Yoga and Kirtan Retreat in Crete

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Overview Program Accommodation Location Instructors Cancellations

Pranayama and Hatha Yoga

Meditation

Hatha yoga

Dancing meditation

Cretan and Ayurvedic food

Pranayama

Mantra yoga

Kirtan

Nature therapy

Are you feeling called to experience deep energy healing and heart opening? Spend a transformative week on magical Crete immersed in the healing energy of the island as you experience the vibrations of mantra yoga and the beautiful sounds of kirtan. Kirtan is a powerful practice using sound, song, and mantra chanting to connect with others, to engage in self-exploration, and to encourage conscious evolution. Experience a blend of meditation, pranayama, and yoga focused on opening the heart chakra with dancing yoga, kirtan, and mantra yoga. Each activity uses tools and mediums of sound to journey deeper into your heart and a space of silence. Nourish your mind, body, and spirit with colorful Cretan and Ayurvedic meals, conscious movement, sound vibrations, and rejuvenating time spent among the mountains and the sea.

4th September to 11th September 2022

People

Double Room

Shared room | Shared bathroom

$915

$1,829

Program

This week-long retreat immerses you into the vibrational energy and power of kirtan and mantras. Each morning starts with a meditation and an hour and a half-long asana session accompanied by mantra singing. After breakfast, much of the day is left free to hike, swim, explore Crete, and relax. On most evenings, there will be a two-hour long Hatha yoga session. During the retreat, there will also be a kirtan on the beach and a dancing meditation with live music.

Accommodation

Mountain and Beach setting

Restored stone house

Sea views

Shared indoor and outdoor bathrooms

Garden

Double rooms

Outdoor yoga shala

Om Shanti Yoga and Healing Centre is situated in a small mountain village called Amiras on the southern coast of Crete. From the traditional stone home and the outdoor yoga shala, admire sweeping views over the Libyan Sea. The house has three restored double rooms as well as one enclosed shower. Or if you choose, shower outside beneath the shade of a fig tree.

Double Room

Shared room | Shared bathroom | $915

Location

Nearby Towns

Nea Alikarnassos

41 km

Irakleio

44 km

Siteia

62 km

Nearest airports

HER Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

41 km

JSH Sitia Airport

63 km

Nearest train stations

Club Calimera Sirens Beach

27km

lti Meli Palace

29km

Club Calimera Sunshine Kreta

44km

Instructors

Anja

Anja is a trained Hatha yoga teacher with specialties in Yin, flow, and Shivananda yoga, and is also a Reiki master. Upon relocating to Crete from Germany, she discovered yoga, meditation, and various mediums of energy healing. Although she officially started studying yoga in 1993, Anja completed her teacher training in the Bahamas in 2001 and has continued to deepen her yoga, pranayama, and meditation knowledge during many winters spent in India. She runs Om Shanti Yoga Center in Crete with her partner and believes that yoga is the essence to becoming centered in life, helping her find joy and and peace.

Lalita

As Lalita was completing her yoga teacher training in 1994, she was deeply touched by the singing of the Bajans, which inspired to head to South India. Lalita believes in the power of music to awaken the unconscious mind and offers kirtans to lead people to a state of bliss and happiness.