EMBODYING EMPTINESS Autumn Yoga and Fasting Retreat
Emptiness is an embodied experience, not an idea.
Everything comes from emptiness.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Come and share an Autumn weekend in the nature of Brandenburg, a Pranayoga Method® retreat dedicated to exploring the connection between inner fire and mental clarity in the yoga practice, supported by fasting.
The yoga practice will include Asana in the Hatha tradition, Pranayama, meditation and restorative Yoga Nidra.
Our journey will begin at the level of Manipura Chakra: seat of our metabolic fire and connected with the production, distribution and management of energy, it is also the abode of our inner authority and ego-identity. Often obscured by limiting habits, Manipura thrives when its light is purified, refined, enlightened, and allowed to shine forth in a vast inner landscape. When clear and healthy, Manipura provides incredible power and becomes the anchoring ground for the expansion and refinement of Ajna, the chakra of the mind.
For this process to unfold, we will make space for quiet, emptiness and presence, away from the excess of noises and stimuli of ordinary life. With the support of fasting, silence and journaling we will pause to observe the mostly automatic patterns that characterize our inner and outer experiences – the way we eat, speak, relate, think.
This physical and energetical reset has the potential to reveal unknown stored energies, create clarity of vision and open the connection to subtle mental faculties.
In order to enjoy this experience at its fullest, we will provide guidance for 2 weeks of self paced preparation, including guidelines on diet and lifestyle, and 1 week of integration (more info below).
The house will accommodate recovery sleep, community time in nature and you-time in a yogic environment.
PARTICIPATION INCLUDES:
- Daily morning and afternoon yoga practice, for a total of 4-5 hours/day
- A lecture on the 3rd and 6th Chakra
- Time for rest and journaling, walks in nature, sauna
- Time for silence
- 3 days of liquid fasting (incl. 1 day of water fasting)
- A preparatory online gathering two weeks prior to the retreat
- Guidelines for 2 week of self paced preparation and 1 week of integration
- Accommodation in double bedrooms
Arrival: Friday 18th October, 2 pm
Departure: Sunday 20th October, 1 pm
Participation fee (food, accommodation and practice): 380 €
FASTING
Our intention for this yoga retreat is to allow a space of inner and outer simplicity. Sensing the body as a space, we bring our attention to the transformative processes within. Through acceptance resistance is transformed in possibility.
We see fasting as a way to simplify and reduce the impact of external energetic stimuli, cleanse the bodymind and engender a state of calmness and alertness, thus enhancing our ability to sense and focus on subtler experiences and realms of existence.
Fasting can be a deeply transformative experience but can also bring about challenges and discomfort and needs to be approached with care and adequate preparation.
This is why we will open our collective space of regeneration through an online gathering two weeks prior to the retreat: a time to introduce principles and preparatory guidelines, and address doubts and questions.
The gathering will be followed by two weeks of self-paced sattvic diet, supported by plenty of yummy vegan recipes that will clear the path to the 3-day of liquid fasting at the retreat.
To open and to close our retreat we will have smoothies, juices and light soups prepared with organic ingredients, love and care.
On Saturday we will deepen the practice through an optional (and recommended) water fasting day, with optional add-ons for those who prefer to stay within the frame of liquid fasting.
The retreat is an opportunity to support body awareness, mental well-being and time to inquire inwardly. In the yoga space and communal time, we will ask you to leave the phone on the side, and highly recommend a self-defined time of digital detox for its power of enhancing the retreat transformative process.
For questions and additional info: amanda@thisisyoga.org