Yoga Movement Events, retreats and workshops

Here's a list of upcoming yoga events, retreats and workshops. Sponsored listings are shown at the top with a chronological listing of events listed below. To list your significant yoga event here, see Add Yoga Events.

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Kamalaya Personal Yoga Synergy - Koh Samui, Thailand The Kamalaya Personal Yoga Synergy offers private one-to-one yoga sessions with customised instruction along with complementary treatments, including Ayurveda therapies from our experienced Indian therapists. This personal yoga and wellness retreat is suitable for beginners and experienced yogis alike, as the daily yoga sessions are tailored to the individual's skill level and goals. The customised instruction includes asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing) and meditation. Instruction can be adapted to fulfill a range of goals, such as addressing physical limitations, developing a regular home practice or deepening and intensifying existing practice. Choose from 3, 5 or 7 night programs. For information see www.kamalaya.com or e-mail info@kamalaya.com.

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Shakti Spirit Yoga Training in Ubud, Bali 6 weeks from 5 September – 17 October, 2010 This transformational Hatha Yoga training includes: postural alignment and prop usage, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, philosophy with a strong emphasis on Ayurveda, anatomy, pranayama, meditation. The experienced team includes Rachel Hull (E-RYT500), Emil Wendel, Anna Smallwood, Dr Sujatha Kekada, James Newman & Rachel Zinman (guest flower Yantra teacher). The training is fully residential at an authentic Balinese family compound, set among nature and rice fields in Ubud, Bali. Gain skills for teaching yoga to beginning/intermediate students. Create balance through Ayurveda. Refine your practice. Yoga Alliance 200-hour registered training. For more information: www.shaktispirit.com

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Luxurious, Oceanfront Yoga Retreat, Spa & Wellness Center in Baja, Mexico Offering year-round yoga retreats Prana del Mar is a tranquil beachfront yoga retreat and wellness center located at the southern tip of Baja, Mexico near Cabo San Lucas. Enjoy daily yoga classes, surfing, massage, spa services, deserted beaches, beautiful sunsets, and spectacular views. Come enjoy our deluxe guest rooms and suites, delicious cuisine, spa with swimming pool and jacuzzi, spacious yoga studio, desert gardens, and stunning beach just steps away. Prana del Mar - where the mountains and the desert meet the sea. Please see our website and check our calendar.

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200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training - Yoga Alliance registered October 18 – December 1, 2010  Fully booked! July 18 – August 28, 2011 and October 17 – November 27, 2011. Begin the adventure of a lifetime when you immerse yourself in the practice, study and teachings of yoga at the Solstice Teacher Training, for six weeks in the summer or fall of 2011. This highly acclaimed teacher training is a certified 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Course. It brings world-renowned teachers to Zipolite with students from around the world. It is designed for those that want to teach with confidence, enhance their teaching or simply deepen their personal practice. For more information see http://www.solstice-mexico.com

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Absolute Sanctuary A Moroccan-inspired boutique wellness resort specialising in Detox, Spa & Yoga holidays programs. At Absolute Sanctuary, we have yoga holiday packages  running for 5, 7 or 10 days for those seeking to be one in body, mind and soul.  Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated practitioner, Absolute Sanctuary as part of the Absolute Yoga Group, is well placed to help you enhance your practice through our daily workouts, yoga retreats, and teacher training courses and workshops conducted by world-renowned yogis. The resort also runs yoga workshops, retreats & teacher trainings throughout the year. For more information: www.absolutesanctuary.com

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Health and Yoga Holidays near Bodrum, Turkey May-October Join us in the idyllic setting of forest, mountain and seaside for one week comprehensive and uplifting yoga retreats: May, June, September and October. Each week has a different theme led by international teachers with wide experience. The in-depth training has a strong emphasis on holistic living with famous veggie food. This dedicated centre is well-known for its excellence, warmth and welcoming, vibrant community. Courses are for all levels. Other attractions: friendly hotel accommodation in the village and on the seafront; Thai yoga massage, Shiatsu, Turkish bath, markets, boat trips and hiking through the magnificent, rugged landscape. More information at www.yogaturkey.co.uk.

