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21 - 24 Feb

BACK TO NATURE YOGA RETREAT with Jo Fox

Dates: 21-24 February, 2020 

Deepen your practice, restore your body and mind and leave feeling rejuvenated and in harmony with yourself and nature. To book this retreat, please contact the teacher directly.

For booking, please email the teacher directly at: jofox@backtonatureyogaretreats.com

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Set amidst lakes and dense forests, this is the perfect place to immerse yourself in Yoga and Mother Nature on our Back to Nature Winter Wonderland Retreat. Forest walks are just magical at this time of year, so deeply peaceful with a chance to practice Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) and be at one with nature. Relax your muscles and mind in the floating sauna and dare to take an icy plunge in the ice hole afterwards.

Your 3 night stay consists of 5 Yoga sessions, meditations, Yoga nidras, an exploratory workshops, floating saunas, wild swimming, forest bathing and incredible food inspired by the Indian Ayurvedic health tradition. The talented Natalie Roper will be joining us and offering a range of her incredible Ayuvedic massage treatments.

Fully embracing our ethos we have curated this retreat to give you the opportunity to begin or enhance your Yoga practice making way for a deeper connection to yourself and the universe, encouraged and inspired by the calming influences of natural surrounds.

What to Expect

You’ll settle into your allocated room and have a bit of time to chill and explore the venue and surrounds before a group welcome around 4.30pm. Your first yoga session will be around 5pm with a chance to sauna/freshen up before dinner around 7.30pm. After dinner the sauna will be available for use.

Morning Yoga will be at a time agreeable to the group and a super healthy breakfast will follow. Then, its free time until lunch and again afterwards. Take a forest walk or there’s a great library with an interesting selection of books to choose from. After lunch, there’s more time for you to relax and enjoy the beautiful surrounds with the late afternoon class taking place around 5pm.

Each day begins with a Yoga session and breakfast and then you’re free to roam until lunchtime. Checkout is just after your lunch on the last day of the retreat although there is usually no rush here.

Morning Yoga sessions will be Hatha and gentle Vinyasa based to energise the body with evening sessions dedicated to the deeply relaxing practice of Yin. Throughout the retreat we will include pranayama (breathing techniques), Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation) and guided meditations.

Yoga sessions will include pranayama (breathing techniques), Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation), guided meditations.

There will be an exploratory workshop. Private Yoga sessions may also be scheduled at an extra cost.

“When I saw that there was a yoga retreat being offered, I jumped at the chance to attend. Jo is one of the best teachers I’ve had and her patience and guidance really helped me improve my practice and start setting new goals. Jo is extremely knowledgeable and is able to give both modifications for poses, as well as pushing you to achievements you didn’t know you were capable of!”
– Guest in 2017 retreat

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

 

What to Bring

Yoga mats, bricks, straps and blankets are provided. Clothes suitable for Yoga and swimsuit for the sauna and if you feel like a dip in the ice post sauna!

What is Included

Costs just £440 for the 3 nights and includes all accommodation (based on 2 sharing), all meals, 5 Yoga sessions, x1 exploratory workshop, use of floating sauna.

Payment Options/Terms and Conditions

A 20% non refundable deposit will be required to secure your place on any retreat. In most circumstances, monthly installments can be made towards your retreat. Full payment will be required usually 10 weeks prior to the retreat. Cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the retreat will not be refunded. A 50% fee will be applied to any refund due on cancellations made between 30 and 60 days.

“I’ve just returned from Jo’s Back to Nature Yoga Retreat at Shambala in Sweden. Her yoga instruction was both supportive and inspiring, letting me reach new heights. The lakeside environment was incredible chilled and beautiful, and the food was as plentiful as it was tasty (porridge bread was INCREDIBLE). Something I’ll definitely do again!”
– Guest in 2018 retreat

JO FOX

meet the team

About Back To Nature & Jo Fox

 
Evolving from a love of Yoga, nature, travel and the bringing together of people, Jo Fox has been curating and leading Yoga getaways for over 9 years in some truly spectacular and unique locations. Safari, beach, forest or mountains, the essence of each has always remained constant and simple: to present guests with the opportunity to begin or enhance their Yoga practice making way for a deeper connection to themselves and the universe, encouraged and inspired by the calming influences of natural surrounds. 
 
