Yoga Summer Days
Deepen your practice and enjoy summer
Experience new vitality, positivity and lightness through daily yoga practice, walks, healthy vegetarian meals, meditation and inspiration.
Spiritual Highlight
Prem - Divine Love
Discourses on the Bhakti Sutras of Sage Narada
Thu. 11 August – Mon. 15 August 2022
With Guest of Honour
Sri Venugopal Goswami,
Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, North India
6:00 – 7:30 am: Morning meditation
Silent meditation, mantra chanting and a short talk/lecture on “Yoga and Health”.
Sometimes the morning meditation takes the form of a silent walk.
8:00 – 9:45 am: Asanas and Pranayama
Inspired by the Sivananda book, Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion
- The physical effects of the asanas
- Experiencing gravity in the relaxation pose
- Abdominal breathing and full yogic breathing in practice
- Intensifying the Kapalabhati breathing exercise
- Dynamic Sun Salutations and better alignment of the spinal column
- Asana variations to relax the legs and back
- Strength and balance in the standing poses
11:30 am – ca. 1:00 pm: Hikes
| Wed., 10 August | Hike along Bichlach |
| Sat., 13 or Sun., 14 August | Morning meditation on the Rettenberg hill |
11:45 – 12:45 pm: Deepen your vision of yoga
Inspiring lectures on yoga psychology.
| Wed., 10 August | Stress: From a positive challenge to a health burden |
| Fri., 12 August | The interaction of body and mind |
| Sun., 14 August | Attention, concentration and meditation |
1:30 – 3:00 pm: Asanas and Pranayama
Inspired by the Sivananda book, Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion
- Deep relaxation with autosuggestion
- Hip-opening asanas for rest and regeneration of the nervous system
- Meditative holding of the pose
- Intensifying Alternate Nostril Breathing
- Gentle backward bends
- The meditation pose – finding a new body awareness
- Releasing tension in a pose, and holding a pose with minimal effort
4:00 – 6:00 pm: Lecture: Narada Bhakti Sutras with Sri Venugopal Goswami
With live music: harmonium, vocals, bamboo flute, shanai oboe and tabla.
Excellent North Indian professional musicians accompany this programme with classical raga melodies und rhythms.
8:30 – 9:30 pm: Evening inspiration
Enjoy group meditation, elevating mantra chanting and a peaceful close of the day.
| Tue., 9 August | Positive thinking and meditation to overcome mental stressors |
| Wed., 10 August | Meditation and mantra chanting on the yoga platform |
| Thu., 11 August | Meditation: Easy steps to inner peace |
| Fri., 12 August | Spiritual stories from East & West |
| Sat., 13 August | Meditation, mantra chanting, lecture |
| Sun., 14 August | Sunday Prayers – dynamic mantra songs |
| Mon., 15 August | The Self, That within us which knows Reality |
