September 3rd to 10th, 2016
7 Day Ashtanga Yoga Retreat
in Thailand
with
Teune van der Wildt
What to expect:
An
all-round yoga retreat at Baan Hom Samunphrai. Every morning rise
with the sun and have your first yoga session and a light breakfast.
You will work with Teune on the Ashtanga Primary Series at your
individual level and also study the Yoga Sutras in a daily
philosophy
class. Beginners are very welcome. Vegetarian Thai lunch is served
at
noon. Most afternoons we have gentle Thai Yoga and a complementary
clinic on technique. After classes you can benefit from the unique
herbal steambaths with fresh herbs. Evening you will be served a
delicious home-cooked dinner, and you can end the day with a
meditation. You will also get an impression of the traditional Thai
healing tradition, and massages are available. During the week we
can
explore the countryside, as well as Chiang Mai’s famous markets. On
our day off we make an excursion together.
Teune leading a small yoga group on
Sunday morning, April 2nd, 2015 -- the students are
studying Thai Traditional Massage at Baan Hom Samunphrais.
Teune's 7 Day Yoga Retreat in October will be held in the same sala.
Costs:
Please apply directly to Teune van
der Wildt for the type of accommodations and the
costs.
teuneyoga@gmail.com
Prices are per person and
include:
- full board (3 vegetarian meals per day) in a single/shared
room
in authentic Thai wooden farm houses;
- transport from and to Chiang Mai airport on the first and last
day;
- daily herbal steam baths;
- all yoga sessions with Teune (1 day off & only morning
sessions
on day of check-out);
- group excursion on the day off.
Do not include:
- transport from and to Thailand – Chiang Mai;
- travel insurance;
- massages (can be individually booked on the spot);
- alcoholic beverages (softdrinks, beer and wine available at
extra charge);
- dinner on the last day.
Email:
for
further information and reservation contact Teune at teuneyoga@gmail.com
Extended stay:
Day-rate, group bookings and other dates available for small groups
or individuals. Contact
teuneyoga@gmail.com
More info:
Teune is an experienced yoga instructor and massage practitioner
from
Belgium. He has been studying Yoga for over a decade, and has been
teaching classes to a large following for over 7 years. He regularly
resides with his teachers in India and Thailand to practice Ashtanga
Yoga Mysore-style and traditional Thai Massage. Teune loves that
both
forms share a common ancient origin, traceable along the lineages of
the great yoga masters and the Buddha to the very distant past of
human existence. You will stay at the family compound of his Thai
teacher, Homprang Chaleekanha. A green garden oasis surrounds this
picturesque school and guesthouse, located just south of Chiang Mai.
Classes will be in English and Dutch.
Teune doing his own daily self-practice at Baan Hom Samunphrai, April
3rd, 2015.
The program
6:30-8:00
Ashtanga Yoga
practice
Beginners: you will
be taught in a
small group. By the end of the retreat you will be more fluid with
the
primary sequences.
Non-beginners: practitioners who are familiar with Primary Series
will
be assisted further in their self-practice.
8:00-9:30 Breakfast & Break
9:30-12:00 Philosophy workshop series:”Is today’s Ashtanga practice
truly Patanjali’s Yoga?” You will be introduced to Patanjali’s Yoga
Sutra’s with an overview at glance of the four chapters. This
summary
will clarify the incentive (why?), the objective (what?) and the
method (how?) of Patanjali’s classical teaching. We will look at the
Ashtanga system as taught by the Jois family of Mysore (India). The
three pilars (Trishthana) of this modern tradition are Posture
(Asana), Breathing and Gazing point (Drishti). Does steady
application
of these three familiar techniques in your regular practice embody
Patanjali’s liberation teaching? Is your effort on the mat possibly
an
internal road to freedom?
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Thai Yoga (Rasidaton). An authentic, gentle Yoga
developped by the ancient forest hermits (Rishis) used by Thai
massage
therapists
14:00-15:00 clinics on refining the technique of Primary Series, and
guided breathing
15:00-17:30 Free time or exploring the area together
17:30-18:30 Herbal steam bath
19:00 Dinner
20:30 Open Meditation
*this schedule is
tentative and subject to change.
Thai Yoga (Rasidaton) at Baan Hom
Samunphrai