Mini Yoga Retreats
at the Rangiora Bowling Club
with Melissa Gardiner
June 7th, 2.30pm-5pm
Energy Exchange: $50
What to Expect
Are you needing to create some space and time to slow down, to pause, to connect with yourself and your Higher Self, to rest deeply, to rejuvenate? Then do join me for these blissful afternoons of compassionate nurturing.
When we enter deep states of rest it allows the parasympathetic nervous system to be restored so that we feel more peaceful, balanced and grounded. A restored nervous system also encourages all the body systems to work more efficiently, creating a healthier, happier you!
These mini-Retreats allow you to unwind, relax and rest deeply. They may include gentle somatic movements, restorative postures, breathing practices, chanting and iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation.
Not sure if this is for you then please feel free to phone and have a chat – 027 461 2000.
- No experience required.
- Please dress warmly as the body tends to cool down when we enter deep states of relaxation. Warm socks a must!
- To book your online or in-person space, please use the booking form below.
- Payment is required by electronic transfer when you book in.
Restorative Yoga
With restorative poses the body is completely supported and held with blankets, bolsters and sometimes blocks, in comfortable and nurturing positions. We can also use eye bags to help calm the mind.
The poses are usually held for ten to twenty minutes to provide time for the body and mind to unwind and relax. Restorative Yoga poses work with the energy flows in our body and have a therapeutic effect on the whole nervous system. Restorative poses gently open the body, creating space and release where there once was tightness and holding.
iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation
iRest helps you question all that you take yourself to be. It encourages you to ask:
Am I my body?
Am I my thoughts?
Who am I?
These enquiries reveal the changing nature of what you perceive as solid reality. Through these meditative led enquiries into the nature of who and what you are, you become less reactive or identified with, any thought, belief, emotion, sensation, image or experience. Instead, you witness these changing phenomena without judgement and create an unshakable equanimity, even in the midst of change and uncertainty.
(NB: words inspired from the iRest.com website)
RETREAT TESTIMONIALS
Happy Clients
“Many thanks for a wonderful morning of calm and relaxation. The Restorative afternoon was pure bliss and left me with a sense of well being. My chest was bursting with joy and my heart fluttering with excitement… feelings and emotions that have eluded me for a very long time.”
Lulu, North Canterbury
“My daughter told me afterwards that I looked refreshed! It was a truly lovely afternoon. Plenty of time to take our time, learn new things and relax. Melissa’s voice is pleasant to listen to (was very impressed with her singing!) and clear & concise. The Yoga movements we learned and enjoyed, with helpful advise, are easy enough to implement at home. Thanks for a grand afternoon of doing something entirely for ourselves, while learning some of the art of looking inwards.”
Laurel MacDonald
“Thanks very much for a wonderful restorative Yoga session on Sunday. I feel so refreshed and revived!”
Gina McKenzie
“Deepest gratitude for all that you offer us as individuals and the community Melissa.”
Julie Wells, Fernside
“Your physical being is transported through Melissa’s skillful guidance into gentle nurturing poses, eventually arriving into meditative state. She brings you back into your conscious mind where you will find yourself in a quieter existence of self-compassion.”
Mel Ralph, Hawarden