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Invest in your personal evolution
Time spent recharging is always well invested.
1. Show up and trust the process
Relax in the experienced hands of the expert team who are ready to guide you on your personalized wellness journey.
2. Spend eight days in Thailand
Spend a week focused on your personal goals, immersed within the inspiring atmosphere of Koh Samui.
3. Balanced transformation to-go
Feel empowered to start afresh with greater balance, confidence, motivation, and lasting wellness routines.
About the retreat
The Vikasa lifestyle, as taught in the recharge program, teaches you how to take better care of your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. The team of supportive, qualified professionals includes a nutritionist, a naturopath, raw food chefs, health coaches, and internationally trained yoga teachers. Your program coach will help you to incorporate the course techniques into your daily life, leaving you prepared to take on a healthier new chapter.
Your personal wellness coach will arm you with information to enable you to make better-informed choices to discover what works best for you. The Vikasa approach nurtures belief in one’s self and emphasizes the importance of a positive mindset to begin and maintain lasting positive change. You may have some bad habits but nothing is hard-wired for life; you can always be the person you want to be and to attract the things you desire most.
In the modern era, prescription drugs are given as a cure-all for general health issues, including managing your moods and energy levels. While you value and appreciate the necessity of conventional healthcare, you also believe that exercise, diet, mindset, and a holistic lifestyle can vastly improve your physical, energetic, and mental states.
Nutrition for optimized recharging
It is important to understand your complex relationship with food and to find a dietary regime that nourishes you. At Vikasa, you will discover just how delicious and satisfying healthy, organic, whole foods can really be. The wellness coaches will review your previous eating habits and help you to experiment with different types of foods to find a new approach to nourishing yourself. Can you imagine feeling more energized, vibrant, clear - even creative - simply by eating differently?
What you eat does not simply affect your weight; it also affects your emotional state and mental health. Like prescription drugs, your food intake has a chemical effect on your mental and physical systems, affecting your memory, attention span, and emotions. Developing your awareness is the best way to break addictive habits that may be causing you unnecessary harm.
Yoga to recharge
Yoga is an integral element of the recharge program. Whether you are new to yoga or already have experience, the team of experienced yoga instructors will help to educate you on the benefits of yoga and how to develop a practice to support and enhance your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Aside from yoga asana (the yoga poses), you will also learn calming and entering meditation techniques to lower stress and anxiety, as well as effective pranayama techniques (breathing exercises) to bring you into the present moment and reconnect with yourself on a deeper level. The Vikasa yoga method is not just about practicing yoga on the yoga mat. The insights and wisdom you will gain through these practices can be introduced into your daily life to create a more balanced, fulfilling, and happier way of existing.
Yogic techniques
- Introduction to yoga asana
- Benefits of yoga asana
- Cultivating a yoga lifestyle
- Basic pranayama breathing
- Breathing techniques for stress
- Traditional Hatha yoga
- The Vikasa method
- Benefits of meditation
- Meditation for stress release
- Self-inquiry and realization
- Mindfulness techniques
- Cultivating awareness
- Yogic purification techniques
- Introduction to yogic philosophy
Food and mood
- The Vikasa lifestyle
- Happiness is a choice
- Mindful nutrition
- Cultivating self-love
- Self-care routines
- Eating for wellness
- Mind and mindset
- Food and the emotions
- Spiritual nutrition
- Lifestyle upgrades
- Balancing hormones
- Foods for longevity
- Eliminating the nasties
- Cravings and awareness
- Frame
Environment
- Cultivating a positive space
- Environmental detox
- Nine pillars of wellness
- Community and connection
- How nature heals
- Happiness and gratitude
- Managing stress and anxiety
- Abundance and acceptance
- Intuition and inner compass
- Mind-body connection
- Cultivating resilience
- Flow states and creativity
- Nature's rhythms and cycles
- Wellness beyond Vikasa
Recharge the battery of your soul
Balance is the origin of vitality. When you are out of balance, you are burning energy inefficiently. The recharge program teaches ways to manage stress, create balance, and harness the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Through yoga, nutrition, and private one-on-one coaching sessions, you will effortlessly discover a better way of living. The personal coaching techniques aim to create an awareness of behavior patterns that may be inhibiting your life and well-being. Learn how to gain control and live in greater harmony through a more positive mindset.
