To the Source Womens Retreat
To the Source Women's Retreat is devoted to honouring and reconnecting with the essential source within you. Coinciding with the full moon and Women’s Day, this weekend offers a powerful opportunity for renewal.
The weekend centers on holistic healing inspired by Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, with a focus on cleansing, rejuvenation, and restoring balance to the mind, body and spirit.
To the Source Retreat activities:
* Yoga flow
* Foundations of Ayurveda workshop
* Breathwork and meditation
* Massage treatments
* Sound journey
* Ocean immersion and sauna (optional)
* Vision boards
* Cacao circle
Meals are plant-based and organic, with an emphasis on nourishment, energy and healing. The integration of Ayurvedic principles throughout the retreat encourages balanced living through food, self-care and mindfulness.
Your facilitator, Rene Lambert, is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher, Remedial Yoga Therapist and Ayurveda Practitioner(Dip). She studied at Ananda Kutir Ashram and has 23 years’ experience in teaching Integral Hatha Yoga. Her multifaceted career has endowed her with insightful knowledge of the intrinsic mind-body relationship.
Rene is also certified in Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy and Watsu. Over the past 30 years, she has seamlessly integrated all her professional training into her bodyworks practice.
When there is space in the body there is no discomfort. In order to create space, Rene uses hot oil, towels and hot water bottles to soften and relax the body while undoing the muscle fibres in order to bring comfort.
She works at the depth the muscles are able to receive. Often the emotional and mental pain the body is carrying needs gentle releasing strokes as opposed to working deeper into tightly bound facia and muscle. www.seedtoflower.co.za
Ayurveda is an ancient healing system of India. It recognizes food as medicine and emphasizes the deep connection between food and health. In this workshop, Rene will teach you about the basic principles of Ayurvedic nutrition and how it can support self-healing and optimal well-being. She will cover the basic foundations of Ayurveda: 5 Elements. 3 Doshas, 6 Tastes
Experience the calming, soothing, uplifting combination of breath, gentle movement and sacred sounds with Anneke Demnitz. She uses a combination of sound frequencies with tuning forks, drum, chimes, rainstick and Tibetan Singing Bowls to help bring the body and mind back into balance & alignment. www.bodymindpsyche.co.za
Saunas have been around for thousands of years and their physical and mental health benefits are well documented. Their benefits include everything from muscle recovery, enhanced cardiovascular function and stress relief to improved lung function and better sleeping patterns.
Enjoy a mobile sauna right on the beach with optional cold ocean dips before and afterwards for maximum health benefits.
Enjoy a restorative weekend in Seaforth, Simonstown at the historic and luxurious Bonne Esperance Guest House situated between the mountains and ocean. All of the lovely rooms have Oregon pine floors and a Victorian fireplace, and are furnished with king-size beds and en-suite bathrooms. www.beinsimonstown.com
RATES
R 6, 500 pp - single en-suite room, activities and meals (excluding treatments)
R 5, 500 pp - sharing en-suite room, activities and meals (excluding treatments)
R 2, 500 pp - activities and meals only (excluding treatments)
1 hr Full Body Massage – R 800
1 hr Back + Arms + Neck + Feet Release – R 800
SCHEDULE
Friday
3 - 5pm: Arrival / Treatment bookings
6 - 7pm: Vata balancing yoga class & breathwork
7 - 8pm: Dinner
8pm: Yoga nidra
Saturday
8 - 9am: Yoga flow - Invigorating & dynamic
9 -10am: Breakfast
10am - 12pm: Foundations of Ayurveda workshop
12 - 1pm: Free time
1 - 2pm: Lunch
2 - 3pm: Sound Journey with Anneke
3 - 5pm: Free time / treatment bookings
5 - 6pm: Yoga - gentle stretch and relax
6 - 7pm: Dinner
7 - 8pm: Vision boarding
Sunday
7 - 8am: Ocean immersion, beach sauna (optional)
8 - 10am Yoga and cacao closing circle
10 - 11am: Brunch
Contact for more details:
lindy@rewildfood.co.za
Whats app: +27825736123
