2 nights luxury escape from Friday to Sunday, with top class yoga teacher Margarida Tree who will teach a hatha flow yoga and also restorative yoga and meditation.
Quality Hatha flow and restorative yoga weekend
Margarida teaches a hatha flow yoga where the movements are coordinated with the breath. She also teaches restorative yoga and breath focused meditation.
There is a nice combination of flowing hatha yoga and restorative yoga on this hatha flow and restorative yoga weekend.
Margarida teaches Hatha Yoga classes accessible for everybody offering options for modifications and support. The classes are a balance of physical postures, a combination of breathing technique and cultivating inner awareness through mindfulness of the breath, mind and body.
She is an extremely experienced teacher and will guide each person at the level appropriate to their own body and what they need at the time.
She has found that with proper alignment for each individual and looking at chronic holding patterns of the mind, body and emotions combined with breath, the movement of Prana to help heal is readily made available.
There is a meditation class in the morning and evening each day, and one of the benefits of our week-long retreats is that you can then take these practices home with you.
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Margarida Tree is originally from Canada, and owned and operated her yoga shala for 15 years in Florida before moving to Ireland.
She has been teaching for 28 years with a down to earth approach arising from an appreciation of both the eastern practice and the western lifestyle. Margarida makes the yoga practise accessible to everyone and encourages her students to do a consistent practice in order to improve health on a mental, physical and emotional level.
Margarida’s classes include vinyasa yoga and also restorative yoga. Her vinyasa classes are inspired by Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and she uses a combination of ujjayi breath, the bandhas (energy locks) and Drishti (focussing one’ gaze) to bring the awareness inwards.
Our inner awareness is cultivated in the breath-focused meditation during the morning and evening meditation practice.
The Yoga Nidra is a lovely deep relaxation practice, which cultivates a gentle awareness while in a deeply relaxed state.
Margarida makes her classes suitable for all ages, and all levels of fitness. So rest assured even if you are a complete beginner, you will be fine for these classes.
Demystifying yoga, her classes are based on the 8 limb approach of yoga. She incorporates asana (poses), pranayama (breath) and meditation and chanting, combined with inward awareness.
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Who our retreats are suitable for?
Our retreats are suitable for complete beginners to advanced.
All ages (from 14 to 80), both men and women, all levels of fitness.
I am unfit and over weight, and never practiced yoga before. Can I come?
Absolutely. Our retreats are suitable for complete beginners.
We have very experienced and caring teachers who will explain everything very clearly, and give you practices which are suitable for you no matter what your level of fitness is.
I am very experienced in yoga. Do you have retreats suitable for me?
Absolutely. Our teachers are very experienced and many also teach ‘yoga teacher training’.
We often have yoga teachers who attend our retreats, to learn from our gifted teachers and to deepen their own practice.
What age group and type of people come?
We get a wide range of ages (from 14 to 80) and also people from all walks of life.
The atmosphere here is warm, friendly and relaxed and everybody gels together very easily.
Can my partner come and not attend the yoga classes?
Absolutely. That is fine to attend the retreat, and to skip some or even all of the classes.
It is also fine if you prefer to skip some or all of the organized outings or meals.
The atmosphere here is very warm and friendly and relaxed. You may attend which ever classes you prefer, and decide whether to attend any or all or some of the guided outings with the group.
Your partner is welcome to come on the guided outings with the group or to explore the Burren area by themselves if they prefer.
I live outside Ireland. Can I attend?
Yes. You must adhere to any guidelines for entering Ireland (including visa requirements) at that time.
I am not able bodied. Would your retreats be suitable for me?
It would be best to email us, and let us know whether you have practiced yoga before, and also what things you can do, and also which things are not suitable for you to do.
We do have gentle yoga retreats which may be suitable. But we cannot answer this question until we know some more details.
Is it possible to bring our child/baby under 14 years?
Our retreats as well as the genuine retreat environment here are suitable for adults, or mature children over 14 years of age who are comfortable within an adult environment.
Apologies, we cannot accommodate anybody under 14 years.
It may be possible to stay in nearby accommodation and to attend the retreat here while your partner or friend looks after the younger children.
Can I bring our dog or other pet?
We do not have facilities suitable for dogs or pets. We ask you to leave them at home or in a kennel facility.
Is there Wi-Fi at the center?
Our retreats offer complete freedom from Digital devices.
Phones are turned off (or airplane mode), the internet, news, and other distractions are left behind, and the resulting freedom is beneficial for a more light-hearted feeling and ability to be in the present moment.
We recommend that you take a complete digital detox.
However, there is Wi-Fi access in the upstairs lounge for emergency use. If you need to use it, we ask you to be mindful of your fellow guests and their need for peace and quiet and lack of intrusion from the external world outside the retreat.