“Practice salutogenesis through yoga and healing”
8 Day Yoga and Healing Techniques Course in Skala Vasilikon, Greece with Alchemic Body Pulsing®
Mediterranean Retreats Center, Skala Vasilikon, Lesvo, Greece
Yoga and Healing Course in Greece
The complementary nature of yoga and the so-called energy medicines is reflected in the common goal of releasing stagnant energy in the meridian system, organs, or blood connected to them. While yoga provides a format to release blocks, Alchemic Body Pulsing® provides a more comprehensive framework to understand which postures may be more suitable for improving a particular health condition.
Meet the instructors
Massimo
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Highlights
- Promote salutogenesis through yoga and Alchemic Body Pulsing®
- Rock yourself back to wellness with Alchemic Body Pulsing®
- Change old behavioral patterns that are no longer relevant and useful
- Untie knots caused by old traumas and release them safely
- Develop new ways of being with oneself and others
- Understand the fascia and how it moves within the body
- 7 nights accommodation on the island of the poets
- 3 meals a day and roundtrip airport transfers included
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Italian, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 15 participants
Airport transfer included:
Mytilene International Airport
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Shopping
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Meeting room
- Tour assistance
Mediterranean Retreats Center
The building, which today has been completely converted into a center for yoga and the study of energy and healing practices, was originally a traditional Greek tavern and small hotel. It overlooks the Gulf of Kalloni (the sea is just a few meters from the house), is completely secluded, and is set in a natural environment of exceptional beauty.
This area is a paradise for all birdwatchers from all over the world who go to the island, especially in the spring months, to admire pink flamingos, black and white storks, peregrine falcons, and many other migratory birds of rare beauty. The gulf is also an important breeding area for many fish species that make this stretch of sea teeming with life.
The center provides five rooms with bathrooms, and another five rooms with bathrooms are available 800 meters away. Holismos Yoga & Wellness offers accommodation in double rooms with single beds and in single rooms (for an additional charge). You will stay in a nice and comfortable room with its own bathroom and balcony overlooking the ocean.
- Twin room - ensuite, with air conditioning and a lovely balcony with sea view
- Single room - a lively private room with bathroom, air conditioning, and a lovely balcony with sea view
Its location, the natural context in which it is found, the peace, the silence, and the strength of the elements, make Mediterranean Retreats Center an ideal place to totally immerse oneself in the study and practice of the various disciplines, leaving behind all the physical and emotional burdens that normally crowd people's lives.
Program
While in India it has always been an intrinsic value of yogic practices to have a positive effect on the practitioner's state of health and with only a few exceptions, until recently, there was no need to develop a strand entirely dedicated to its therapeutic aspect.
On the contrary, in the West, in recent decades, there has been a desire to give some impetus to this aspect, and today, yoga therapy represents a valid synthesis between the ancient wisdom of the East and the most recent knowledge of complementary medicine, biomechanics, and posturology.
Promoting salutogenesis through yoga and “Alchemic Body Pulsing®”
This course is suitable for all yoga teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge and improve their ability to assist students. It is also useful for therapists and medical professionals who want to integrate their knowledge with new insights and perspectives. Moreover, experienced yoga practitioners can benefit from this course and improve and supplement their practice.
Alchemic Body Pulsing®
Alchemic Body Pulsing® represents the synthesis of over 30 years of study and practice in the field of bionatural disciplines. Massimo's practice of shiatsu, kinesiology, and craniosacral has certainly undergone significant evolution, becoming more subtle, intuitive, and deeper over time.
The most important influence that led him to a different understanding of life phenomena is undoubtedly due to the study and practice of Hatha yoga, based on the classical principles of the eight limbs expressed in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
In addition, his long-standing passion for music and percussion instruments, had led him up a parallel path of exploring vibratory phenomena in what he has recently called “sound harmonization.” From the union of all these passions and knowledge of his, 'Alchemic Body Pulsing®' was born.
The manual skills acquired in clinical practice and teaching of shiatsu, kinesiology, and craniosacral provided the matrix and support where he could skillfully graft aspects of the energetic physiology of the human being that became evident not only through the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but also, and above all, through the study of yoga.