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Yoga and Meditation Retreat with Surya Chandra Das & Patricia Brown February 12-19, 2011  Lake Atitlan, Villa Sumaya, Guatemala Surya and Patricia bring 30 years of teaching to this 8-day retreat on magical Lake Atitlan at Villa Sumaya, a world-class retreat facility. This retreat will be an opportunity to expand your experience of yoga as a vehicle for awakening, liberating body and mind from old patterns, cultivating the capacity for inner listening and opening to the spacious presence that you are. Periods of silence create an environment for awakening to the inner silence. Each day blends yoga, meditation, restorative poses, self-inquiry and pranayama. For information e-mail info@rollingmeadowsretreat.com or see www.rollingmeadowsretreat.com/villasumaya.html.

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Teaching Yoga to Children Workshop and Certification

Asana Alphabet's Teaching Yoga to Children
Workshop and Full Certification Program

This full day intensive workshop gives teachers, yoga practitioners and others who want to work with children, the tools to teach authentic yoga in fun and meaningful ways through games, stories and other ideas.

Sri Yoga Teacher Training 200hr Certification Program

You will discover how to set yourself apart by gaining
a strong understanding of why you are here in this
world and how to translate these experiences into
gems that will inspire you and your students to
become the best they can be.

Yoga and Pilates Retreat: In Sabina

Unusual opportunity to enjoy Pilates and yoga in one retreat. Two highly experienced instructors will teach two classes a day: an extended morning Pilates class in two sections (with yoga

Yoga on the beach in Nicaragua with April Martucci

August 28 - September 3, 2010
at Morgan's Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge
www.pravassa.com
Join Pravassa for this amazing 7 day vacation with daily meditation, yoga and workshops lead by New York's 'Most in Demand' yoga instructor.
Prices start at $1570.
www.pravassa.com to register

Iyengar Yoga with Arup Sen

7 nights in a village hotel near the sea, forest and mountain. 6 days of yoga and famous vegetarian food with plenty of time for laughter and relaxing in the sun and sea in the afternoons. Arup will help you start to understand any posture by showing the principles that link the postures.

Hawaiian Yoga Retreat

Come and experience the ultimate yoga retreat. Yoga, adventure and the spirit of Polynesia all in the most spectacular venue on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Enjoy daily yoga and meditation, hike the volcano, swim in thermal pools and learn about Hawaiian culture through ritual and hula.

Anusara-inspired yoga with Therapeutics: Susan Desmarais

Delve deeply into body/mind/breath alignment, creating balanced energy. Susan teaches an uplifting practice, with empowering alignment. “Susan is a unique blend of Eastern and Western culture and she blends them both with panache, style and grace. She is a very radiant, very ‘rooted’ Lotus."

Hatha Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage: Neville Cregan

Neville is a frequent visitor to Gölköy Yoga Centre and has taught Yoga for 13 years in a wide variety of contexts. His primary influences have been the work of Vanda Scaravelli, Dona Holleman and Donna Farhi. He is also a practitioner in Thai Massage and reflexology: treatments will be available.

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training

The Aquarian Teacher International Teacher Certification Program in Kundalini Yoga & Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan®. This program is life-transforming and is for everyone. Whether you are interested in becoming a teacher or wanting to deepen your yoga practice and knowledge.

yoga and mental health module for teachers

this 6 day course over 7 months is intended to help yoga teachers, from any background, to develop the confidence, knowledge, insight and skills that are needed in order to work with people who are experiencing a range of mental health issues.

