Located just 75 minutes from Milan Malpensa airport, our centre sits high on a hilltop with sweeping views of Lake Orta and the Swiss alps. Mother nature embraces our guests with the majestic sunrises, gorgeous hiking trails and raw beauty. A truly idyllic setting to find calm and clarity in the mind and body.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s second book Lit From Withinas well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.

We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.

Please note that participation in this retreat requires prior experience attending a Silent Retreat or previous consistent practice with Sarah and Ty.

This 30-hour training is designed to deepen your understanding of the experiential, philosophical, and practical applications of Yin/Yang Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation. Drawing on Sarah’s 30+ years of study and teaching experience, this course will guide you through the benefits and methods of practising Yin yoga and mindfulness, enhancing your ability to practice and teach both a receptive Yin style and an active flow or Yang style of yoga. The training also covers detailed instruction in the teaching and practice of Mindfulness Meditation to help you enrich your inner practice. Whether you are a yoga teacher or a practitioner, you will find this course both practical and inspirational.

This is a self-paced training that blends pre-recorded content with live sessions.

Students who complete and submit the final assignment will receive Insight Yoga Primary Level training certificate and 30 hours of Yoga Alliance CE hours.

FRIDAY 26TH FEBRUARY
1.30PM – 5.30PM
DAY THREE – UNDERSTANDING THE MIND
– Liver Yin Yoga
– Mindful movement practice
– The Third Foundation of Mindfulness: Mind States
– IFS focus: Understanding and working with the Comparison Critic

SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY
1.30PM – 5.30PM
DAY FOUR – CULTIVATING AWAKE AWARENESS
– Kidney Yin Yoga
– Backbending practice
– The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness: Mental Patterns (Dharmas)
– Moving beyond habitual protection toward greater freedom and connection

PRICE: £480 (or £430 with early bird discount until 13th October)

Enjoy a Yoga/Meditation weekend retreat in Massachusetts held in silence.

This nourishing weekend practice retreat—designed to develop and recharge your body-mind integration—includes many sessions of meditation coupled with yin and yang yoga, alone time for reflection, as well as partner inquiry sessions for deepening your psychological insights.

• Mindfulness is an attitude we adopt in which we let go of all motivations to manipulate the moment and develop the capacity to observe without willful interference.
• Yoga is a set of behaviours that encourages a holistic experience of the body, heart, and mind—a process of fully inhabiting ourselves.
• Psychological inquiry, in receptive states of body-mind awareness, allows us to capture and refine insights into ourselves and our relationships.

When you include all three elements (mindfulness, yoga, and psychological inquiry) in your practice on a regular basis, you learn to more easily come home to your direct experience in a creative and fresh way.

Return home with a clarity of mind and ease of being that leaves you feeling refreshed and inwardly connected.

Located just 75 minutes from Milan Malpensa airport, our centre sits high on a hilltop with sweeping views of Lake Orta and the Swiss alps. Mother nature embraces our guests with the majestic sunrises, gorgeous hiking trails and raw beauty. A truly idyllic setting to find calm and clarity in the mind and body.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s second book Lit From Within as well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.

We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.

Please note that participation in this retreat requires prior experience attending a Silent Retreat or previous consistent practice with Sarah and Ty.

For Dedicated Practitioners

Prerequisite: A minimum requirement for attendance is prior completion of a silent retreat (from a skilled meditation teacher(s), plus regular involvement with Mindfulness practice. Please state this when registering.

Course Description

The ability to gather together and be with teachings and practices, silence, nature and each other quietly is a great privilege and something many of us have been without for far too long. We are looking forward to welcoming each of you.

We will practice many sessions of meditation coupled with Yin and Yang Yoga, time for hiking and swimming, sauna and massage, partner inquiry sessions, gourmet plant based meals (with some dairy options), as well as private and small group sessions with Sarah or Ty for each participant.

The teachings will emphasize the heart opening methods inspired by the 7 points of Mind Training taught by Atisha, an 11th century Indian Yogi who spent his later years transforming the Tibetan Buddhist views on compassion and awareness as lived in everyday life. These down to earth teachings have been widely followed for centuries, earning Atisha at the time the nickname ’Sublime teacher of impulsive behavior and its results.’

In advance of the retreat, you may enjoy reading, Always Maintain A Joyful Mind by Pema Chodron, Sarah’s new book Lit From Within as well as viewing Sarah’s teachings on Opening the Mind Lojong 1-6.
We look forward to each of you being able to drop in, open up, and dive deep as you ignite and reclaim the profound resources dwelling within you.