8 Days Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Gaetane Valazza in Morocco

Ourika, Maroc

KZ
Karim Zein
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Sep 26 - Oct 3, 2020
Group size: 5 - 15
8 Days Iyengar Yoga Retreat with Gaetane Valazza in Morocco
Ourika, Maroc

Karim Zein
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Sep 26 - Oct 3, 2020
Group size: 5 - 15

About this trip

The retreat is given by Gaetane Valazza, a certified teacher in Iyengar Yoga. It is suitable for all levels.

Retreat's language: French

Features

 

  • Types:  Yoga Retreats, Wellness Retreats, Meditation Retreats
  • Styles:  Iyengar Yoga 
  • Food:  Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten Free
  • Skill Level:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Benefits

 

  • Rediscover yourself after too long of feeling disconnected
  • Peace and quiet for the mind, refreshing energy for the body
  • The ideal location to unplug and enjoy the beauty of nature
  • Drop out of “normal life” for a period 

Teachers

Gaetane Valazza

Gartane  is certified to teach Iyengar Yoga, which requires three years of  training including anatomy, philosophy, pedagogy, and intensive personal  practice.

A teacher of philosophy and the history of religions of formation,  mother of three children, Gaetane has practiced yoga for almost 15  years. Because she makes great profits on many levels, she shares this  passion with enthusiasm.

Daily schedule

 

Saturday, September 26, 2020

According to schedule, airport transfers will be organized to Bab Zouina. 


  • 8.30 pm Dinner and information

Sunday, September 27 to Friday, October 02, 2020 ( Except Wednesday )


  • 7.30 -10.00 am Practice of various groups of postures in the form of a workshop
  • 10.15 am Breakfast
  • 11.00 -12.00 pm Pranayama (work on breathing)
  • 12.30 pm Lunch
  • 1.30 5.30 pm Time free (possibility of visits or workshops *, extra)
  • 5.30 -7.00 pm Practice inverted postures and relaxation
  • 7.30 pm Dinner

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 (free day)


  • 8 am Breakfast
  • Return to Bab Zouina and dinner

Saturday, October 03, 2020 


  • 8 am Breakfast
  • According to schedule, departure to Marrakech airport

What’s Included in This Package

 

  • All meals on the spot in Bab Zouina
  • Fruits and Moroccan tea at will
  • 7 nights accommodation in a beautiful farmhouse
  • Teaching during the internship
  • Transfer to and from Marrakech airport 

What’s Not Included in This Package

Location

 

Bab Zouina is an ode to nature.
The workshop will take place in Bab Zouina, a beautiful traditional  Moroccan villa situated in the Ourika Valley (30 km from Marrakesh) in a  magnificent property surrounded by olive trees.
Far from urban stress, Bab Zouina has kept an authentic and serene spirit, respectful of the environment.
The main house is ecologically built with cut stone and the new  buildings with natural mud bricks. The material used is entirely  traditional: tadellakt on the wall, zellij on the floor and cedar and  acacia for the woodwork.
The estate is full of terraces and peaceful places to recharge your  batteries. The botanical and aromatic gardens surrounding the property  give the place a poetic charm and invite to a gentle meditation.
The amazing Swedish artist and landscape designer, Catharina von  Unge, conceived and designed the ornamental garden surrounding the  property. She managed to combine British aesthetic taste with rusticity  and simplicity of the place.
With the Mexican corner and its incredible varieties of cactuses,  Catharinadares hints at the Majorelle garden by Yves Saint Laurent and  the neighboring garden by André Heller.
www.bab-zouina.com

Food

 

All meals are cooked  with fresh local produce. You will be served 3 meals/day - the meals are  prepared with local products and fresh bread is baked daily in a  traditional earth oven. The Moroccan cuisine is a delight in itself. 

Meals are served on low tables (Berber style). Fruits, mineral water, coffee & tea available.

Food

Meals are cooked with fresh products from the terroir and accompanied by  traditional bread made on the spot. Mint tea or herbal tea from the  fresh garden herbs will complete the meals.  

Available Packages

Triple Shared Room
990 CHF
Deposit: 500 CHF
Double Shared Room
1,220 CHF
Deposit: 500 CHF
Single Room
1,450 CHF
Deposit: 500 CHF


Your Organizer


KZ
Karim Zein
As a kid I was born in Beirut, I then studied in Lebanon and Switzerland. After 20 years working in the environment protection and development field (travelling to most Arab countries and some African countries), I have chosen, in 2012, to launch an eco-tourism project in the Ourika valley (30 km away from Marrakesh, Morocco), Bab Zouina (yoga, nature & retreat). I love hiking in the mountains, playing tennis and enjoy travelling & discovering new places and new cultures.