Global Mala Yoga for Peace

Crescent Yoga Studio will host a Global Mala celebrating YogaMonth. Join us for 108 Sun Salutations uniting the yoga community in support of UN Peace Day. Sunday 1:30pm We will start Salutations promptly at 2pm-4pm. 810 B Alex Lane, Midlohtian, TX 76065 469-285-3559 www.crescentyogastudio.com

Meditation Yoga Retreat

Open your self to the Nature within and Nature all around us Only by becoming intimate with our body, heart and mind can we free our selves from identification with our limited “self”, allowing us to access the profound Joy, Love and Peace that is our true Nature

The Retreat will comprise twice dai

Okido Yoga, Shiatsu, Hiking: Michael Cullingworth

7 nights in a village hotel near the sea, forest and mountain. 6 days of yoga and famous vegetarian food with plenty of time for laughter and relaxing in the sun and sea. Okido Yoga was developed by the Japanese master Masahiro Oki. It is a holistic way of listening to the Life Force.

Pilates & Yoga Retreat by the Sea in Spain

5 night/6 day retreat at gorgeous boutique hotel near the sea. Twice daily classes plus many optional energizing & relaxing activities. We've been running Yoga Breaks for 7 years & simply LOVE what we do. Come & immerse your body in an amazing experience. Airport transfers available from Alicante

Yoga and Bodywork Retreat

Come and explore the natural link between yoga and bodywork using techniques from Shiatsu and Traditional Thai Massage. This retreat is ideal for people who love yoga and have a regular practice, focusing on the physical aspect of yoga and it's impact on the body.

Yoga with Awareness: Ken Eyerman

Ken Eyerman has 30 years experience with Yoga & Bodywork and is a trained practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method. He will bring his wealth of learning to this weeks' unique blend of dynamic flowing yoga based around the Astanga form with gentle, inner sensing Feldenkrais movement awareness lessons.

Weekend Yoga Retreat in Le Marche / Italy

This yoga retreat is suitable for both beginners and more experienced yoga students; everyone will work within their own capability with attentive instruction and correction. We will be practising standing, sitting and inverted as well as restful and restorative postures.

Yoga in Bali with Kori Fletcher

It’s time to rocket your practice into a new dimension
and practice in Paradise! There’s sacredness that will
overflow your spirit with the richness of tradition and
a passion for life that is Bali guided by Kori's uplifting,
playful and poignant teaching for 8 precious days.

Yogi-nomad Yoga Teacher Training

300 hours Teacher Training (6 weeks) including a 200 hour
Yoga Alliance Certified Training {4 weeks}

In the additional two weeks, you will:
* Get certified in Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, 30 hours
* Study holistic nutrition
* Gain 50 hours of teaching experience

Okido and Flowing Yoga with Pervin and Michael

Inspired by Okido yoga, Forrest Yoga and Astanga enjoy your Lifeforce, the Lifeforce of others and of Nature, eating and laughing together, savouring the pure air of the village, forest paths and hilltops. Unwind the last stiffness with a shiatsu treatment or let the Turkish bath calm your spirit.

Yoga Alliance 200hr Yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India

This Training taught by international teachers is a rewarding way to expand your understanding of yoga and deepen your self practice. Utilizing the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga we offer a program of intensive integral teachings presented in a fun and relaxed, modern and progressive approach.

Flowing Yoga with Pervin in Turkey

7 nights in a village hotel near the sea, forest and mountain. 6 days of yoga and famous vegetarian food with plenty of time for laughter and relaxing in the sun and sea in the afternoons. Join Pervin in the fun and fascination of practice inspired by the dynamic yoga of Ana Forrest.

Partner Yoga & Sensuality Retreat

Come to explore and realize sensual yoga fantasies in
this long weekend on the beautiful beaches of Tulum,
Mexico. Find new ways to connect with your partner,
stretch each other in yoga, touch and be touched in
sensual ways and bring new life to your body and to
your relationship.

200-hours YA Teacher Training with Brigitte Longueville

Begin the adventure of a lifetime when you immerse yourself in the practice, study and teachings of yoga at the Solstice Teacher Training, for six weeks in the fall and winter of 2010.

It brings world-renowned teachers to Zipolite with students from around the world.

Yoga Alliance registered.

