Vandana

The Retreat Includes:

• Morning yoga at a gentle pace to rejuvenate your physical body

• Somatic breathing and dynamic meditation by the river

• A silent walking meditation hike in nature

• Hands on Indian cooking workshop

• Indian vegetarian lunch

• Journaling and quite time for reflection

• Fireside chai and snacks

• Singing sanskrit ‘kirtan’ to release and express

• connecting with a local community focused on well being

• Exploring Yoga philosophy - Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras - ‘yamas’ and ‘niyamas’

The Yoga ‘sutras’ of Patanjali teach us the philosophy to lead a meaningful, purpose driven life. The sutras teach us how to practise living a yogic lifestyle. Vandana will teach the ‘yamas’ ‘niyamas’ by integrating them with various activities through out the day.

INDIAN COOKING WORKSHOP
Get Chopping! You will learn essential Indian cooking techniques like ‘tadka’, steaming vegetables and ‘bhunna’. This hands on workshop will teach you how to demystify spices and bring the flavor and benefits of spices to your everyday home cooking. Under the guidance of Vandana you will get first hand instruction on how to cook dals, sabzi and make refreshing raita. This will be a healthy, plant based, vegetarian and gluten free meal.

BENEFITS of the retreat

• Release emotional and physical pain in the body through gentle asana practise and dynamic movement

• Enjoy a complete Indian meal and use the basic Indian Cooking techniques the next time you make a dish

• Journey into your self and weed out your limiting mindsets and debilitating beliefs

• Enjoy spicy ‘chai’ and snacks with a community of local folks who are focused on healing and growth

• Splash and wade in the Gallatin river while exploring somatic dynamic meditation

• Enjoy time for yourself to do nothing and immerse yourself in wood bathing and healing nature

• Open your throat chakra through kirtan and singing

• Revisit your dreams and chart a plan for new beginnings in your life

• An opportunity to relax and enjoy at the Gallatin river and recharge your ‘prana’, life force!

DETAILS

SOLD OUT!

Payment options: To Reserve one of the 11 spots please play via Venmo, paypal or this site

• Venmo at @VandanaSG

CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations need to be at least a week before the event for a 100% refund.

Ayurveda & yoga day retreat

Location: Bodhi Farms

Date: Sunday, August 30th 2020
Time: 10 am - 4pm - SOLD OUT

Second retreat - September 20th 2020
10 am - 4 pm
Tickets on Sale Monday 8/17/2020

We are all doing the best we can but we all need a boost. This retreat will give you just that. Plenty of good prana(energy) and lots of tools to shift your patterns and habits.
We will leave our screens, online virtual classes and webinars behind and immerse ourselves in beautiful nature and healing modalities.
Have you been feeling isolated and lacking a deeper connection to your life?
Would you like to practice yoga by a babbling brook in nature?
During this pandemic have you tried to shift habits but still feel stuck in patterns?
Are you longing for some self care time in nature away from your family, kids and chores?
Does your digestion and nutrition need a reboot?
Would you like to take a short vacation into nature and break from all your things to do?
This mini retreat focusing on Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation is waiting for you this summer.

Please note- to be extra careful with Covid-19 this retreat is limited to 10 people and the entire retreat will be conducted outdoors.

Retreat benefits & details

Join Vandana, the founder of Prana Buzz at the wonderful Bodhi Farms for a half day retreat into nature and yourself. This retreat is based on the tenant that everything we need lies within us. All the answers we are seeking as well as the universe itself, - ‘Brahmaan’ in sanskrit. We will practice various techniques to help reveal greater energy and guidance.

Vandana Sood-Giddings will explore the intrinsic and invaluable systems of Ayurveda and Yoga from her country, India, to offer this 6 hour long immersion into healing. During the retreat we will explore the 8 limbs of yoga. You will move your body in ‘asanas’ and reduce pain and physical tension. We will meditate and introspect into our limiting beliefs and patterns. Lunch will be a nourishing farm to table experience with an ayurvedic picnic lunch cooked with vegetables grown at Bodhi Farms. You will learn about greater nourishment through Ayurveda in a workshop module.

Through the retreat we will still the chatter of our mind with sound meditation, allow your inner child to play and learn techniques to bring home and create a life filled with purpose and good health.

WHAT to expect

• A morning yoga session to reinvigorate the body

• Silent periods to distill and awaken inner prana

• Calming and Grounding walking meditation

• A delicious Indian Ayurvedic lunch with produce from Bodhi Farms

• Learn how to make ‘Khichadi’

• Basics of Ayurvedic living

• Introspect and investigate with Journaling worksheets

• An relaxing afternoon Yin and Restorative yoga session

• A relaxing and awakening singing bowl meditation

• Personal play time to explore Bodhi Farms

• An energy snack and scared space to share

cost:

$95 Early Bird Price till August 24th 2020
$110 - Regular Price

To Make a Payment - Mail a check to Vandana Sood-Giddings
2309 Gallatin Green Blvd. Bozeman MT

or Pay with a credit/debit card or PayPal

Schedule

10-10:30 am - Check in, Orientation and Introductions
Location: Meditation Garden

10:30 - 11:30 - Gentle Yoga focused on the ‘annamaya kosha (physical body) and the ‘Pranamaya kosha’ (life force)
Location - outdoor tipi next to the creek
11:30 - 12 Noon - Meditation and Guided Journaling exercises.
Location - Meditation Garden
Noon - 12:30 pm- Walking Meditation and Personal Time : Learning from Silence

12:30 - 1pm - Ayurvedic Sustainable Picnic Lunch
A Farm to table experience with fresh produce from Bodhi Farms
Menu: Mixed Veggie moong dal (lentil) Khichadi with yogurt cucumber raita and Indian spiced achaar (pickle).

1pm - 1:45 - Workshop on Ayurveda and Feeding our soul:
Ayurvedic Best Practices, Khichadi 101, Inner Nutrition

2- 3:30 pm - Yin and Restorative yoga
Yoga Nidra with sound meditation

3:30- 4 pm - Journaling, Snack, Sharing and Goodbyes

WHAT TO BRING:

1. Please be prepared with layers of clothes

2. Bring your own yoga mat and any yoga props you have

3. Water Bottle

4. sunscreen and bug spray

5. Plate and utensils for lunch (we want to be safe and keep this sustainable so there will be no plastic used)

6. Face mask and hand sanitizer (just to be safe)

7. Journal, pen & markers or crayons…be creative!

LIMITED TO 10 people only.

Aug. 30th - SOLD OUT!
Sept 20th - sold out!