The Healing Journey: Yoga Practice & Therapy Retreat–
From the Gross Body to Subtle Anatomy
The Healing Journey–Retreat for All Levels
Educational Option for Yoga Teachers
50 Hour Higher Education credit for
300 Hour Yoga Teachers Diploma
500 Hour Yoga Teachers Certificate
TEACHER(s)
Vivi Letsou
Nancy Hitzanidou
DATE
Full Option: 11-18 July, 2020
CATEGORY
Teaching Skills #300:
Higher Education
50 Hour Credit
300 Hour RYT
500 Hour RYT
Yoga Alliance,
NYSY Academy
PRICE
Course: 560€
Accommodations: From 350€
A Yoga Therapy Immersion
For Yoga-Pilates-Movement Teachers and Practitioners
Our Invitation for You
Relax in a heavenly retreat in Nature.
Practice, Heal, and Learn to help others Heal!
Using correct alignment and body awareness, we learn how to apply Asana as Therapy for pain, discomfort, and misalignment for different parts of the body. “Correct Alignment=Correct Therapy” is our motto in Therapeutics.
Retreat Program Description
Longer Detailed Retreat In this Therapeutics Immersion Course, we will study detailed and subtle Anatomy along with the Correct and Therapeutic Alignment for the Body from the Feet, Ankles, Knees, Hip-Pelvis, Lower Back, Spine, Shoulders to Wrists, to Neck and Head. A thorough and therapeutic look at the human body, starting from the Physical Self, the Annamaya Kosha, and delving all the way to the Emotional and Spiritual Self, seeking the subtle connection between all layers of our existence. A detailed and revolutionary training, this course will change the way you look at a human body, as it will give you corrective yoga asanas, and Pilates exercises to bring alignment, therapy, and balance to all areas of the body from toe to head, and from skin to heart and spirit.
A few words about the Therapeutics Immersion program:
This Therapeutics Immersion program is offered from NYSY Academy as course #300 Teaching Skills. It is a Higher Education Course for Yoga and Pilates and other Movement Teachers who have completed their basic Teaching Education, and hold a Yoga Teachers 200 Hour Diploma, or a Pilates Teachers Certificate, or other Movement Teacher Certificate. Other practitioners can also attend this program and they will gain deep knowledge and experience as well. We will immerse ourselves in practice and study, against the backdrop of this incredible nature setting. We will be nurtured with good food, and the great company of humans, animals and plants, an ideal setting for healing and therapy.
Our bodies will discover a new alignment and deep opening.
With our Body and Heart we can open to a new sense of freedom and relief, so we can soar to our true potential!
Understanding and healing our bodies calls for a deeper understanding of our energetic body, and its correlation with the physical body. The energetic or subtle body is the foundation of our existence. The way that the myriad energetic channels, flows and centers are interwoven is reflected outwardly in our physical state. Learning to observe the energetic or subtle body with sensitivity and awareness, allows us to trace root causes of imbalances and to find the practice that will help us to restore balance and health in the whole system.
Our Subtle (or “Energy”) Body is that numinous entity, which contains and pervades us, literally animating our physical body through its vital flow. According to the yogic tradition, it is formed of thousands of energy channels/conducts of vital force; the points where these channels converge, are the points where the Chakras -the “wheels” of motion of our Subtle Body- manifest. At the very same points in the physical body, important vital organs, plexuses or glands are present.
The seven most important of these centers are lined up along the Central Channel of the human body, literally laying out a path from Earth to Heaven, from just minding the bare necessities, to complete Self-Realization.In this Immersion Course, we intend to delve deeply into the study of the Subtle Body, and get to know it intimately, following a transformative journey through the Energy Centers, in their physical, emotional/mental and spiritual dimensions. And, hopefully, we are going to experience what the renowned Yoga Teacher Richard Freeman says: “The Subtle Body in yoga is not only the secret to the optimal functioning and alignment of the body; it is the key to delight, love, understanding and good relationships.”
