Sati Yoga: New Year Retreat

28th December – 2nd January 2025

Join us for a very special retreat at the end of December as we welcome in the new year.

This time of year inclines us towards reflection as we take stock of our lives as 2024 comes to its natural end as well as an instinctive turning towards the new, the unknown of the year to come.

Integrating mindfulness (sati in the ancient language of Pali of the Buddha) to the practice of Hatha yoga allows us to slow down, to deepen our embodied experience – Sati Yoga enables us to find a balance between the physical and mental practices of postural yoga, breath work and meditation, as well as allowing for the transformational possibilities of the practice to enter our everyday lives and thus our ethical lives.

We’ll be specifically playing with the awareness of intention. Working qualitatively, literally with what qualities we experience at any one time as well as intentionally cultivating curiosity, discernment, kindness. We like to work with periods of silence (a rare and precious thing, especially this time of year) , and the last day of the year, the 31st will be silent, with sessions designed to be particularly supportive so as to navigate this space for reflection, culminating in a meditation finishing at midnight as we welcome in 2025.

Most importantly – the week is also fun! A very different way to spend the end of the year with a wonderful group of like minded people, working diligently at our practice, but also playfully – experiencing the wild elemental nature of the island and last but very much not least, enjoying scrumptious vegetarian/vegan meals – all organic, all vegetables/fruit from the farm.

To truly gain the benefits of being on retreat, we also encourage the turning off of phones and any other electronic devices while here.

PRICE

In line with our three tier pricing policy:

• Standard cost of this retreat is €890, please pay this price if you can
• Supported rate is €750 for those who can’t afford the full fee**
• Supporter rate of €1000 is available for those who would like to support our work and encourage us to continue offering a supported rate on our courses.

A 50% deposit, payable online by bank transfer* or Paypal is required at the time of booking.

*if at all possible, we ask that you pay the deposit by bank transfer so we can avoid paying admin fees to Paypal.

**if your current financial situation is such that the supported rate is not possible for you, and you really feel you will benefit from attending the retreat, please get in touch to see how we might work out an alternative plan. We wish to make our retreats available to all and don’t want to turn anyone away who doesn’t have sufficient funds

WHAT’S INCLUDED

These prices include:

• Five nights in shared accommodation.
• Single rooms are available to those paying the standard rate on a limited, first come first served basis at an extra charge of €150.
• All meals (delicious organic vegetarian/vegan food, all vegetables grown on our farm)
• Over 20 hours of tuition of postural practice, breathwork, meditation
• A day of silence on the 31st culminating in a meditation session to welcome in the new year
• Return transfer from Clare Island harbour to Macalla Farm

This retreat is fully booked