Extra-Gentle Yoga

3-day weekend

• Not available at this time

If you feel that you are too inflexible, old, or overweight to enjoy yoga, you will love this class. The beauty of yoga is that poses can be adapted to suit any person’s body, and to give you wonderful healing benefits.

With yoga practice, you can become more flexible, improve your circulation, and feel younger and more energetic.

Your instructor for this class, Uddhava Ramsden, began teaching yoga in 1996, with a focus on extra-gentle yoga for seniors and those with special needs. The class size is small enough for him to work with the special needs of each participant, showing you how yoga can feel comfortable and enjoyable for you, with maximum benefits.

You’ll learn how to modify poses to work for you, and will have a personalized yoga routine you can take home with you.

Your weekend will include:

• A simple warm-up routine that helps to increase flexibility as well as tone areas of the body
• Breathing techniques to deepen the body’s ability to relax and recharge
• Extra-Gentle Yoga postures
• Affirmations to direct and focus the mind to draw the most benefits from the yoga poses
• Suggested poses to practice at home.

Treat yourself to this enjoyable, transformative, and healing weekend!

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

Extra-Gentle Yoga starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

See Transportation and Directions whether you are coming by plane, car, bus or train. Our Frequent Questions page answers many of the questions you might have about How to Go on Retreat.

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