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Yoga @ The Opstal with Marianne Wiid
July 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - July 22, 2015 @ 10:00 am
Marianne approaches life holistically combining her passion for Yoga, healing and bringing joy to others in all aspect of her life. The De Hoop Yoga Retreat will provide an enriching experience in a venue that will unify your body, mind and spirit. Guests stay in the Opstal area with 4 per cottage.
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
B.K.S Iyengar
Yoga is the golden key which unlocks the door to peace, tranquillity, and joy.
B.K.S Iyengar
R2 995 per person sharing – including meals
but excluding drinks and Cape Nature gate entrance once off fee of R40
BOOKINGS: Nini Stephens – nini@iafrica.com – 082 921 3908
ITINERARY
Sunday 19 July
2pm Guests arrive and check in at de Hoop with welcome health drink/tea under the Fig Tree
4-5:30pm Yoga workshop in The Shed
6pm Sundowners watching the pelicans and flamingos on the vlei
7pm Healthy Dinner in the Restaurant
Monday 20 July
7:30am Wake up tea, coffee and rusks
8-9am Pranayama
9:15am Healthy Breakfast
11-1pm Asana
1:15pm Healthy Lunch
2:30-3:30pm Guided walk along the beautiful Vlei and learn about the incredibly rare birds found in this world heritage Ramsar bird site.
4-6 pm Restorative Yoga
7 pm Healthy Dinner under the Fig Tree around a campfire
8:30pm Stargazing with one of our special de Hoop guides!
Tuesday 21 July
7:30am Wake up tea, coffee and crunchies
8-10 am Pranayama and Asana
10:15am Healthy Breakfast
11:15am Leave for Koppie Alleen for Marine Walk at Low Tide (12:08)
11:45 Sun salutations on the Dunes at Koppie Alleen
12:15 Guided Marine Walk along the spectacular rocky shores at Koppie Alleen watching the
Southern Right Whales who come to calve in the Marine protected area along the shores of de Hoop
1:45pm Picnic Lunch at Koppie Alleen
4-6 pm Yoga Workshop
7 pm Healthy Dinner
Wednesday 22 July
7:30am Wake up tea, coffee and rusks
8-9am Pranayama
9:15am Farewell healthy breakfast
11:00am Checkout
Marianne Wiid
Marianne is an Iyengar Yoga teacher who holds regular Yoga classes in Hermanus and Stanford. She has been practising yoga for over 15 years and once she completed her three year teacher training course in Cape Town, opened her own studio in Hermanus. Marianne approaches life holistically combining her passion for Yoga, healing and bringing joy to others in all aspect of her life.
The De Hoop Yoga Retreat will provide an enriching experience in a venue that will unify your body, mind and spirit. Although an accomplished Yoga practitioner, Marianne recognises that Yoga is a continuous journey, one that never ends. This allows her to guide her students with compassion in order to allow them to emerge a better version of themselves.
Since her recent return from a five week enriching Yoga training experience at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune (India), Marianne is excited about sharing her journey with like-minded Yogis at the upcoming De Hoop Yoga Retreat. The Retreat offers to energize, renew, relieve tension and give an overall sense of wellbeing. The Retreat will offer a meditative space for Asana practise and Pranayama surrounded by the natural beauty of De Hoop Nature Reserve.
To book please call us on 021 422 4522, or email info@dehoopcollection.co.za