Hatha Yoga and Meditation Spring Renewal with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
April 13th – 15th 2012
We have reduced the price of all our courses back to the 2007 prices
We realize that many people are having financial difficulties and now more than ever need to get away for a stress free week of yoga in the Burren.
Reduced to €300 (€280 unwaged)
Description of course
Spring Renewal: Elemental Purification: Hatha yoga and meditation with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
Purify your elements on all levels, let go of any obstacles or negative patterns, and reform yourself anew refreshed and replenished for the year ahead.
Suitable for all levels and all ages - from beginners to seasoned yogi and yoginis.
This weekend will focus on key techniques to ensure optimum vitality, confidence and wellness as we let go of any negativities, replenish ourselves and get ready for the Summer ahead.
Sessions will include effective sequences of asana and pranayama (movements and breathing) to promote the free flow of energy throughout the body. There will be deep relaxations and Yoga Nidra (psychic sleep) to tune into your own requirements at this time, enabling you to rest and heal profoundly in preparation for the coming summer months. All sequences will be tailored to the needs, abilities and intentions of each person attending, so everyone can work at their own level and promote their own well being most effectively.
Also we will build a personal toolkit of joint freeing sequences, postures, breath and sound work, and simple but profound meditations and awareness practices to utilize as you need in daily life.
There will be a mixture of energizing, revitalizing and restful practices, responding to the needs of the season, and the feel of the moment. Each session will reflect the nature of the day, time, and experiences of the group at that time. This approach to yoga, as a therapeutic and personal practice is a really fabulous way to establish or refine your own approach to yoga, and to boost your own deep sense of health, self-esteem, well-being and power for the winter ahead.
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli is a yoga therapist and writer, who has been teaching yoga for 16 years, and training yoga therapists for the past ten years, in the UK, Ireland and internationally. She is mother to three children, and the author of three books on yoga and well-being. You can read more about her work on her website www.sitaram.org
Cost of the course
The cost of the course is reduced to €300 and includes accommodation and vegetarian meals.
Further reduction to €280 for unwaged.
For unwaged, please read
Unwaged further discountsThe food is cooked by Paddi the gourmet vegetarian chef who ran Seventh Heaven the well known restaurant in Galway city.
A single room costs €60 extra.
We eat lunch out locally and you will need to pay for this yourself.
Additional nights stay at the centre
To avail of a cheaper flight you may like to stay an extra night or two. Cost is €35 per night. No meals included.
Availability of staying an extra night will only be known 1 week before the course start date, and will depend on the numbers attending the previous weeks course.
If the centre is full, you could always stay that night in Kinvara village with one of the many b&b’s.
Who is the course suitable for
This week is suitable to all levels and all ages from complete beginners to seasoned yoga practitioners.
The meditations and inner work on this course are only suitable for those who are fairly steady in their emotional and mental life.
This particular course is not suitable for those who may be suffering from depression or who have had deep psychological problems or any psychiatric problems in the past.
The inner work is quite trans formative and relies on each participant being fairly steady in their mental
and emotional life, and are interested in the potential of yoga for
self development and spiritual evolution.
Instructors
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli was first introduced to yoga at the age of four, and has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1986 and training yoga teachers and therapists since 2001.
" Uma has lovely soft energies, and is a very inspiring and caring yoga teacher with an abundant ‘motherly warm caring nature’ " - Dave
Her smile and laugh in infectious, and i know that she will have you beaming and smiling within 10 minutes of meeting her ;-)
She has a PhD in Communications from London University, a diploma in Yoga Therapy from the Yoga Biomedical Trust and is a recognised teacher of the British Wheel of Yoga.
Before yoga and mothering took over her life completely, Uma spent seven years as a journalist and ten years working as a lecturer, tutor and course designer in higher education. She draws on her experience as writer, educator and mother to create positive learning experiences and high standards of teaching, training, appraisal and support on all her courses.
Uma teaches the British Wheel of Yoga Module in Pregnancy Yoga, designed the British Wheel Module in Postnatal Yoga and is a member of the British Wheel of Yoga's Child Protection Steering Group. Uma is also a Breastfeeding Counselor for the National Childbirth Trust. She co-organises the annual Yoga Gathering Santosa, and teaches the family yoga sessions at the Healing Field Gatherings and other festivals. As well as the pregnancy yoga teacher training module, Uma also designed and leads the Yogacampus early years yoga training course, covering family yoga sessions for parents and children from birth to four years.
