Rejuvenating Women Yoga Retreat Spain

A journey through female cycles with yoga and art therapy for women. Combining the ancient science of elemental yoga with art therapy offers a profound experience of womanhood. In the pulsating center of the Gran Canarian mountains, surrounded by a special and powerful energy, all the elements are present. This is the perfect setting to experience a path through natural cycles based on elemental yoga and art therapy.

Retreat highlights:

-Elemental yoga sessions
-1 daily art therapy experience
-Healthy vegan or vegetarian Mediterranean meals
-Immersion in nature and time for yourself
-7 nights accommodation
-Elemental hiking trip

YogaBem Spain Yoga Retreat Program

Yoga and meditation practice (Yin, Yang, Hatha, and Integral yoga) work deeply with the elements in the body, reflected in our natural surroundings. The use of different creative techniques and materials (painting, clay, collage, and much more) allow you to express yourself and give form to emotions and sensations.

This creativity path, specifically designed to balance our physical, mental and emotional environment, will give you the tools to cultivate and integrate everyday awareness and happiness in your daily life and experience yourself deeper in a relationship with yourself and others.

Very often, as a modern woman, we forget to listen to ourselves, due to a frenetic and demanding daily life. Sometimes emotions or traumatic experiences are retained in the body, they form knots that prevent energy to flow and stagnate our personal growth. You will have the chance to reconnect with yourself, learn how to listen and unlock your body’s wisdom, so you can discover what you really need, instead of creating rigid restrictions.

This practice is effective if you feel that you have lost confidence, love, and compassion for yourself, if you feel suspended, if you want to connect yourself with your cycles, simply experience your body, immerse yourself in nature or if you want to work on the relationship with food and nourishment by using a balanced method.

No matter if you are new or already experienced in yoga or in artistic expression, every woman can participate and get the benefits of the personal experience in a protected and non-judgemental group setting.

The journey is for:

Those who look for a dynamic experience of body and mind
Those who want to acquire new tools, discover their own manifestation of womanhood
Those who look to balance hormone levels, regulation of irregular or absent periods, fertility problems, relief of menopausal symptoms and period pains, and establishing equilibrium of underlying emotional and mental imbalances
Those who want a self-development experience those who are curious and want to experience a unique activity
Those who love wild nature

ALL YOGA LEVELS ARE WELCOME

Friedel Fink

Friedel is passionate about sharing experience-based knowledge and inspires through integral practices that are practical, creative, confronting, and honest. She found her way to yoga in 2011, studied elemental Hatha, Yin, and Transformational yoga under the guidance of Swami Vidyananda. In 2017, she graduated as YAI certified 500-hour yoga and meditation teacher. She also loves to share her knowledge on bodywork, women's empowerment, and sustainability in women' circles, vegan cooking courses, and through her Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal massage) practice.

Francesca Cerami
Francesca Cerami is an artist, art therapist and Yogi. With the on-going work wants to contribute to the growth of those she meet on her way and promote the inclusion of people in the communities where they live. With the conviction that everyone has within themselves the resources to create the life that they want, she creates a symbolic space in which transformation processes are activated, using different tools.

Retreat location

Indoor and outdoor practice in a magical environment nestled in between the powerful mountains of Fataga, in the heart of Gran Canaria, Spain. Away from the busy tourist beaches and towns of the island, Ecotara Retreat center's qualities are its location and isolation in the natural surrounding with the picturesque Pueblo (village) Fataga within walking distance. Many walking paths through nature available in the immediate surroundings invite you for silence and contemplation time.

Accommodation

Ecotara provides beautiful shared Apartments in Bungalows with names such as "simplicity" or "love" that give space to breathe. Each Apartment has two to three rooms. You can choose from single accommodation, or rooms shared between two to three people.

Each Apartment is equipped with a shared lounge space, bathroom, a kitchenette, and decorated with natural materials of the surroundings. Bed linen and towels are provided. Accommodation for family (if required) is available nearby. We are happy to put you in touch with the hosts.

Testimonials:

Testimonial by Briony Boykew:
“I was lucky enough to meet Friedel while we were both in Australia where I got the chance to have several private classes with her including restorative yoga in the park and a session incorporating her expertise in abdominal massage. In all of my experiences with Friedel, she was incredibly warm, confident and nurturing. Her love for the teachings that have been passed down to her is very palpable, as a result I felt that I was assimilating the benefit of authentic, spiritual knowledge. She was equipoised and consistent with the flow of the class regardless of weather we were outside amidst innumerable distractions or inside and cocooned in the comforting space she created. Her attention to these kind of details and her kind demeanour allowed the environment for deeply healing and unforgettable practices, which sometimes seem lost in modern yoga classes. One of the best aspects of Friedel’s teachings is that she allowed the space for personal recovery and self-discovery, while supporting the whole process. Her knowledge and passion for healthy, vegan and vegetarian cuisine was always a welcome addition to a session with her. I couldn’t recommend Friedel highly enough.”

9 Day Women’ s Yoga & Art Therapy Retreat Gran Canaria

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