Retreats & Events
Shakti Rising - Women's yoga retreat
This year, Shakti Rising is taking a break from Earth Spirit.
We plan to re-run the even in 2009. Please contact Uma to register
your interest, in the meantime, please enjoy the following accounts
of last year's Shakti Rising:
A women’s yoga retreat with Wendy Teasdill
and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
Following the heart-warming success of last
year’s Shakti Rising,
we have extended the retreat length, by including an extra women-only
(no babies) day in Glastonbury, and offering short-stay options. Sunday
is in Glastonbury and then Sunday evening until Thursday after lunch
is at EarthSpirit.
We will be honouring and affirming the feminine energy through yoga,
dance, chanting, story telling, meditation and relaxation. The programme
includes morning hatha yoga and meditation, mudras and mantras for
lunar practice, vegetarian food, chanting, dancing and gorgeous country
walks. There is a lovely hot tub on site, and we will have a bonfire
one evening.
We celebrate together the stages of a woman’s life cycle – from girlhood through menstruation, fertility, infertility, pregnancy, post-natal phase, menopause, wisdom-phase – all with yoga.
Sunday (in Glastonbury):
Yoga for the great change
Monday: coming into womanhood, menstrual cycles, rituals and yoga.
Tuesday: yoga to support fertility and pregnancy
Wednesday: postnatal recovery and more peri-menopause yoga
Thursday: women’s wisdom.
Costs
The full stay, including the day workshop in Glastonbury
on Sunday (women only), then arriving EarthSpirit on Sunday evening, leaving
after lunch on Thursday:
£385 full price / £365 early bird booking price full stay
(before 31 March)
Short stay pricing:
£73 per day (any day/s including meals and b&b) /
£50 per day (any day/s, including meals, but no b&b)
You are welcome to bring your baby with you to EarthSpirit (Sunday evening to Thursday). There is no charge for this.
Price should not be a barrier to attendance,
please call us to discuss concessionary rates and skills/energy exchange
options.
Booking and further details:
Please download a booking form (.doc, .pdf) and send with your cheque
to
Shakti bookings, Sitaram, 7 Holmewood Gardens, London SW2 3RS.
Photos from last year's Shakti Rising
Baby Eric leads the morning hatha class
A gorgeous campfire and singing was part of the programme
Yoga for the great change with Wendy and the giant balls
Chanting in the yurt with Uma