The vibration then, generated by the use of voice and various types of sound reproducers, metaphorically represented the closing of the circle, allowing him to interact in a more integrated and effective manner with the subtler energetic aspects of the human being.
“Alchemic Body Pulsing®” indicates the possibility of generating or connecting with the pulsation / vibration of the body and directing it towards an alchemical transformation, wherein “alchemical” stands for mysterious, esoteric, but also transformative.
This path will allow you to acquire new and original manual bodywork techniques that are easy to use and integrate with any other technique. For you, Alchemic Body Pulsing® can become a concrete opportunity for personal growth and evolution.
Whether you are already an experienced practitioner or still a student or a complete neophyte, it makes no difference. In “Alchemic Body Pulsing®,” you will find numerous insights, inspiration, and growth.
Rocking you back to wellness with Alchemic Body Pulsing®
This practice is a powerful means of self-inquiry and growth, an effective technique to reintegrate and reconnect all of your normally disjointed parts.
Alchemic Body Pulsing® is a bodywork method that is both subtle and effective, and is a healing technique that can be learned and applied by everyone. It is a gentle and non-invasive method that uses pulsation, vibration, and pressure techniques to harmonize body fluids, prana, and the nervous system.
By working together with Hatha yoga, pranayama, and mudras, you will be able to directly interact with the blocks held in the body as well as work on physical pain, stress, tensions, and other imbalances, bringing back harmony, connection, and fluidity. You will also be able to restore the vibrational harmony necessary to live and express your life to the fullest.
Benefits:
- Release of tensions
- Rebalancing of the back, pelvis, shoulders
- Improved joint mobility
- Identification and release of emotional traumas
- Relaxation
- Improved sleep
- Increased vital energy
- Reduction of stress levels
As the body begins to relax, your thoughts, feelings, and emotions will be encouraged to surface and finally be expressed and released. Alchemic Body Pulsing® helps one to explore the inner realm, allowing any memories of emotional trauma to finally be recognized, released, and overcome.
This new method guides and helps one in these emotional and spiritual areas that need attention and reconversion:
- To change old behavioral patterns that are no longer relevant and useful
- To untie knots caused by old traumas and release them safely
- To develop new ways of being with oneself and others
- To discover which chakras are 'blocked' and need attention
- To empower themself and learn how to achieve their goals
- To know how to support and manage their health in full awareness
Program
- The concept of “salutogenesis” and “lifestyle medicine”
- Understanding the fascia and how it moves within the body
- Relation among the fascia, nadi, meridians, and prana
- Breathing and its importance for the development of life
- Basic pranayama techniques
- Muscle chains, asana, and meridian correlation
- Feeling the unwinding of the fascia
- Feeling the pulsation in special marma and acupoints
- The neurovascular system and how to treat it
- The neurolymphatic system and how to treat it
- Touching diagnosis by feeling the pulsations on special points of the body
- Theory of the chakra system; major and minor chakras
- Diagnosing the chakra through touch and the use of a pendulum
- Treating the chakras with touch, sound, and mudras
- Chanting mantra and kirtan
Daily schedule
- 08:00 Asana and pranayama practice
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 Alchemic Body Pulsing® theory and practice
- 12:30 Chanting and sound healing
- 13:00 Lunch and rest; free time
- 16:00 Alchemic Body Pulsing® practice
- 18:00 Pranic energization techniques and super brain yoga
- 19:00 Chanting and rhythmic body movements
- 19:30 Dinner
Included excursions
During this weeklong retreat, there will be one whole day and one whole afternoon free to be able to visit the main attractions of the island, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lesvo is famous for its thermal waters, so the group will also visit the hot springs of Mytilene. Transportation to these spots is included in the price.
