October 2008 Courses


7th – 13th October
Jeff Oliver  Vipassana Silent Retreat

Vipassana meditation is also known as insight or mindfulness meditation. It is known as such because we use and develop our mindfulness (awareness, attention and observation) to gain insight, wisdom and understanding. The object of our attention is this body and mind, physical and mental processes.

Vipassana uses mindfulness on any mental or physical process that happens naturally in the present. We use our natural state of awareness but then sharpen it to the point where we are no longer using our “ordinary mind”, that is, thinking, judging, criticizing, analyzing, reflecting and projecting, etc. but we use objective awareness, bare attention to simply experience and purely understand the true nature of this body and mind – life. We develop our “extraordinary mind”. We go beyond concepts to see and know the reality and truth of existence.

Thus, our heightened attention is not fixed, it is flexible and we may use it anywhere, anytime, at work, driving, watching TV, when talking and dealing with people, family and relationships and whatever you do in your life.

Our mindfulness leads us to new realizations about life, we see and know things that we never new before, because we weren't aware, we weren't “awake”. Now we can see, understand and reduce our anger, fears, emotions and stress. Wisdom makes peace!

Everyone, all living beings want to live in peace. When we truly understand the nature of this universe and existence, we stop fighting, struggling, trying to make everything the way WE think is should be and we go with the flow, seeing and knowing life as it really is. We become more patient, compassionate, considerate, kind and generous with our time, our love and even our smiles!

Our strong emotions reduce, thinking becomes clear, concentration and mindfulness become more powerful, the body and mind become balanced and harmonious. Ignorance reduces and wisdom increases, life becomes more peaceful and people around us can feel it. Thus peace spreads out to the world from within.

£415

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14th – 20th October
Seda Kervanoglu Five Tibetans and Osho Meditations 2

Five Tibetans will be your morning ritual everyday and different Osho Meditations will be introduced thoughout the week e.g. Dynamic, Kundalini as well as Sufi Chakra Cleansing Meditations. Osho meditations are active meditations for who can not calm their mind and body easily. If you have the same problem this could be a chance for to try something different for calmness and quietness of your body.

Bed, breakfast and dinner inclusive

£415

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21st– 23rd October
Holistic Bed and Breakfast

 

 

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24th– 26th October
Hatun Çelebi Laughing Yoga

Laugh Yoga is as old as Yoga. It was invented again by Dr .Madan Kataria in previous years. After the first Laugh Yoga club was established in Bombai it got around the world rapidly especially in Europe.

In these clubs people learn to laugh again. Laugh means health in here. We heal ilnesses like stress, heart problem, depression, fear, digestion problems, insomnia, cancer, asthma with the help of Laugh Yoga.

During Laugh Yoga sessions apart from the usual yoga practices, you will learn to laugh again with exercises like loud Ho-Ho-Ha-Ha, silent laugh, laugh from heart and lion laugh. That means you will explore laughing. As you will laugh hormons will increase and this will effect your health in a possitive way.

Kids laugh 300-400 times in a day. Laughing and happiness is in their nature. Join us and explore the kid in yourself.

£264 / €330

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27th October – 2nd November
Seda Kervanoglu Ayurvedic Yoga and Cooking

The program comprises body type diagnose according to ayurveda by self-questionnaire, interview, tongue and pulse check. Introduction lessons about yoga and ayurveda. Morning and afternoon yoga sessions, full-body ayurvedic massage and life style consultation on exercise and diet. Evening meals will be cooked altogether according to ayurvedic principles.    Maximum 7 people

Daily Routine:
7:00-8:30  Morning nature walk and yoga
8:30  Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Diagnose, consultation and lecture.
11:00 12:15  Massage session
16:30 -17:45  Yoga asanas for body types (demo and practice)
18:00-19:30 Cooking class
19:30  Dinner

£440

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