A self-care day retreat to maintain energy levels through the darker months
The season of Winter comes with a particular stillness. It can allow the opportunity for one to retreat and re-set from the extraversion of Spring, Summer and Autumn, allowing us to direct our energy inwards and conserve
Yet sometimes the cold days, short days and dark nights can leave us feeling drained and unable to muster the mental and physical energy required to get through our days with optimum focus.
This one day retreat led by Sam Edwards and Naomi Johns is designed entirely to help combat the potential physical and mental existential malaise that may accompany us through this season.
Combining the expertise of our individual disciplines of precision-based yoga and outcome-based clinical massage therapy we guide you through a series of practices to help build resilience, clarity, focus and energy.
With the objective of creating a state of physical balance and a calm state of mind we hope you will come away with a renewed vigour that you will allow you to embrace, rather than begrudge the darker months of Winter.
This is a series of workshops that can be taken as stand-alone days or as a complete set (discount applies when all three are booked together).
The day includes a delicious home-cooked vegan lunch together with tea and coffee.
A little bit about Sam
As a student of Jason Crandell (ERYT 500hrs), Sam teaches yoga with the same approach as she follows in her personal practice. An evenly paced vinyasa flow yoga that incorporates mindfulness and technical precision. A satisfying mélange of power and yin to help balance body, mind and soul from the stresses of everyday life and physical training.
Sam is consistently developing her knowledge and understanding of both yoga & the human body through her training since 2012 (200hrs Yoga London; 100hrs Advanced Anatomy Yoga London; 200hrs Yoga for Sports YSS; 300hrs Jason Crandell Advanced Teacher Training; 40 hours Yin & Meditation Sarah Lo) and through other developmental courses working with internationally recognised teachers including Tom Myers, David Svensson & Jill Miller.
A little bit about Naomi
Naomi is an Advanced Clinical & Sports Massage Therapist with a special interest in treating chronic pain using Myofascial Release. She originally trained at St Mary’s University in London where she now lectures in Massage Therapy together with Anatomy & Physiology.
Naomi has enriched her learning the Jing Institute for Advanced Massage Training where she spent over a year studying the use of massage & bodywork to treat chronic pain & sports injuries. Amongst her many other qualifications she also holds an advanced certificate for myofascial release. Naomi runs a busy Massage Therapy Clinic in South West London.
“Thank you, Naomi and Sam - loads of learning firsts for me in such a nurturing and instructive atmosphere.”