Develop a Personal Yoga Practice

January 5 to 9, 2011 - Vancouver, Canada

Wednesday to Sunday, 5 Days/4 Nights

Retreat Includes

Three meals daily, snacks, tea, accommodations – single or shared, tuition and a yoga writing journal.

Registration

Registration is Open
Early registration before Sept 15, 2010 : $800
. . . and after Sept 15 : $900
[includes HST]

Contact Info:  1 604 375 8586 / smiles@sixsenses.ca

Senior Yoga Teacher

Six Senses Yoga College developed through Cilica’s personal journey to embrace nature and the senses into the context of classical yoga. When yoga comes alive; our mind awakens, we hear and feel our bodies in our ever changing surroundings. It is in the development of our senses that human nature blossoms.

Cilica believes it important that Six Senses Yoga function on a linear rather than hierarchical foundation maintaining closely to Traditional and Modern Indian Yoga, creating a profound link to the original 6,000 years old tradition.

Knowing instinctively to meditate and be in the moment, spirituality is a way of life. It is through continued exploration of yoga asanas, meditation and pranayama that her physical presence becomes inspiring and empowering.

An intuitive instructor, Cilica encourages personal interpretations of postures meditations, and philosophies, while preserving asanas’ alignment and integrity. Her approach is mischievous, encouraging individual body shapes, abilities, and mindsets to simply be. Cilica challenges each participant to see themselves anew, while conscious that each is already perfect.

Cilica’s recent yoga studies took her to Aranmula, Kerala in Southern India for 4 months in 2007, where she increased her knowledge of Classical Yoga, received daily instruction in Kathakali, Carnatic Chants and Song, Ayurveda Medicine and Southern Indian Cooking and Culture.

She holds a Traditional Hatha Yoga and Chakra Yoga certificates from Grace Broughton, British School of Yoga, in the lineages of Krishnamacharya and his son, teacher Desikachar. Though Cilica’s initial yoga studies began in Vancouver, B.C. she studies in the U.K., Europe and Asia.

In addition to valuing the knowledge of mentors, apprenticing, and self-study, she learns by doing, observing and absorbing what she needs. Her mentors include Buddhist Monk, Reverend Koten Benson, Lions Gate Buddhist Priory and Swami in Aranmula, Kerala India.

She holds an advanced degree in music composition/voice, and extensively studies cultural vocal forms and communications. Cilica specializes in experimental and new music/voice techniques. She amalgamates her knowledge and studies into her facilitating and mentoring.

Facilitates: Pregnancy Yoga/Asana, Healing Yoga and Classical Yoga Training, 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Programing,

Bet you can jump from one cloud to the other without falling!

Open to 10 participants of all ages

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While this workshop is not about getting off your medicine directly it is about managing your Asthma in a different manner that may lead to less dependency on drugs and inhalers or the need to increase dosages.

Asthma is the restriction of breathing to which the person is unable to gain proper breath and my lead to fainting, anxiety attack, or worse. Restrictions may be caused by underdeveloped lungs, diaphragm and organs, by pollution, and or viruses.

Breathing

In this workshop we will develop the breathing system to develop your lungs, passage ways and diaphragm through deep breathing and other breathing techniques. Creating a strong body will help when Asthma may come on or you get a full attack.

Calming and Movement

We will work on exercises to open the chest and ribcage, expand lung capacity and release the neck, shoulders from tension. As important as increasing the breath, creating space for the breath to move into in the body is important. Gentle and calming ways to move, stretch and strengthen the body will be taught.

Cilica, Facilitator of this Workshop

£35 Children £45 Adults

26 September 2010 – 13:00-16:30
Slough, Berkshire

Open to 10 participants of all ages

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Chronic pain is commonly known as “pain that extends beyond the expected period of healing.” It’s almost as if the body is continuously on high, there is no low setting enabling the body and mind rest or peace from your pain caused by an injury or illness. Drugs/medicines are helpful though many pharmaceuticals simply tell the brain there is no more pain. These drugs may help in the short term but often not long term (some with unwanted side effects).

While this workshop is not about getting off your medicines, it is about managing the chronic pain in a different manner that may lead to less dependency on drugs or the need to increase dosages.

Continual pain in a holistic sense is when the body stores the energy created by pain in the body, giving it nowhere to release, to move out of the body. In this workshop we will explore meditation and movements for more mobility, and managing your breath to help.

Meditation

Some believe that meditation may cause acute awareness of the pain, causing even more distress and discomfort in aiding solutions to their pain. In this workshop we will discover a balance between awareness and calming the mind and body by easing the direct effects of this pain through meditation. We will learn a meditation technique in where we concentrate our mind away from the pain, in which we can learn to direct the pain outwards of the body. Pain is energy and when we learn to move energy through our body and outwards, we help not store up this energy, hence lessening chronic pain.

Breathing

Controlling our breath through pain is often not thought about when we hurt. Often when we hurt or are in emotional pain, we stop or hold our breath. This momentarily helps, but the pain is just felt again when we breathe again. Learn various breathing techniques to help ease your pain and lengthen your life.

Movement

Gaining back mobility lost from chronic pain is important if we want to remain healthy. Learn small to large movements specific for your body in this workshop, to regain or maintain your mobility, flexibility and strength.

Cilica, Facilitator of this Workshop

£35 Children £45 Adults

25 September 2010 – 13:00-16:30
Slough, Berkshire

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