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SUMMARY:August Bank Holiday Sati Yoga Retreat Ireland 2025
DESCRIPTION:Sati Yoga Weekend Retreat: August Bank Holiday\n1st - 4th August 2025 (Clare Island\, Co. Mayo Ireland)\nCultivating awareness\, embodying change\n\n\n\n\n\nThis four day yoga retreat and meditation course is designed for students (from keen beginners to experienced practitioners) who wish to explore the connection between mindfulness (sati in the ancient language of the Buddha) and the classical eight limb system of yoga. \n\n\n\n\n\nWHAT TO EXPECT\n  \n\nThe practice of mindfulness in meditation can be readily applied to the practice of physical asana\, using classical hatha yoga postures. Within this approach\, meditation\, relaxation and breath training are integral elements. Working with a variety of asana\, this course explores how we can practice with an embodied awareness\, observing emotions and thoughts as they arise\, connecting and staying with our breath. By cultivating both active and receptive awareness\, our yoga practice becomes both deeper and lighter: a sense of spaciousness and ease in our bodies develops while strength and stability results from a groundedness through gravity. \nBy the end of the retreat\, students will have developed an understanding of how this integrated approach can become a tool of transformation within their own yoga practice as well as how it can be applied to other aspects of their lives. \nThe day starts with a 30 minute meditation session\, followed by a 2 and a half hour yoga session. Over the course of the retreat\, we explore sun salutations\, a variety of hatha postures and will play with the relationships between simple\, foundational postures and more complex asanas. \nBrunch follows the morning yoga. There is free time until we meet again for an afternoon session\, based around a more detailed exploration of yogic breathing.  The three course  vegetarian dinner is prepared from vegetables that are grown on the farm. We finish the day with a 30 minute silent sitting meditation. \nThis course would be of interest to keen beginners as well as experienced practitioners\, and especially to anyone who has an interest in meditation. (Those who have done an 8 week MBSR course may be particularly interested). Yoga teachers are also welcome. \n\nPRICE \nIn line with our three tier pricing policy: \n\nStandard cost of this retreat is €620\, please pay this price if you can\nSupported rate is €520 for those who can't afford the full fee\nSupporter rate of €720 is available for those who would like to support our work and encourage us to continue offering a supported rate on our courses.\n\nA 50% deposit\, payable online by Paypal or by bank transfer\, is required at the time of booking. \n  \nWHAT’S INCLUDED\nThese prices include: \n\nThree nights in shared accommodation. Single rooms are available on a limited\, first come first served basis to those who are paying the standard price. The extra charge is €150.\nAll meals (delicious organic vegetarian food\, all vegetables grown on our farm)\n5 yoga classes and 3 meditation sessions\, equivalent to  25 hours of tuition\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\n\nAn introduction to mindfulness and embodied practice\nSun salutations\nA number of asanas which you can include in your daily routine\nHow to fit your practice into your daily life\nBasic pranayama techniques\nA simple meditation routine\n\n\nDATES\n1st - 4th August \nThe course starts with the evening ferry\, leaving the mainland at 17.30  and ends Monday with the 13.00 ferry back to the mainland \n\n\nACCOMMODATION\nThe price is based on shared accommodation. Single rooms are available on a very limited first come first serve basis and cost an additional €100.Single rooms are only available to those paying the Standard or the Supporter rate. \nClick here to view our Accommodation Page \n\nDISCOUNTS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE\nIf you think that attending one of our retreats would be of great benefit to you\, no matter what your particular financial situation may be\,  we are very happy to explore various options for discounted prices. Please contact us! \nThere is only one place left on this retreat - contact us directly\n  \n  \n \n\nBack to the Sati yoga retreats page
URL:https://macallafarm.ie/course/august-bank-holiday-sati-yoga-weekend/
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SUMMARY:Elemental Yoga and Meditation Retreat - August
