A Transformative Yoga Retreat and
Teacher Training in the
Sacred Andes of Peru
Free Yoga Class with Tej Kaur and Nirmal Singh and Info session with slide show about the August Teacher training/ retreat:
Friday May 25th from 6.00 to 8.00 pm. 348 Palmerston Blvd., Toronto
Next Retreat: October 26 to November 3rd: Healing retreat in the Amazon Jungle with Tej Kaur, yoga teacher and Jessica Bertrampe, shaman.
Please contact Tej: 416.538.9718
Surrender to yourself and leave behind any demoting habits. Experience the mystery of the ancient Inca and bask in the majesty of the Andean mountains.
Come with Sat Dharam Kaur, Tej Kaur and Nirmal Singh to participate in the acclaimed “Beyond Addiction” training program. This certified training will give you the opportunity to not only free yourself from addiction but to learn how to free others as well.
Come with us to the healing wonder that is Peru…
About the program:
This course is designed for individuals seeking to develop healthy habits and overcome addictive behaviour, for health professionals who work with addiction and for certified yoga teachers who would like to teach a yoga-based addiction recovery program. The course outlines a 66 hour (or 16 week) recovery program which includes Kundalini Yoga, breathing techniques, meditation, relaxation, self-reflection, lifestyle and dietary guidelines, stress management, hydrotherapy, naturopathic detoxification and nutritional and herbal supplementation for neurotransmitter and glandular balance.
After having completed this program, you will have access to support from others that have completed the program as well as a network of professionals.
What we offer…
Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and the Mountains:
Our home base will be in a restful and magical guesthouse, set in the charming Sacred Valley of the Inca. It is composed of bright and peaceful cabins, built from adobe with private bathrooms and hot water; each one has its own unique view of the mountains and the gardens. The roundhouse yoga studio has a hardwood floor and big windows overlooking the mountains. The surrounding gardens are filled with medicinal plants of the Andes and brilliant flowers. At any time, you can also enjoy a beautiful floral bath and visit the unique waterfall nearby. The menu can be vegetarian or not, including delicious and nutritious, protein-filled Andean cereals and legumes.
A few hours of Kundalini Yoga will be offered each day to help cover the very rich “Beyond Addiction” program. Time is set aside for course work and study as well as for some personal exploration or meditation in the garden and hiking in the mountains.
In addition to the training, there will be a purifying temazcal (sweat lodge) at the beginning of the program and visits to some amazing sites. Among these, are the beautiful, salt ponds of Maras, the ruins of ancient Ollantaytambo and of course, no trip to Peru would be complete without a visit to the majestic Machu Picchu and the hot springs of Aguas Calientes!
This package includes all nights in the Sacred Valley, one night in fascinating Cuzco City, one night in Aguas Calientes located near Machu Picchu, excursions to Maras and Ollantaytambo, all ground transport, hotel accommodation, entrance tickets and tourist train to Machu Picchu. All meals are also included.
The itinerary…
Day One: Friday, August 3rd
The program begins in Cuzco, ancient capital of the Incan Empire. Airport transfer to a restaurant for a welcome lunch in town and we will head off to the Sacred Valley to our home base retreat centre. After a few hours rest, we will get an introduction to the “Beyond Addiction” program by Sat Dharam Kaur, author of the program.
Day Two and three: Saturday August 4th
We will cover seven hours of yoga led mainly by Sat Dharam Kaur. We will end the day with a sweat lodge or temascal, as it’s known locally. The Temazcal is a ceremony that takes place in a small hut where hot volcanic rocks provide the purifying heat to cleanse the body and spirit. Various aromatic herbs are also burned on the rocks. It will be a healthy and very uplifting way to start our retreat together.
Day Three: Sunday, August 5th
It will be a rich day of yoga, diving into our transformative program.
The yoga classes will be led now by Tej Kaur and Nirmal Singh.
There is time set aside around lunch and dinner to rest and enjoy the mountains scenery.
After dinner we will end the day with a meditation.
Day Four: Monday August 6th
We will start the day with a few hours of yoga. Then we will leave to visit the salt ponds of Maras, less than an hour drive from our retreat centre. These ancient Inca salt mines offer an incredible celebration of man’s work and Nature. The effect of the sunlight reflecting off of the maze of ponds is quite stunning.
If time allows it, we will also visit nearby, the Incan agricultural terraces at Moray which will demonstrate the sophisticated science of the Inca culture. Mid-afternoon we will come back to our centre to continue our yoga program. Dinner is usually served at 6.30 pm and followed by a meditation.
