8 Day Body Soul Mind Yoga Retreat in Lajares, Fuerteventura

Facilities

Experience different styles of yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques with a theoretical and practical approach that will allow you to immediately enter into the heart of the different practices and make them yours forever. Known for its long, beautiful sandy beaches, Fuerteventura will surprise you with sand dunes, lunar landscapes, and the tranquility that only contact with nature can bring.

In a silent location, reserved for you, you can dedicate yourself to listening to your emotions and how they manifest themselves in the body, with daily sessions of yoga, meditation, and pranayama. The practice will be intense but with the lightness that only the energy of a group can provide. The retreat is for you if:

• You are not looking for a simple holiday, but want to treat yourself
• You want to listen to your emotions and how they manifest themselves in your body
• You want to experience different styles of yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques with a theoretical and practical approach that will allow you to immediately enter into the heart of the different practices and make them yours forever
• You wish to experience what it means to integrate yoga and meditation into your daily life so that every smallest gesture you make during the day is an act of love towards yourself

Practice

The keyword of this yoga holiday in Fuerteventura will be explored. It will be a real journey into the world of yoga, ranging from different styles, from the most dynamic and intense (but still accessible to all, with variations for every level of physical preparation and personalized instructions), to the most relaxing ones, real pampering for body and soul. Yin Yang yoga combines two styles of yoga into one practice, bringing together the benefits of passive yoga postures with more dynamic sequences and standing postures.

It works the deep, dense connective tissues (Yin) and joints of the body. Yang yoga, on the other hand, refers to more active practice. You will explore backbends through Gosh yoga: this system of tension and release emphasizes relaxation between periods of effort (this is the difference to many other modern styles of yoga that incorporate sun salutes between postures and link postures together).

Generally speaking, the goals of Ghosh yoga begin with health in the body and stillness in the mind. This practice uses simple therapeutic exercises to mobilize and strengthen every area of the body, from the eyes down to the toes, including the internal organs and systems. In this way, it resembles physical therapy. It uses postures (asanas) to bring grace and control to the body and stillness to the mind.

It uses breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation to reduce stress and anxiety and begin on the path of spirituality. If you have never practiced yoga or meditation before, you will be able to approach different styles and traditions in a few days, so that you can find the yoga that suits you best. If you are already practicing, you will be able to approach yoga every day with different eyes and find new ideas to enrich your practice.

• Introduction to different yoga styles and practices of Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Gosh, Yin Yang, and Kundalini yoga
• Therapeutic exercises to mobilize and strengthen every area of the body
• Themed meditations following the flow of the group with different moments in your lives call for different guidance and practice
• Integration of yoga and meditation into your daily life, so that every smallest gesture you make during the day is an act of love towards yourself

Yoga

All classes are in English and Spanish. During this retreat, you will do Hatha yoga five days a week. It is a Hatha yoga fused with flow and Vinyasa. The good thing is that your small group is practically a private class, and you can go deeper and learn more than in numerous groups. Your wonderful Paola Reznik is a very experienced yoga teacher who has trained in Argentina with a Brazilian lineage. She has worked in Costa Rica, Greece, and the Canaries.

Paula focuses the class on the breath in synchronization with the movement. She bases her technique on correct movement and posture adjustment. She will make you feel very comfortable during classes and, because of her enormous empathy, she can bring each person in only a week of class to improve to levels they never thought they could reach in such a short time.

