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Feeling strong in our bodies can create a deep sense of empowerment that transcends the purely physical aspect of strength; it is the foundation for resilience, balance, and confidence in everything we do.

When we cultivate our inherent strength, we become more connected to ourselves, more grounded, and better equipped to face the demands of everyday life.

Integrating resistance training and Yoga into your lives can have profound benefits, particularly for women: Strength training, such as resistance work with weights, bands, and body weight, is a powerful tool to build muscle mass, enhance bone density and support metabolic health. Research shows that strength training can also help in balancing hormones, reducing symptoms of menopause, and improving overall energy levels and mood.

The ancient practices of Yoga teach us discipline, patience and self-acceptance. Asana, meditation, pranayama and chanting are powerful tools to remind ourselves that we are more than our narratives, more than our bodies and minds, and help us connect to a sense of gratitude and devotion for life.

Ainoa and Sheila join forces for this retreat and bring together Strength Training and Jivamukti Yoga.

Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Coach Ainoa Ryll will teach you key movement patterns like push, pull, hinge and squat and how to execute those correctly so you can progress safely and effectively with your workouts. During guided group workouts, Ainoa will give individual feedback on form and technique and create a supporting and fun environment that helps you build confidence on your strengthening journey. 

Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher Sheila Ilz van Hofen will guide you through dynamic and powerful asana classes, paired with grounding meditations, chanting and pranayama techniques. She provides insights on how to build more strength within your yoga practice to counterbalance flexibility, avoid injuries and build stamina. 

Chef and nutritionist Margan Sharifzada ensures your nutrition matches the physical demands and creates a nourishing, delicious and healthy menu for you. 

With this retreat, we want to support you tapping into your strength, unraveling the true force of nature that lies within you.

Whether you're a gym rat interested in Yoga or a Yogi new to strength training - this retreat will provide you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to independently continue your journey after you return home and implement what you’ve learned.

Ready to Find Your Strength Within?

What You’ll Learn:

Strength Training Basics: Learn how to perform key movements, ensuring effective and safe workouts.

Yoga & Strength Synergy: Discover how to build strength within your yoga asana practice.

Post-Retreat Independence: Gain the skills to continue your strength and yoga practice at home or in the gym, with a clear understanding of proper form 

Retreat Includes:

• 3 nights at Haus Taubenblau, Brandenburg

• 2 nourishing, protein-rich vegetarian meals a day + snack by Chef Margan

• Daily Yoga Classes with Sheila

• Daily Strength Training with Ainoa

Pricing:

Fixed Prices:

126€ full board food + drinks

400€ yoga + workouts by Sheila & Ainoa

Varied Prices:

90€ per night in a single room

75€ per night in a double room

65€ per night in a 4bed room

Total with 20% Discount:
4 bed room: 577€
double room: 600€
single room: 635€

CANCELLATION POLICY

The following rules apply for cancellations:

• 100% refund for cancellations 60+ days before the retreat starts (excl. registration fee)

• 50% refund for cancellations 21-59 days before the retreat starts (excl. registration fee)

• 0% refund for cancellations 0-20 days before the retreat starts

For booking, please send an email to: sheilailzvanhofen@gmail.com .

Let's cosy up together again this winter and spend time in precious togetherness, diving deeply into yogic practices, enjoying walks, saunas, alone time and nourishing food.

We start our mornings in silence with tea and coffee, have meditation, pranayama and chanting before we practice asana (Jivamukti Style).

After practice, there will be a big brunch, followed by free time to take naps, go on walks, and use the sauna. Afternoons are dedicated to a workshop & yin yoga. In the evenings, we'll gather for dinner, hang out by the fireplace and have kirtan (mantra chanting).

I came up with a new location that I fell in love with: Guthaus Friedenfelde. 

2 spots in a double room and spots in a 4 bedroom left. Write me an email to sheilailzvanhofen@gmail.com to receive more information and to secure your spot.

The Perseiden night is a reminder that, just like the stars, we are all part of something much greater—a cosmic symphony playing out in the heart of August's warmth.

The highlight of our week together will be a cozy stargazing gathering to Perseiden night, celebrating the high summer, sending our wishes out into the universe and honoring the interconnectedness of all things.

WE WARMLY INVITE YOU TO THE SOFT OPENING OF VILLA PRAVERNARA.

Villa Pravernara founder Sheila and her dear friend Gunnhildur, both Advanced Jivamukti Yoga teachers from Berlin, are hosting this retreat together.

In the embrace of Italy's August warmth, our gathering unfolds beneath the high summer sky - the week of Perseiden, where shooting stars streak across the vastness above. The Perseiden comets leave trails of light across the darkened sky, inspiring us to release our own wishes and intentions into the universe. 

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DAILY SCHEDULE

In the mornings, Sheila and Gunny will guide you through an extended morning practice, including talks about yogic philosophy and how it applies to everyday life, lots of mantra chanting, pranayama and meditation combined with an intense Jivamukti Yoga based asana practice.

The afternoons are dedicated to workshop-style formats where we dive deep into certain asana groups such as backbends or inversions, explore individual challenges in asana labs, but also turn towards more gentle practices such as grounding Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra. On some evenings we gather to chant in a kirtan, there might be some dancing involved…

Our chef and co-founder Yona is offering nourishing, yet indulgent meals. He will also be offering a pasta workshop. Enjoy basking in the Italian sun, connect with like-minded people and walk around the magnificent surroundings of our villa. And, of course, we set aside an afternoon for a trip to the beach.

