This retreat is suitable for all levels yoga practitioners. Teachings are in Dutch and/or English.

Dates: Friday, 21 September 2012 - Wednesday, 26 September 2012

The retreat will be held on a green land location away from the city life, in the middle of the Dutch country side, with its open fields, forests and little villages around. Walking bare-feet on the grass, hearing birds' singing in the mornings, fresh air and fantastic bicycle routes (bicycles are available for rent) are great compliments to emerging into the yoga practice and recharging the batteries for the approaching winter!

Roundabout the accommodation you are welcome to enjoy the beauty that nature has got to offer, disconnect with the concrete jungles of the city dwellers' life, breathe in the prana (vital energy) of country air and reconnect to Earth.

Check out Castle de Berckt, click here for their web-site:

http://www.denieuweklasse.nl/recreatief/accommodaties/kasteel-de-berckt

Shared rooms (3-4 persons per room depending on the number of participants, single and double occupation possible for extra charge) with showers and toilets.General space for reading and socializing and kitchen with unlimited tea is offered. And most of all, we can enjoy the back yard of the castle on the sunny days for open-air lunches!

Program:

Morning practice (led class for all levels + Mysore style class)
Breakfast and break (explore surroundings)
Lunch or light snack
Afternoon workshop (Thai massage or yoga)
Dinner
Evening program (meditation, movies etc.)

Fees:

€ 495, - per person before 1 July 2012
€ 535,- per person after 1 July 2012

€ 350,- per person for accommodation and meals only (no yoga, no workshops - option for partners, kids)
€ 250,- per person for week-end only (2 nights lodging, 2 days of meals)

€ 15,- per person per day to stay with 2 persons only in one room
€ 30,- per person per day to stay alone in one room

The prices are non-refundable after 1 July 2012. Before 1 July 2012 cancellations will be reimbursed 100%.

The holiday's price includes accommodation in shared rooms, vegetarian meals (breakfast, dinner and light lunch), yoga and Thai massage workshops. Special diets can be taken into consideration (vegan, gluten-free etc.). The prices do not include the transfer to/from location.

Please pay the due amount to the below mentioned bank account with in details "Yoga holiday + your name":

Bank account: 1544.21.995
Name: Yoga Sucasa
City: Leiden
IBAN: NL39 RABO 0154 421995

Registration

To register, please send an E-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Wendy Manders at +31 (0) 642 52 6861.

The organizers of the retreat cannot be held responsible or liable for any injuries of the participants or loss/damage of their property during the retreat or in case of emergency situation or uncontrolled weather and other conditions.

About teachers

Madina Tanekeyeva is a certified vinyasa / ashtanga yoga teacher. After studying ashtanga vinyasa yoga under the guidance of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and V. Sheshadri in Mysore, India, she has completed a teacher training at the most prominent Dutch studio, "Yoga Moves", in Utrecht.

Since then she continued to study with various Indian and Western senior yoga teachers around Europe and Asia. In 2010 Madina has co-founded Astanga Yoga School Amsterdam, the first ashtanga-dedicated school in the Netherlands. She has paid regular visits to Kazakhstan to organize and lead many workshops in Almaty, her home town. In 2012 Madina has moved to London, however she continues teaching workshops in various studios in the Netherlands.

Believing in the fact that we have a whole life to practice yoga, she cares about making this journey joyful and painless, based on energy and breath awareness, correct alighment and diligence. Trusting that any person can practice yoga regularly, she believes that everyone can experience its amazing transformative force and be happy, healthy and strong.

Wendy Manders is a certified vinyasa / ashtanga yoga teacher. She completed the training at "Yoga Moves" in Utrecht, and afterwards she attended multiple intensives and workshops with various teachers, amongst others Nancy Gilgoff, John Reid, Clayton Horton and Kino McGregor, all dedicated ashtanga vinyasa yoga teachers.

After a few years of teaching at different schools, she opened her own Yoga Sucasa studio in the center of Leiden, where daily classes of ashtanga yoga are offered.