DESCRIPTION:Elemental Practice\nYoga and Meditation Retreat\n26th - 31st August 2025\nClare Island\, Co. Mayo Ireland\nJoin us on for this five day yoga and meditation retreat\, exploring the stuff that we're simultaneously made of and connected to : the elements of earth\, fire\, water\, air\, space\n\n\n\n\n\nThis unique yoga and meditation retreat explores the very stuff we're made of - through the ancient teachings of the elements: earth\, fire\, water\, air\, aether (space)\, utilizing creative breathwork\, embodied postural practice\, meditation as well as time spent outside in the elemental nature of the island\, enabling us to directly experience our interrelatedness with everything else. \nVariations upon the theme of the four (or five) elements appear in classical Hinduism\, Buddhism\, Chinese Confucianism\, as well as ancient Greek\, African and closer to home\, Celtic traditions. In contrast\, the common Western belief\, that we are separate and autonomous is a dangerous illusion at the root of the environmental and social crises we face globally. To wake from this illusion is to acknowledge and 'be with' the entanglement of our lives with everything else on the planet. \nFor we breathe because trees breathe\, are born three quarters water\, affected by the moon and the tides\, pulled deep into the centre of the earth by gravity\, drawn upwards and outwards by infinite space. The minerals in our bones\, the iron in our blood\, the material of our tissues\, all of it is borrowed\, all of it belonging somewhere else before us. This retreat is about truly experiencing this inseparability so that it guides us through our lives  - moving beyond intellectual concepts\, so we feel deeply - into our bones\, our guts\, our lungs\, into the relational quality of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nOUR TIME TOGETHER\n\nEach day we will explore a separate element (though of course they are all interconnected). Practice sessions will combine yoga\, meditation\, somatic exploration and interactive exercises. Opportunities for feedback and group dialogue are interwoven throughout the retreat\, providing an important pathway to deeper learning. In addition to group sessions\, students will have opportunities for self-practice.  \nOur exploration of the elements will be enriched by direct practice with the land and sea of Macalla Farm and Clare Island : the woodland\, the cliffs\, the cove\, flora and fauna play an intrinsic and essential role in this retreat (we’ll remind you to be prepared for all types of weather!) \nPlease note that this course involves periods of shared silence. To truly gain the benefits of being on retreat\, we encourage students to turn off phones and any other electronic devices while you are here on the farm. \n \nTEACHERS: Ciara Cullen and Kaeli Sutton \nI am delighted to be joined in the teaching of this retreat by Kaeli Sutton\, a yoga teacher and somatic bodyworker and educator\, as well as a dear friend. Using traditional yoga and meditation teaching methods alongside somatic awareness and interactive approaches\, we aim to create a supportive environment to explore our interrelatedness. \n\nPRICE \nIn line with our three tier pricing policy: \n\nStandard cost of this retreat is €920\, please pay this price if you can\nSupported rate is €790 for those who can't afford the full fee\nSupporter rate of €1050 is available for those who would like to support our work and encourage us to continue offering a supported rate on our courses.\n\nA 50% deposit\, payable online by bank transfer or Paypal\, is required at the time of booking. \nWHAT'S INCLUDED\nThese prices include: \n\nFive nights in shared accommodation. Single rooms are available on a limited\, first come first served basis and the extra charge is €150.\nAll meals (delicious organic vegetarian food\, all vegetables grown on our farm)\n9 yoga classes and 3 meditation sessions\, equivalent to 23 hours of tuition\n\n\nSCHEDULE\n15th July5.30 pm Leave Roonagh pier with ferry for Clare Islandaround 6.00 pm Arrive at the centre\, settle in to accommodation7.00 pm Dinner followed by introductions and outline of the retreat9.00 pm Evening meditation \n16th - 19th July8.00 am Morning session11.00 am Brunch then free time for hill walking\, reading\, relaxing4.30 pm Afternoon session7.00 pm Dinner8.30 pm Sitting meditation \n20th July8.00 am Morning meditation11.00 am Brunch12.40 pm Depart centre for 1.00pm ferry back to Roonagh Pier \nACCOMMODATION\nPrice is based on shared accommodation. Single rooms available on a limited\, first come first serve basis at an additional cost of €150 for those who pay the standard rate.  Click here to view our Accommodation Page \nDISCOUNTS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE\nIf you think that attending one of our retreats would be of great benefit to you\, no matter what your particular financial situation may be\,  we are very happy to explore various options for discounted prices. Please contact us! \nBook NowBack to the Sati yoga retreat page
URL:https://macallafarm.ie/course/august-elemental-yoga-and-meditation-retreat/
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