This retreat will help you balance energy and find deeper layers of harmony within your body and also the within the environment through the Five Elements so you can awaken your own healing switch. We will explore Yoga Postures (Asanas), Breathing Techniques (Pranayama) Meditation and Guided Visualization, Essential Oils, Intentions and Affirmations, Mantras (mind freeing sentences) and Mudras (yoga with the hands), Journaling and Creative Activities to harmonize the Elements. We will incorporate the Chakras with the Elements, and each practice will be created to help highlight every element so you will become aware of how you might need an Earth practice to help you ground vs. a Fire flow to increase your transformational power. Healing begins with Awareness.
Offerings
EARTH (walk/hike on local trails)
WATER (swim/kayak/canoe in the pond)
FIRE (sunshine)
AIR (listen to your heart read/journal/rest)
SPACE (look up/lookout/just BE)
“All healing comes from within oneself~We can help each other turn on one's own healing switch, but the healing capacity is within oneself.”
Self-care is the new health care. You can only heal what you feel so keep tuning in with Awareness for when you get out of tune.
This intimate weekend event is limited to up to 10 fabulous guests. Your participation and support help to sustain Still Waters Retreat Center for future groups. Thank you.
Carol Shwidock, a Yoga Therapist/Reiki Master and owner of Harmony Yoga Studio in Stamford CT is a Kripalu-certified Yoga Instructor since 2004. With additional certifications in Restorative Yoga with Jillian Pransky, Yoga and Ayurveda with Alana Greenberg and Five Elements Yoga with Jennifer Reis, Carol has also studied with Shiva Rea, Embodying the Flow and Yoga for Emotional Balance with Bo Forbes, Five Elements with Todd Norian and more.
Carol has worked in the field of rehabilitation as an Occupational Therapist for over Twenty Five years. She has worked successfully with students dealing with(healing from) diagnoses such as Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Back Pain, Migraines, ALS, Guillain Barre, Arthritis, Hip Replacements, Breast Cancer and Chronic Tension. She is available for Private Therapeutic Yoga, Yoga parties, Corporate Yoga as well as group therapeutic yoga classes held at Harmony Yoga Studio.
Harmony Yoga has a TV show every morning from 6:30-7 am on Channel 138 in CT or watch on JBS.org. For more information, visit the website here.
A space for people to unplug, think, create, do the inner healing work, connect with nature and each other. An artist-owned retreat center with your hosts, Tao & Amy LaBossiere.
Still Waters is nestled among 100 acres of conservation forest and a private, 12-acre pond. We offer artfully appointed, rustic and comfortable lodging and retreats for small groups and individuals/couples. Here are just a few of our many attributes:
The main house has five guest bedrooms and 3-1/2 guest bathrooms. The eco-friendly beds feature beautiful sheets, blankets, and pillows. Each guest receives one towel set to use during their stay.
Please bring your environmentally friendly toiletries. We recommend no heavy perfumes as many people are scent-sensitive.
September is a fantastic time of year at Still Waters. We feel the lingering hints of summer. For more information, find us on Facebook, Instagram or visit our website here.
Comfortable outdoor shoes for unstable ground and hiking
Our main house requires no shoes so please bring house slippers (guest slippers available)
A sweater or sweatshirt (it can get chilly at night)
Your favorite pillow (although our pillows are pretty awesome)
A yoga mat, if you have your own, otherwise we'll provide them
A journal and pen, if desired.
TESTIMONIALS from Sept 2017 Five Elements Harmony Yoga Retreat
“Practicing Yoga with Carol in nature at Harmony Yoga’s Five Elements Retreat awoke something within me. Carol wove together music, flows, restorative yoga, and poems. We hiked to a waterfall, sang and danced at a bonfire, and practiced together under a huge blue sky. I am home now, but weekend is alive inside me, expansive and open. Thank you for opening doors I did not know were there!”
“Harmony Yoga’s Five Elements Retreat taught me poses with a purpose! Not just going through the motions but going through the motions to get to the emotions!”
“One of the best overall Yoga experiences! You will walk away with the tools to implement in your daily life. Carol is clearly a passionate expert!”
“Being part of the Five Elements Yoga Retreat had many levels for me…a sense of spirited community, relaxation and learning in depth about how we connect to the Five Elements…I had a profound shift!”
“I have slowed down, silenced the noise and become more aware of the Elements missing from my life!”
“I’m leaving having made a shift to a deeper sense of calm and wellbeing, feeling of connection, openness, and body well being!”
“I highly recommend Five Elements Harmony Yoga Retreat. It simply gives deep meaning to every pose you’ve ever done and didn’t know why.”
“Carol provided us with poses and a purpose, giving peace and tranquility in a place filled with natural beauty. Fabulous weekend from the moment we drove in to the sad moment we had to leave.“
“Traveling through the Elements with the connection to the Nature around us, you provided an opportunity to LIVE each Element and reflect on how we can balance them within us. I learned about Awareness and the importance of the poses and time needed to create balance within..I will take time everyday!”
“Carol doesn’t just teach yoga,,,she LIVES it!”
“It was a well thought out cohesive workshop and even thought I missed some of the classes(elements) I came away with a better understanding of the Elements/Chakras. When I entered the room where we practiced, I felt like I was entering a sanctuary where time slowed and “busyness” melted away.”
“Fantastic Weekend! Carol you were organized, professional, warm, supportive and motivating! Thank You!”
Offerings
EARTH (walk/hike on local trails)
WATER (swim/kayak/canoe in pond)
FIRE (sunshine)
AIR (listen to your heart read/journal/rest)
SPACE (look up/look out/just BE)
Friday
Check In 4pm Still Waters
5:30 -6:30 pm EARTH ELEMENT YOGA CLASS
7 pm Dinner
8:30-9:30pm Ground into the Earth and Land with Restorative Yoga
Saturday
6:30-7 am Wake up Walk
7:30-8:30 am WATER ELEMENT YOGA CLASS
8:30-9:30 am Breakfast
10 am options: Hike~Water Sports~Explore~Rest~Journal~Create
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
2 pm Let's talk about Yoga, Ayurveda and You (interactive quiz/questions)
4-5:30 pm FIRE ELEMENT YOGA CLASS/Creative Activities
6 pm Dinner
8 pm-10 pm BONFIRE and Surrender Ceremony
Sunday
630 am -7 am Wake-up Walk
7:30 am -8:30 am AIR ELEMENT YOGA CLASS
8:30 am Green Smoothies
9:30 -11 SPACE ELEMENT YOGA CLASS AND CLOSING MEDITATION
11 am Brunch
12-2 Check Out