Haṃsa Free School of Hatha Yoga

This retreat is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with the ground beneath you. In a house nestled between forest and lake, and held by the steady unfolding of nature in early June, we will explore the energy of Muladhara Chakra through Hatha Yoga and Somatic Experiencing–informed practices focused on sensing and nervous-system regulation.

Practices are accessible to mixed levels and offered with variations, allowing each participant to move at their own pace and within their own capacity. Alongside movement and breath, time will be spent outdoors—walking in the forest, resting by the lake, and orienting to the sensory richness of the season.

Silence, warmth, nourishing food, and simple embodied daily rituals create a supportive container where the body can soften while staying connected to the vitality of early summer, allowing space for integration, reflection, and simply being.

This retreat is especially supportive for those seeking:
– Grounding and stabilization
– Recovery from stress, overwhelm, or disconnection
– A trauma-sensitive approach to yoga and embodiment
– A gentle return to body awareness

All sessions are offered in both German (Nike) and English (Amanda).
Open to all levels and backgrounds — no experience needed.

The retreat includes:
– 4 hours of daily yoga (morning & afternoon sessions)
– Meditative walks through the forest, swims in the lake, and sauna time
– Somatic Experiencing informed meditations
– Vegan/vegetarian self-made meals (brunch + dinner)
– Accommodation in a double room or tent

Arrival: Monday, June 1, 3 pm
Departure: Thursday, June 4, 11 am

Participation fee (include food, accommodation and yoga practice):
– Tent 365€
– Double Room 415€

Want to come along? Sign up here and we’ll be in touch soon.

If you’re curious to explore the subtle body through chakra-themed yoga and already have some yoga experience, this Hatha B course in the Chakra Series might speak to you.

We’ll meet weekly for an intermediate 90’+ Hatha Yoga practice combining asana, pranayama, short meditations, and inspirations for self-inquiry.

Our journey through the inner rainbow now brings us to Vishuddha — the throat centre of expression, truth, resonance, and conscious communication. Associated with purification and the element of ether (space), Vishuddha bridges inner knowing and outer expression. It governs how we listen, how we speak, and how authentically we allow our voice to emerge.

A balanced Vishuddha supports clear boundaries, honest yet compassionate communication, deep listening, and the courage to express ourselves with integrity and sensitivity.

You can expect spacious, steady Hatha and Hatha Flow practices that emphasise length and freedom through the neck, shoulders, jaw, and upper chest, while maintaining grounded support from the lower body and the torso. We’ll explore sound and refined pranayama practices that cultivate subtle awareness and the vibrational quality of breath.

Each session will close with integration through breath awareness, gentle sound or mantra, mudras, deep rest, and meditation—allowing the practice to settle into inner spaciousness and support clear, embodied expression in daily life.

Register here or write at: amanda@thisisyoga.org

Next course: Ajna and Sahasrara
May – June 2026

This 3-week morning intensive will give you a strong experiential base to integrate the yogic art of breathing in your practice and experience its powerful effects in terms of enhanced vitality, physical well-being, emotional resilience, mental clarity, concentration, connection with the subconscious mind and expansion of consciousness.

The course includes 3 weeks of sattvic cleanse, optional and depending on experience (more info below).

Register here, or write at amanda@thisisyoga.org

Week 1
– Asanas for pranayama
– Breath awareness and basic pranayamas: abdominal, thoracic and clavicular breathing, full yogic breath
– Pranayamas to expand the capacity of the lungs
– Exercises to relax and strengthen the diaphragm
– Dynamic pranayamas, part 1
– Root lock (mula bandha) and throat lock (jalandhara bandha)

Week 2
– Dynamic pranayamas, part 2
– Energising pranayamas
– Diaphragm lock (uddyiana bandha)
– Breath retention (kumbhaka): introduction

Week 3
– Pranayamas with kumbhaka and bandhas
– Pranayama in the asana practice
– Pranayamas for meditation

This intensive course is included in our 100h Pranayama Teacher Training.

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SATTVIC CLEANSE
There is the option to join Amanda and other group members on a 3-week sattvic cleanse, which include the practice of shatkarmans (yogic cleansing techniques), good sleep hygiene, outdoor time, sattvic diet and fasting.

Sattva is in Samkhya philosophy one of the three qualities or tendencies of manifestation, translated as “pure”. Sattvic food is food that is life-giving, purifies one’s existence, gives strength, health, happiness, and empowers virtues such as ahimsa (non-violence) and daya (compassion). That means local and seasonal vegan food, a diet based on ripe fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and nuts and seeds in reasonable quantities. No sugar, sweets or chocolate, salt, pepper, alcohol or fizzy drinks, no black or green tea, coffee, strong spices, garlic, onion, and of course no processed food of any kind.

A sattvic diet has a strong detoxifying effect but it means more than that. It challenges our consuming and eating patterns, develops mindful eating, compassion for other beings and the planet, and stimulates creativity!

An introductory text with all important guidelines will be sent upon registration.