partake in the mind expanding Story of the Cosmos as Hasita guides us chapter by chapter through the creation of Earth and life on it with Yoga Gaia. This story of creation, as told through your body, will have profound results as we deepen out connection to nature next to pristine lakes, high rocky peaks, and glacial valleys.
This retreat is open to all levels and styles of yoga practioners. Families are welcomed and encouraged to participate and we request that children be 7 or older.
Cost: $ 1399 / 1008 (Euro) • Airfare NOT included
• Early Bird Special: $150 discount if paid in full by April 11, 2008.
>>Payment by credit card is additional $50US<<
Payment and Registration information sent upon request email: david (at) findbalance . net
Includes:
• 10 nights Lodging
• 3 Delicious fresh Northern Italian Meals a day
• Round trip Ground transportation from Milan Airport
Yoga activities:
• Daily Morning Asana Practice
• Evening stretching, meditations and reflections
• Hiking in the majestic Italian Alps
• Learning the story of the Cosmos through Yoga Gaia
• International Student Base
• Two experienced and fun teachers!
About the teachers:
David has been teaching Mindful Spirited Vinyasa Yoga since 2000 and brings postural integrity, fluid movement and an open heart to the practice. He leads workshops and retreats worldwide and is in a constant state of reconnection to his natural roots. www.findbalance.net
Hasita has been teaching Kripalu yoga since 1994 for adults and children. She is geologist and
biologist and has created Yogagaia which reconnects our life to the life of the planet. Hasita has
been roaming the Alps for 55 years and has organized trips and led hikes in the Cheneil area.
agathenadai@earthlink.net; (914)723-2477. www.yogagaia.com
TRAVEL DETAILS:
-Our ground transportation will be in the afternoon of July 11 from
Malpensa airport in Milan, Italy. If you are not flying into that airport, you are responsible for getting yourself there or meeting us in Cheneil at your own expense.
-We will arrange return busses on July 21 to the same aiport, Malpensa , in Milan.
-Cheneil is about One hour and 45 minutes from Milan. Just before Cheneil there is a big parking lot. There the luggage is loaded on a little telepheric and we walk up a trail for 20 minutes avarage.
- Cheneil has no roads no cars, no TV!!! There is a charming town down the valley “Valtournanche” with restaurants, shopps, ATM machine etc…By foot is it one hour beautiful walk on a trail. One can call a taxi to come back or go back and forth and it is not cheap.
-Upon registration you will receive an informational sheet with more specific information
5 Comments to “Yoga, Yoga Gaia and Hiking in the Italian Alps - July 08″
January 23, 2008
Yoga in high altitudes is always a bit challenging on the respiratory system, but also very cleansing. I don’t have a scientific answer as to ‘how thin the air is’ but we will be very conscious of dehydration and altitude sicknes. Lots of water and monitoring breathing….
Hope you can make it!
February 5, 2008
Does the price $1399 double occupancy? Is there a single supplement or some-type of room sharing arrangement? Best Regards,
Sarah
February 6, 2008
Hello Sarah,
The price is per person and there are number of different rooming options, but everyone will share a room….no singles.
We have some family rooms with 4 beds, there are 2 rooms with 3 beds and about 5 rooms with 2 beds.
If you have a particular person in mind who is also coming to share a room with, we can make that happen, otherwise you will share with another participant that we (Hasita and I) will chose based on a very scientific and detailed algorythm of selecting (well….OK, just our intuition). I have been very successful in past retreats of pairing ’strangers’ together and everyone who comes on retreat will be ‘good people!’.
Hope this helps and let me know if you have more ??’s
peace from Sao Paulo, Brasil,
David
February 28, 2008
Hi David,
Thanks for the info, just wondering what time would I need to be at Malpensa airport for to take your ground-transport to Cheneil? And conversly what time would you expect us to be at Malpensa for the return leg. thanks Sarah
February 29, 2008
Hello Sarah,
Hasita tells me that most of the international flights arrive mid-day to early afternoon. Since it is only about 2 hours to Cheneil from Malpensa, I suspect we will arrange to have the bus depart the airport around 16:00 - 16:30. If there are more students arriving later, we will hold the bus but we hope to leave Milan by 17:00 on the 21st.
We will arrange a morning bus from Cheneil on the 11th and should be able to have everyone at the airport by 10:00 AM. If necessary, we will make the bus earlier and those with later flights will have some time in Milan.
Ciao,
David
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