Why a Hormone Blancing Retreat for Women?

 

A woman's menstrual cycle is a natural, potent and sensitive feedback system.

When understood & consciously nurtured, it can foster a highly charged state of heightened intuition, insight & creativity.  In this retreat, discover how to access imbalance or discomfort as transformation.  Reconnect with the inherent power of menstruation & menopause—a woman’s innately embodied spiritual practice.

 

In this retreat, facilitators Tina Nance (of The Yoga Barn, Bali) and Brendt Reynolds (Acupuncture, AACMA Member) will facilitate and guide you to cultivate:

 

1. Individual diagnosis & acupuncture treatment to meet your specific needs for hormonal balance

2. Tools to alleviate pre-menstrual tension, anxiety, depression, irritability, weight gain & mood swings

3. Daily gentle yoga therapy practices to alleviate menstrual & menopausal discomfort, such as cramps, lower back pain, hot flushes, heaviness & fatigue.

4. A solid understanding of the physiology & psychology of our hormonal cycles from the perspectives of contemporary Western medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) & Ayurveda

5. Clarity on the 4 hormonal phases of a woman's menstrual cycle.

6. Tools to harmonise these phases with the 4 phases of the 28day moon cycle & reconnect with the rhythms of nature.

7. Foods & Herbs that specifically support each hormonal phase of the cycle.

8. Exploration of the connection of the mind & the body & the five element meridian system of Taoism & Traditional Chinese Medicine.

9. Daily Mindfulness Meditation Practices to meet the increased sensitivity &  emotional fluctuations of menstruation & menopause, with grace & transcendence.

    

 

This retreat is open to all women.  Come nourish & nurture yourself in a beautiful, self-contained retreat centre for 7 days within the idyllic surrounds of Southern India at Samata Holistic Retreat Center.  

 

 

 

Daily Yoga Practices

Tina Nance will guide you in the following daily gentle yoga practises, that target specifically to foster hormonal balance.  This yoga therapy encompasses gentle practices that promotes blood flow & chi flow into the specific endocrine glands & organs responsible for hormonal balance. Assisting the alleviation of menstrual & menopausal discomfort, such as mood swings, fatigue, PMS, lower back pain, cramps, heaviness, hot flushes, irritability, anxiety & depression.

 

No previous experience is necessary. The practices are gentle and suitable for all sizes, ages and levels of experience.

 

 

 

 

Yin Yoga

In Yin Yoga we explore longer passive stretches of the body, that generate the flow of chi through the energy channels of the bodymind. Releasing deep layers of contraction held in the connective tissue (fascia) & in the 14 main meridians that feed into all of our primary organs. Inviting suppleness & flexibility into the physical body & restoring harmony & balance to the mental & emotional bodies. Cultivating Mindfulness; the art of neither withdrawing from nor identifying with whatever arises, physically, psychologically & emotionally,  we allow deep release on all level of our beings. Inviting integration & harmony of Body, Mind & Spirit.  

Restorative Yoga

A deeply relaxing practice that invites profound rest to our body & a peaceful relationship with our mind. The longer held postures support the reversal of the stress response, tonifying & nourishing the nervous system & nurturing the organs that play a key role in restoration & renewal.  Each posture is supported with various  props & cushions, which in turn allow the body to completely let go & relax into the meditation of simply resting in effortless awareness of the present moment.

Yoga Nidra

An embodied relaxation meditation, where awareness is consciously moved throughout the body.  You will be guided to focus your attention on relaxing each specific body area, thus immersing it in the chi flow that effortlessly follows awareness. Allowing a relaxed yet consistent attention to sensations, through which arrives a deep rest & renewal of body, mind & spirit.

 

Mindfulness Meditation

A profound meditation practice within which we simply rest as the awareness that is neither rejecting nor indulging the thoughts, perceptions & reactions arising within the mind. Grounded in the buddhist understanding of the suffering that is inherent in both the constant seeking of & attachment to pleasure, & the rejection & suppression of that that we perceive as painful. We cultivate our capacity to rest open as the all embracing awareness within which all things arise & fall, accepting this moment exactly as it is without judgement, preference or identification