Yoga & Ayurveda Hormone Balance Retreat
August 30th - September 1st, 2024 • Brandenburg, Germany
A retreat for restoring hormonal balance with Yoga and Ayurveda in Brandenburg's scenic Schörfheide
Whether you are in (peri-)menopause or have problems with your cycle, the applied, millennia-old knowledge of yoga and Ayurveda can help you bring your hormones back into balance and your well-being.
This retreat offers practical tools for a better female quality of life paired with a little break in the country where you can unwind with delicious Ayurvedic-organic food in the beautiful Brandenburg Schörfheide.
Hormone health thought holistically: Yoga & Ayurveda
According to Ayurveda, the ancient holistic Indian medical knowledge (translated as "the knowledge of life"), health is based on 4 pillars: lifestyle (vihar), nutrition (ahar), sleep (nidra) and energy management (brahmacharya). .
In the various Ayurvedic workshops and yoga sessions, we devote ourselves to these 4 pillars from the perspective of female hormonal health, so that each participant can build their own foundation for female health and adapt it to their own needs.
If necessary, individual appointments or Ayurvedic consultations are also possible (at an additional cost).
Schedule
Friday, August 30th
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Arrive, check into your room
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: Yoga session: Intro Ayurveda, yoga & hormones
6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: nidra: Ayurveda, hormones and sleep
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Dinner
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: nidra: Yoga Nidra
from 9:00 p.m.: tea session / sauna / free time
Saturday, August 31st
08:00 - 09:30: bramacharya: yoga session for energy management
09:30 - 10:30: breakfast
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. bramacharya: Ayurveda, hormones and energy management
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ahar: Ayurveda, hormones & nutrition
2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.: free time for walks/sauna
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. bramacharya: Energy Reset Yoga
from 8 p.m.: tea session / sauna / leisure time
Sunday, September 1st
08:00 - 09:30: vihar: yoga session
09:30 - 10:30: breakfast
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: vihar: Ayurveda, hormones and lifestyle
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: conclusion/finale
3:00 p.m. departure (a train leaves back to Berlin at 3:15 p.m.)
*Please note: This retreat will be held in German, with English support if needed.
Accommodation
Simply “being able to be” is part of the holistic concept at Naturhaus Schorfheide. This includes a natural environment in the sense of healthy living, healthy exercise and healthy, natural food.
The rooms are designed as charming little farm rooms. Each room has its own character and invites you to relax thanks to its simplicity. In total there are three and a half shared bathrooms and two atmospheric lounges as well as a wood-fired sauna.
The yoga/seminar room is a 6 meter high, light-flooded room and the heart of the nature house. The outdoor terrace also offers the opportunity to move yoga and workshops outside.
Nourishment
The daily menu aims for balance and equilibrium: honoring the connection between the ingredients and the earth; a balance between tradition and innovation, health and enjoyment. Seasonal, as local as possible, deeply nourishing and full of joy.
Location
The Schorfheide impresses with its spaciousness and breathtaking sunsets. The forest borders the three edges of the village and is ideal for walks - the Schorfheide is part of the UNESCO-protected Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve and the second largest contiguous forest area in Germany.
Getting to the location
The small village of Klandorf is located directly on the Karow – Groß-Schönebeck railway line. Klandorf is the penultimate stop.
If you accidentally drive to the final station, no problem: the train returns to Berlin in a few minutes. On Fridays at 2:27 p.m. or 3:27 p.m. there is a train from S-Karow that arrives at Klandorf station at 3:04 p.m. or 4:04 p.m. On Sunday at 3:15 p.m. there is a direct train connection to Berlin. By car the journey time from Berlin is around an hour.
What’s included:
3 days & 2 nights accommodation
5x Yoga Asana / Yoga Nidra / Breathwork / Meditation practice
4 Ayurveda workshops covering the 4 pillars of health
6 organic vegetarian/ vegan meals
Sauna
Forest walks
Prices:
Double room: 420€
Single room: 480€
Practice yoga techniques that specifically influence your hormonal and nervous systems.
Why join this retreat?
Using techniques from Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Pranayama (breathing practice) and meditation, the entire nervous system and thus also the hormonal system are specifically addressed.
Achieve greater well-being with Ayurveda and learn to address your imbalance.
Bring your hormones back into balance with a holistic and natural view of health and the individual treatment of your imbalances through Ayurveda.
Just to enjoy a nice and really relaxing time in nature.
Fresh air, walks in the forest, sauna, peace and quiet, and nourishing Ayurvedic and organic food ensure that you feel really good and that you can breathe deeply and recover.
Meet your hosts
Linda
Linda is a yoga teacher, Ayurvedic yoga specialist and yoga therapist for hormone balance.
Due to her own hormonal problems (amenorrhea), she began to delve deeper into the hormonal system more than 15 years ago. A few hundred cycles and further training (including Ayurveda for (perio-)menopause and hormonal yoga) later, she is of the opinion that we women should do more to improve our problems naturally and, above all, should do one thing: talk about it!
Leah
Leah first found her way into the world of cooking for retreats as a yoga teacher and practitioner. It was while attending retreats that she realized her calling to support people in their spiritual practice through food.
After professional training in Italy, she began integrating mindfulness and spiritual practices into her cooking and learning more about food systems and the context of health. For her, the journey begins long before the food is served, and each step influences the dish and its impact.
