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 Swimming pool and tobacco barns at night
KAOMAI LANNA RESORT RETREAT PACKAGE
The prices stated below are inclusive and here are the details. We make these yoga retreats exceptionally affordable and here is an offer too good to refuse. Join us for an extraordinary gathering!
INCLUDED:
- 7 nights at Kaomai Lanna resort
- 7 breakfasts and 7 vegetarian lunches
- 2 vegetarian dinners (arrival day & film night)
- Daily transportation to/from Chiang Mai
- Use of all resort facilities
- 36 hours of Anusara Yoga
NOT INCLUDED:
- Transportation to/from the retreat
- Dinners (except the 2 mentioned above)
- Spa treatments such as Thai massage, etc.
- Tipping the retreat staff
All options A,B,C,D gives the total price in Euro
per person/week - all taxes incuded. We will help to match you with a suitable room mate if desired.
- Deluxe rooms (1 or 2 beds)
Spacious, air-con, cable-TV, fridge, the bathroom has bath tub and a separate hot shower.
A) Shared by two: €490/person
B) Single: €630
- Superior rooms (2 beds)
Air-con, cable-TV, fridge, and a hot shower.
C) Shared by two: €450/person
D) Single: €580
- 2 retreat weeks
Those who are participating both weeks (Immersion Part I & II) ) will keep their rooms on the 2 days off, Feb 6 and 7 (breakfast included). The full cost for the 16 night option is:
Deluxe Room: A) €1020/person B) €1340
Superior Room: C) €940/person D) €1230
Kaomai Lanna rooms
REGISTRATION
Space is limited - register early to guarantee your place.
- Register by paying a non-refundable deposit of €100. Full payment is required by Jan 1, 2009. After this date no refunds or credits.
- To register fill out the Application Form
Room entry and porch
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Some people said:
"Jonas is a brilliant teacher. A combination of sensitivity and wit matched with wisdom and candor, Jonas's delivery is precise, direct and powerfully transformative. The steadfast atmosphere of trust and love created by the Kula made the entire experience amazing and almost transcending. The retreat at Kaomai Lanna is a blast!"
Bec, Singapore
"Thank you Jonas for a truly inspiring course, and assisting me on my continual yoga journey, with taking my practice to new dimensions. I found the course extremely rewarding and your style of teaching very uplifting and empowering."
Melanie, Yoga teacher (and pregnant), UK
Thank you for giving a wonderful experience in Chiang Mai. I was so much inspired by your teaching and words that you' gave us every morning at the beginning of the class. For me it was the place to reconfirm the feeling I had when I started yoga, the joy of practice, and the beauty of learning from a wonderful teacher!
Mikiko Yatabe,Tokyo, Japan
"The wonderfully warm people and the winding down Thai massage in the evenings made this retreat a treat from beginning to end. But principally, of course, Jonas's precise, beautifully communicated knowledge of yoga made this more than just a learning curve - but a precious inner/outer spiraling life enriching experience."
Lindy Clarke, South Africa
"For the past 4 years, I have been fortunate to find myself rounding off my Thailand Journey with the Anusara Yoga retreat. It has become the highlight of my annual journey to gather with some wonderful folks to practice and play. Jonas embodies the genuine mirthful spirit of a deep personal practice as the Universal Principles reveal themselves during our sessions. I have never made greater progress in my practice, and with such ease of effort. Kudos to Jonas's ability to captivate, motivate, and educate students of varying levels simultaneously."
James Pehler, Structural Bodyworker, USA
"I now know the difference between practicing with a teacher and practicing with a master. Jonas leads with passion, skill, understanding, knowledge, warmth and a good sense of humor. His understanding of Anusara yoga has brought my practice to a point that both makes sense and gives me direction for the future. If you get the chance to attend a retreat with Jonas you’ll never look back."
Margi Gibb, M. Ed; Melbourne, Australia
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
The Yoga retreat is in itself a full-time endeavour. There is, however, additional options of how to spend some of your time-off away from the retreat. The lunch breaks are spacious and lend themselves to short excurions in the nearby area. One afternoon is free and there are many activities to choose from - or just laze around by the pool and simply be. The fabric of everyday Thai life goes on all around the area near the resort.
Elephant riding is available and an opportunity not to be missed if you haven't tried it before. Thailand's highest peak, Doi Inthanon, is within reach as are whitewater river rafting, jungle hiking, and more.
Viang Tha Karn with ruins of an 800-year-old town, lies just 3 km from the resort. You can wander through a cluster of ancient pagodas, view buddha images and ruins of ancient temples - reflecting the glory days ancient kingdoms before the establishment of Chiang Mai.
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2009 ANUSARA YOGA RETREATS IN THAILAND
with Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor Jonas Westring
IMMERSION I: JAN 30 - FEB 6 | IMMERSION II: FEB 8 - FEB 15
PARTICIPATE IN BOTH RETREATS JAN 30-FEB 15
We are glad to announce the fifth annual Anusara yoga retreats gathering in northern Thailand. People from all over the world, some returning year after year, join in yoga community to bathe in the splendor of Anusara yoga. Our venue is a resort located just 30 minutes outside Chiang Mai. Easy within reach of the "rose of the north", one of Chiang Mai's many names, Kaomai Lanna Resort offers boutique accommodations, a wonderful swimming pool and more - in a lush, tropical garden setting.
