V Retreat
Visiting Masters
November 1 – 3, 2011 and February 1 – 3, 2012
The Path to Sacred Love Retreat
Rohanna is the Founder of TantraPath (www.tantrapath.com) since 2006 and a Tantra Coach. Her work focuses on helping people to integrate Tantra: Path to Sacred Love, into every aspect of their lives. She offers workshops for couples and singles, and private coaching for women and couples for cultivating conscious loving, and heart connection.
One of her many gifts is the ability to gracefully combine ancient Yoga, Tantra and Taoist practices, methods and techniques. Her spiritual practice of tantra and yoga draws inspiration through the teachings and the tantric wisdom of her teachers and spiritual guides: Osho, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Mahavatar Babaji, Daniel Odier, Bodhi Avinasha, David Deida, Margot Anand, Caroline Muir, Deborah Sundahl, Mukee Okan, and Mantak Chia.
Rohanna is certified by the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center and has studied and taught at their facilities in New York in residence study in their traditional ashram setting. She has also studied with many renowned teachers like John Scott, David Swenson, Ana Forrest, Sharon Gannon, David Life, Shiva Rea. She has over 10 years experience as a healer and a teacher in a variety of settings.
September 9 – 11, 2011
Healing Yoga Detox & Rejuvenation Retreat
Sri .Raghavendra Gowd Guruji was born in the southern part of divine land India. He is a nationally and internationally celebrated young yoga guru and spiritual leader known for his passionate, dynamic, creative and inspirational style of teaching that incorporates both the physical and spiritual aspects of the yoga practice and life skills.
He was introduced to yoga from his childhood days, and throughout his professional study of yoga, he has learnt the benefits of creative healing through smile, self- inquiry, reflection and acceptance – “The Importance of Yoga in life.” Through combining his daily asana practice with his commitment to the inner emotional and spiritual journey he created for himself a transformational healing path – “Prana Vinyasa Yoga”, a combination of Hatha yoga, Sivananda yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Pathanjali yoga and Gandharva Vidya. This has helped him to elevate spiritually and stimulate energy to witness unification of mind, body and spirit.
He has practised and mastered Healing Mudra, Anga Samudrika, Tantra Yoga, Vedas and Aura Healing under the guidance of many great spiritual masters. He has reached out to thousands of people worldwide through personal interactions, public events, teachings, yoga workshops, and humanitarian initiatives. He travels throughout India and overseas, carrying his vision and universal message of creating world peace through yoga and smile. His work continues to evolve and is deeply influenced by many of the great traditions.
August 19 – 21, 2011
A Return to Wholeness
Siew Yong has been teaching yoga, relaxation and meditation for the last ten years. She is a certified yoga teacher from sVyasa Indian Yoga Institute. She combines the body work from Body-Mind Centering (BMC) developed by Bonnie bainbridge Cohen using the human developmental patterns as well as the understanding of the Vedic traditions in her classes. As an ordained Nithya Spiritual Healer, her request to find fulfilment has led her to take the quantum jump into the unknown, embracing the creative force of Existence of which everyone is a part of. Besides a passion in spirituality, Vedic culture and yoga. Siew Yong also enjoy travelling and working with children and women. She is also a certified counsellor.
June 24th to 26th, 2011
Ecstatic Dance Retreat
Michael Hallock has been leading Spirit Dance for 4 years at The Golden Door Health Retreat – Elysia in Australia. He regularly leads retreats in Australia and across Asia Pacific. His background in the healing arts is extensive and varied, and he has been teaching yoga since 1999. A retreat leader at some of the most acclaimed resorts in Asia Pacific, he has taught for Chivasom (Thailand), The Golden Door Health Retreat Elysia, and Five Elements Healing Centre (Bali). His teaching is characterised by a simplicity, depth, humor, and warmth. Michael’s teaching and presence owes much to the three years he spent in ashrams (monasteries) of India, where he lived and breathed yogic teachings, particularly at the Bihar School of Yoga (Satyananda Yoga) where he completed his one-year residential Diploma in Advanced Yogic Studies in 1999. A writer, therapist, yogi, and teacher, he leads retreats internationally and is based in Bali.
December 3rd to 5th, 2010
The Silent Explosion Meditation Retreat
Nicole Ling (BSc Psych, Specialist Dip Counseling Psych) is a certified Active Meditation TM Facilitator, Counsellor and Group Process Facilitator. Nicole’s interest in meditation began during her childhood when her maternal grandfather introduced her to Zen Meditation. Since then, meditation has then become a vital aspect of her life.
Nicole’s innate passion for Psychology, Bioenergetics (founded by Wilhelm Reich M.D.) and Transpersonal work provides her with the advantage of being able to understand today’s men and women, and their difficulties of finding balance in the accelerated pace of contemporary life. With a background of more than 10 years in the wellness field, Nicole has facilitated Active Meditation and Stress Management Programs for drug users and ex-inmates, and was one of the invited guest speakers at the 18th International Pharmacy COngress. Nicole’s work consists of intimate one-on-one individual sessions, as well as group sessions. A trained counselor, her approach to meditation coaching is sensitive, humane and collaborative.
September 2nd to 8th, 2010
Essential Bodywork with Kimberlee Newman-Tyler
Kimberlee has a Diploma in Remedial Massage and ten years of massage industry experience. She has studied Hawaiian Lomi Lomi in Australia and on Kauai, in Hawaii; trained in Thai Massage in CHiang Mai, Thailang; and given Lomi Lomi instruction to spa staff in Singapore and Australia. Kimberlee is taught a Hawaiian Lomi Lomi workshop at V Integrated Wellness, The Andaman,Langkawi, Malaysia in September 2010, and her intention is to teach internationally on a regular basis. Kimberlee currently has a beautiful clinic in Peregian Beach.
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi is a cleansing, powerful, balancing massage, which incorporates long, flowing strokes using the forearms, elbows, wrists and hands in a continuous, fluid, rhythmic motion that can energizee and ground you at the same time. It is supported by the Seven Principles of Huna Philosophy that are the spiritual guidelines of the ancient Hawaiian people. This is a philosophy of self awareness and personal empowerment.
August 27th to 29th, 2010
Renew Yourself with Julien Levy
A true seeker, Julien Levy has an insatiable thirst for knowledge, a passion for passing on traditional arts of wellness. As a yoga teacher (Yoha Alliance Certified), with a martial arts background, Julien considers yoga as a metaphor of life: yoga poses (Asana) are like life situations one can deal with thanks to the breath. His approach is based on respect yourself, move with consciousness, explore your limits without pushing them.
Julien’s Vinyasa yoga class, infused with Anusara, Ashtanga, Prana Yoga Flow (Shiva Rea style) Yogic Arts (Duncan Wong synthesis) are based on power, balance and flexibility of both body and mind. His relaxing yoga class, infused with hatha yoga, Sivananda and Yi yoga are peaceful and introspective.
Julien has traveled extensively in India, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. He has studies and sough inspiration under world renowned yoga and martial arts masters such as Gerard Arnaud, Mark Darby, Duncan Wong, Amy Ippoliti, and Desiree Rumbaugh, Julien founded Kalya, a center for traditional arts of wellness in Thonon-les-Bains, France.