Sarah Powers - meditation and yoga in Goa

The Yin style keeps the body supple at its core while encouraging stagnate chi (prana) to flow throughout the joints, balancing the organ and meridian systems. Drawing from Buddhism, Sarah will give talks during the Yin practice to encourage a greater capacity for emotional maturity and mindful awareness in our practices, as well as in our lives. A Yang (flow style) asana practice will follow, geared toward strengthening the core while encouraging ease and grace in movement.

We will begin each day in a silent sitting meditation practice. The longer morning yoga sessions will incorporate both Yin and Yang yoga, followed by meditation.
The afternoon classes will consist of Yin yoga, Pranayama and Mindfulness meditation practices.
The evenings will be free to socialize, spend quiet time reading, or come back into the yoga room for meditation.
There will be plenty of opportunities to visit the nearby beaches and town of Goa and immerse yourself in the unique experience that is India, as well as finding quiet, reflective time to enhance your intimacy with your inner life.

Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind.
Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, and alignment based teachings.
Her Buddhist training in Insight Meditation includes many retreats with Spirit Rock trained teachers, time spent in a Monastery in Burma, and a dharma teacher training with Bhante Gunaratana. She has also sat a number of Zen and Chan retreats.
Her main influence for the last 7 years has been the Dzogchen teacher, Tsoknyi Rinpoche. She teaches retreats with her husband Ty, and together they home school their teenage daughter, Imani Jade. They live in Marin, CA.

Students can arrive at The Purple Valley Retreat Centre after 2pm on Saturday 6th January 2007,
and are requested to be there before 6pm in time for a Greeting and Introduction followed by Dinner at
6.30pm. If you

book a residential place, airport transfers are included in the price.
Rooms can be vacated after breakfast on Friday 12th January, and students are requested to have
vacated by mid-day on Saturday 13th January 2006..

Purple Valley Yoga Retreat is located in a semi-rural part of North Goa, about 3kms from the sea. The
Retreat is purpose built and all students live on site. All meals are sattvic and vegetarian, and are
prepared fresh daily from organic ingredients whenever possible. The shala is separate from the living
accommodation and comfortably provides space for 45 mats. The location is among teak and palm
trees, and the only noises are birds, monkeys and butterflies, and the sob of a distant Enfield.

COST OF THE TWO WEEK WORKSHOP:–
* 325 UK pounds per person (sharing a room with en suite facilities).
* A limited number of single rooms are available at £450 for one week

The residential price includes:
accommodation, two large meals a day, all classes and airport transfers.
A limited number of double beds are available for couples.
Well-behaved children are welcome, for a supplement of Rs2,500 per child per week.
(Children may have to sleep on mattresses on the floor of their parent’s room.)

A limited number of non-residential places are also available:
These cost £250 for one week or £450 for two weeks, for food and classes only.
(No accommodation or airport transfers.)

A non-refundable deposit of 100 UK pounds secures a place. The full balance is payable no later than 6
weeks before the start date of the workshop.
It is possible to come for one week only, or to mix-and-match with other workshops and to stay for as
long as you like.

Click here to reserve a place