Ashtanga Yoga & Ayurveda Retreat

with Maxi in Twente

13-16 July, 2023

12 participants max. / Fully booked

 

Retreat to reconnect

When?

The retreat will take place July 13-16, 2023. Four days and three nights of breath work, ashtanga yoga, meditation, plenty of rest, Ayurveda and nourishing Ayurvedic meals. We will enjoy the beautiful countryside, quiet and head back into our daily lives refreshed, inspired and filled.

Where?

We will stay in the magical and quiet Oerboerderij close to de Lutte in Twente (NL). Hugged by greenery, you’ll find stillness, breathe fresh air and find comfort in the cozy place. Located about 1h 45min south when driving from Groningen.

 

Why?

Let’s be honest: Inhabiting a space to be fully ourselves, cultivating receptivity to deep insights and new perspectives, and accessing deep relaxation can be very challenging in our busy day-to-day lives. A retreat is an opportunity to get all of that more easily and directly. The idea is to carry what we find on retreat back into our regular lives.

This retreat is fully booked. Let me know if you would like to be on the waiting list for this retreat and/or want to reserve a space for one of my retreats at this location in 2024. Dates 2024: March 14-17, and September 26-29).

Ashtanga Yoga and Ayurveda Retreat in the Netherlands
Ashtanga yoga retreat in the Netherlands
Healthy Yoga for everyone in Groningen

A retreat is an opportunity to take space to nourish yourself exactly what you need. For some it is a deep dive into self-study. For others, it’s a time to gently unfold, rest and soak up the magic of time. One of the benefits of traveling to a particular location away from your regular routine is that we can better recognise our unconscious habit patterns, and decide whether we want to let them go or hold on to them. From a more conscious place, we return home to our families, work and life, energized and ready for what’s ahead. The idea is to come back to the world with more wholeness. 

Schedule

Thursday, 13 July

15.30-17.00h Arrival (settle in, refreshments, explore, relax)

17.00h-18.00h Opening session & pranayama

18.00h Dinner

19.30-20.30h Yoga philosophy talk

Friday, 14 July

7.00-9.30h Meditation, kriya, pranayama and yoga practice

9.30h-10.30h Breakfast

10.30-11.30h  Ayurveda talk

13.00h Lunch

16.00-17.30h Yoga asana tools workshop

18.00h Dinner

19.30h-20.30h Ayurveda five senses therapy workshop

Saturday, 15 July

7.00-9.30h Meditation, kriya, pranayama and yoga practice

9.30h-10.30h Breakfast

10.30-11.30h  Ayurveda & yoga philosophy talk

13.00h Lunch

16.30-17.45h Yoga asana tools workshop

18.00h Dinner

19.30-20.30h Restorative practice and meditation

Sunday, 16 July

7.00-9.30h Meditation, kriya, pranayama and yoga practice

9.30h-10.30h Breakfast

10.30-12.00h  Chanting & ayurveda talk, closing circle

13.00h Lunch

14.00h Depature

 

Free time:

Take a walk, read, lounge, nap, journal

 

Meet your host, Maxi:

Hi, I’m Maxi (PhD, certified yoga teacher, mom, 600h Ayurveda health counselor trainee ). I know what it’s like to feel lost, imbalanced and hassling through life driven by fear. This was my life until I started to refocus.

Let’s face it, we all navigate through life bombarded by materialistic remedies that promise to cure all our ill-feelings and insecurities but leave us more empty and broke.

The clarity, focus, joy and agency I find through my dinacharya (daily rituals of yoga, Ayurveda and paying attention) are just unparalleled and have greatly helped me take to deep root within myself while cultivating more harmony in my inner and outer world. 

In my teaching I am passionate about empowering people of all walks of life to find better inner perspectives for themselves. People describe me as a compassionate teacher who really connects to everyone individually. In my work I light-heartedly and skillfully combine my extensive experience and knowledge about the human body, movement, brain and behaviour.

During this retreat my wish is to offer you practical yet simple tools and insights to help you feel balanced, anchored from within and in harmony, no matter what comes your way.

Maxi Meissner

Investment

€650  

 

Includes:

  • Three nights stay in a single room (11 of the rooms have shower on-suite, one room has shower outside the room) 
  • Organic, vegan Ayurvedic meals (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners) prepared by Elise Greenspoon (a fellow Ashtangi friend and teacher and wholesome cook)
  • 18 hours of practical and theoretical yoga & Ayurveda: 3x morning pranayama, kriya, meditation and yoga practice, 1x evening pranayama, 4 yoga philosophy & Ayurveda talks, 1 Ayurveda 5 senses workshop, 2 yoga asana tools workshops, 1 restorative practice)
  • You only have to bring yourself and your clothes everything else is taken care of (towels, bedsheets…)

 

This retreat is fully booked. Let me know if you would like to be on the waiting list for this retreat and/or want to reserve a space for one of my retreats at this location in 2024. Dates 2024: March 14-17, and September 26-29).

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation policy as stated in the terms and conditions:

A participation in a retreat  may be canceled only in writing. Cancellations can be done by sending an email to: info@bhumiyoga.nl

The conditions for canceling a retreat are:

  1. Up to 8 months prior to the start of the retreat, a retreat can be canceled with a 100%, with €50 deducted from the refund for administration fees.
  2. Up to 6 months prior to the start of the retreat, a 50% refund is possible (with €50 deducted from the refund for administration fees).
  3. Up to 3 months prior to the start of the retreat, a 75% refund is possible (with €50 deducted from the refund for administration fees).
  4. In the period of 3 months leading up to the retreat no refund is possible anymore, unless there is a documented medical reason.