During this uncertain time, more than ever, our yoga practice has a LOT to offer us. The challenges we’re facing are various and different people will, of course, be suffering in different ways and to different degrees.
But if you practice yoga, or are interested in it, now is a really good time to find new ways of taking your yoga off the mat and integrating it into your way of life. Really, that’s what yoga is — it’s never just postures on a mat. Sometimes, we need the motivation of new challenges to make us see that.
About this time last year, I saw a promo for Yoga for the Soul Retreats’ Nepal retreat. I had been attending yoga classes for my mental health whist in a challenging time of my life. I had brought up a beautiful family but had lost myself on the way; and was suffering from anxiety caused by burnout from work and family life. And BING! — the pamphlet for the Nepal and Bali retreat landed on the yoga class table.
I was pleasantly surprised, and it was not at all what I was expecting.
I was surprised by Chetana’s knowledge of the area and the time and effort she put in to give us all an insight into the spiritual and cultural side of the Balinese people.
Every day was filled with new and exciting experiences, with enough downtime to fit in daily massages and pool time.
Having done years of yoga in my pre-children days, I was having quiet palpitations when thinking about the retreat and how out of shape I was.
My trip to Bali for your yoga and meditation retreat was amazing. I was astounded with the variety of your yoga sessions.
Each class was different and I couldn’t believe how many postures and variations my body could be twisted into.
The purpose built yoga room was a beautiful place to watch the sun rise. Each morning we quietly placed our mats in a circle around the floral tribute mandala in the centre of the room.
Each day the friendly staff would create a different coloured floral tribute and they were
When my feet landed on the cold cement floor I could hear the familiar sound of chanting and the smell of incense on the breeze…
4 am was the new 6 am, where I’d make my way to the Gompa room for my early morning yoga practice…
For the past eight months the Ganden Yoga Chozin Buddhist Meditation Centre,
Pokhara, Nepal had become my home as the resident yoga and meditation teacher.
This small cabin… Well, it really was nothing more than a cement slab, four sheets of fibro and a tin roof, but it was my place of solitude. Yes, freezing in winter!!
