Planting Seeds for the New Year
Bija Yoga Retreat
December 27 2023– January 1 2024| Online
Holiday Re-Balance
The holiday season can be difficult- toxic family dynamics, excessive sugar and alcohol, over-eating, and an amplified consumerism.
Commit to practices over the holidays that keep you healthy, anchored and balanced.
BIJA is all about planting seeds of health and well-being.
Relax
Rebalance
Rejuvenate
Retreat
Cultivate Happiness
This Retreat is intended for yogis who wish to:
- Get back on track with healthy habits
- Learn ways to get over the sugar hangover and over-indulgence
- Anchor in yogic practices that offer simple ways of cleansing and detoxing the body through breath, movement, and wholesome food
Retreat Includes
- Morning and evening yoga classes (both pre-recorded and live via Zoom)
- Workshops on the ayurvedic and yogic practices for health and longevity.
- A personalized care kit.
- Recommended podcasts and journal prompts
Schedule
Wednesday Dec. 27
7:00 – 8:00pm | Opening
8:00 – 8:45pm | Yoga for Restful Sleep | Live on Zoom
Thursday Dec. 28
8:00 to 8:30am | Morning Yoga | Video
2:00 – 4:00 pm | Workshop One | Live on Zoom
8:00 – 8:30pm Yoga Nidra for Sleep | Video
Friday Dec. 29
8:00 to 8:30am | Morning Yoga | Video
Podcast and Journalling
8:00 – 8:45pm Yoga for Restful Sleep | Live on Zoom
Saturday Dec. 30
8:00 to 8:30am | Morning Yoga | Video
2:00 – 4:00 pm | Workshop Two | Live on Zoom
8:00 – 8:30pm | Yin Yoga | Video
Sunday Dec. 31
8:00 to 8:30am | Morning Yoga | Video
Podcast and Journalling
Monday Jan. 1 2024
8:00 – 9:30am | Morning Yoga | Live on Zoom
9:30am – 12 noon | Gratitude Circle | Live on Zoom
Workshops
Three Pillars of Yogic Happiness
Sattva | Saucha | Santosh
During this Retreat, you will have the opportunity to attend two workshops on the Three Pillars of Yogic Happiness – sattva, saucha, and santosh. Cultivating these three qualities results in inner purity, harmony, and gratitude. Learn simple ways to commit to these virtues and generate vibrant and radiant health and a content and happy heart.
Workshop One – Planting Seeds of Purity
This workshop explores purity in the three realms and through the four gateways. Learn simple practices and ways to integrate this into your daily life.
Workshop Two – Watering Seeds of Contentment
This workshop dives into the desire realm to capture the virtue of contentment and the power in practicing gratitude on a daily basis. We will learn about the benefits of gratitude and a variety of ways to practice.
Cost
By Donation
Suggested donation: $95 – $395
30% of all revenue will be donated to lineage-based ashrams, The Salt Spring Centre of Yoga and The Om Ashram.
Your Facilitator
Farah Nazarali is an inspirational yoga teacher, podcast host, and advocate of yogic practices that support health, happiness and harmony. She is founder of Drishti Point Yoga Podcasts and has hosted podcasts for Hollyhock, Banyen Books, and Vancouver Co-op Radio.
Farah specializes in facilitating transformational experiences in retreat settings in BC and internationally. She teaches locally at Xenia Centre, Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, Hollyhock Leadership Centre, and leads international Yoga Retreats with True Nature Travels.
She has a deep love for all things yoga and is profoundly inspired by the sacred texts of yoga, the teachings of Buddhism, and wisdom traditions that lead us to love, truth, and being of service.
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