Mon 6.8. / 15 h – Sat 11.8.2012 / 15 h
NEw: YOGA AS MEDICINE
mit Timothy McCall, MD
Certificate of participation for 50 training units
We are happy to welcome California-based doctor, author and yoga teacher Timothy McCall, MD, for the first time to the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House.
Special Asana and Pranayama classes with Swami Sivadasananda, Yoga Acharya
These lectures and workshops offer a profound insight into the practical, therapeutic potential of yoga. Timothy McCall will explain how yoga can be successfully used for both the prevention and treatment of many diseases: arthritis, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Areas of focus will include
- The ancient yogic formula for changing dysfunctional habits
- Anatomical principles that deepen yoga practice and make it safer
- The vital link between the breath, the autonomic nervous system, and mind
- Reconciling yoga and modern science
- Practicing yoga safely with various health challenges
- Ayurvedic insights that deepen yoga's therapeutic potential.
- Physiology of stress and stress relief
Appropriate for yoga students of all levels, yoga teachers from any tradition, as well as health care professionals.
SPECIAL ASANA AND PRANAYAMA CLASSES with Swami Sivadasananda
- Surya Namaskar – an intensive workout for body and mind
- Expanding body awareness in the asanas
- Deep Relaxation in the Posture
- Pranayama – anatomical effects on the Solar Plexus
- Find your meditation pose
Daily Schedule
6:00 am Meditation, mantra chanting, yoga reading
8:00 am Asana and Pranayama class with Swami Sivadasananda
10:00 am Vegetarian brunch
12:00 pm Workshop lecture with Dr Timothy Mc Call
3:00 pm Break
4:00 pm Asana and Pranayama class
6:00 pm Vegetarian dinner
8:00 pm Group meditation
Timothy McCall, MD, is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine, an award-winning writer and the Medical Editor of Yoga Journal.
He is the author of two books: Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, a Yoga Journal book from Bantam Books, and Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care.
Dr. McCall has written more than a hundred articles for Yoga Journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, Yoga International, Bottom Line Health, and many other publications.
Language: English with simultaneous translation into German via a wireless translation system.
cOURSE RATES including room and Board
- Dormitory:
615,– €
- Shared:
645,– €
- Double:
725,– €
- Single:
785,– €
Room & board in ecological health and no-smoking hotel serving wholesome organic Yogic-vegetarian food.
The rooms are equipped with wood furniture, holistic mattresses, wooden floors, shower, toilet, hairdryer, telephone and radio. Most rooms have a balcony.
Should the hotel be fully booked accommodation will be in the Sivananda Guesthouse, just 5 minutes walking distance from the Retreat House. The Sivananda Guesthouse offers a contemplative atmosphere, garden, sun deck and meditation room. Shared shower and toilet facilities are located on each floor. According to the booking conditions meals will be served either at the eco-hotel Florian or at Sivananda Guesthouse.
All rates include VAT.
Rates are subject to a 1.10 € visitor's tax per person per night.