Retreat includes:

7 nights + transfers + breakfast + yoga

private room $3300 / shared $2400

http://www.dena.net.au/bali-retreat/

Uma Ubud Hotel, COMO Hotels and Resorts
www.uma.ubud.como.bz/

INTENSIVES are simply a block of four weeks of morning classes.They by booking only and are not open for drop in ( unless invited) or suitable for beginners. They are generally Mysore style on Monday - Thursday and conducted on Sundays and Fridays.

Starting altogether in silence these classes include an element of chanting pranayama and philosophy. SUNDAY - FRIDAY WITH FULL AND NEW MOON RESTING.

2012

• October 14 - November 9
• November 18 - December 14

2013

• Jan 20 - Feb 16
• March 10 - April 5
• April 14 - May 10.

www.yogabija.eu

http://www.dena.net.au/portugal-retreat-2013

Location and content still in the planning joemmas@hotmail.com for expressions of interest.

Inviting applications for Committed Practitioner training 2014.

  This is an opportunity to give priority to one's own practice in an energising and inspiring environment with a senior and certified teacher of Sri K P jois.
Intense periods of study with Dena take place for three months in three consecutive years.

On going studies continue between these dates. for more information

http://www.dena.net.au/committed-practitioners-2014/

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Both full and new moon days are observed as yoga holidays in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition.

What is the reasoning behind this?

Like all things of a watery nature (human beings are about 70% water), we are affected by the phases of the moon. The phases of the moon are determined by the moon's relative position to the sun. Full moons occur when they are in opposition and new moons when they are in conjunction. Both sun and moon exert a gravitational pull on the earth. Their relative positions create different energetic experiences that can be comparedto the breath cycle. The full moon energy corresponds to the end of inhalation when the force of prana is greatest. This is an expansive, upward moving force that makes us feel energetic and emotional, but not well grounded. The Upanishads state that the main prana lives in the head. During the full moon we tend to be more headstrong.The new moon energy corresponds to the end of exhalation when the force of apana is greatest.

Apana is a contracting, downward moving force that makes us feel calm and grounded, but dense

and disinclined towards physical exertion.The Farmers Almanac recommends planting seeds at the new moon when the rooting force is strongest and transplanting at the full moon when the flowering force is strongest. Practicing Ashtanga Yoga over time makes us more attuned to natural cycles. Observing moon days is one way to recognize and honor the rhythms of nature so we can live in greater harmony with it.