Caribbean Yoga Vacation

Experience and enjoy an Aruban Yoga Vacation from October 16-23, 2010 at the intimate Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa located on Aruba’s widest beach at Eagle Beach.
For many people, vacation is a time to forget about your usual responsibilities. At Manchebo you can simply relax beside the Caribbean Sea on a breathtaking stretch of beach. Hear the waves, feel the northeast passat and enjoy the lovely sunset. Our resort is well known for the peace and quietness guests often long for during their holiday. We created a perfect vacation where wellness and relaxation come together. Does your ideal holiday include morning yoga with an amazing beach view and a healthy breakfast? And in the afternoon relaxing beside the Caribbean Sea on a breathtaking stretch of beach and enjoying the lovely sunset during your late afternoon yoga class? Then you will love our Yoga Vacation! At Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa we combine vacation, relaxation and rejuvenation for mind, body & spirit!
Professional Yoga instructor Monika Ramos Tapia will be hosting again this Yoga Vacation Week. Monika Ramos Tapia has taught Yoga in various locations such as the Nosara Yoga Institute in Nosara, Costa Rica and as a Faculty member at the highly recognized Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York and in beautiful Bellagio, Lake Como in Italy. She has a teaching style that is eclectic, inspirational and compassionate. Monika incorporates both physical and spiritual aspects to her classes. She encourages self awareness and self observation both on and off the mat, allowing for compassion to cultivate with self and others. Her teachers include Amba and Don Stapleton PhD, Glenn Black, Jill Miller and Monika is also trained in Reiki and Vortex Healing® as well as Pranassage™ and Thai massage.
Experience and enjoy a Caribbean Yoga Vacation on Aruba's widest beach from October 16-23, 2010.

Rainbow Family Yoga Retreat

Play, relax and do yoga together on the beautiful
beaches of Tulum, Mexico. Reconnect with yourself
and with your family, breathe pure ocean air, feast
every sense with joy, and celebrate life together!

You’ll return home rejuvenated, overflowing love in
your hearts, and a sparkle in your eye!

East Meets West Neighmaste Yoga Retreat

Weekend yoga retreat in peaceful Etoniah Creek State Forest. 4 classes: dockside yoga on lake, power in the pasture, ashtanga in the arena, and starlight/restorative. Massage avail. Interact with ranch horses, learn natural horsemanship. Canoe/kayak/raft race. All meals incl. wine tasting. Fun!

100-Hour Anusara Yoga Immersion @ Yoga 109 Shanghai

A Journey into the Study of Anusara Yoga with Patrick Creelman

* Immersion Part 1
32-hours, 4-days, 4-7 November, 2010

* Immersion Part 2
32-hours, 4-days, 31 March - 3 April 2011

* Immersion Part 3
36-hours, 5-days, Second half of 2011, (dates tbc).


All levels welcome.

November Women's Sacred Circle & Yoga Retreat in Yelapa Mexico

Since 2005, we have been offering our Women’s
Sacred Circle Yoga Retreats in beautiful Yelapa, Mexico
because of it's unique natural setting, open and warm,
pedestrian-only community. There are no cars, no
streets, no roads, only walking trails and the lush
surroundings of Yelapa and the beach.

Art of Adjusting Course in Zanzibar - Brian Cooper PhD

Take your adjusting skills to the next level with this in-depth adjusting workshop. Based on his best-selling book, YOGA: The Art of Adjusting, Brian will be showing you how to analyse students’ asanas in order to create the best and most effective adjustments.

Maui Hawaii Yoga Retreat

Join us in Hawaii for this Yoga Retreat in Paradise
Focused on Deepening Your Yoga Practice, Building
True Strength, and Enlightening Your Spirit!

•Stunning Hawaiian Accommodations for 5 nights
•Energizing Morning & Sunset Theme Based Yoga
Classes Taught by Global Yogi Duo Caitlin Matteson
and Carlos da Silva
•Delicious and Healthy Detoxing Group Dinners!
•Guided Meditation & Yoga Nidra
•Tropical Nature Excursions
•Peaceful and Natural Hawaiian Paradise Setting &
much more!

