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- Organizer: Joy Yoga
- Type: Yoga Retreat
- Starting From: 21-October-2019
- Duration: 10 Days
- Area: Kannur, Kerala, India
- Food: Vegetarian,Pescetarian,Ayurvedic
- Surrounding area: Near to Beach,Sea,Close To Nature
Overview
This Love Yourself, Love Your Life Retreat provides a well-rounded retreat experience to help realign and balance your body, mind, spirit, and life. This is done through the careful balance of time spent on yoga, meditation and contemplation, Ayurvedic knowledge and treatments, cultural outings and day trips, as well as time to swim, rest, shop, and just Be. What better place than here, in the un-touristy shores of Northern Kerala, to submerge yourself in both these sacred living arts?
Reviews
I just had a really relaxing and grounding time during my yoga sessions with Lucilla.
She is a great teacher, maybe a should say a true teacher, sharing with her open heart.
I kept some inspirations in my daily practice and I am looking forward to new classes with her. Namaste and
Thank you so much!
Source: Facebook
Lucilla is a really great teacher! Full of energy and love, she combines excellent technique with her unique joyful style, which makes the experience of yoga a real deligh
Source: Facebook
Teachers
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Lucilla Jane
Core Subject: Yoga and Meditation teacher
Lucilla is an Australian yoga and meditation teacher gone nomadic. She has been teaching for 12 years but living and breathing the essence of life a lot longer. She is a level 2 teacher with Yoga Australia Association and has studied with her two favorite teachers, Shiva Rea and Donna Farhi. She has become an advocate for Ayurveda, deepening her knowledge through more formally studying it in India. At the moment, she has turned nomadic, traveling, and teaching around Asia and beyond.
Location
Set in the northern region of Kerala, your accommodation is set on the Arabian Sea. Though this retreat has two settings, there are both very close to each other so there is little effort in your relocation.
The first setting is right on Thottada Beach, and the second setting is just a few minutes walk from the shoreline of Aadikadalayi beach. Both these beaches are very local and still have traditional fishing done from their shores. The fishing from Thottdada beach is done from inner tire tubes that they swim out with.
This retreat gives you the time to reflect about life at home and the tools to make the changes that may be required, all while having a vibrate holiday feel that regenerates and inspires. India is the Motherland to yoga and Kerala is the birthplace of Ayurveda, so where better to be than here.
Each day the schedule may differ a little. Most mornings will start around 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and evening yoga will be around 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. We will focus more on rest, rejuvenation, and treatments for the first five days and then focus more on cultural activities and outings on the second half of the retreat.
- Twice daily yoga with Lucilla
- Meditation and pranayama given with the morning Hatha flow or Vinyasa style class
- Restorative or gentle Hatha yoga are given most evenings (once or twice due to an outing)
- A yoga session with a local yogi master
- An introduction to Ayurveda and consolation with a local Ayurvedic doctor
- Four 90-minute Ayurvedic treatments at a local spa
- Temple visit with the blessing
- Backwater boat trip with lunch
- Cooking class and village experience
- Shopping trips
- Other special cultural surprise trips
- Time for rest and swimming at the local beach
This retreat has two styles of accommodation for a more complete Indian experience. The first half of the retreat is spent in a homestay-style bungalow setting. Choose between single or shared accommodation for your comfort and budget needs. Blue Mermaid is set right on the beachfront of a beautifully clean and private beach. The yoga shala is set under the beautiful tall palm trees.
This is where we spend more time resting and receiving Ayurveda treatments. The second half of the retreat is set in a converted family home (belonging to the owner of the bigger resort-style accommodation of which we can also use the facilities.
Here, we all stay together in this villa which is set in a working organic garden, where much of the food you eat is grown. This place gives more a family or village feel and where you will focus your time more on cultural outings.
All Breakfast and Dinners included and most Lunches.
The food is locally inspired food from mamma's homemade recipes. These are traditional Indian vegetarian style with dairy and fish options as we are right on the seafront.
Food is made by the owner of the accommodation and she is very passionate about it. Food in Kerala is always fresh, seasonal, and local, this is the Ayurvedic way!
Please let Embodied Retreats with Lucilla Jane know if you have any other dietary restrictions so they can cater for you.
Embodied Retreats with Explore Tellicherry have arranged various outings to be experience, including a backwater boating trip. Kerala is famous tourist destination for this such experience.
We journey out to the boat, get shown around the backwaters before coming on land to visit a temple and have lunch, then back again.You will also visit a Hindu temple and watch the amazing traditional Theyyam dance they do in this area and receive a blessing.
Traditional weaving is done in this area and we will take a look at this and allow some time for shopping as well.Experience a local wedding and learn to dress in a sari (if you wish) and other surprise experiences as well.
- Twice Daily Yoga Classes
- 4 x 90 minute Ayurvedic treatments
- Talk and Consulation with a local Ayurvedic Doctor
- All Breakfasts and dinners; and 6 lunches
- Accommodation
- All organised outings
- All transport for outings and treatments
Blue Mermaid
Blue Mermaid home stay provides you traditional houses and bamboo cottages are offered as accommodation. The Blue Mermaid houses have slanting thatch roofs that shelter beautifully decorated interiors and a front porch to relax. The structures have been painstakingly made by traditional artisans using time tested methods and implements. All modern amenities and safety features have been catered for, to ensure that, you blend in with nature comfortably and safely.
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 60 days before the arrival date.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 21 days before arrival.