FRIDAY 30 AUGUST — SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2024

PILATES & GARUDA

Miriam’s style of teaching is classical pilates as a base mixed with yoga and more contemporary teachings. The result is a fluid class where movement quality is our focus, giving you an efficient and enjoyable way of training your body.

She loves supporting you by giving hands on adjustments, and she has the ability to see everyone in the group, resulting in a safe and efficient (sometimes sweaty) class.

Pilates is an excellent workout for the core and overall body strength. You can expect enhanced stability, mobility, stamina, flexibility and balance.

Garuda Yoga combines the flow and spiritual element of yoga with the focus and core of Pilates into a holistic and organic form of exercise that creates calm, mobility and strength.

The fascia, the connective tissue that transmits power between the muscles of the body, is an important focus of this method. Breathing guides you through the movements, activates the body heat and increases energy.

YOGA NIDRA, SOUND BATH & REIKI:

Rest is essential for our brain, body and being. Therefore we will dive into several practices to support us and leave us feeling rested: sound bath, yoga nidra (non sleep deep rest) , guided meditation and reiki. We will ease into the evening preparing us for sleep with a special class before we go to bed.

Yoga Nidra is a method of self-care that promotes deep relaxation. Providing permission to find and explore your sensations, feelings, emotions, thoughts and visualisations, all the while remaining in relaxed awareness.

A Sound bath only requires you to lie down and listen while different instruments are being played; crystal singing bowls and chimes. The created soundscapes ease you into meditation, relaxation and daydreaming and often inspires a deep rest, and a shifting of awareness. Some even drift into sleep.

Reiki is a form of energetic therapy that works to soothe and balance your physical, mental, emotional and energy bodies while stimulating deep relaxation, rejuvenation and your body’s own natural ability to heal and recover.

A sharing circle is a safe space we will create together. As we gather the opportunity to be fully seen and held arises, as well as the chance to fully see each other. We get to listen and we get to be heard.

We will explore different themes and it will be a part of our welcoming and closing circle.

There is something magical that happens when we come together and share from an authentic place, and listen to others while being fully present.

In the afternoon and evenings there will be free time for you to do exactly as you please. For example:

—Adventure to nearby beaches, a waterfall or the woods.

—Explore Österlens charming villages.

—Stay at the peaceful farm to rest, read, jacuzzi, or just enjoy the surrounding nature.

Free writing/journaling has been a part of my daily life for as long as I can remember. It continues to support me with processing life, exploring and expressing my truth. As well as being a great tool for in gaining clarity and connecting to your intuition.

During this retreat I will give you opportunities to check in with yourself + journal around specific writing prompts. For example in the morning or during a workshop.

You don’t need any experience to try it. And it is of course voluntary. If you feel open to try it, the practice can actually surprise you — by giving you answers to questions you might not even know you had.

A surprise workshop will be offered for you to connect to your creativity & playful spirit. I believe that we are all creative beings, even though it is not part of our daily life. Often this workshop is combined with yoga nidra; where our physical body rests, while our minds stay awake. To fully immerse ourselves in the moment & allow our imagination to run free.