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Over the weekend, participants will look at how they can tailor asana practice for each of the three main elemental types: vata (air), pitta (fire), and kapha (earth and water).
Practice in each style and feel the difference for yourself. Learn how to identify each of these three types by taking a general appraisal of physical, mental, and emotional characteristics, so you can spot each student as they walk through your classroom door and know what will be best for them.
Learn how to bring out the best from your students within the class time you have by adapting and tailoring your approach using some simple modification techniques that can be quickly and easily communicated in the studio and on the mat.
Applicable to any form of yoga you may teach, from Kundalini to Vinyasa, this holistic approach will elevate your classes and imbue true transformative power.
And, it's not just asana. Sadhama explores the mantra, pranayama, and meditations you can teach to pacify each elemental type and diversify your workshops - perfect for teaching day retreats and longer classes.
You can also discover the therapeutic practice of Ayurvedic massage and how you can bring in some techniques to enhance your class offering.
Enjoy Ayurvedic food over the whole weekend and explore the sensory therapy of elemental eating so that you feel equipped with the knowledge to make the best choices for your own holistic health and wellbeing, ensuring that you are in top teaching condition and able to make recommendations to students depending on their constitutions and the seasons.
In the guided voice activation workshop, drop into a space of centred heart and reveal your true voice as a guide and conduit of yoga. There will be plenty of opportunity for personalised learning during the open question and answer sessions with Sadhama’s Ayurvedic experts, wherein you can get the answers to the questions that really matter to you.
Engage in all this against a backdrop of the gorgeous nature of the Thames Valley, with wild swimming in the refreshing river waters each morning, free time to walk in the glorious green of the forested hills, and impeccable campfire vibes with kirtan, music, and song.
This retreat is for the yoga teachers, facilitators, and space holders who want to be confident in the choices they are making for their students.
Knowing that you are able to provide the best style of learning to bring out students' innate strength and unique vitality will help you keep classes engaged by introducing them to yoga that is naturally suited to their temperament and tendencies - playing to their strengths and targeting their weaknesses in a way that they feel intuitively drawn to.
Most yoga teacher training courses touch on Ayurveda as a component of their courses - but do you really know how to apply this knowledge in your classes? Go with Sadhama as they show you how the theory becomes reality and bring a profound depth to your teaching.
Do you need to be a yoga teacher to attend? No! This is course is suitable for anyone who wants to bring an added dimension to their own yoga, and learn about how Ayurveda can support them in finding a practice which serves their ultimate goals.
- Daily Ayurvedic yoga - Each session will be tailored towards balancing different elemental types for true embodied and experiential learning.
- Identifying doshas - Learn how to identify the different Ayurvedic types or 'doshas' by exploring generalised physical, emotional, and mental characteristics attributed to each one.
- Ayurvedic meditation - This is a great opportunity to learn effective methods of meditation for each Ayurvedic type, ensuring profound results and deep inner stillness.
- Ayurvedic pranayama - A transformational workshop with experienced teachers will show you how to breathe new life into your classes and create a lasting connection to a sense of inner contentment.
- Ayurvedic mantra - Learn the power of sound to revitalise the internal elements - calm fire, steady air, and uplift earth through chanting sacred mantra.
- Ayurvedic massage workshop - Get some hands-on experience of therapeutic techniques which can be incorporated into your asana classes, giving your students a truly re-energising time in your sessions.
- Voice activation - Discover your authentic voice and become a powerful conduit of the wisdom of yoga through activating your throat chakra and empowering your sound.
- Teacher question and answer - Bring all your burning questions to the Ayurvedic experts who will be able to give you in depth answers and guidance in areas of specific interest to you.
- Kirtan - Led by talented devotional musicians, offer your prayers to the night sky around the campfire as you sing over the flames.
- Ayurvedic assessment - Ayurvedic assessment of your own constitution will be offered. Understanding of your own nature provides an enhanced tool set for self-healing and wellbeing.
- Nature connection - Connect to the sacred land around you through immersion into the generous wild.
- Wild swimming – Sadhama is blessed to have a clean and pure section of the Thames on their doorstep which is listed as one of the best wild swimming spots in UK.
- Boat rides - There will be some boats and kayaks available at the campsite throughout the gathering for you to enjoy the river Thames.
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Friday arrivals
Sadhama will welcome you to their beautiful location between 15:00 to 17:00. There will be time to settle and orientate, put your tents up, and relax into your space before the group gathers.
On the first evening, there will be a little bit of talk about your Ayurvedic self, and how that will help shape your practice over the retreat. Participants will then enjoy their first meal together before holding the opening circle around the campfire.
As the group settles in, grounding deeper into themselves and the land surrounding them, they will take the opportunity to embrace the earth element through song around the evening fire, offering a musical space for connection with the trees that fuel the fire and produce the seeds for growth and life’s cycle of endings and beginnings.