Jo is a highly experienced, senior Yoga instructor who curates and hosts to an impeccably high standard ensuring all guests receive the utmost of care during their retreat. With an extraordinary ability to bring people together, she facilitates, coaches and guides each guest in a safe and super friendly, fun environment offering non judgmental support and guidance where appropriate with compassion and confidence.
 
We stay in unique and authentic venues that align with the sustainable ethos of our business and can provide the tranquil setting and nourishing cuisine that help complete the ingredients for the perfect Back To Nature experience.
 
The beauty of nature can have a profound effect. Calming the senses and pacifying the mind. In nature, as we find in our Yoga practice, we can be present in the moment without distractions. In allowing ourselves the peaceful and extended free time of a retreat, we make space within, space for new ideas, space to remove old habits and create new. We recharge, give renewed energy to ourselves, rejuvenate and allow for optimism and change.
 

Sustainability

We care about our planet and love and respect Mother Nature and as such we seek out retreat venues who can honour the sustainable ethos of our business. We promote responsible tourism and do whatever we can to ensure our retreaters leave a green footprint. For example:

 

The Yoga

Whether you’re starting a Yoga practice or want to develop an existing practice, Jo will ensure your specific needs are tailored for during the Yoga sessions and workshops. You will receive adjustments to help you to deepen and advance your practice. Equally, modifications will be given. 
 
We care about the needs of each client and will gather a little information about you before the retreat in terms of where you are in your practice and any specific areas you’d like to work on
 
The first Yoga session of any Back to Nature retreat is usually an alignment based Hatha class to bring the group together.  Then, throughout the retreat, classes will be a fusion of Hatha (traditional and dynamic), flow and Yin. Usually an umbrella theme that magicaly threads its way throughout the programme emerges and each client receives lots of loving care and attention, any necessary adjustments to ensure they come away with an enhanced practice and a more rounded knowledge of the science of Yoga.
 
Workshops or mini one to one sessions may take place and there’s plenty of opportunity for Yoga themed discussions on nature walks or around the dinner table.
Guided meditations and Yoga nidras are also included in our retreats.
 
Jo teaches with passion, patience, precision and humour. You can be sure that your practice will progress and evolve plus you’ll learn a lot and have fun along the way!
 

Our Retreats

We want each of our guests to have a truly incredible and meaningful experience. Choosing to come on a Back to Nature retreat means that you are willing to step outside your busy life and routine and make all important time for yourself. In allowing yourselves this peaceful and extended free time, you make space within, space for new ideas, space to remove old habits and create new. You recharge, give renewed energy and connect mind, body and heart.
 
Whether you’re a solo traveler or coming with a partner or a friend, we look forward to hosting you. Retreats are accessible to all levels of practitioners and if you’re a complete beginner, its the perfect place to begin a practice.
 

 

 

For more information on this retreat visit:

www.backtonature.yoga/events/2018/6/28/sweden-3-nights


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How to get here

Shambala Gatherings
Borntorpet 1
Skinnskatteberg
Sweden

Located just two hours away from Stockholm in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, the area is easily accessible by air, train and car, making a great option for a short break wildlife destination.

  • Coming by air: The nearest airport to Shambala is Stockholm Vasteras. The second nearest airport is Arlanda airport, the main airport in Sweden. You can easily take a train all the way to Skinnskatteberg from both of them.
  • Coming by train / bus: We are fortunate to have a train / bus station at Skinnskatteberg only 5 minutes ride from the center. We offer free pick up services from this station in summer.
  • Coming by car: Simply open this Google map on your navigator and follow directions to Borntorpet 1 in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden.

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