Uma is a tutor on the Yoga Biomedical Trust/Yogacampus Yoga Therapy Foundation Course, and the Well Woman Yoga Therapy module. She has also worked as a tutor and assessor for Birthlight and British Wheel of Yoga training courses in pregnancy yoga, postnatal yoga and baby yoga.
Together with her husband, clinical hypnotherapist Nirlipta Tuli, she founded Sitaram Partnership in 1998 in order to promote the further education of yoga teachers, and to make yoga more accessible through classes in St Thomas's and King's College Hospital and other places in central and south London.
Uma is the author of three books about yoga therapy for women's health:
Mother's Breath (a definitive guide to yoga breathing and awareness practices for pregnancy, postnatal recovery and mothering);
Teach Yourself Yoga for Pregnancy and Birthh (Hodder and Staughton) and
Yoga for Living - Feel Confident (Dorling Kindersley). She has also produced a number of CDs and DVDs to support the practice of pregnancy, postnatal recovery yoga and yoga for the relief of stress.
Uma practices what she preaches: she is mother to three children: Tejomaya, Abhisheka, and Rajakumari Prayaag, who were all born at home in the Sitaram yoga rooms.
Timetable for the weekend
Friday
| Time | Activity |
|---|
| 5:30 - 7:00pm | Arrival & Registration |
| 7:00pm | Dinner by Paddi |
| 8:00 - 8:30pm | Karma yoga |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Introduction to the weekend followed by deep relaxation by Uma |
Saturday
| Time | Activity |
|---|
| 7:45 - 9:45am | Yoga with Uma |
| 9:45am | Breakfast |
| 10:30 | Karma yoga |
| 11:15 - 1:45pm | Outdoor trip into the Burren |
| 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 - 4:30pm | Free time |
| 4:30 - 6:00pm | Yoga with Uma |
| 6:30pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 8:00pm | Karma yoga |
| 8:00 - 9:00pm | Free time |
| 8:45 - 9:15pm | Meditation or Relaxation |
Sunday
| Time | Activity |
|---|
| 7:45 - 9:45am | Yoga with Uma |
| 9:45am | Breakfast |
| 10:30 | Karma yoga |
| 11:30 - 12:30pm | Yoga with Uma and questions |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Karma yoga |
| 1:30pm | Depart |
Comment on TripAdvisor
Eva was on Uma's summer week long course and left this comment on Tripadvisor.
"I attended a week-long workshop/retreat with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, wishing to get some space in a friendly environment and learn more deeper aspects of Yoga.
I had a very energizing, heart-warming time:
Our instructor, Uma, is an excellent teacher: full of humour and inspiration, she is well able to cater for a diversity of experience, ages and ability in her classes and made everybody comfortable. Her sessions certainly helped me to connect to parts of myself I have neglected for too long, as well as providing a good workout for muscles and lungs.
The Burren Yoga Centre, run by Dave, is a lovely space to chill out and have a comfy, warm retreat space: whilst essentially providing a more hostel-type accommodation, a lot of effort and thought have gone into making it a comfortable one. The beds/mattresses are of very high quality, as are bed linen and towels. With lots of individual features, bespoke wooden furniture, soft colours and comfortable spaces to chill out and relax, I felt very much at home at this centre.
Dave is a very attentive host, ensuring all guests feel as happy and relaxed as possible, whilst not intruding on group processes.
However, he is very approachable and takes time to get to know workshop participants, especially during the walks and outings.
He is an accomplished guide, too and led us to many beautiful, powerful spots that even to me, who has been to the Burren a few times, were new and definitely worthwhile revisiting.
The Yoga studio is a lovely space, with numerous professional props and a warm atmosphere. The underfloor heating makes the morning practice comfortable. Looking into the garden and onto the typical Hazel shrubs, etc. soothes the eye.
The centre is located close to Kinvara but on a quiet side road, the stars at night are something to look out for as the air quality is very good and light pollution scarce. If I was coming straight from a more urban place, this place is an oasis of tranquillity and I can really recommend it for anybody looking for some peace and quietness at night.
The fact that the centre is close to the sea and the hills of the Burren makes this a very elemental experience, as the guided walks help to ground oneself, especially if there is a lot of inner processing going on.
All in all, I hope to return again in the near future." - Eva
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