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Surrender to the journey from Sound to Silence and from Earth to Ether
Join Taru Tuohiniemi in the Blue Mountains for this all-inclusive boutique retreat: your time out of time to pause, nourish and reconnect with yourself.
If you’re looking to explore or dive deeper into the elements of sound and silence, and earth and ether within yoga, movement and meditation, and open yourself to practices that embrace these elements, this retreat offers you an immersion to the transformative modalities and rituals.
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You may be new to yoga or have a regular practice but if your usual yoga studio classes leave you curious and craving for more understanding, embodied experience and exploration of these elements, this retreat is for you.
At the transition point from autumn to winter, we will synchronize with the nature, tapping into the wisdom traditions of ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Programmes & Offerings
- Welcome & Closing Circles to open and seal our safe container together.
- Deep and delicious yin yoga classes hydrate our connective tissue, joints, ligaments and tendons, targeting the urinary bladder and kidney meridians in order to acclimatise to winter.
- Meditation practices give us the opportunity to tune into the sound and the silence as a portal to turn our focus inwards towards vast awareness and perhaps glimpse into the experience beyond form.
- Through hatha flow we enjoy the elements of earth and ether to cultivate stability, groundedness and strength as well as lightness and spaciousness.
- Our dance journey is an opportunity to explore our own expression and liberation.
- Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) offers us a pause for complete relaxation and tuning into the inner silence.
- Gong and Crystal Bowl Soundhealing by Source88 – returning again and again as requested by you… A surprise practice
- Delicious, fresh and nourishing vegetarian meals (Friday dinner, Saturday all three meals, Sunday breakfast & lunch
- In-house spa treatments (not included in the retreat price) – you may want to try out the float tank for sense withdrawal to complement your retreat
- Time for Self: Immerse yourself in nature with the Blue Mountain walks, enjoy a massage, reflect, journal, rest, nap… Peace, tranquility, nurture
Facilities
Food & Drink
All delicious and nourishing vegetarian meals (and dietary requirements) from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch Coffee, tea and healthy snacks throughout the retreat
Accommodation
Our boutique retreat venue is located just outside of the beautiful mountain town of Leura.
Leura is approximately two hours from Sydney by car. Parking is available on site. Minivan pick ups from Leura train station will be arranged for anybody arriving by public transport.
The beautifully appointed rooms include a private ensuite bathroom, air conditioning and many have views onto the grounds. The retreat has limited numbers to ensure a more tailored high quality experience
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About Taru Tuohiniemi Taru:
A n experienced yoga teacher, conscious dance facilitator, yoga teacher mentor and a change coach. Having gone through few health challenges herself and living in diverse cultures over a 15 year period – from Africa to Asia, from Europe to Australia – she has great appreciation for the human capacity to adapt, learn, grow, connect, overcome challenges and to establish roots and community.
From this space, Taru is passionate about offering transformative and authentic yoga practices, from more subtle to more tangible, to suit individual needs and wellbeing. She enjoys empowering people in their unique expression so they may shine and thrive. Taru offers public, private and corporate yoga and conscious dance events, retreats, mentoring and change coaching.
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