Yoga of Recovery: Ayurveda for Addictions Weekend

Description

Yoga of Recovery®] is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, and spirit approach to addiction and self-destructive behaviors. Health and recovery from addiction and disease involve fully living in the wholeness that you are. By recognizing your innate strengths and stress-response tendencies, you can learn to revitalize your body’s systems rather than to depend on addictive, unhealthy behaviors. Build a strong foundation for living well, and learn about stress, digestion, sleep hygiene, and detoxification. Practice deep self-care and emotional regulation through simple ayurvedic daily routines that you can practice at home.

Optional 12-step meetings will be offered throughout the course.

This retreat is part of a longer, in-depth certification program suitable for professionals and coaches who work with those on journeys of recovery.

You can opt to extend this weekend retreat to the 7-day, Yoga of Recovery®: Between the Mat and the Meeting: Ayurvedic Healing for All Addictive Tendencies May 24 – 31, 2018.

Schedule

DAY 1 – Thursday 24 May
2-6pm Registration
4-6pm Ashram Yoga Class
6:00 pm Dinner
6:45-7:45pm Orientation
8:00 pm Evening Satsang

DAY 2 & 3 Friday 25 May and Saturday 26 May
6:00am – 7:45am Morning Satsang
8:00am – 9.45am Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
10:00 am Brunch
11:00am – 11:45am Karma Yoga/Free Time
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Course Session
4:30 pm Course Practice Session/Yoga Nidra Class
6:00 pm Dinner
6:45-7:45pm Open “All-fellowships” 12-step meeting (Attendance Optional)
8:00 pm Evening Satsang

LAST DAY – Sunday 27 May
6:00am – 8:00am Morning Satsang
8:00 am Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
10:00 am Brunch
11:00am – 12:00pm Karma Yoga/Free Time
12:00 pm Course Session
3:00 pm Retreat ends

Prerequisites

This course is open to all. We suggest at least three months of continuous sobriety for alcohol/chemically dependent guests, as we are not a medical/detox facility (if this is the level of care you need please seek appropriate help immediately). Please contact us if you feel able to attend in your early sobriety—we’d like to ensure that the retreat is the best option for you. Those with eating disorders or behavioral addictions (relationships, gambling, spending, etc.) should have enough stability to embark on this work.