Luxury Yoga & Meditation Holidays in France
Luxury Yoga & Meditation Holidays in the French Alps
Meditation Workshops France
Please see our new website www.inspired-4-life.com for a more detailed overview of what we offer!
A new luxury Yoga holiday experience, away from your usual environment in the truly beautiful, magical and tranquil setting of the French Alps!
Our Yoga Retreats in France are designed to help you recharge your batteries, enjoy a sense of pampering and also tap into what you truly want out of your life!
Your Yoga Holiday sessions take place outside, overlooking a truly stunning view (weather permitting) or inside a tranquil and spacious dojo (Dojo photos). All levels of ability are catered for and sessions are intuitively designed to reinforce & strengthen the principles outlined by top International Success & Inspirational Leaders.
Yoga & Meditation teacher Michele Willmott is also a Life Coach with an Honours Degree in Physical Education. She regularly works with a number of UK T.V personalities and her lessons are taught with warmth, humour and sensitivity.
The Yoga
Your Yoga Holiday sessions take place outside, overlooking a truly stunning view or inside a tranquil and spacious dojo, click here for pictures of the dojo Dojo Pictures
Yoga sessions incorporate a variety of styles from more flowing vinyasa sequences, to partner yoga, and yin yoga where postures are held for longer than usual and are designed to strengthen and lengthen joints and the deeper connective tissues of the body. In all lessons students are encouraged to use the breath to enhance each stretch and withdraw attention from our external world, so that the mind can relax and achieve a wonderful sense of calmness.
Michele also enjoys bringing into her teaching various methods of Meditation and Visualisation, helping you connect with feelings of joy, openness & abundance.
Life Coaching sessions (optional) take place in groups and are also lead by Michele Willmott, student of America's No 1 Success Coach, Jack Canfield & trained by the prestigious Coach Training Institute (CTI).
Yoga & Meditation Holidays with optional Life Coaching.
Great for Intermediate practitioners, but all levels welcome.
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More about Life Coaching.
For those people who would love to feel more inspired and motivated, our optional Life Coaching programme will help you discover your true self & learn how to make long lasting and positive changes to your life!
Away from your usual environment in the truly beautiful, magical and tranquil setting of the French Alps, our 7 day holiday includes the following:
- 6 Morning & 5 Evening Yoga & Meditation Classes (suitable for all levels) - to help promote good health, relieve stress and encourage you to enjoy being in the present moment
- Optional Life Coaching & Personal Development sessions which focus on helping you really get clear about what you want out of your life so that you can create the life of happiness, balance and fulfilment. Please see our separate Life coaching page for more details.
- Shopping day Trip to Annecy - Simply enjoy wandering through the beautiful streets of this must see City or take a relaxing boat trip on Lac Annecy.
- Every afternoon there is ample time to just relax and enjoy some free time or make the most of a great variety of activities available in the Giffre Valley, which include, mountain biking, nordic walking, climbing, parapenting, walking, white water rafting, Shiatsu & Ayurvedic massages and a whole host of other beauty treatments. We can book these activities on your behalf.
The price of our holidays includes
Breakfast, afternoon tea & evening meal (5 nights evening meal)
Transfer to and from Geneva Airport
All local transfers plus day trip to Annecy
Life coaching sessions, Yoga, Meditation.
Mats, blocks and other equipment are all be provided.
Holiday Dates & Prices for 2012
April 14th - 21st 2012 (Ferme Du Ciel)
Weekend May 4th - 7th 2012 (Chalet APASSION)
Weekend May 17th - 20th 2012 (Chalet APASSION)
July 21st - 28th 2012 (Ferme Du Ciel)
August 25th - September 1st 2012 (Ferme Du Ciel)
Weekend - September 14th-17th 2012 (Chalet APASSION)
October 26th - 29th 2012 (Ferme Du Ciel)
Luxury Shared Room (Twin beds) £750 / 900 euros per person
Single occupancy - Luxury Double Bedroom/Twin Bedroom £850 / 1020 Euros
Weekend Rates 3 Night Stay £399 / 480 Euros (includes airport transfer).
Would you like a weekend away with a group of friends, giving you the chance to relax and have fun together enjoying the above-mentioned esperiences, but also experience some precious 'me time' so that you can return home feeling revived and refreshed? Whether it is on a short break or long weekend basis, we would be very happy to design a tailor made break to suit your requirements.
Please see our new website Inspired-4-Life or contact us at inspired4life@me.com for prices & further information.
Beginners Guide to Yoga
The practice of yoga has been around for thousands of years and originated from the East. Even though its roots are unclear, there is evidence of yoga postures on artefacts that are around five thousand years old.
There are many schools of yoga and a lot of guidance available on practicing yoga, but as a rule, modern yoga tends to focus on breathing, relaxation, positive thinking or meditation. Together these help to `join or yoke together` the body and mind, which is what the word yoga means.
One of the most popular types of yoga is hatha and this tends to be what most people will experience. It is usually gentle yoga and focuses on poses, postures or `asanas` and correct breathing. Iyengar yoga is also popular and similar to hatha yoga except that it uses aids such as straps and blocks. These help to minimise the risk of strain with some poses and can be better if you have musculoskeletal problems such as backache. Ashtanga is an intense style of yoga and can be difficult for beginners. It is better to practice this type of `power yoga` with some understanding of techniques. Other types of yoga can have a very strong spiritual base and involve much mediation and self-examination.
When beginning yoga, you should always seek guidance so that you receive maximum benefit from the practice. You need to breathe in a specific way and it can be difficult to practice this without help. The part of yoga that refers to breathing is called Pranayama.
Most yoga involves breathing though the nose and you should always `stomach breathe`. This means that you breathe in and out of the abdomen rather than the lungs. If you lie flat on your back and place your hand just below your rib cage you can get used to feeling the movement in that area instead of the rib cage. You breathe into most asanas (poses) and this allows you to stretch or flex your muscles that little bit further. It is also important to breathe properly during practice.
If you start classes then speak with your teacher before practice. If you have any underlying health issues they will be able to work with you to help you avoid any poses that may cause harm.
When you start yoga, you should always take time to relax, flat on your back for a few minutes before practice and concentrate on breathing. You should never be uncomfortable in a pose or suffer any pain and you should never hold your breath. If a pose is uncomfortable then gently break it. As at the start of practice, you should always finish by lying on your back again for a few minutes.
It is better to practice yoga bare foot as it does help with your balance, but you can keep socks on if you want. To begin yoga, standard equipment is a yoga mat and appropriate clothing such as Animal surf clothing. Leggings or bottoms must be loose or able to stretch easily. You should wear a comfortable tee shirt and for the ladies, the sports bra is necessary.