It’s time for these 3 words: Health, Retreat and Ontario.

OUTDOOR YOGA!

YAY! Summer is here with a big swoop and it’s time to GET OUTSIDE and get healthy and fit and really love ourselves! So why not do yoga outdoors, we do!

We are excited to inform you about the upcoming amazing Yoga and Raw Food Retreat (Great for Gluten and Wheat free Diet) we are having in the summer months. So here it is…our summer retreats are coming up at the end of June, end of July and then one in the end of August as well.

Those of you that know my indoor classes know, I do my best to create a total experience for my students. I play inspiring music and often use smells and sounds of nature to help people relax and let go of their day. Nothing can really come close to doing yoga outdoors. Taking your class outdoors is inspiring and gets people out of their routine, after all you never know when a bird will sing or a soft breeze will set in.

Outdoor classes add a whole other dimension to one’s practice and bring yoga back to its roots. “Yoga means ‘union,’ and when it’s practiced outdoors it seems to remind us to connect to ourselves and all that is around us.

Embrace the Experience

Being outside can intensify the yoga experience in many ways, since nature inspires all the things that I teach—focusing awareness, breathing deeply, practicing stillness. Sometimes I find students want to battle the elements instead of embracing them. I like to get people to notice the bird singing and the gentle breeze and then take it back to their breathing.

Many aspects of yoga are in fact about being in the moment and at one with nature or the universe. That’s why so many yoga postures (asanas) were inspired by animals and nature. By standing in tree pose outside you really get to explore a new way of being in the pose.

I love getting my students to breathe outdoors, they can actually smell the cedar, the flowers and the grass. They can see the blue sky and feel the breeze and really get a deeper connection to self and the earth.

So…I hope we have given you one good reason to come do yoga with us.

If you want to get out of the city, do yoga outdoors and experience nature with the comfort of staying at a beautiful Eco B&B then visit the retreat section of our website for more info.

Check out the fun video of our Yogagurl Past Retreat below that we made based on the last 3 annual yogagurl retreats; So you can get a flavour for the good old fashioned fun we are creating on our Weekend Yoga retreats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD5GEt3cc5I

A testimonial from a fellow retreat-er
“The yogagurl retreat was not only relaxing but packed with cutting edge information on health, food and breathing that armed me with new tools and inspiration to bring into my daily routine, thank you!” Sarah, Toronto

PS. The retreat is very personal as it is on a private property and is limited to 6-8 women so it is quite one-on-one in terms of being able to work with your specific health goals. While also giving you the freedom to have alone time and group time.

Thank you and see you at our next retreat!