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Embracing Sensitivity -Retreat 27.08. - 01.09.24
Are you feeling stressed, anxious or just overwhelmed?
Join us for Embracing Sensitivity, a retreat designed to guide you back to balance and help you embrace your sensitivity as a strength. This transformative experience focuses on somatic practices for nervous system regulation, better mind-body connection, and restoring your natural state of rest and recovery.
Being supported by a community of like-minded, sensitive women, you’ll find understanding and encouragement on your path rediscovering your inner calm, releasing tension, and celebrating your sensitivity while enjoying the magical feeling of Fuerteventura.
As a sensitive person you might feel:
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Easily overwhelmed and anxious
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Overanalyzing your emotions
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Stressed and burned out faster than others
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Easily affected by environment or people around you
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Worry a lot
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Exhausted of always giving from yourself and caring about everyone else so deeply, and not knowing how to ask help for yourself
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Difficulties with keeping up with your boundaries
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..but you are also intuitive, insightful and seem to notice much more than others
For who
"Thank you for bringing me back to my body! Classes have been beautiful and powerful experiences where I’ve been able to feel my mind-body connection to strengthen."
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A journey back to your body & joyful living
Have you ever thought that you feel too much and you “just need to toughen up”? This is a path that many sensitive people take in order to fit in. But what about softening even more and allowing yourself to really feel it all?
As a sensitive person, I know how difficult it can feel to maintain balance in your mind and body when you are wired to feel everything very intensely. I also know how easy it is to blame ourselves when the rest of the world seems to operate just fine.
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Being sensitive, like everything in life, it has its ups and downs. But with understanding and commitment you can take your well-being into your own hands and create real, lasting change. So I want to encourage you to live your life to the fullest - in your own terms, and to make it work for you. This is not about trying to change you into something you are not - this is about trusting your body’s wisdom and using your sensitivity as a strength.
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Benefits
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Better stress resilience and tools for rest & recovery: You will learn how to avoid chronic stress and return to regulation when dealing with everyday stressors of life.​
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Strengthened body-mind connection: You will learn to be fully present in your body and trust its messages. You will strengthen your body-mind connection and intuition to support you and guide you throughout your life.
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Release body based memories and create space for your full, authentic expression​
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Turning your sensitivity into your strength: You will understand how to make small but effective changes in your life to support your nervous system, while understanding your needs and challenges as a sensitive person. You will receive practical tools to make better decisions in your everyday life and take responsibility for your own well-being.
Retreat highlights
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Somatic Movement & Yoga: Dive deep into movement practices for a profound mind-body connection, expressing through the body, releasing tension and creating well-being within yourself.
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Workshops for deeper understanding of the challenges & strengths of embracing your sensitivity.
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Increase body awareness (interoception) in a safe and controlled way, promoting feelings of physical, emotional, and psychological safety.
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6 days accomodation in beautiful villa in Fuerteventura.
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Vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner to nourish your body with organic and locally sourced ingredients.
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Stargazing tour & day hike to explore the uniqueness of Fuerteventura.
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Location
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Ecorelax Fuerteventura is located in a quiet rural area only 15 minutes away from the dunes and beaches of Corralejo, and is ideal for relaxation and enjoying the concept of ecological and peaceful accommodation, with traditional Canarian architecture and outside of overcrowded urban centers. Thanks to the solar panels most of the villa’s electricity consumption comes from the sun and all the water consumed is used to irrigate the garden, for which the villa also uses rainwater. The eco villa is fortunate to have unique views of the east coast of Lanzarote, the Natural Park Isla de Lobos, piteras plantations and volcanoes.
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Natural area of 4000 m2
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5 suites + common areas
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Beach pool with waterfall
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Autochthonous garden of Malpais
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Fuerteventura is all about nature in its purest state, volcanic landscapes, beautiful beaches of turquoise water and golden, white or black sand. It is known for its protected spaces and light and sun all year round, the island of eternal spring. Fuerteventura’s Starlight Reserve is famous for the quality of its night sky, ideal for stargazing. A paradise declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Somatic movement
In somatic movement classes we work on themes like: releasing tension from the body, creating a good and safe feeling within yourself, getting reconnected with forgotten parts of yourself, releasing fascia and listening the subtle messages from our bodies. We are fully concentrated on how the movement feels in your body, at the moment. Attention is inwards, deep in the body and we are in the experience of here and now.
Stargazing tour
Fuerteventura is famous for it's stargazing opportunities, so one evening we are going a stargazing with a guide to dunes of Correlejo, to enjoy the magic of the night. This tour includes a guide, rugs and blankets, telescope and laser pointer.
Yoga & Meditation
During the retreat we are starting our days with yoga & meditation. These are gentle classes suitable for everyone, and gets you to start your day in a right amount of calmness and inspiration.
Day hike
In the middle of the retreat we are going to take a one day to go for a day hike to fully enjoy the beautiful nature of Fuerteventura. The duration of the hike is approximately 3-4 hours, and it is accessible without much hiking experience (but bring a good walking shoes!).
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Workshops
In our workshops you will explore techniques to enhance well-being and resilience and to address nervous system dysregulation with bottom to up -methods. You will learn to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and vagus nerve, and to understand different states of nervous system. We will also explore how fascia affects your body and mind, and how to live more balanced life embrazing your sensitivity as a strength instead of limitation.
Accomodation
Our accomodation is in beautiful suites in the eco villa. Each 45m2 suite has a terrace, two single beds, bathroom, mini fridge and a kettle, and comfortably accomodates two participants (but we also have option for private accomodation).
Retreat price includes:
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5 nights accomodation
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Delicious vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner (on the day of arrival we have only dinner, and on the last day only breakfast).
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Full retreat program with somatic movement classes, yoga classes & workshops
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Stargazing tour
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Day hike
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Transportation to/from airport at following times: Tuesday 27.08 at 2pm and Sunday 01.09. at 1pm.
Reserve your spot
Please leave message and I will get back to you very soon. To reserve your spot you will need to pay deposit of 250€, and the remaining balance is due 14 days prior to starting of the retreat.
Meet Aino,
your retreat leader
Nowadays I live listening to my body first. My journey of recovering from a years long stress and anxiety has been a journey of understanding how being sensitive affects my nervous system, and creating a lasting change to my life through body based practices. I know how it feels to be wired to feel everything so intensely, and how challenging it can feel to find your baseline when you also want to function in a daily life - with work, relationships and all it includes. But I also know how we have so much power inside us when we embrace ourselves as we are - with our sensitivity, ability to feel intensely and care very deeply.
I guide women into a journey of body based living, proudly embracing the sensitivity that the world around us is so often trying to numb. I want you to live your life to the fullest and in your optimal health, connected to your body and trusting your intuition. I hope you can see your sensitive side as fascinating as I see it - even fall in love with it. Because you are here to feel it all, and it really makes life more beautiful, filled with joy & pleasure.
"I feel calm and centered. I really surprised myself!"
Aino's student
FAQ
Do I need experience of movement or yoga practices?
No you don't, the level of the movement practices is open and suitable for beginners as well as for seasoned practicioners. I will always encourage you to listen to your own body.
Will there be any free time during the retreat?
In this retreat we want to embrace a good balance of being relaxed & inspired, so each day you will have free time to enjoy the pool or even go to explore the island of Fuerteventura with your new friends.
What is the cancellation policy?
The deposit is non-refundable (but in case you cancel your participation at least 30 days before the retreat it can be used towards your participation in our other upcoming retreats). Rest of the payment is fully refundable up to 30 days prior starting the retreat, after that only in case that we (Dancing Sun Yoga) would choose to cancel the retreat.