Flow With The Grace Within Retreat

Come join two of Absolute Yoga's favourite teachers Knot from Singapore & Pim from Bangkok for a relaxing and invigorating retreat .This retreat is open to anyone looking to strengthen and integrate their bodies, to elevate their minds and find grace within.

Yoga retreat vacation in Yunnan in China

The proposed retreat will take place in
the surrounding areas of Dali in Yunnan
province, located in southwest China.
Nestled below the snow capped Cang Shan
Mountain range on the shores of the
beautiful Er’hai Lake, it once served as
the capital to the Bai and Nanzhao
Kingdoms between the 8th to the 11th
centuries.

500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training ( For Teachers)

Join Michel Besnard and his team of teachers for an advanced teacher training course designed specifically for existing yoga teachers. You'll learn advanced anatomy, teaching skills, women's yoga, yin yoga, business skills, history & philosophy. Amazing opportunity to expand your teaching skills.

The Tibetan Heart Yoga Review Series

At this six-day, seven-night retreat, the founders (Geshe Michael Roach & Lama Christie McNally) of Tibetan Heart Yoga will review each of the previous THY series, providing distilled commentary on each of the inner methods and offer an abbreviated, take-home version of each asana series.

5-day Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais™ treatment.
* 1 afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

Yoga Teacher Training (RYT 200) In India

Yoga Teachers Training Course approved by Yoga Alliance (RYT 200)
Additional 100 hours of training to enhance your yoga teaching skills
Residential facility amidst Ashram surroundings with modern infrastrue
Reasonable cost (US$ 1050 including food and accommodation)

Winter Solstice Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais treatment.
* 1 Afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

5-day Christmas Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais treatment.
* 1 Afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

Dec 28-Jan 4 2011 New Years Guatemala Bhakti Celebration - Ashtanga, Kundalini a

Celebrate 2011 and your “new beginning” with the adventure of a lifetime.

Leave the lonely winter blues behind as you travel to the highlands of Guatemala where a semi-tropical climate awaits to envelope you with warm days and refreshing cool nights.

Yin and Yang Yoga Teacher Training

The Yoga Academy teacher training is rigorous, intensive & enlightening. The Yoga Academy is a registered Yoga Alliance and British Wheel of yoga school. This course begins with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Hatha & Classical Yoga principles, asanas & teaching skills..

Tropical Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais™ treatment.
* 1 afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Join Canadian born senior teacher trainer, Stephen Thomas for a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification teacher training course in Hatha Yoga where you will be taught how to teach a Hatha-flow class, structure & sequence a class, adjust students, kriyas & pranayamas, yoga history & philosophy...

Tropical Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais™ treatment.
* 1 afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Join Michel Besnard founder of Yogasana for a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification teacher training course. Michel’s teacher training program aims to deepen participants’ practice by expanding the scope & depth of their existing yoga practice. Starting at THB179,950 per person.

Tropical Retreat Vacation

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais™ treatment.
* 1 afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

Easter Holiday Retreat

Treat yourself to a Yoga Vacation on a warm sunny beach on the Coast of the Mexican Pacific ...

Prices include:

* 25 hours of Yoga practice (asana, pranayama and meditation).
* 1 massage
* 1 individual Feldenkrais™ treatment.
* 1 afternoon trip.
* Lodging & meals.

200-hours YA Teacher Training with Brigitte Longueville

Begin the adventure of a lifetime when you immerse yourself in the practice, study and teachings of yoga at the Solstice Teacher Training, for six weeks in the summer of 2011.

It brings world-renowned teachers to Zipolite with students from around the world.

RYT200 Yoga Alliance registered.

200-hours YA Teacher Training with Brigitte Longueville

Begin the adventure of a lifetime when you immerse yourself in the practice, study and teachings of yoga at the Solstice Teacher Training, for six weeks in the autumn of 2011.

It brings world-renowned teachers to Zipolite with students from around the world.

RYT200 Yoga Alliance registered.