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Surf/Yoga Retreat in Brazil with Jackie
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Saturday, March 18- Saturday, March 25,
2006 |
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| Enchanted Mountain Retreat
Center |
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This enriching retreat to the healing
lands of Brazil
will be suitable for accomplished
surfers as well as
those who have never been surfing
before. Beginner
surfers will receive surf lessons &
practice their
moves each day at the nearby beginners
surf break. The
surf instructors in Garopaba are
professional, kind
and encouraging. They will be by your
side each
moment, making sure you are comfortable and
safe. You
are likely to stand up on the board before the
week is
through!
The Enchanted Mountain Retreat
Center, your home for the week, is located in Garopaba,
Brazil (Garopaba is located on the
southeast coast of
Brazil, near some of the very best surf breaks in
Brazil!) |
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What is included |
Cost:
-$995 Beginners (includes
approx. 6-8 hours of
professional surf instruction, surf
board rental &
surf gear)
-$895 Int/Adv
Surfers (bring your own board, or
buy one there!)
This incredibly affordable surf/yoga retreat
includes
the following:
8 days/7 nights
accommodations in clean and spacious
cabins decorated
with traditional Brazilian arts and
crafts.
Two
to three delicious vegetarian meals per day, with
the
option of fish at dinner. (Please note: some days
we
might decide as a group to eat a meal in town, so
we can
surf longer and interact with the locals.)
Daily
transportation to gorgeous sandy beaches for
surfing
& fun in the sun!
One 1.5 hour daily yoga class.
Evening special events! |
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| Surfing |
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Accomplished surfers will be guided by
a local surfer
to the cleanest and least crowded breaks
in the area.
There are many amazing surf breaks all up
and down the
coast in and around Garopaba. The owner of
Enchaned
Mountain, Joseph LePage, is an ex-Californian
surfer.
When he founded Enchanted Mountain, he made sure
he
was located next to some of the best breaks in the
Brazilian coast. Because he surfs nearly every day, he
has a wealth of knowledge about which breaks work best
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Why Brazil? |
March is an excellent time of year to
surf in Brazil
because the Brazilian vacation has ended,
the weather
is still very warm and most of the people
have gone
back to work so the beaches are nearly empty.
Come
have fun in the sun, practice yoga and get excited
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do lots of surfing! |
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| About your Teacher |
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After graduating from Princeton
University with a
degree in Neuropsychology, Jackie
Long, MA was on a
path to study the effects of yoga and
meditation on
the brain. She realized along the way,
however, that
practicing and teaching yoga fulfilled her
much more
than researching it. Stepping out of academia
and onto
the yoga mat has changed her life and she finds
great
inspiration from her own practice and from each of
her
students. Jackie studied extensively at the
Sivananda
Yoga Center and moved on to study at the
Integral Yoga
Institute (established by Swami
Satchidananda, a
devoted student of Swami Sivananda)
where she received
her teaching certificate in 2001.
That year, she also
began her studies at the Institute
of Transpersonal
Psychology, where she graduated in 2004
with a
Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and a
certificate in Creative Expression.
Jackie is
inspired by the rich overlap between Western
psychology,
Buddhist theory and yogic philosophy. She
aims to
incorporate the psychological aspect of yoga
into each
of her classes. Her classes focus on stress
relief,
relaxation, the development of inner awareness
and the
cultivation of metta (loving kindness). With
her warm
and nurturing voice, she creates a
non-competitive
atmosphere so students can move inward
and can begin to
rediscover their true nature. Her
classes are gentle,
and she always encourages students
to move at their own
pace and to respect the signals
their bodies are
offering at all times.
For more information about
this Retreat and to register, please contact Jackie Long at
SoulArchYoga@yahoo.com
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