“No matter what we eat, how much we exercise, how resilient our genes are, how skinny or young or wise we are – none of it will matter unless we’re breathing correctly. The missing pillar in health is breath” James Nestor
Breathing allows us to act on the nervous system, control the immune response, restore our health and helps us live longer.
Pranayama, is the fourth of the 8 stages of yoga, it is all the techniques we use to accumulate the energy that is Prana using breathing exercises.
Literally, it is breath control. All yoga can be seen as the control and storage of life energy. The breath is one of the vehicles on which prana, the energy in our body, travels. By strengthening, lengthening and controlling the breath, we purify the body and increase the energy reserve.
We can also define it as an aid to self-knowledge that becomes deeper with each practice. While the practice of Asana removes obstacles that impede the flow of prana, the practice of Pranayama regulates that flow in the body. It also governs all the yogi’s thoughts, desires and actions, imparting the enormous balance and willpower needed to become master of oneself. It also governs all the yogi’s thoughts, desires and actions, imparting the enormous balance and willpower needed to become master of oneself.
During the practices we will therefore emphasise more breathing techniques both at the beginning and end of the yoga practice and see how our approach changes through this very act. The breath for our body is always present and involuntary, but we can direct and control it to energise or bring inner calm.
YOGA RETREAT | BREATH 7 nights includes:
- 7-night stay in a Deluxe Room
- Breakfast buffet
- 13 group yoga lessons (50′) and 3 individual yoga lessons (30′)
- Entrance to the Natural Hot Spring, to the whirlpools and jets, to the vascular path, to the Roman Bath with Sauna and Turkish bath, to the sensorial rooms dedicated to relaxation in the Casale and to the thermal pools in the day spa area
- Use of the gym, Tennis Court and Golf Driving Range
- Car Valet & Parking
- Free Wi-fi
Rates:
1558 euro per person in Deluxe Double Room; 2506 euro in Deluxe Single Use Room