Study and Practice Themes:
- Our Subtle Body as a “map” of the Cosmos
- Subtle Body anatomy: Nadis (vital energy channels), Chakras (vital energy centers), Bindus, energy currents, Kundalini
- Chakras : The organs of our vital body – and a path of inner evolution
- Subtle Body exploration, from the toes up to the crown of the head, following the path of the Energy Centers
- The role of each Chakra in our consciousness, and how it affects our consciousness as a whole
- Investigation of the relationship of each Energy Center with the corresponding locuses and vital organs in the physical body
- How to experience the Subtle Body through specific “doorways” in the physical body
- Specific asanas, pranayama and meditation techniques, as well as positive affirmations, for awakening, activating and balancing each Chakra
- How to structure a yoga class following the stairway of the Energy Centers
- How to empower ouselves and uncover our true potential in the “Chakra Journey”, through creative discussion and playful activity
Day 1: Muladhara Chakra, Feet, Legs, Perineum
Day 2: Swadhisthana Chakra, Pelvis, Sacrum, Hip Joints
Day 3: Manipura Chakra, Abdomen, Solar Plexus
Day 4: Anahata Chakra, Diaphragm, Lungs, Heart, Ribcage, Shoulder Blades
Day 5: Vishuddhi Chakra, Upper Spine, Neck or Curvical Spine
Day 6: Ajna & Sahasrara Chakras, Head & Neck
Η κατανόηση και θεραπεία του φυσικού μας σώματος ξεκινά από την κατανόηση του εσώτερου, ενεργειακού μας σώματος, και της αλληλεπίδρασής του με το φυσικό. Η διασύνδεση των μυριάδων καναλιών ροής του ενεργειακού μας σώματος αντανακλά άμεσα στη σωματική υγεία και φυσική μας κατάσταση. Καθώς παρατηρούμε και «αφουγκραζόμαστε» το Λεπτοφυές μας Σώμα, μαθαίνουμε να ανακαλύπτουμε εγκαίρως τις πιθανές πηγές ανισορροπίας, και να αποκαθιστούμε, μέσω της πρακτικής μας, την υγεία και την ισορροπία.
Το «Λεπτοφυές» ή Ενεργειακό μας Σώμα, είναι εκείνη η υπόσταση που μας περιβάλλει και μας διαπερνά, κυριολεκτικά «εμψυχώνοντας», δίνοντας ζωή, με τη ζωτική πνοή του, στο φυσικό μας σώμα! Η γιογκική παράδοση διδάσκει ότι διαρρέεται από χιλιάδες ενεργειακά «κανάλια»-αγωγούς της ζωτικής μας δύναμης. Και εκεί όπου αυτά συναντώνται, εκδηλώνονται τα περίφημα Chakras, τα ενεργειακά μας κέντρα, οι «τροχοί» κίνησης της ζωτικής μας δύναμης. Τα επτά σημαντικότερα απ’ αυτά, βρίσκονται διατεταγμένα κατά μήκος του κεντρικού αξονα του ανθρώπινου σώματος. Στα ίδια σημεία, στο φυσικό μας σώμα, αντιστοιχούν σημαντικά νευρικά πλέγματα και εσωτερικά όργανα.
Συγχρόνως, τα επτά τσάκρας αποτελούν και ένα μονοπάτι εξέλιξης του ανθρώπινου όντος, από τις πιο βασικές ανάγκες και λειτουργίες του, έως το σημείο της απόλυτης ένωσης με το θεϊκό στοιχείο…
Αυτήν την τόσο κοντινή -και όμως τόσο μυστηριώδη- λεπτοφυή μας υπόσταση, ερχόμαστε να γνωρίσουμε στη συνάντησή μας αυτήν. Θα μελετήσουμε την «ανατομία» του Λεπτοφυούς μας Σώματος, τη σύνδεσή του με το φυσικό μας σώμα, και θα εμβαθύνουμε στη γνωριμία με τα κέντρα της ύπαρξής μας, σε όλα της τα επίπεδα -σωματικό, συγκινησιακό/νοητικό, πνευματικό- βιώνοντας έτσι το μεταμορφωτικό ταξίδι της Γιόγκα, βήμα-βήμα, από το Μηδέν μέχρι το Απειρο.
Τι θα μελετήσουμε:
- Tο Λεπτοφυές (Ενεργειακό) Σώμα μας: Ενας «χάρτης» του Σύμπαντος.
- Ανατομία του Λεπτοφυούς Σώματος: Nadis (ενεργειακά κανάλια)- τα «κύματα» του Ενεργειακού/υδάτινου σώματός μας. Chakras (Ενεργειακά Κέντρα), Bindus,
- Chakras (Ενεργειακά Κέντρα): Τα κέντρα των ψυχικών λειτουργιών -και ένα μονοπάτι εσωτερικής εξέλιξης.
- Εξερεύνηση του Λεπτοφυούς Σώματος, από τα πέλματα έως την κορυφή, ακολουθώντας το μονοπάτι των Ενεργειακών Κέντρων.
