7 Day Find Your Voice Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Retreat in Totana, Murcia

Facilities

Style of yoga

The morning will be a powerful practice, based on Hatha or Vinyasa yoga. Energizing breath, mantra chanting, and fun cleansing techniques help you find your own expression in various postures. This practice will stimulate the chakra of the day and help you tune deeply into your own body and find precious tools to strengthen, stretch, release, and take care. Prepare to fall in love with your toes, find immense power in your breath, and marvel at the force of your whole being. Evenings will bring a huge sigh of relief in a yummy practice inspired by gentle Hatha Flow, Yin, or Restorative yoga.

A block here, a blanket there, you will get cozy and relaxed. You will enjoy the freedom of soft movement. Other times, you will see what happens when you let go and spend ages in one position. You might even completely doze off in deep realms of yogic sleep (Yoga Nidra) and wake up like a whole new you. Evenings, you will get together for a Bhajan and fill the whole Bagend with beautiful mantras, music, dance, love, and joy. This type of practice follows the devotional path of Bhakti yoga, opens up your chakras, and gets some serious sunshine into your soul.

Your Rustic Retreats journey

Each day will be dedicated to one or two chakras, balancing them through a set of Hatha yoga practices. In the morning, you will get the juices flowing and wake the chakra of the day with a related meditation, pranayama (breathing), Kriya (cleansing), and asana practice. Evenings will seal the deal as you meditate on the specific chakra. You will relax, soften, and release any tension associated with it. Flowing through the whole chakra system during the week is where the last bits of tightness dissolve, where you breathe deeply and feel completely free.

You will add an extra touch to balancing the chakra system by focusing a bit more on Vissudhi, your throat chakra, the center of communication, self-expression, and integrity. How many of you suffer from some sort of tension in the neck or the trapezius muscle? How often do you actually follow your heart, instead of trying to please someone else? That is why this week, you are going to learn how to speak Vissudhi. Fluently.

As your main focus will stay on the throat chakra get ready for some mantra magic, your Vissudhi will rise and shine thanks to your morning chants, it will thrive and find its balance in daily workshops, and then blissfully join its wonderful energy with others, as one, during your evening Bhajans. So, do not forget to pack your ukulele, drums, wooden sticks, kalimba, tambourine, or any other sound-making thingie, and come find your voice with Rustic Retreats. There will be one workshop a day. It may be in the morning or afternoon.

Your workshops

Muladhara and Swadhistana

The first workshop will focus on the first two chakras which root you in your body, your basic instincts, and emotions. Tune in: Do you find stability and support easily in your life? How do you feel in your own skin? How do you appreciate your body? How do you deal with strong emotions? How do you respond to change? Do you allow yourself pleasure?

There will be a lot of pleasant grounding and self-acceptance on day one. Strolling through the beautiful nature surrounding Bagend, looking for abundance all around and within, and then allowing this abundant energy flow through your hands and feet, as you get in touch with Pacha Mamma - your mother Earth. Let yourself wiggle the toes in the sand, play, create, cherish the body, move freely, and feel absolutely supported.

Manipura

Are you shy or self-confident? Do you often feel full of energy or most tired? How active are you? Is your digestive fire working properly? Hello, Manipura, the hidden gem behind your navel. Here, on day two, you will get to love your belly unconditionally. Manipura is a solar plexus chakra, the center of your strength and confidence. You will tap into this strength through a series of Hatha yoga practices, which you will learn and take home with you so that you can always access your inner power.

Anahata and Vissudhi

On day three, you hit the jackpot and unfold the voice. Do you follow your heart or your mind? Do you accept yourself fully? Do you find it easy to forgive? What is your truth? Do you live, think, and act in alignment with your truth? Is anything keeping you from expressing it freely? As you tune into Anahata, your heart chakra, you will find the abundance of love, acceptance, and compassion.

Vissudhi, the throat center of communication and self-expression, will unfold your truth, your inner voice. This is the day when you listen and connect to that more deeply. You will write some stuff down, let go of burdens, and start noticing the clear signs of the voice carefully. Your voice has a very specific way of talking to you through your heart.

Ajna and Sahasrara

Do you feel connected? Do you trust the universe? Do you live in the present moment or constantly worry about the past or future? Who are you, truly? With the higher chakras, you let go of the body, let go of the thoughts, and dive deeper. You will float on the waves of Nada Yoga - yoga of sound and vibration. Om chanting and the deep relaxation of Yoga Nidra with Tibetan singings bowls that will bathe you in heavenly vibrations and carry you to the deeper layers of your mind. Feel free to explore.

All chakras and your voice

You will close the week with a discussion on how to use the whole chakra system not only to find your voice but to nurture it continuously so that it grows stronger and aligns you with your heart-felt purpose and desires easily. This is how you invite unlimited abundance into your life. You will celebrate this abundant energy and all your voices in a fire ceremony with Bhajan, singing mantras together, burning away all doubts and obstacles, and transforming the last bits of old stagnant energy into a new power flow.

Daily schedule

• ​07:30 - 08:00 Morning meditation
• 08:00 - 09:00 Beginners to intermediate yoga class
• 09:00 - 10:00 Intermediate to advanced yoga class
• 09:00 - 11:15 Breakfast buffet
• 11:00 Free time
• 14:00 Lunch buffet
• 15:00 Free time or guided mountain hike
• 16:00 Workshop (practical or theoretical) or free time
• 17:30 - 18:30 Beginners to intermediate yoga class
• 18:30 - 19:30 Intermediate to advanced yoga class
• 19:30 - 20:00 Meditation or Yoga Nidra
• 21:00 Evening meal or entertainment

Please note, this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.

The retreat will take place in Murcia, Spain. Rustic Retreats is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Espuna Mountains, southern Spain. This beautiful site has so much to offer to so many. They have an organic vegetable garden, fresh mountain spring water, solar power throughout, a beautiful swimming pool, earth-bag dome, stunning yoga platform on the side of the mountain, hammocks, orange and lemon trees, a tailor-made pinewood meditation or relaxation cabin with views across the valley, and outdoor showers so you can shower under the stars, and so much more. Totally off-grid, zero light pollution. Stunning surroundings, beautiful, and simple accommodation are part of the Rustic Retreats charming environment.

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Stimulate all your senses whilst you absorb the bright colors, beautiful textures, tantalizing flavors, and sublime aromas of the fresh food served at Rustic Retreats. The chef will create a myriad of fresh, healthy vegetarian meals to tantalize your pallet, all using the ripest, freshest, seasonal ingredients that are locally produced either from their very own organic garden and vegetable patch or from the local market and farmers.

Varieties of fruit are growing freely on the site such as lemons, oranges, almonds, pomegranate, and carob to name but a few. All vegetarian meals are lovingly prepared by a trained chef in the outdoor kitchen and are served 'al fresco' whenever possible. All meals are included in the price. The meals have been so popular with the clients that they are looking at producing a recipe book for next season.

Example menu

• Start the day with a fruit smoothie or refreshing mint tea
• Breakfast baby spinach omelet, cereals, fruit, and French toast
• Lunch bell pepper frittata, bean and yogurt salad, and pumpkin bread
• Evening meal squash and zucchini casserole with wild rice and lemon tart

All-day snack menu is available but the cost is not included in the price. Alcohol is available at a small extra charge.

• Yoga classes
• Pranayama and meditation sessions
• Workshops
• 6 nights accommodation
• All meals
• Equipment

• Flights
• Transfers

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 28 days before arrival.