- The petrified forest and the geological museum in Sigri
- The best beaches around the center
- Hot springs
Instructors
Massimo Cantara
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Massimo lived and studied in England for more than ten years and speaks fluent English. He is a member of Three Treasures Yoga. Massimo is a registered yoga teacher with YAI 500 as well as a professional Shiatsu therapist and teacher. He is also a qualified kinesiologist and cranial sacral therapist. In 1999, he founded Holistic, a center for yoga and complementary therapies in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy. He has been teaching yoga since 2010 specializing in anatomy, physiology, and bodywork for yoga teacher training. Massimo spent 12 years practicing Shorinji Kempo (2 Dan).
Retreat location
Lesbos, Greece
This island, despite being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, does not have a tourist presence comparable to other Greek islands such as Santorini, Mykonos, or Rhodes. Lesvos is nonetheless a generous and independent island, with its own well-defined profile in the Greek economy and full of interesting things to discover, and of course, to enjoy.
It is the home of Sappho (a famous poetess of the Classical period), the best Hellenic olive oil, and the undisputed capital of ouzo, retsina (local aromatized wine). It also boasts a curious and unique petrified forest, and its capital, Mytilene, is rich in historical vestiges and has a great student life that enlivens it even during the long winter months.
The island's nature is lush and generous. Millions of olive trees alternate with dense forests, but also leave room for desolate valleys and barren mountains. And then, there is the endless coastline, with long stretches unknown to mass tourism, solitary but welcoming, familiar only to the almost 300 species of migratory birds that choose to stop there every year.
Lesvos is an island where Greek daily life does not let itself be dazzled by the easy money and somewhat kitsch of boorish and naïve tourism. It lives its routine with optimism and appreciates the fact that those who go there have not chosen their destination at random.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
All meals will be carefully prepared by Holismos Yoga & Wellness's staff directly in the center's spacious kitchen. The raw materials and ingredients, all locally produced, are of the highest quality because they are grown in healthy, unpolluted environments and on lava soil that is rich in nutrients.
Meals will include breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Plenty of fruit from the garden, herbal teas, water, and various drinks will also be available throughout the day. Meals will be vegetarian / vegan based with a strong Greek / Middle Eastern influence.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
It will be possible to eat out to sample the local delicacies in one of the best tavernas in the surroundings.
The beaches
Like the traditional villages, Lesvos' beaches are numerous, and indeed, practically endless. From kilometers of sand and pebble beaches to quiet coves, you will be spoilt for choice. The most famous are basically four, all far apart in terms of surface area.
To the south, around the village of Plomari, is Agios Isidoros, to the north, just below Molyvos, Petra. The most famous beach in the western part of Lesvos is Skala Eressous, while along the same coast, but on the opposite side, is the beach of Vatera. All are very extensive and all have ample space to relax without crowds even in the middle of August.
What to see
On Lesvos, needless to say, there is much to see and do. To see everything, one must stay on the island for a long time, at least ten days, or return several times, and Holismos Yoga & Wellness is sure that the island will tempt anyone with this desire.
Some of the best attractions are the hot spring of Polichnitos and the Petrified Forest. Other things to see on Lesvos are the monasteries of Limonos and Taxiarchis, the Roman aqueduct, and the castle of Mytilini.
Spa treatments
On request, shiatsu, craniosacral, and sonic massage can be availed, though they are not included in the price.
What's included
- The course and course material
- Passage from and to the Mytilene International Airport (MJT)
- Transportation during the excursions
- 7 nights accommodation
- 3 meals per day
What's not included
- The flight
- Extra meals if participants decide to eat at a local taverna
- Entrance to the hot springs and museums
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MJT
Mytilene International Airport
31 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Mytilene International Airport (MJT). Transfers from and to this airport is included in the price.
Lesvos is located in the archipelago of the north-eastern Aegean Islands and is the largest of the group in size. Due to its importance, it has very easy connections with Athens, where there are several internal flights every day throughout the year.
From some European countries, you can fly directly to Lesvos, which has a small but modern international airport. If you cannot find a direct flight to Mytilene, fly to Athens and from there, take another flight to the island.
Arrival by ferry
If you want to save money, there are good connections by ship every day of the year. Ships also stop in Chios and often go as far north as Thessaloniki.
Airport: Mytilene International Airport
Airport transfer included: Mytilene International Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- 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 on arrival.
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