2008 Anusara Retreat
KAOMAI LANNA RESORT
This unique 3-star boutique resort rests on 20 acres of natural land that hold 18 former tobacco curing barns, converted into 36 guest rooms with colonial style antique furniture. From the outside you see old red-brick walls, unchanged throughout the past 50 years. Step inside and you have entered a new world - two storey guestrooms decorated in Thai contemporary style. Several other buildings includes conference rooms and restaurant as well as a spacious swimming pool with jacuzzi, a wellness center with massage therapy and Thai herbal steam sauna.
Accommodation: converted tobacco barns
THE IMMERSION
Anusara Yoga is an elegant and therapeutic hatha yoga system that unifies a Tantric philosophy with Universal Principles of Alignment™. It is one of the most popular and fastest growing yoga styles in the world with its uplifting philosophy, epitomized by a "celebration of the heart," that looks for the good in all people and all things. Students of all levels of ability and yoga experience are honored for their unique differences, limitations, and talents.
The Immersion Part I retreat welcomes all levels of yoga students. The Anusara system lends itself to accomodate various levels of yoga students simultaneously, and the retreat is designed to allow each individual to practice and progess at their pace and level, with the support of the group. Immersion Part II is taking it to the next level.
Anusara Immersion Part I
Jan 30-Feb 6, 2009
All levels of yoga students welcome
- The Five Universal Principles of Alignment
- The Seven Loops and other essential secondary principles
- The three A’s: Attitude, Alignment, Action
- Foundation and form of the Anusara Level 1 Syllabus of yoga asana
- The vision of Anusara yoga and fundamentals of Tantric philosophy
- Contemplation, meditation, and relaxation techniques
- Foundational yoga breathing techniques
- Historical overview of ancient and modern yoga systems
- Adhikara (studentship) and being in the yoga community
Anusara Immersion Part II
Feb 8-15, 2009
Prerequistes: Immersion Part I or instructors approval.
- Review and refinement of the Anusara principles and alignment technique
- Completion of Level 1 Syllabus and introduction to Level 2
- Subtle body anatomy overview: Vayus, Chakras, Koshas, and Nadis
- Overview of the the 36 Tattvas and the 5 Elements
- Restorative practices and the use of props
- Introduction to principles of Ayurvedic lifestyle
- Overview of the 8-fold path of Ashtanga Yoga
- Balanced practice design through the Art of Sequencing
- Applied Yoga Anatomy relating to the Level 1 Syllabus
More info on the full 108-hour Immersion
INSTRUCTOR
Jonas Westring is a multi-certified yoga instructor who went to his first personal yoga retreat in 1981. He is experienced in a variety of yoga styles, a physiotherapist, and a Certified Anusara Yoga® teacher who began studying with the renowned yoga educator John Friend in 1999. Jonas has been teaching Anusara yoga since 2003 and now shares this passion around the world.
DAILY STRUCTURE
Every morning there is a 3-hour complete practice session. At 12 noon we break for lunch for lunch and a spacious 3-hour timeperiod to relax. Afternoons have a second and different session, with time for questions, posture details and other related topics. The evenings, apart from an outdoor big screen film evening and a celebration night, are free for relaxing, socializing, individual study, Thai massage therapy, or a trip to Chiang Mai for the abundance of offerings there.
SCHEDULE
This is the outline for the days at the retreat, however, please note that these times may change slightly as needed.
Day 1) 15:00-17:00 arrival and registration | 19:30-21:00 welcome session
Day 2) 9:00-12:00 | 15:00-17:00
Day 3) 9:00-12:00 | 15:00-17:00
Day 4) 9:00-12:00 | 15:00-17:00 | 19:30-21:30 film
Day 5) 9:00-12:00 | free afternoon
Day 6) 9:00-12:00 | 15:00-17:00
Day 7) 9:00-12:00 | 15:00-17:00 | 19:30 celebration
Day 8) 9:00-12:00
FOOD
Included in the retreat package is breakfast buffet, vegetarian lunch buffet, and two dinners. To give freedom to choose and enjoy variety, most dinners are on your own.
Breakfast: A breakfast buffet will be served at the resort. Eat enough to give you stamina to participate fully in the morning practice, but not so much it makes you heavy.
Lunch: A wholesome, Thai style vegetarian lunch buffet (brown rice, mixed veggies, salad, assorted fruit, herbal drink) is served from 12:15 in the Mango tree Garden at the resort.
Dinner: On the arrival evening as well as on the film night a vegetarian dinner buffet will be served. Other evenings you can enjoy the resort restaurant or choose to have dinner elsewhere such as in Chiang Mai where practically anything culinary imaginable is available.
Restaurant
TRANSPORTATION
A taxi from Chiang Mai airport or city to the resort is about B400-500. There will be daily free evening transportation between Chiang Mai and the Kaomai Lanna resort.
INTERNET
Internet (and WiFi for laptops) is available at the resort for 200 THB/week.
WHAT TO BRING
You need to bring a yoga mat! Yoga mats may be available in Chiang Mai but best is to bring your own from home. We provide sitting cusions, blankets, belts and blocks. If it's easy for you to bring any of your own props please feel free to do so.
CLIMATE
The days will be warm and the temperature will drop slightly at night but not much. Early February is when the hot season in the north begins and you will enjoy some heat for the yoga practice as well as a nice swimming pool to contrast. Bring bathing suits!
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