Sample daily schedule

Saturday

• 17:00 - 19:00 Welcome and accommodation
• 20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

Sunday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 11:00 Presentation of the course
• 11:00 - 13:30 Soulandsunnday yoga event: yoga and brunch
• 18:00 - 19:30 Yin yoga (full body)
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Monday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 10:30 Hatha yoga forward bending
• 10:30 - 11:30 Brunch
• 16:00 - 19:30 Optional massage
• 18:00 - 19:30 Yin yoga or meditation
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Tuesday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 10:30 Vinyasa yoga arm balancing
• 10:30 - 11:30 Brunch
• 16:00 - 17:30 Optional Wim Hof method and ice bath
• 18:00 - 19:30 Yin yoga or meditation
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Wednesday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 10:30 Gosh Yoga back-bending meditation pranayama
• 11:30 - 12:30 Brunch
• 18:00 - 18:50 Massage
• 18:00 - 19:30 Extra yoga class by Tami
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Thursday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 10:30 Yin Yang yoga hips opening forward bending
• 10:30 - 11:30 Brunch
• 16:00 - 19:30 Optional massage
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner out (not included)

Friday

• 08:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 09:00 - 10:30 Vinyasa and Kundalini yoga arm balancing head standing meditation and pranayama
• 11:30 - 12:30 Brunch
• 18:00 - 19:30 Extra yoga class by Tami
• 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner

Saturday

• 008:30 - 09:00 Tea and fruit
• 10:00 - 11:00 Checkout
• 11:00 - 12:30 Saturday yoga event
• 12:30 - 13:30 Brunch (optional)

This retreat will be held at the 7LemonsHouse, which is located in the north part of the island, in a small surfer's village called Lajares, Fuerteventura, Spain, between two volcanoes. Lajares is the perfect place to disconnect your mind and spend a wonderful holiday, located right in between Corralejo and El Cotillo and close to many beautiful eco-tourist routes for those excursion site lovers.

Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura is the easternmost of the Canary Islands but offers different things from the others. With its vast open landscape, volcano ridges, desert dunes, crystal clear beaches, and breathtaking views, Fuerteventra has something for everyone. Lajares has a beautiful relaxed atmosphere with many surfers, artists, and creatives calling it home.

Distances

• Corralejo Sand Dunes - 10 minutes
• Cotillo Beach - 10 minutes
• La Oliva - 10 minutes
• Majanicho surf spots - 10 minutes
• Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) - 40 minutes

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Included in the package are six brunches and six dinners. On Saturday, you will enjoy tea and fruit before check out. One dinner out with the group is not included in the package. Heiko Gatje is a well-known chef, and he looks back on over 20 years of cooking experience. He has catered for big movie productions, like Exodus, of Sir Ridley Scott, and he has his catering service firm in Fuerteventura. With him, you will discover many new recipes to make delicious, healthy vegetarian food.

7LemonsHouse aims to introduce a balanced diet making your meals not only tasty but mainly nutritional, only using fresh ingredients. With Heiko's most excellent culinary tips, you will enjoy a delicious and healthy menu. Their recipes are made from local seasonal products, with a variety of ingredients. The menu is ideal for active people with regular balanced protein and carbohydrate levels. The soups are exclusive recipes, using fresh herbs, and all foods are cooked in healthy oils.

Their menus are mainly vegetarian, but once a week, you will have an option to local fresh fish during dinner time, for those of you who are not vegans or vegetarians. They avoid food colorings and preservatives. They only select wholemeal products. Breakfast is served with tea and fruit to prepare the body before the classes. Brunch, then later in the afternoon, they offer healthy snacks of fruit and vegetables.

After yoga classes in the afternoon, you have a tea time break and last but not least, exquisite dinner with healthy local products. Meals are made directly on-site and are prepared on the spot, every day, for every moment, and of course, this does not take away that they can also prepare anything you would like to eat there and then and at any given time.

The following are not included in the price but can be added at an extra cost:

• Osteopathic massage
• Thai massage
• Wim hof method and ice bath

• Multi-yoga classes
• Therapeutic exercises
• Themed meditations
• Integration of yoga and meditation into your daily life
• Pranayama and breathing techniques
• Soul&Sunday yoga event with the Fuerteventura yoga tribe
• 7 nights accommodation
• 6 brunches
• 6 dinners
• Mineral water and Ayurveda yogi teas throughout your stay
• Bodhi yoga mats and props

• Airfare
• Airport transfers
• 1 dinner out with the group
• Optional weekly yoga classes
• Optional osteopathic massage

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.