


WILD HEART YOGA FREE
12:00 - 15:00 Free time to walk, read, go to the beach, massage, or sleep.17:45 - 19:15 Gentle Yoga and philosophy.12:00 - 18:00 Free time to walk, read, go to the beach, massage, or sleep.18:00 - 19:30 Welcome circle and gentle yoga.16:00 Check-in and welcome tea and snacks.Or you may prefer to just rest and lounge by the pool. In-between, there will be plenty of time and opportunity to relax, take a massage, go horse riding, surfing, beach walking, visit the mud baths, explore the old and quaint town of Tarifa, or even take a day trip to Morocco. There will also be a couple of afternoon transformational workshops and a cacao ceremony with ecstatic dance. There will be two daily classes suitable for all levels varying from Restorative to dynamic, alignment focused and strengthening. I hate to say no to fun… You may hear me say "There was fun to be had and if you didn't it was nobody's fault but your own!" I believe joy can be found in many ways but you have to do the work to find it.The retreat will be co-hosted by dear and special friends Anne-Marie and Ben, who have been living in Andalusia for over 15 years and have now made Tarifa their home. I try to support that with our group hikes and hope to participate in other activities that come my way. I feel that moving and being out of doors is so important for us to be healthy and happy. I am a grandmother of 4 fun grand-kiddos and I love to encourage them to move, be it outside or inside.

We are fortunate to have many memories of snowmobile and ATV trips with our boys. My husband and I have always felt the importance of cultivating lifelong outdoor activities like skiing, biking and snowshoeing. I hope to open this way of thinking to my students so they can improve their movements, move with more ease, notice when they are holding and have some fun while on their mats. Realizing that these thoughts and feelings are expressed in our bodies. Each of us has a different experience because of how we each are built, where we hold tension and the outside influences that affect our feelings and emotions. I have learned the importance of slowing down to see and feel how we are actually moving into and within the poses. At Functional Synergy training I have learned an entirely new way to provide yoga movement information to my students. Since then I have been working with Susi Hately at Functional Synergy. I started my teaching with training from YogaFit and NEDITA. I am the owner and instructor of Yoga Wildheart. This influences our balance, our breath and our being. Our range of movement increases and our body becomes more supple and strong. As we become more aware of these things within our own bodies we naturally move in more ease and with less pain. When we move better in our larger joints it positively affects the movement in the smaller joints of the body. We learn to recognize what areas should be moving and what areas should be quiet. We work on how the arm moves within the shoulder and how the leg moves within our hip. We take the time to work not only the components of each pose but also watch how we move into each pose.

My classes work to specifically notice the way we move our body. We focus on finding strength, stability and ease in simple movements and with progress move into more complex ones. During the one hour session we explore moving in a pain-free range of motion which allows our range to improve because our bodies are not moving in tension and tightness. Private Yoga Therapy sessions are individually designed to help you move with less compensation as well as improve your body's function and reduce pain. Specializing in Private Yoga Therapy and Group Classes, I offer customized programs for YOU at whatever stage you’re in.