Saturday
Dive straight in with a refreshing wild swim in the river Thames as you wake. Revived from the waters, you will flow into a morning yoga practice, focusing first on pacifying vata, the element of air.
After breakfast, you will discover how to spot the different elements present in people based on some physical, emotional, and mental tendencies associated with each type.
You will take a break for some lunch and then spend the afternoon with a talented therapist, learning all about Ayurvedic massage techniques, and how you can easily incorporate them into your classes.
Following on from dinner, the group will gather by the campfire to chant mantras for each dosha, deeply embodying the diverse vibrations of each element. The evening around the campfire will continue and you will lift your prayers to the sky in a devotional kirtan led by gifted musicians.
Sunday
This day is another unique opportunity to experience the cleansing water of the Thames as you wild swim when you wake. Sunday's yoga asana practice will look at embodying peaceful pitta, the element of fire.
After breakfast, participants will gather to look at how you can bring the elements within into balance using differing techniques of pranayama and ways of meditating that best suit each constitutional type.
They will then rest and relax over a shared Ayurvedic lunch, lovingly comprised of carefully chosen sattvic ingredients.
In the afternoon, you will delve into a guided eating meditation - exploring the six Ayurvedic tastes and how they affect each of the elements within the body. You will also learn how to build meals for each dosha along with the eating habits that enable long-lasting holistic health for each individual.
After dinner, Sadhama’s Ayurvedic experts will circle in an open question and answer session with you, answering all of your questions and queries on the topics that you feel most drawn to expanding on.
Their talented vocal coach will also joins on Sunday evening to lead a voice activation workshop. Discover your authentic voice as a teacher, guide, and conduit for yogic knowledge.
Monday
You will start the day with a third morning swim of the retreat to wash away the layers you have shed during this cleansing weekend. The final morning yoga asana session will bring your awareness into energising and balancing kapha, the element of earth and water.
After breakfast, the group will gather for a closing circle to bring complete fullness to the retreat weekend. On ths final day, they will reflect on their experience and intentions going full circle back to their daily lives.
Sadhama expects the closing circle to end around 11:30, after which time you will be invited to pack down your belongings and begin your journeys back to your homes, resting in the freshness of your new self.
Instructors
Dmitry Glazkov
Dmitry has been teaching yoga, meditation, and breathwork for over 10 years. He shares a powerful toolkit of techniques from Slavic, Vedic, and yogic traditions, as well as concepts of meditation and mindfulness taught by Buddhas. Dmitry has undergone teacher training in Hatha & Kundalini and as an Ayurvedic practitioner. He is passionate about studying the original texts for ultimate & authentic sources of knowledge. By highlighting the fundamental & infinite number of characteristics that make each one of us unique, practices taught by Dmitry are tailored, bespoke, and deeply transformative.
Karen Buckland
Karen spent many years at the top of the restaurant industry working as a head chef in London running fine-dining kitchens, and successful event catering businesses at large events getting top reviews in Guardian and other media. Using this experience combined with a keen interest in holistic health and environmental sustainability, along with an understanding of Ayurvedic approaches to cookery and diet, Karen weaves the alchemy of food to make your whole self feel more vibrant, more alive, and more healed.
Niti Sheth
After studying Nutrition and Media & Communication in University in Australia, Niti dipped her toe in the world of Ayurveda thinking that it would just be something she’d use for personal interest. This soon turned into a career as she dove headfirst into that same world while working as an Ayurvedic Therapist in one of Brisbane’s leading natural health clinics. Niti now has her own clinic in the UK where she sees many clients for Ayurvedic treatments and massages, runs online courses and cleanses through her website, and assists countless people with lifestyle related imbalances.
Rose Music
With ragga-blues rhythms, smokey vocals and healing horn lines - Rose Music / Little Trumpet weaves worlds of alternatives with communion and song. Little Trumpet is on a journey playing gigs and hosting workshops with conscious venues and community building spaces, nurturing integral connections between environmental care, collective healing and artistic empowerment.
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Hardwick Estate
Accommodation will be provided on a secluded rural camping field next to the shores of the river. Pitch your own tent on a private spot or hire one from Sadhama at checkout, to be pre-erected for your arrival.
In their secluded campsite, there are fresh water, an outdoor hot shower cabin, composting toilets, and a sparkling river to swim in! You can also deeply relax in the warmth of the sauna with a spectacular view of the river Thames.
Luxury indoor showers and toilets are right next to the camping field, with additional toilets, an outdoor hot shower cabin, sinks, and fresh running water also available in the campsite, surrounded by lush green forests and wildflower meadows.
Camper vans and caravans are also welcome, though dogs must stay at home. This retreat is free from drugs, alcohol, and intoxicants which cloud the mind.
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