Spring Yoga Retreat Oct 17th -19th, 2014

Spring Yoga Retreat

Oct 17th - 19th, 2014

SIBA Retreat Centre, Gelantipy.

East Gippsland, Victoria
Now booked out!

Hi my name is Margot and I am delighted to announce my Spring Yoga Retreat dates for this year.

The retreat begins Friday Oct 17th in the evening around 6pm and finishes Sunday Oct 19th at 3pm.
SIBA is a retreat centre nestled in serene and peaceful mountains of East Gippsland. The accommodation is motel style - comfortable and modest. Delicious, light and freshly prepared vegetarian food is included in the cost/ All diets and allergies can be catered for and by request egg dishes are included as an option. Daily yoga and meditation practices are offered along with massage at an additional cost (see retreat page for details). At this retreat, we will be exploring a couple of new practices: mandala meditation and Kirtan - sacred chanting.

Hope to see you there!

Cost includes 2 nights  accommodation, all food (vegetarian - diets/allergies catered for) and teachings. 
Shared  $380,  $340 concession (unwaged, full time student)
Single $510
Camping $310 
Double rooms $440 p.p. (limited number)

Bookings contact Margot Porter on (03) 5157 5589 or prasannayoga@hotmail.com

$100 deposit is required to secure your place. 

NEW: Mandala meditation

 At this retreat I will introduce to my favourite meditation practice: making mandalas. Learn about the significance of mandalas. Enjoy making your own from natural materials.

Meditation practice based on your mandala.

NEW: Kirtan 

 Music as meditation.  

One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan is a call-and-response chanting genre that comes to us from India. Kirtan is an ancient music experience that works by mentally quietening the mind. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies to reduce mental chatter of the mind, remove obstacles, and bring us back to the center of our being. The simple repetition of mantras over and over, faster and faster, makes kirtan an easy way for many people to experience some freedom from the daily chatter of the mind.

Andrea Windsor an experienced Kirtana practitioner will lead the Kirtan practice.

About me

Margot Porter has been practising for 16 years and teaching yoga for 4 years. She teaches a contemporary interpretation of hatha yoga - moving between flowing sequences and stillness - energising and calming mind, body and soul.  Over the weekend, enjoy both dynamic and restorative yoga, mindful meditation, mandala making, massage*, kirtan and yoga nidra. Take time to rest, walk, contemplate and converse in peaceful and beautiful surrounds. Margot teaching style is quirky, playful and inclusive. She encourages people to challenge and explore their potential while learning to accept their limits with grace.

*Massage additional cost