Day Five: Tuesday, August 7th
We will do a full day of yoga. The studio allows us to feel immersed in nature as the walls are made of glass from floor to ceiling. A very inspiring space to feel renewed and energized!
Day Six: Wednesday, August 8th
After our ritual breakfast around 7.00 am, we will start the day with a couple of hours of yoga. With our bus, we will drive to Ollantaytambo, one of the most beautiful Inca villages of Peru. We will take our lunch in a restaurant surrounded by mountains and Inca ruins. This is where we will catch our train to the village of Aguas Calientes, final destination and starting base for Machu Picchu. We will spend the afternoon visiting the village and to enjoy the natural hot springs in the middle of the cloud forest jungle. Then we will have a nice dinner at a quaint restaurant before our night at the hotel.
Day Seven: Thursday, August 9th
We will have an early breakfast at the hotel in order to take the first bus to catch the sunrise over Machu Picchu. There, before most tourists arrive, we will settle in a privileged spot to meditate and absorb the wondrous and healing energy of this sacred site. Our talented guide will then tell us the fascinating story and history of Machu Picchu and the Incan culture.
For the ambitious ones there is the possibility to climb Wayna Picchu, the tall mountain always seen in the photos. From there you get an incredible view of Machu Picchu, the surrounding mountains and the whole cloud forest.
Beginning of afternoon we will start our descent back to Aguas Calientes where we will have a light lunch before catching our train and bus back to our retreat centre. We will end the day with another beautiful meditation.
Day Eight, Nine and Ten: Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday August 12th
We will cover the rest of the “Beyond Addiction” program.
Sunday end of afternoon, we will leave our retreat centre to go back to Cusco where we will have our farewell dinner in a restaurant serving beautiful organic food.
We will accompany you to your hotel with rooms with balconies overlooking the beautiful city.
Day Eleven: Monday, August 13th
It’s our farewell day. Transfer to the airport will be organized for you. But as you wish you could also take the opportunity before your flight to visit the ancient city of Cuzco.
Some other details…
Please try to coordinate your departure flight times with Tej. Booking on the same flight works best. Multiple flight departures may require multiple transfers from the hotel at additional cost. With some airline exceptions, overseas flights out of Lima tend to leave in the evening. You will not have to worry about any logistics; participants can simply practice yoga in the wonderful setting of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, relax in nature, and enjoy this time in Peru to the fullest.
We guarantee that you will come back home fully renewed and with a training that will give you the opportunity to teach others.
The order of events within the itinerary may vary to suit the needs of the group. The itinerary is subject to change in extraordinary circumstances. Weather in the Andes is unpredictable and may cause delays or cancellation of flights or activities. Changes in flights and train schedule are common in Peru. We also select days to visit sites when fewer tourists are likely to be there. Though pricing is current at the time of publication and we make every effort to maintain this pricing, it is subject to change in extraordinary circumstances. Program begins and ends with group Cuzco airport transfers.
Payment…
Total Price: US$ 2,500.00 (no tax) with registration two months before departure date, and US$ 2,750 (no tax) after that deadline.
Cost includes all programs and meals, all quality hotels, transport, all entrance tickets and the whole “Beyond Addiction“ teacher training program with Sat Dharam Kaur, Tej Kaur and Nirmal Singh.
Not included…
International return flights from your country to Cuzco via Lima. Toronto-Cuzco is currently between CDN$ 800 and CDN$ 1,400. Airport departure taxes: Each participant must keep aside a total of approximately US$44 (US$32 for one international and $6.00 each for two domestic departures). Individual airport transfers and tips to service providers ($80).
Flights…
If possible, please coordinate the flight times with Tej to ensure that you all arrive together. Peru is currently a very popular travel destination and we advise that early international and domestic flight bookings are essential. LAN Airlines has convenient international direct flights to Lima, with connections on their subsidiary LanPeru to Cuzco. Multiple US carriers fly into Lima. TACA Airlines has international service to Lima with daily connections to Cuzco and is probably the cheapest version. If arriving at a different time from the group, there will be an additional cost of $12 to send an agent to meet you at the airport and transfer you from the airport to the hotel in Cuzco. Additional detailed information will be made available to participants upon their registration.
All costs are accurate at the time of printing and are subject to change.
We look forward to having you on this transformative retreat!