More info and booking on villapravernara.com

Als menschliche Wesen sind wir dafür gemacht, uns mit anderen zu verbinden. Erst in der Gemeinschaft fühlen wir uns sicher und aufgehoben und erleben, wie es ist, so angenommen zu werden, wie wir sind. Mit Gleichgesinnten können wir uns austauschen, neue Ideen entwickeln und Neues in die Welt bringen. Auch beim Yoga geht es immer um Verbindung: “yoga” bedeutet wörtlich übersetzt “Einheit” – von Körper und Kopf, Herz und Verstand, vom Individuum und dem großen Ganzen.

Community kam die letzten Jahre viel zu kurz und viele von uns fühlen sich abgeschnitten, kraftlos und irgendwie lost. Deshalb kommen wir beim Summer Gathering als Gruppe zusammen, machen gemeinsam neue Erfahrungen, tanken Sonne und Energie und inspirieren uns gegenseitig, um so neue Kraft zu schöpfen.

Wir starten den Morgen in Stille und beginnen die Praxis mit Chanting, Meditation und Pranayama (Atemübungen), um dann mit einer dynamischen, kraftvollen Asanapraxis mit unterschiedlichem Schwerpunkt in den Tag zu starten. Am Nachmittag erwarten euch Workshops, in denen ihr euch spielerisch an herausfordernde Asanas wie Armbalancen, fortgeschrittene Rückbeugen und Inversions heranwagen und eure körperliche Praxis vertiefen könnt, sowie entspannende Yin Yoga-Einheiten und Breathwork-Sessions, um zu mehr Weichheit und Ruhe zu finden und all das loszulassen, was euch nicht mehr dient.

Als Highlight der Woche feiern wir zusammen den Vollmond mit einem Ritual und halten einen Satsang mit Kirtan ab. In unserer gemeinsamen Woche werden wir an mancher Stelle über uns selbst hinauswachsen, miteinander und aneinander wachsen und so hoffentlich unser volles Potenzial entfalten.

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Die körperliche Asanapraxis ist eine Form, an unseren Beziehungen zu arbeiten. Sie ist wie ein Spiegel, der uns zeigt, wo wir noch blinde Flecken haben und was unsere Vorlieben und Abneigungen sind. Wir begegnen uns selbst auf der Matte mit all unseren Vorgeschichten und Glaubenssätzen. Wenn wir bereit sind, uns wirklich damit auseinanderzusetzen, hat die Asanapraxis das Potenzial, uns tiefgreifend zu verändern.

Bei diesem Jivamukti Yoga Retreat lernst du die energetische und anatomische Ausrichtung von verschiedenen Asanas verstehen und wie diese mit Atem, Blick (drishti) und Energieverschlüssen (bandha) einen Flow ergeben. Das gibt dir die Möglichkeit, deine Yogapraxis zu vertiefen und dich spielerisch auch an fortgeschrittene Asanas zu wagen.

Doch Asana ist nur ein Aspekt auf dem Yogaweg. Dahinter steckt eine unglaublich reiche Philosophie. Zum achtgliedrigen Pfad des Yoga nach Patanjali gehört unser Umgang mit anderen (yama), der Umgang mit uns selbst (niyama), Atemübungen (pranayama), Rückzug der Sinne und Reflexion (pratyahara), Konzentration (dharana), Meditation (dhyana) und schließlich der Zustand von Befreiung (samadhi). Mithilfe intensiver Pranayama-Sessions, angeleiteten Meditationen, gemeinsamen Chanting sowie Raum zur Selbstreflexion werden wir all diese Teile erleben und erfahren.

Morgens starten wir in Stille mit Meditation, Pranayama und einer dynamischen, intensiven Asanapraxis nach der Jivamukti Methode. Nachmittags erwarten dich Workshops und Asana-Labs, um die eigene Asanapraxis zu vertiefen. Beruhigende Pranayama-Sessions und Yin Yoga Einheite sorgen für den nötigen Ausgleich und die Abende verbringen wir in Gemeinschaft (Satsang), um zu Chancen, Erfahrungen und Ideen zu teilen, um Fragen zu stellen oder einfach das Zusammensein zu genießen. 

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We retreat to remind ourselves we do not exist alone. We are always interconnected, supporting each other, and helping each other to bloom.

After a long winter of hibernation, we crawl out of our cozy dens that kept us warm, ready to shed the layers of cold and dust. It is a time to make space for new beginnings, and just like the world around us, it is time to bloom.

Like the first dip into the spring ocean tides, we will immerse ourselves in the fresh joy of renewal. We will move our bodies, reconnect to our breath, and through these, create space for new ideas and inspiration. 

We will begin each morning with meditation and pranayama, followed by a dynamic, sweaty Jivamukti yoga session. A carefully crafted playlist will help you find the beat that pulses within your own body. In the afternoons, we will dive into fundamentals workshops to embody alignment and gain a deeper connection with asana. We will explore yin yoga to find softness and rest, and our evenings will include satsang and kirtan as a space for questions, singing, and meditating together to bloom into our full potential.

Yoga is about connection. It is about relationships—our relationships with ourselves, with our friends, with people we have never met, with the planet and Mother Earth, and with a higher, cosmic consciousness. We will leverage these connections to come together and find new meaning in our own experiences. 

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