In your normal waking state, you can be bombarded with anxiety, bad memories, and fear about what the future holds. Discover how to return to the present moment and center yourself to maintain a lower-stress, higher-energy lifestyle. Over the course of just one week, you will experience feelings of profound inner peace and recharge your mind, body, and soul. ‘Vikasa’ is Sanskrit for becoming visible, expanding, and shining forth. Inspired by the notion of personal evolution, Vikasa was created as a safe and inspiring space for everyone to experience the benefits of yoga and wellness.
The open arms policy welcomes all levels and people from all walks of life. The breathtaking yoga retreat in Koh Samui provides an idyllic setting that will ignite positive change in your own life. More importantly, your time at Vikasa will equip you with a new philosophy and lifestyle to take home and incorporate into your own daily routines. If you are curious about yoga and mindfulness and are searching for a more meaningful, balanced, and healthier way of life, the Vikasa Recharge program is for you. Access a higher state of mind.
Tap your intuition and discover a sense of peace and calm within. The recharge program is designed to offer you a rejuvenating retreat experience that acts as a springboard for a better way of life. Your private one-to-one coaching sessions will analyze your current lifestyle and routines and help you develop new ones that align with the positive lifestyle that you envision for yourself. Throughout the week you will be introduced to yoga, meditation, pranayama, and the concept of food as medicine to help you optimize your well-being on a physical, emotional, and mental level.
You will learn a variety of pranayama breathing exercises as well as simple meditation techniques that can take you beyond the frantic pace of modern life and the busy nature of your mental chatter, to a place of quietude, peace, and clarity. Yoga asana classes will equip you with physical practices that not only help you to develop strength, flexibility, agility, and balance but offer you a robust yogic framework and yogic philosophy that will help you to transfer these positive lessons and benefits into all areas of your life.
Adopting a ‘food as medicine' approach to eating offers you a way to move beyond cravings and impulses to truly nurture your body with vibrant nutrition that is abundant and mouthwatering, never restrictive or dull. With a healthy approach to diet comes the propensity for greater self-care, self-worth, and self-love.
Private coaching sessions
- One 90-minute intake session
- Two 60-minute private coaching
- One 90-minute review session
Yoga classes
- One 90-minute intro to Hatha
- Unlimited group sessions
Meditation sessions
- Unlimited group sessions
Program workbook
- Workbook
- On-site assignments
- Take-home assignments
Covered topics
- Asana: Safely practice beginner poses
- Pranayama: breath, practice, and techniques
- Meditation: practice awareness and find focus
- Bandha: Learn the basics of energy control.
- Flow: tap into inspired flow states
- Balance: cultivate mind-body balance
- Insight: tune into your intuition
- Self-care: routines for holistic wellness
- Stress relief: learn techniques for a relaxed life
- Lifestyle: learn by living in seven immersive days
- Nutrition: the fuel a yoga body needs
- Self-love: cultivate and reconnect to self
Enjoy the experience
At Vikasa Yoga Retreat, they have carefully nurtured an environment that facilitates personal evolution and development. The ocean views and the palm trees swaying in the gentle breeze instill a sense of tranquility. The nourishing diet, the ambiance of the tropics, the sense of community, and the private coaching sessions allow you to reach a new mindset that you can apply every day for a sense of contentment and peace within yourself. Processing emotional issues and discarding bad habits can be daunting.
Taking time and focusing on one’s own well-being - rather than money, career, or family - can feel unfamiliar. Ironically, it can be difficult to relax and justify the time and space needed for personal evolution. However, it is worth the effort - the benefits of a supportive coach will help you adjust to the Vikasa lifestyle as you recharge your mind, body, and energy. Self-improvement is not all hard work, in fact, it can be quite enjoyable.
The Vikasa Bliss Spa sessions included in the recharge program package will soothe you into a state of bliss with absolutely no effort required. Feel a sense of achievement as you embrace a healthier lifestyle and a sense of community with like-minded people on the Vikasa campus. Arrive in Vikasa with a decision to try something new, meet new people, eat new things, learn something new, and embrace the new. This is the mindset for transformation.