- Μελέτη της σχέσης του κάθε Ενεργειακού Κέντρου με τα αντίστοιχα σημεία/όργανα του Φυσικού Σώματος.
- Εξερεύνηση των ψυχικών/συνειδησιακών λειτουργιών που σχετίζονται με κάθε Ενεργειακό Κέντρο, και της επίδρασής τους στον ψυχισμό μας ως σύνολο.
- Asanas, Pranayamas και Διαλογισμοί για την ενεργοποίηση και αφύπνιση του κάθε Ενεργειακού Κέντρου.
- Σχεδίαση της γιογκικής πρακτικής (Asana – Pranayama – Διαλογισμός) αξιοποιώντας την κλίμακα των Ενεργειακών Κέντρων.
- Ανακάλυψη των δυνατών σημείων μας, και αυτών που χρειάζεται να ενδυναμώσουμε, μέσα από διαδραστική συζήτηση και παιχνίδι, ακολουθώντας το μονοπάτι εξέλιξης του Λεπτοφυούς μας Σώματος.
1η ημέρα: Muladhara Chakra, Πέλματα, πόδια, περίνεο
2η ημέρα: Swadhisthana Chakra, λεκάνη , ιερό οστό , ισχία
3η ημέρα: Manipura Chakra, κοιλιά, κοιλιακοί
4η ημέρα: Anahata Chakra, διάφραγμα, πνεύμονες, καρδιά, θώρακας και ωμοπλάτες
5η ημέρα: Vishuddhi Chakra, λαιμός, αυχένας
6η ημέρα: Ajna και Sahasrara Chakras, κεφάλι, αυχένας
7:00 Meditation
8:00 Morning Ayurvedic Drink, Very light breakfast
8:30 Asana—Dynamic & Therapeutic Yoga Practice
11:00 Brunch
14.30-17.00 Therapeutics Training: A Map to the Subtle Body & Awareness Techniques
17:00 Tea & Walk
18.00-19.30 Therapeutics Lab: Working with people with issues in the area we study
19:30/20.00 Dinner
7:00 Meditation
8:00 Morning Ayurvedic Drink, Very light breakfast
8:30 Asana—Dynamic & Therapeutic Yoga Practice
11:00 Brunch
14.30-17.00 Therapeutics Training: A Map to the Subtle Body & Awareness Techniques
17:00 Tea & Walk
18.00-19.30 Therapeutics Lab: Working with people with issues in the area we study
19:30/20.00 Dinner
Friday 5 June departure 12 June
16:00 Welcome to your room/Familiarize yourself with Zen Rocks
18:00 Welcome circle… Easy introduction practice 20:00 Dinner & Relaxation. Early bed time.
7:00 Meditation
8:00 Morning Ayurvedic Drink, Very light breakfast
9:00 Asana—Dynamic & Therapeutic Yoga Practice
11:00 Brunch
50 Hour Higher Education Credit, NYSY Academy & Yoga Alliance
If you are following this as a Course for Credit, the following are necessary. You can also audit the Course, simply as a practitioner.
Basic Anatomy Studies
Yoga Teachers 200 Hour Diploma
Pilates Teachers Certificate
Other Movement Teacher Certificate
Anatomy of Movement, by Blandine Calais-Germain
Yoga of the Subtle Body, A Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Yoga by Tias Little
A few words about Teachers/Facilitators
Vivi Letsou
• Bachelor’s of Science–Aeronautics, Master of Arts–Theater Arts,
• Director of NYSY Yoga & Pilates Academy
• Certified Teacher: Yoga Alliance 500 hours, BASIPilates™,
• Abhaya Yoga Creator
Vivi is a strong and charismatic Yoga Teacher and Teachers’ Educator. Through her journey of teaching Yoga, practicing Zen, making films in California for 20 years, and then building the vibrant NYSY Academy for Yoga & Pilates and co-founding the well-loved Avocado Vegetarian Café in Athens, and now managing and teaching at Zen Rocks, she has been able to find a way of Yoga practice that makes us strong in all levels and helps us to triumph even amidst difficult challenges. Having taught in the traditions of Ashtanga, Anusara, and Vinyasa Yoga, Vivi finally created Abhaya Yoga—a style that combines dynamic asana with strong alignment focus, and an empowering philosophy rooted in Tantra and the Buddhist path of compassion for all beings. A strong emphasis in Abhaya Yoga is Therapy, Alignment, and Therapeutic Asana. Deeply interested in ways of healing trauma, injury, and finding optimum balance Vivi, has studied Yoga Therapy, Pilates Therapeutics, Asian Healing Modalities such as Massage, Ayurveda, and many other Therapeutic courses. Like all beings, Vivi has experience body pain and trauma many a time, mostly due to exhaustion from overworking. Recently she was diagnosed with an immune disease and thyroid disfunction.
