1 Month Online Winter Yoga Retreat Course

Pre-application requirements

• Zoom app installed on your phone or laptop
• Stable connection

Certifications

The course hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®). 

How the course works

You can participate in the January or February 4-Week Course. Lost Livestream hours are sent to you archived with lifetime access.

The online course consists of:

• four two-hour long sessions via Zoom available to attend choosing from the dates: January 4th, 11th, 18st, and 28th, February 1th, 8th, 18th, 28th. Lost livestream hours are archived and are sent to you (up to 4 sessions total).
• 4 Newsletters
• 2 Ebooks

Timing of sessions (GMT+2)

• 14:00 - 16:00

Course information

Winter is a season that needs inspiration. This is the season of the eternal play between dark and light. It is an invitation to open yourself to the darkness, honor the dark in nature and inside you, embrace tamas, heal, and introspect.

In this season, people usually refer to weight gain, mood changes even to depressive feelings, lack of social connection, too many obligations, like lots of hours working, less time to enjoy home, slow pacing in accomplishing obligations, less entertainment, no time or feeling for vacations, health issues like flu, pale, dry skin, slow digestion, cellulite, anxiety, pain, and traumatic experiences coming into the surface, etc. Winter is a time to go inward, deepen self-awareness, and uplift your consciousness.

What happens in the winter

• Body feels painful
• Resistance of fibers due to cold
• Things are coming to the surface
• Feelings of discomfort and stop
• Time for introspection
• Winter is not the same in all countries
• Seasonal depression is real

What you will do in this four-week online retreat

• Ritualise your winter, nourish, and restore your body and mind using rituals that apply for the winter season
• Learn how to use the seasonal wisdom at your mat and in your daily life
• Release the stiffness, dullness, and procrastination for winter health
• Create wellness accountability, plus promote your wellness goals
• Develop a personalized yoga practice following the seasons
• Have guidance to keep you warm and safe in the cold winter days
• Learn how to use the Ayurvedic principles of elements and gunas in your practice

You will receive

• Ebook Winter Yoga (editable and printable)
• Ebook Planner, Tracker and Journaling (editable and printable)
• Four Newsletters with winter wisdom with the themes you will work on, ideas, and suggestions for everyday
• Four two-hour long live Zoom sessions with Dharma talks, breathing exercises, full-length accessible yoga practices, affirmations, journaling, meditations and more rituals and tips
  
• Resources for winter yoga
• Eight non-continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance for RYTs or the school's course certificate of attendance. You should attend all live sessions to be eligilbe for certification.

Ebook Winter Yoga contents

• Embracing the winter
• Winter mindset quiz check
• One-month challenge: weekly habit tracker, winter self-care action steps
• Winter Rituals
• Winter Yoga practices
• Winter Meditations
• Winter Mantras
• Winter Journaling
• Winter recipes to stimulate and nourish your system
• Affirmations acceleration for the bloomy winter days

This yoga course is held online. Yoga and More is based in Patras, Greece (GMT+2) and they will live-stream the classes via Zoom which you can participate from the comfort of your home by just using your phone or computer.