- Dig deep and discover why certain imbalances exist
- Work with your personal coach to make a lasting plan
- Interact with like-minded people in a safe community
- Redefine the boundaries of your true comfort zones
- Step into a new path of transformation and evolution
- Discover your new home away from home at Vikasa
- Focus solely on your growth in an idyllic environment
Long-term benefits
- Balance: bring your energy tank and your daily life into a state of balance
- Flexibility: prevent injury and feel lighter by becoming more flexible
- Focus: learn how to manage your mind and the stress of daily life with calm clarity
- Energy: your overall energy, endurance, and enthusiasm will increase
- Metabolism: enjoy the daily rhythm of an optimized digestive track
- Awarness: become sharper, wiser, and more aware of your body, mind, and decisions
- Connection: feel the welcoming embrace and make new friends
- Restful: improve the quality of your sleep cycles for optimized energy
- Excitement: live in alignment with your intentions and actions
A Koh Samui wellness retreat designed for you
Curious about your wellness retreat? Get a taste of the Vikasa Lifestyle before you arrive for your personal coaching program. Start familiarizing yourself with your approach to living your healthiest and most authentic life. Get tips on healthy eating, stress management, gratitude practice, and more. You will be well on your way to wellness with a head start in the right direction. No preparation is needed before the beginning program, however, it is never a bad time to start eating right and implementing small changes.
They believe that shocking the system with a huge lifestyle change may be less beneficial than implementing small daily adjustments. Their programs are designed to give you a lasting shift in behavior with a solid game plan for when you return home. Your success is their success and they want to see you follow through with the promises you make to yourself. They are here to support your journey but the person who has to take the first step is you. Download the Vikasa Lifestyle Guide and begin your journey to better health and wellness.
Benefits
The recharge private coaching sessions provide the tools to help you cultivate a more positive environment. You will learn how to gently bring the Vikasa lifestyle into your own daily routine and surroundings. You will be able to enforce positive habits and stimuli and turn away from the negative to be the best version of yourself possible. The tools you learn will enable you to eschew the negative and turn towards more positive, affirming influences in your life.
The Vikasa lifestyle will be your bedrock, a point of reference you can turn to when you are stressed or uncertain. You will develop the confidence to cope with anything and say farewell to unconscious patterns and behaviors that are keeping you from living a balanced life. You will become aware of the limiting beliefs that are preventing you from achieving your full potential. You will recharge and thrive.
Why is mindset important?
Being equipped with breathing techniques and nutritional information will provide a solid platform on which to base your lifestyle. However, these alone will not precipitate dramatic change without learning how to fortify your mindset and adapt your environment to one more conducive to your new-found habits. Your life philosophy is created by your own thoughts and beliefs, which mold your perception of your environment and, in turn, your own reality. Learning how to adopt a positive mindset will positively influence all areas of your life and well-being.
Benefits of meditation for everyday life
Aside from the obvious benefit of enhanced focus, meditation also enables you to look for the answers that are only available with access to the higher mind (intuition and unlimited source of creativity). You will find it easier to live fully in the present moment, cultivate a sense of calm and presence in daily life, and not be triggered by small nuances throughout your day.
Meditation helps you feel a greater connection to yourself, as well as a connection to the greater world and your place within it. Learning tools for meditation will offer you natural ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and feelings of negativity. You will learn how to center yourself and find a lightness, confidence, and ease that truly knowing yourself, and this quiet space within you offers.
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Niki Lundberg
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Michael Murray
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Vikasa is truly a paradise location that adds an extra dimension to your yoga practice as a whole. The environment is conducive to relaxing where you can disconnect from the hustle and bustle and focus inwards on your practice and spiritual growth. Here at Vikasa, their core values are the three ways in which consciousness expands. This expansion starts with the self, it grows through your mind, body, and energy until you are powerful motivators of connection and manifestos of change through the communities and throughout the world.
Vikasa is the ideal healthy lifestyle venue for yoga training, due to its balance of secluded island paradise, freshly-prepared food, and a yoga sala constructed in a beautiful setting and designed to get the best out of students - making it the perfect environment for study. They are a relaxed establishment where you can unplug and reconnect to something deeper in a meaningful way. Vikasa Yoga Retreat in Koh Samui offers several types of accommodation ranging from simple eco-friendly bamboo bungalows to full-sized rooms.
They are not a one-size-fits-all kind of place. Rooms are democratically priced because they believe this range of accommodation allows for a wider range of students to experience Vikasa. Tips for choosing your perfect room: If you like to stay close to the beach, check out the red-roofed prana cabanas. If you prefer a garden location with a village feel, try the Zen bungalows. If you do not want to walk down too many stairs, the yoga caves could be a good option. If you need a bit of extra space and a central location, lotus pads are a good place to start.
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