Summer Yoga Retreat

• • Astanga Mysore with Petri Räisänen & Juha Javanainen

• • Astanga Intermediate Beginners with Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen

• • Astanga New Beginners with Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen

• • Yoga for teens (ages 12-16): book the Ashtanga beginners class above

• • Yoga for kids (ages 3-11, in Finnish) with Malina Pursiainen

• • Yoga Philosophy of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras with Måns Broo, included in weekly program

• • • Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as a basis for daily practice
  • Yinyoga* (additional workshop)
    • Yinful Yoga with Tamara Ashley (3 classes)
    • Yinyoga and Tibetan Singing Bowls with Malina Pursiainen (2 classes)

Other retreat classes, included in weekly program:

• • Q&A on Yoga and its methods / Petri & Juha

• • Asana and breath labs / Petri & Juha

• • Pranayama / Petri & Juha

• • Meditation / Tamara Ashley

• • Astanga Mysore with Petri Räisänen & Juha Javanainen

• • Astanga Intermediate Beginners with Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen

• • Astanga New Beginners with Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen

• • Yoga for teens (ages 12-16): book the Ashtanga beginners class above

• • Yoga for kids (ages 3-11, in Finnish) with Kirsi Haimi

• • Healing Lights Meditation with Tamara Ashley (included in weekly program)

• • Pilates* with Hely Järvinen (additional workshop, 3 classes)

Other retreat classes, included in weekly program:

• • Q&A on Yoga and its methods / Petri & Juha

• • Asana and breath labs / Petri & Juha

• • Pranayama / Petri & Juha

• • Meditation / Tamara Ashley

• • Astanga Mysore with Marke Murtomäki & Juha Javanainen

• • Astanga Intermediate Beginners with Tamara Ashley

• • Yoga for teens (ages 12-16): book the Ashtanga beginners class above

• • Yoga for kids (ages 3-11, in Finnish) with Jenna Rignell

• • Handstand & Inversions with Alice & Charlie Taylor (included in weekly program)

• • Mindfulness with Marke Murtomäki (included in weekly program, teaching in Finnish)

• • Yinful Yoga* with Tamara Ashley, 3 classes, additional workshop

Other retreat classes, included in weekly program:

• Q&A on Feminine Yoga / Alice Taylor
• Q&A on Astanga Yoga / Juha Javanainen & Marke Murtomäki
• Breath lab / Alice Taylor
• Pranayama (3 sessions)/ Charlie Taylor
• Mindfulness (3 sessions) / Marke Murtomäki (in Finnish!)

• Week 1: Yinful Yoga with Tamara Ashley (3 sessions) & Yin Yoga & Singing Bowl with Malina Pursiainen (2 sessions)

• Week 2: Pilates for Yogis with Hely Järvinen (3 sessions)

• Week 3:  Restorative Yinful Yoga with Tamara Ashley (3 sessions)

Additional (extra) workshops: you may book 1, 2, 3 or even 5 sessions (if available) per week.
Special price for Retreat attendants, also drop in,  limited number of space.
Book the extra workshops or drop-in sessions in advance!

Arrive between 15:00 – 19:30 (note: there is ferries on the way from Parainen to Houtskari)

• Rooms available from 15:00 
• Morning bus from Helsinki to Turku / Kaarina, change bus to Houtskari, see the timetable at Matkahuolto.fi (webpage also in English).
• Evening meal between 18:00 –19:30
Info meeting at 19:15–20:15
• introduction of teachers, assistants, and house staff of the week
• Saaristokoulu houses, area and general info of the week
• Program of the week
• Practice times and Karma yoga turns

Morning

• Astanga Mysore style
  • Practice between 5:30 – 9:00
• Led Astanga Yoga classes
  • New beginners 9:30 – 10:30
  • Intermediate beginners 8:00 – 9:15
• Kids yoga:
  • For 3-6 yrs & 7-11 yrs between 10:30 – 12:20
• Yoga Philosophy / Meditation / Handstand&Inversions 
  • Time 11:15 – 12:30

Additional workshops 14:00 – 17:15 (extra charge)
• Yinful Yoga & Yin yoga with singing bowls (week 1)
• Pilates for Yogis (week 2),
• Yinful Yoga (week 3)

Afternoon classes 13:30 – 18:15
• Possibility for private questions with the teachers
• Discussions on yoga, progress, and health
• Mindfulness classes (week 3)
• Yoga Asana techniques – Asana Lab
• Pranayama breathing methods and practices

Evening classes 19:15-19:45
• Evening meditation

Activities
• A small volley ball field, good also for badminton / birdie
• Bring your own freetime games
• Grass field for kids soccer at the Näsby center

Sauna
• Sauna every morning & evening

Bicycles, boats, kayaks, SUP-boards, walking etc

• Kayaks (2) and SUP boards (2) to rent at the Reception
• Free rowing boats (2), ask the rowing paddles at the Reception
• 150 m distance to Näsby old wooden church
• 300 m distance to Näsby village center, shops and boat harbour with cafe
• 4 km distance sightseeing tower (Borgbacken) 
• 6 km distance Restaurant & Cafe Hyppeis Värdshus

• • Chefs: Maria and Marcus

• • Breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner

• • The menu (mostly vegan) is planned by a professional chef

• • Dairy free option always available (dairy products are all in all used only in small quantities)

• • Let us know about your special diet or allergies with registration

• Bed linen and towels available for rent at the Reception, rent 8€
• Washing machine prices: normal program 5€, short program 2€, reservations at the Reception
• We will make the Retreat together: we will keep the Yoga Shala and Dining hall and our private rooms clean by ourselves
  • this will be Karma Yoga e.g. Yoga of work for each others, which is part of the Retreat program

Sunday program
• Morning yoga and lectures before the lunch
• Closing of the retreat week 12:30 
• Lunch 12:30-13:30
If you are leaving on Sunday
• check-out of the rooms and cottages 13:00
• bus from Houtskari to Turku / Helsinki
If the yoga retreat goes on and you will stay the next week
• Sunday evening meal 18:00 –19:00
• sauna 17:30–21:30