Yoga Retreat with Linda GerlettiFriday 27th – Sunday 29th October

2017

Immerse Yourself in the Yoga world in the beautiful setting of Balmule House, Dunfermline.

Experience postures, flows, Breath work, Meditation and Sound. Suitable for all levels of practitioners, all classes and practices are optional.

Balmule House is beautifully restored both inside and out, providing the perfect peaceful backdrop for a weekend of relaxation and contemplation.

Twin/Double Room - £360 pp (Includes all meals and Yoga Classes)Single Occupancy - £460pp (Includes all meals and Yoga Classes)

A little Bit About our TeacherLinda Gerletti

Linda lived on Lake Como, Italy for 16 years and returned to Scotland with her family for work opportunities. Initially, she taught Italian and now teaches yoga 121, yoga classes, workshops, retreats. Her interest in yoga came from suffering a frozen shoulder for a whole year with painkillers as the only treatment prescribed with no improvement whatsoever.  She  decided in desperation to join a gentle yoga class and within 3 weeks of practicing 3 times a week had a major improvement.  This inspired her to study yoga and she learned very soon that yoga was so much more than just a physical practice. She qualified in 2006 in classical Hatha yoga (500hours) and furthered her studies in vinyasa flow yoga, yin yoga, and pre and postnatal, restorative yoga, yoga for healthy lower backs. She continued to practice yoga and later diversified her studies by learning Thai yoga massage.  More recent, in 2014 she studied Wu Tao Dance which is based on the Traditional Chinese medicine system. Through personal experience and study, she believes that the body desires movement and the mind stillness and to cultivate those qualities will bring peace, health and wellbeing to all who practice!

Practices Covered During Balmule House Yoga Retreat

EVENING RESTORATIVE YOGA - experience the bliss of releasing passively, over support, the physical body. Switching Off the sympathetic nervous system and ON the para sympathetic to enhance opening, deep relaxation and healing.

EVENING YIN YOGA - A quieter, slower and reflective type of practice. Focussing on stimulating the connective tissue working mainly on the back and hips.

MORNING ACTIVE YOGA - each morning will take us through a Vinyasa Flow yoga session with different Namaskars (salutations) and flowing postures, stages to suit ALL abilities, working into the muscles, leaving us stronger, more flexible, energetic and light.

MEDITATION - will be early morning before breakfast and weather permitting in the beautiful gardens of Bamule House, It will begin with a walking meditation and finish with a seated focus capturing the stillness of the earth and the purity of the early morning prana. There is shelter should the weather be wet.

SOUND GONG BATH an experience of the amazing sound gong resonating through your mind/body at the end of one of your yoga sessions for a long and healing Savasana.

MUDRAS - at the end of one of the yoga sessions we will learn about the 5 element mudras how to do them and their benefits. Practice a mudra flow to the Gyatri mantra

PRANAYAMA - at the beginning of all your yoga sessions to bring different effects to the mind/body enhancing your practice.

All of the above sessions are included in your retreat. You may attend them all or just choose the ones you prefer.