OUR PROGRAMME
Our Programme
Our House in Gölköy
Every week offers you a balance of structured activity with ample time for your own explorations and relaxation. Each day has one main session, usually in the morning, leaving you free for the rest of the day to soak up the Mediterranean climate...or you might be offered some further activity late in the afternoon such as a guided walk, another gentle Yoga practise, a Shiatsu class or meditation (these depend on your teacher for the week). One afternoon will be reserved for a boat trip with a picnic so you can swim and explore the quiet bays. The house sits in an olive and carob grove with pine forests above and mandarin orchards below. It looks out towards the hazy hills of the Bodrum peninsula and Gölköy village spread along the seashore 15 minutes walk away. There is no proper road at our end of the village so there is scarcely any traffic, just peace. Most of our courses and classes take place in our outdoor dojo or the countryside which surrounds the house.
THE ARTIST WITHIN - A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY with JENNY LEE
July 27th - August 2nd
In this week you will reinvent yourself through drawing or painting. You will be introduced to technical ski8lls and alongside them ways of opening your imagination. Meditation, visualization, relaxaition, breathing, affirmation and music together with studes of line, colour, shape and space will combine to lead you into drawing on your inner feelings. Jeny Poretzky-Lee originally trained in Paris in painting, drawing and tapestry weaving. Now she lives in London as a teacher and painter as wella s being a spiritual healer and yoga practitioner.

Cost of course: £275
YOGA and MEDITATION with MOKSARAJA
September 7th - 13th
This will be a wonderful opportunity to explore Yoga practice more fully whilst enjoying the most beautiful of settings. The Yoga teaching will be progressive throughout the week whilst also catering for the specific needs of each individual. Emphasis will be placed on alignment in both static and dynamic sequences combined with an exploration of the bandhas and the breathy.
For those that wish to learn or refresh their meditation practice there will also be periods set aside for seated meditation.
However, the course will be structured so that there will be plenty of time to explore the surrounding countryside, swim, get to know people, or just simply relax!
 Moksaraja has been ordained as a Buddhist for 11 years, teaching meditation throughout this period which has also included several years living and teaching at a retreat centre specifically dedicated to intensive mediation practice. He is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher and also practices within the Astanga Vinyasa tradition. Prior to that he practised karate for about 5 years. His approach to yoga reflects his exploration of martial arts as well as his deep experience of meditation.
It would be best if participants are familiar with the basic postures, through this is not essential.

Cost of course: £295
Participants should bring their own sticky mats.
OKIDO YOGA with SIMON SPRECHER and MICHAEL CULLINGWORTH
September 14th - 20th
In Golkoy our daily programme usually start with Meditation and simple cleansing practices followed by Suray Namaskar - sun salutation exercises. The Yoga class will include preparatory exercises, Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha and relaxation. Also, Kriyas, the special energy and Chakra balancing techniques as well as Mantra will be introduced.
All the practices are suitable for beginners and the more advanced. There will be a further group practice of Yoga or massage before the evening meal The aim will be to have fun and to enjoy the sea, sun and beautiful surroundings and to share the group's combined talents and gifts of nature.
 Ernest Coates is a very experienced teacher of Yoga, mediation and massage and principal of the School for Living Yoga. He has been teaching Yoga for many years, having stufies in India with Dr. Swami Gitanda, Swami (Baba) Muktananda dn Swami Yogeshwarananda. Ernest helped launch the Yorkshire TV series 'Yoga for Health' and appeared in the Thames TV programme 'How to Last a Lifetime'. He is a qualified masseur and author of the Yoga manual 'Living Yoga'.

Cost of course: £275
REJUVENATE AND DETOXIFY
September 28th - October 6th
'Yoga and Detoxification: Fast without Hunger' CARLA DIXON-FOXLEY and RICHARD FOXLEY

Guided by a qualified Clinical Nutritionist, the focus will be on a mild cleansing and liver detoxification programme complemented by yoga, relaxion and soft exercise to encourage lymphatic drainage and activate metabolic rate.
During the 4 main 'fasting' days you will eat only 'clean' foods: fresh vegetables and fruit, salads and soups. Eating these foods will allow your body to rest as they produce less metabolic 'ash'. This is because they contain their own digestive enzymes and fibre and are 'clean burning'. 		The main yoga practice each morning and the gentle, relaxed session in the afternoon will enhance and acelerate this process of purification so that you will feel refreshed and rejuvenated by the end of the week.
Carla is a Licentiate of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition and she and Richar both teach yoga in South East London and Mallorca.

Cost of course: £325
PROGRESSIVE INDIVIDUAL YOGA INSTRUCTION WITH WILLIAM ROBERTSON
October 5th-11th
There will be two classes of asana practice each day, one more dynamic and one which deepens the internal focus as a preparation for meditation, for those who would like to use the setting of natural beauty, solitude and timelessness in this most rewarding way. The classes will emphasis developing each person's optimum personal practice and developing the ability to practise independently. There will be ample time for exploring the countryside, swimming, socialising and relaxation.
 William is a New Zealander with a background as a Registered Nurse, who has established a unique programme in a small studio in London along traditional guidelines. He is a certified Iyengar instructor, who has also trained in the Astanga Vinyasa method of K. Pattabhi Jois.

Cost of course: £325
Please bring your own sticky mat.
IYENGAR YOGA with ELIZABETH CONNOLLY
October 12th - 18th
Elizabeth has been an Iyengar Yoga teacher since 1978 and has been training teachers since 1984. She has run intensive yoga courses for prisoners and Northern Ireland and is now training both introductory and intermediate pupils in London, Dublin and Cornwall.

Cost of course: £310
Please bring your own sticky mat.
FIND YOUR PSYCHE THROUGH CREATIVITY with EWA GARGULINSKA
October 19th - 25th
Students will be taught to achieve limitless creativity in the visual expression of self using painting as the medium.
The teaching method is structured on visual exercises in spontaneous response to a theme. It accelerates students' understanding of the essential elements in the creative process: imagination, intuition, freedom and sincerity.
The visual element plays an equally important part in development of the creative mind. Students will learn composition, texture and colour in abstract, figurative and surreal form.
The content of the daily exercises is designed to release students' potential in development of an independent vision as well as enabling them to understand the emotional side of their psyche.
 On completion of the above course students will be able to recognise their potential as creators, to sustain concentration, to trust their vision, to confidently express their imagination through technique, form, colour and to understand the power of the creative mind.
The course is open to students at all levels. There will be a demonstration of techniques related to surface, depth of colour and texture.
Ewa is a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and a lecturer at Central St. Martins College of Art in London and the School of Visual Arts in new York. She exhibits her painting internationally.

Cost of course: £300
Please inquire about materials to bring.