workshops and retreats

Spirit of Bali Yoga retreat

July 19-24 (optional 3 night extension) 2013

Join Marieke and Baxter in the quietude of Seraya Shores in East Bali, far away from the madding crowd

Deepen your Yoga practice and learn how to connect to a higher, calmer self. You won’t come to learn as you already know, you will come to let go of what obstructs that innate knowledge.

Sublime food, interesting excursions and plenty of poolside time.

Marieke has been designing tours for over 20 years and has a network in Bali like no other.

Baxter is a committed student and teacher of Yoga, focussing her attention on how to apply Yoga as a Therapy to any condition.

If you are comparing retreats, it will help to note the number of students that some take and what they include. This retreat is for 10 people max, includes all meals and excursions, accommodation, yoga, private consultation, and transfers if arriving together.

This year we are offering for the first time a 3 night extension at Uma Ubud to allow some time to make the transition between East and West. It’s the ideal way to end a Yoga retreat before returning to your ‘real world’. We will be offering Yoga if you wish to join, otherwise the time will be your own to wander the streets and enjoy a more social aspect of Bali.

 

5 night programme at Seraya Shores: $1875 twin share, $200 single supp.

 

Please email or call  Baxter for a detailed brochure b@palateearth.com 0423 161 503

more info can be found at marieke’s art of living

 

Himalayan Yoga Trek

12 days in June 2014, details coming soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the most inspiring journeys you will ever travel. Trace the footsteps of some of the great Masters back to where Shiva (the Lord of Yoga) once lived.

Every morning we start the day with a gentle, flowing class set against breathtaking scenery, or you are welcome to practise your own. We will be there to help customise a sequence for you.

A light trek each day (6-12kms) with a couple of optional rest days in between to explore the meadows and lakes of this untouched land, completely unspoiled by tourism or modern life.

Enjoy fresh produce collected daily from the Gujjars (shepherds), and drink from pure springs.

It doesn’t get any better than this. You’ll feel stronger, happier and lighter every day.

Register your interest b@palateearth.com

 

 

 

Yoga Sutra and Therapy Seminar April 19

Understand how Yoga serves as both a stand-alone therapy and a supportive modality to other therapies and listen to one of the great Sutra teachers apply this 4000 year philosophy to contempory healing.
Free. Rye Beach Community House, 27 Nelson St, Rye 6-7.30pm

Workshop April 20 + 21

Flinders Hall, 54-56 Cook St,
Flinders, Mornington Peninsula
9.30am-4.30pm both days, $260

Saraswathi is considered a true scholar and a truly ethical teacher, unburdened by ego and blessed with fine linguistics, and we are honoured to host her for a seminar and workshop here on the Peninsula.

After 20+ years as a senior teacher, yoga therapist and student , teachers like Saras appear rarely. She is an internationally renowned teacher travelling between France, Australia and Canada, with her domestic commitments being in developing a learning and healing centre in Hyderabad.  Read more about Saras.

 

Free Seminar April 19:  bookings essential
Yoga Therapy is a traditional and effective modality that provides profoundly effective
results.  Treatments can be applied to a broad range of conditions found in the muscular skeletal, cardiac, renal, respiratory, digestive, mental and neurological systems.
This is an opportunity to meet Saras and learn how Yoga Therapy serves as a most powerful complimentary therapy.
Highly recommended for all therapists, doctors and anyone interested in their health

Workshop: April 20+21: workshop $260 bookings essential
The philosophy of Yoga was written and recorded over 4000 years ago. Its explanation of the mind, body and spirit is even more relevant today. Understanding its wisdoms provides a holistic toolbox for healing, and adds depth and new insights into other
therapies.

Open to:
Individuals who want to maintain their health and wellbeing
For those who wants to address minor/major health issues.
Anyone who wants to improve their energy levels, efficiency, attention and gain better clarity and calmness
Any therapists looking to further support their own studies into understanding the nature of human conditions and how to treat them with diet and lifestyle.

This workshop also includes a movement and breath practice.

“Saraswathi continues to push the boundaries in redefining yoga therapy as a relevant topic for Western audiences today. All
those who have studied with her, without exception, have been touched and transformed by her gifts as a yoga teacher and healer.”

For bookings, please contact Baxter on 0423 161 503 b@palateearth.com. Full payment is required upon booking which is non-refundable but fully transferable.

 

 

Spirit of India- a Yoga/ Ayurvedic journey

June 20-28, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit the home of Yoga and be inspired by its rich and devoted culture.

We stay at Shreyas, a remarkable property where all staff practice Yoga every morning, all food is served from their organic gardens, and every detail is given the utmost of Yogic attention. www.shreyasretreat.com

It serves as a fine model for retreat venues, HRM, business and hospitality alike. Their philosophy has created a peaceful and harmonious envirnoment which can be felt at all levels and evident most of all in the staff out of whom only two have left in nine years!

Baxter will be leading the retreat, with assisatance from the Shreyas staff, many who are fully trained and highly experienced in Yoga.

We will be taking time to listen to the body, to observe how loud the mind is, and to discriminate between the two so that we reconnect to the infinite wisdom of the body.

 

Pre and post tours can be designed by Marieke Brugman on request. She is undoubtably one of Australia’s leading Indian travel experts and knows how to unravel the mysteries of dealing with Indians to make any journey seamless.

All stages and levels of participants are welcome. The more open the heart and mind, the richer the reward.

Please email b@palateearth.com for a detailed brochure of itinerary and costs.

for more info see marieke’s description of the tour

 

 

Petrea King

Wednesday November 21, 2012

We are thrilled to host Petrea for a one-off seminar on the Peninsula.
She will do what she does best which is inspire through her stories, wisdom and humour.

6.00-9pm, $40 early bird or $50 at the door. Please book and pay to qualify for the early bird.
Toorak College, Mt Eliza
Bardon House Lecture Theatre, enter via gate 2 and look for the signs. Feel free to park anywhere (even in 2 min drop-off spaces), except on the lawn, and look for the sign.

Please book with Baxter at b@palateearth.com
Payment can be made with cash, cheques or transfer, no credit cards sorry.
Petrea will also have her vast range of books and CD’s available on the day, for which they gratefully accept cash.

For more info on Petrea and the wonderful work she does, please visit her website