Best Yoga Retreat Places To Go
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
What better way to learn about the practice of yoga than by attending a special yoga retreat? Immerse yourself in the pious mindset, healthy diet habits, quietude and inspirational setting of a yoga center and leave with the fundamental knowledge required to continue on the path toward self-realization and building strength on your own. Other benefits of learning yoga include: feeling more energized, hormonal balance, better digestion, a stronger respiratory system, better posture and enhanced relaxation. Why not join the 16.5 million Americans who have already discovered the advantages of yoga practice?
Yoga retreat vacations are great for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. A Yoga instructor since 1997, Jillian Pransky says, “Many of my students are city dwellers. Their yoga is fit in between running in and out of busy streets and wedged into their busy workloads. They get little respite and often don’t get the dramatic effect they experience on retreat. Your body has more time to open, change, purify and cleanse in a retreat environment than in a daily practice.”
Perhaps one of the most dazzling yoga retreat destinations is “Chiva-Som” — located 135 miles South of Bangkok in Hua Hin, Thailand. This particular spa focuses on individualized attention from the moment you arrive and receive your personal Wellness advisor, until the moment you leave (which could be anywhere from 3 to 28 days later, based on your needs). Individualized retreat options include: Chiva-Som Experience, Detox Retreat, Ultimate Detox Retreat, Weight Management Retreat, Fitness Retreat, Spa Retreat, De-stress Retreat and Physical Remedy Retreat. Prices range from $1,500 to $10,000, depending on your length of stay, and include: three meals per day, a daily massage (Thai, Chiva-Som or Invigorating), participation in daily fitness program (yoga class, cardio, aqua fitness, pilates, use of saunas and jacuzzi tubs). Between one-on-one meditation, yoga and spa treatments, you can socialize with 20-40-year-olds over healthy meals of crab and sweet corn soup, pan fried snow fish with salsa, lamb cutlets and organic garden vegetables. Chiva-Som was chosen as the “World’s Best Destination Spa” in Travel and Leisure Magazine in 2006. With wooden Thai pavilions, majestic palm trees, pink and purple sunsets and beachside property, it’s no wonder why tourists chose this location! More information can be found at ChivaSom website.
You can go alone or with friends and spouses, you can take a high-intensity work out or a slow methodical yoga class, you can go to India or Thailand. Yoga Retreat destinations are varied and breath-taking, so start planning your spiritual vacation today!
Perhaps more than any other form of exercise, Yoga has been around the longest. Originating in India, this popular form of exercise has been practiced around the world. Why? The physical portion of the workout is very low-impact and can be performed by anyone of any age. The same cannot be said of kick boxing classes or Jazzercise. But there is more to Yoga than just working out the body. It is also a lifestyle that can bring clarity to the mind through spiritual exercises of meditation and concentration. Are you ready to begin your path to a healthy body and mind? Click here to find out more: Yoga For Kids and at Yoga Clothing also at Yoga Posture Techniques
