Get away from your busy life to the beautiful smiling African coastline for  a week in Gambia, West Africa. Take the opportunity to relax and  de-stress in the sunny seaside eco-retreat centre set in African forest  next to miles of untouched and secluded sandy beaches.
 

This Yoga  holiday is a must for those who want to unwind from a fast paced  lifestyle. Sandele is an award-winning eco retreat with numerous awards  for responsible tourism in Africa.

Based in southern Gambia, West Africa, Sandele  Eco retreat and Learning centre has been awarded ecological prizes due  to it's sustainability and responsible tourism contributions. Its a very  special place in the way the propieters have set it up, around 6 years  ago, after years of exploration, discussion and negotiation. The land  where Sandele is situated is registered in the name of the Kartong  Village, who sub-let the site to the owners. Sandele supports the  Kartong villagers by providing local employment, and after 25 years the  site and the buildings on it will revert to the village. By investing in  this retreat you are also greatly helping this village.

It's  a place you just simply cannot help but relax into. The environment is  beautiful, magical and relaxing. The pace of life is appropriately slow.  What better place to nourish and deepen your yoga practice, surrounded  by natural beauty and so near an unspoilt palm fringed beach. There will  be trips to the local village, bird watching and even boogy boards are  available during your week to offer a real complement to your asana  practice.

From  the 2 - 4th February you will be able to witness the local Cultural  festival of music and dance taking place in the village of Kartong. A  fabulous immersion into Gambian culture and spectacle, with a suberb  backdrop of miles of sandy beach and sea.

To the  sound of the morning waves, there will be a 2 hour morning practice at  8/8.30am and an evening practice welcoming the setting sun and rising  moon at 5/5.30pm. Practising in the setting of the yoga shala on the  beach or the palm forest you will be able to feel the Earth's energy,  the steady rhythm of the Gambia and connect more deeply to your own  unique rhythm. We will work on flowing and dynamic sequences of postures  enlivening your physical prowess, there will be a focus on breath and  breathing practices and we will also marry the slow rhythm of life in  the Gambia in more restorative meditative practice. There will also be  guided meditation practice. The Yoga will be open to all abilties.