I had the best time sharing practice on retreat in Spain last week, the generosity of spirit of all involved was quite beautiful actually, I think the pictures tell the story best.
Thank you to everyone who came, Rafa for allowing us to take over his house, Juan for cooking all the amazing vegan food (pictures and recipes to come in a separate post), Cosmin for coming up with the idea on the walk to the underground at the end of our last retreat together, but especially to Andreea for actually making this beautiful thing become real allowing me to focus on my teaching, Juan and Cosmin on the cooking and everyone else on their practice (she also took some fantastic photos).
Above was the advance outline for the retreat but it ended up turning out like this
Thursday PM : Fundamentals of Krishnamacharya tradition
breathing, Vinyasa count, bandhas.
Friday AM : Krishnamacharya's Primary (with kumbhaka)
Friday PM : Cosmin's Hatha Yoga class
Saturday AM : Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga to Navasana (full vinyasa)
Saturday PM : Vinyasa Krama backbend sequences (Bow and meditative)
Sunday AM : Nancy's 'Ashtanga as it was' Primary (fewer vinyasa) up to Ustrasana (kapo and drop backs for some) in 2nd series
Sunday PM : Model Vinyasa Krama practice with key asana
Monday AM : Mysore Room morning, mixed style Ashtanga and Vinyasa Krama... in the same room!
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| Packing the food into three cars |
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| photo by Daniel |
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| Thank you to Cosmin and Andreea for the translation |
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| M's favourite for some reason, who took this? |
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| photo by Alejandra |
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| Early Morning practice |
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| photo by Alejandra |
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| photo by Alejandra |
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| chai |
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| Juan's vegan apple pie - photo by Andreea |
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| photo by Daniel |
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Huge Huge thank you to Juan for cooking all that wonderful vegan food and to his Commis chef Cosmin too of course
photo by Daniel |
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| Early Morning practice |
