Jaya Yoga Retreats

The following outlines what is included at our Yoga retreats. While attendance at all classes is optional we nonetheless recommended you attend as much as possible, in order to experience the total healing benefits of Jaya Yoga’s wholistic health regime.

Salute to the rising, midday and setting sun with 3 x 60 – 90 minute hatha yoga classes each day. Learn fundamental alignment principles, learn to work and flow with your breath (pranayama), and have fun with yoga flow dance. At our yoga retreats you'll be introduced to a wide variety of yoga asanas stemming from the major yogic traditions and will experience first hand the enormous benefits of Jaya yoga for the mind, body and spirit.

Learn an Introduction to Raynor Massage, combining the very best of eastern and western massage techniques including shiatsu, acupressure, deep tissue, relaxation, reflexology and much more. Give and receive massage. Experience your body rejuvenated and stress free like never before, as tension is traced to its source and relieved at the deepest level! But don’t just take our word for it, to learn more about this wonderful art of Raynor massage, please visit our website: www.brandonraynor.com, and read what some of our thousands of satisfied Raynor massage graduates world wide have to say.

Learn whole food health cooking. According to Ayurveda, food choices not only affect your body and moods but also have an enormous effect on your consciousness and will thus even play a role in the future we create for ourselves! In the west, the famous phrase is coined: “you are what you eat”. So at our yoga retreats we feast not only our tongues and tummies, but also our mind, spirit, and conscience in healthy, organic (where ever possible), easy to prepare and extremely tasty vegetarian recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Learn the basics of Aromatherapy, and learn to select and prepare a harmonious blend of oils to match your specific condition. Then experience the wonderful healing properties of these aromatic oils, scientifically proven to have up to 70 times the potency of the original plant by pairing up and giving and receiving a rejuvenating facial and steam bath using your aromatic formula uniquely created for you.

Learn how to work with high quality organic Ayurvedic herbal oils specifically infused with various ayurvedic herbs to create a powerful addition to any massage. These herbal infusions are the essential ingredient in Abyungar, Ayurvedic self massage, that is recommended each evening upon retiring to bed for sound sleep, to combat stress, to rejuvenate the body, and promote youthful healthy skin, and anti-aging.

Discover your Ayurvedic constitution(Pita, Vata, Kapha) and learn key tools of diagnosis. Then work with your partner to tailor make a diet to each others specific ayurvedic constitution.

Learn meditation and relaxation tools including japa yoga (repeating mantras on beads) and mantra meditation. Join us for a daily kirtan, group meditation with music.

Enjoy a guided hiking tour of the magnificent Kaena point, the islands western most peninsular. Discover Albatross nesting grounds and various other wildlife and experience the profound energy of the surrounding area, being a sacred area to the native Hawaiians.

Swim with wild sea turtles, snorkel coral reefs and be moved by the magic sunsets at Hawaii’s most unspoiled and sun drenched west side, full of secrets and surprises. Surf Hawaii’s world famous Makaha Surf Beach where the annual international surf contest is held and get a taste of the real Hawaii, as Makaha and the Waianae Coast is the home to Hawaii’s largest native population.

Enjoy whole-food, organic (where ever possible) pure vegetarian food all provided by our talented chef for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Five night accommodation at the Makaha Golf Resort, nestled between the beach and the mountains. Each room is fully equipped for 2 persons and includes a private bathroom and full standard amenities, with lovely views of the surrounding gardens, extensive parklands, and the mountainous terrain, and some are with beautiful ocean views (for an extra tarrif).

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