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Spine Watch By Yoga Teacher Holly Warren
Spine Watch During fifteen years of yoga teaching, my focus has evolved and changed to centre on movement and integration of the spine. This focus now underpins the majority of my teaching, as I believe the spine is essential in terms of physiological health and the...
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Barak Obama’s PR Staff Visit Kaliyoga Retreats
The following comments were added to Tripadvisor by Barak Obama's PR Staff after their retreat at Kaliyoga in Spain Kaliyoga Retreats, just right for all I can't say enough good things about this incredible yoga retreat. Maybe it will make a difference to say I took...
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Yoga and The Happiness connection
“There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way” Buddha. On a good day, the above quote from Buddha feels sublime. On a bad day, it feels like a frustrating riddle. In Peter Chelsom’s film “Hector & the Search for Happiness” there is a hilarious moment when a...
Mental health therapeutic retreat
If only we could work on our mental health burdens the way we go about keeping our bodies fit. And how I wish we could all stop being so ’British' about how well we’re ‘bearing up’ - I’m so TIRED of asking my friends "How are you?" and being fed a limp “Fine thanks”...
Social Media? Bring Back That Loving Feeling
Apparently we should all be feeling full of the joys of spring, embracing daffodils, posting like mad on social media and marveling at the wonder of life’s renewal. But its hard to feel wonder-full if we happen to be sat on an underground tube train with a passenger’s...
Raw Food Beats Yo-Yo Dieting Slavery
Stop the Slavery of Yo-Yo dieting Many people are driven by body image and they see food as a bargaining tool for a weight-loss dream that rarely comes true. The struggle with yo-yo dieting is at epidemic proportions and the media is bulging with so called...
Metamorphosis – how to survive the Menopause and thrive
Metamorphosis happens when a caterpillar cocoons itself in a chrysalis so that it can disintegrate into liquid and then reconfigure itself as a butterfly. Major hormonal shifts, including adolescence, pregnancy & menopause (and to a lesser extent andropause for men),...
Hormone Balance: Women on the verge of a nervous breakthrough
Hormone Balance - a golden ticket to the real you. “Notice how grateful your organs feel now that you’re finally giving them permission to relax” intones the honey-voiced Lely, yogini incumbent at Kaliyoga in Spain, as ten women of a certain age sigh in unison, their...
Menopause – Does Life Really Begin at 50?
Menopause - Does life really begin at 50? Or am I on a luge hurtling towards support hose and Preparation H? Is there such a thing as a non-surgical neck clip to gather back the folds of turkey neck that are beginning to pool around my chin? Should I start shaving?...
My Amazing Yoga Experience
My Amazing Yoga Experience I have just had the most amazing yoga experience. In a London yoga shala today the teacher didn't show up so the students had to think for themselves. “Shall we self-practice together?” I asked, then wished I hadn't, as the person to my left...
My quality tips for January!
Tips for January New Year always strikes me as rather an anxious time – a "must do better" time, a time to make amends for the balls up(s) of last year, a fresh chance to stop drinking and learn the piano and master Javanese and know the names and reigns of all 40...
Tips on running a successful yoga retreat
It’s funny how life goes - we barely notice the passing of time until someone or something reminds us of a past event. Recently, a friend reminded me that the first Kaliyoga retreats in Europe started 14 years ago. In the world of yoga retreats, that makes us rather...
Food For Medicine And Pleasure
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." Socrates At some time in our lives, most of us will encounter digestive discomfort. Sometimes that discomfort may be regular, or even persistent. Often we try to follow this or that diet, but readily slipping back...
Reasons for Walking
Reasons for Walking Hello. My name is Rosie. I'm the co-founder of Kaliyoga Retreats. I’d like to share with you the reasons why I love walking so much. For me, walking can be a meditation practice because it allows my thoughts to flow out of my head and into my body...
Are you afraid to go on a yoga retreat holiday?
When you think about a yoga retreat, do you think discipline, hard work, grueling effort? It’s really not like that. Here's why it’s the best way to spend a vacation… Yoga retreats are for everyone, but not everyone knows this. We asked random people in the street...
Break From Bad News And Social Media
The media is clobbering us with 24/7 misery... do horror stories cause copy-cat behaviour and add to stress-related depression? I refer to Simon Jenkins’ interesting piece in the Guardian newspaper last Thursday (21 April). “The order has gone out to Brexit spin...
Lorraine Takes Cancer Patient Louise To Kaliyoga
Lorraine (itv) Takes Cancer Patient Louise To Kaliyoga Retreat Back in January we first met 37-year-old midwife Louise Kayles. For years she has lived with a crippling self-doubt about every aspect of her appearance. In September last year Louise was diagnosed with...
Are Men Really Cut Out For Yoga?
As a red-faced, middle-aged male on a yoga holiday in Italy, Benjamin Fry, Harley street psychotherapist, author and broadcaster, struggles with what to wear and where to look. Doing yoga if you are male is a minefield, so I asked myself, are men really cut out for...
Yoga Is More than Just Exercise!
Clearing the mind fog Yoga is more than just exercise, Yoga is also about claiming back one's ability to engage fully with life and a Kaliyoga retreat is a course in practical approach to good living. It is estimated that 95% of adult’s thoughts are repetitive...
Unleash your creative qualities
Creative qualities are powerful inward expressions of human intelligence, but as a child you may have received career advice that 'pursuing artistic talent is a waste of time', or 'you'll never get a job being creative'. It would have been given as benign advice, but...
Effects Of Yoga Lasts For Weeks And Weeks
Effects Of Yoga Lasts For Weeks And Weeks One of the things I’ve noticed when talking to our guests after their Kaliyoga retreat is how they have changed compared with when they first arrived. Guests always feel more relaxed, happier and look healthier - but more...