Against her doctors’ advice to take medicine, Vivi chose the path of fasting, herbs, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy. Her problem was healed and she recovered complete health. Doctors still refuse to believe it. It is this path to self-empowering and healing that Vivi loves to share with people who are ready, through Yoga and Movement courses focusing on Alignment and Therapeutics. Step by step she shows people how to align better and feel better in all aspects of life. Miracles are within reach; let us reach it so we can all work for a better world for all.
Certifications
Vivi holds the following Certifications
Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics Department of Engineering, SJSU, California
Master of Arts, Theater Arts, SJSU, California
Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training, Tim Miller, San Diego
Asian Healing Arts Therapist, Acu-Pressure Institute, Berkeley
Acu-Yoga Instructor, Acu-Pressure Institute, Berkeley
Anusara Certified Teacher, First Anusara Teacher Certified in Greece
Bhakti Flow Certification, Rusty Wells, San Francisco
Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher, 500 hours, USA
BASI Pilates Certified Teacher, 500 Hours, California
Pre-Natal Yoga TT, Sue Elkind, Dig Yoga
Yoga Therapy Teacher Training, John Friend,Todd Norian, Naime Jezzeny
Injuries and Pathologies Course, Samantha Wood, Basi Faculty-Physical Therapist
Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers, Arun Deva, Yogarasayana USA
and many others…
When you are ready for POSITIVE CHANGE,
your life will CHANGE POSITIVELY!
A few words about Teachers/Facilitators
Anastasia, Nancy Hitzanidou
Electrical and Systems Engineering, MSc
NYSY Yoga Certified Teacher, 500 Hours
Yoga Alliance E-RYT® 500, YACEP®
Nancy ‘s deep love for Yoga as a physical exercise, as a philosophy and as a way of life, infused in her the desire of sharing the joy of Yoga practice with other people.
Having apprenticed at Yoga Arts School since 2001, she first completed, in 2008, the Yoga Alliance 200-hour Registered Yoga Teachers Training Program at NYSY Studios with Vivi Letsou, and, in August 2011, the NYSY Studios Yoga Alliance 500-hour Registered Yoga Teachers Training Program, having chosen Meditation and Tantric Studies as her focus field.
In June 2015, she completed the Meditation Teaching Training Program: “The Art and Practice of Teaching Meditation”, in London, with Sally Kempton, while, in December 2016, she was certified from the Traditional Yoga Studies Institute (Georg and Brenda Feuerstein), for having completed a 3-year Distance Learning Course (800-hour) in Philosophy and History of Yoga.
Her practice is deeply inspired by her Teachers, as well as by the numerous Yoga workshops and Teacher Training programs she attends, in Greece and abroad, led by exceptional Teachers, and concerning various techniques of physical practice (Asana), Pranayama, and Meditation (Dhyana).
Since 2008, she teaches classes, leads workshops, and serves as faculty for Teacher Training Programs, in which the physical postures, meditation and applied Yoga Philosophy interweave and inspire each other.
Value & Prerequisites
€ 350 with your own tent
€ 400 Zen Rocks Luxury Tent
€ 490 4 Bed Room Dormitory
€ 630 Triple Room
€ 700 Double Room
€ 1,100 Single Room
Immersion Course 560€
- Accommodations, 7 nights
- Daily Yoga classes & meditation
- Τwo delicious vegetarian meals a day (brunch and dinner) and Light
- Breakfast
- All yoga equipment and accessories
- Biodegradable toiletries
- Transfer to and from Zen Rocks Mani
- Transfers around Zen Rocks and the area
- Additional therapeutic treatments or private yoga sessions where applicable.
Looking forward to welcoming you to Zen Rocks, rediscover yourself in paradise.
Packages
Double Room
Deluxe Triple Room with Sea View. This triple room features a balcony, dining area and minibar. Share a room with two of your friends or two other retreat guests.
Triple Room
Deluxe Triple Room with Sea View. This triple room features a balcony, dining area and minibar. Share a room with two of your friends or two other retreat guests.
Quadruple Room
Deluxe Quadruple Room with Sea View. This quadruple room features a balcony, dining area and minibar. Share a room with three of your friends or three other retreat guests.