October is our first ever PhysiYoga Retreat and we’re going to beautiful Bali.
Why Bali? And why go on a retreat?
I created this retreat is because making change isn’t easy. Serious change that is. Sometimes it requires a kick-start to get momentum in the right direction. After all, a good idea and a good intention need a good dose of motivation to get them off the ground. So maybe you want to go a bit deeper into your yoga practice – to move more and feel stronger.
But perhaps you’re also limited by what your body allows you to do. So this retreat is aiming to combine a therapy stream for those needing some extra support for their aches and pains, as well as a yoga stream for those wanting a deeper challenge.
This short-stay in Bali (family friendly and during the school holidays) will be a time to pause, reset and create some necessary changes in your body to start achieving more. Have a girls week away. Or reconnect with your partner.
Bali is the place to do this as it is now a Yoga haven, recognized as one of the health and wellness destinations of the world. Diverse healthy food, exotic weather and warm welcoming people with a beautiful Hindu influence gently appearing through the art and temples around you. Sure, you might sweat, but chances are you won’t really care. (When I’m there I don’t wear makeup, or just maybe a little for a date night). Don’t take my word for it: Here’s five reasons why Yogi’s love Bali.
The format for this retreat allows us to find a balance for the “me time” with the “we time”: time for ourselves, so take care and look after us. But then valuable time to reconnect with someone important in our lives. If we don’t do this regularly we risk burnout and our relationships and family life suffer. One of the problems with burnout is that we often don’t even recognize it as burnout – we just feel “funky” or like we’ve lost our Mojo.
And if you’re self employed, it is ESSENTIAL to protect your Business Mojo! Your livelihood and sanity (at the very least) depends on it. Just this year I (finally recognized) I was suffering the beginning of burnout. But not before my health had started to deteriorate and family chaos was enveloping. My husband urged me to look after myself and used this metaphor: “You better not jump off the bus, because if I’m driving, then we’re all going over the cliff!”.
So I did. I looked after myself and I’ve distilled what I did into this retreat to share it with others.
Somethings can’t be put off. Take this advice from the Dalai Lama when he remarked that Man (as in, mankind) is in fact the most surprising thing in this life:
“Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
It’s important to start NOW. Look after yourself. Protect your mojo.
If you want to get moving more. Reconnect with a dear friend (or the family), now is the time to make a change that you’ll thank yourself for later.
I’ll see you in Bali.
x
Emily
