After 9 years in Beijing, I could finally check this on my list of things I want to do here. As a yoga fan, I thought experiencing yoga in the mountain is a must. Moreover, with my great, great, friend Ana Zikic.

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 ALL IN YOGA 300 POSES- by Arawella

300 Yoga positions and breathing exercises with pictures, videos, and audio instructions. Ready made routines for every day and every level, possibility to create your own program or to have a personalized training. This application is my new best friend! ;)

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Throw yourself into Pureness.  Feel the pureness of air, water, earth, space and fire. Returning into the purest you, what will you see and who will you become? Through purifying yourself, how beautiful and natural are you!

Kocoon's friends can enjoy 5% discount on ay of the packages!

RSVN and inquiry at darshanayogashanghai@gmail.com or +8613524442004

Date: Oct 31 (Wed) – Nov 4 (Sun) (or Nov 1–4 (Sun) is optional for residents in Japan

Location: Aso Mountrain, Kumamoto, Kyushu Island JAPAN

Program:  1^st and 5^th day (Oct 31/Nov 4) 1 meditation class 2^nd – 4^th day (Nov 1/2/3) 530-6am Meditation/6-730am Asana/330-5pm Asana/830-9pm Meditation and the following hike;

 - Aso the mountain, one of the most significant mountains

 - Takachiho, a mountainous region of Japanese mythology

Accommodation:

1^st and 4^th day: Japanese Traditional Style Hotel

2^nd – 3^rd day: Aso Folk School 

1.  Oct 31 – Nov 4 RMB9,000

2.  Oct 31 – Nov 4 JPY64,000

3.  Nov 1 – Nov 4 (open only to residents in Japan) JPY56,000

1 includings;  international flight ticket, insurance of international flight, accommodation, transportation, meals, yoga classes, local tours.

2 and 3 includings all above but NOT international flight ticket and international insurance, and transportation from where you come from to the retreat venue

1, 2 and 3 excludings; personal sourenir and shopping, JAPAN visa

note 1: air cost is non-refundable whatever reason so called.

note 2: penalty of cancellation before Sep 15^th will cause 50% refund, after the airfare deduction.  That after Sep 16^th will cause no refund.

Matej Jurenka

Born in 1978 in Bratislava, Slovakia, Matej is the founder of Shrivatsa Vinyasa Yoga - a unique method of realizing the full human potential.  Besides yoga he dedicates his free time to the studies of ancient healing techniques.  For the last 10 years he has been teaching in Spain, Germany, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Slovakia, South America etc.  More info at www.jurenka-yoga.sk

Waylon Belding

Waylon was born in the forest of British Columbia, Canada. 
He spent the first six years of his life with the animals and trees. His youth was consumed with a need to heal himself and help the world.  From the moment he began yoga, Waylon had found his home.  A new sense of mindfulness, vitality and happiness were discovered. In the temple he was privileged to have studied with many Sadhus, Baba's, yogi's and Mahatma's from India. Since then, he has travelled the world over studying and practicing with the worlds greatest teachers.  Waylon is the founder of Zuddha Yoga - that challenges fear based habits and will help the earth and all its beings, community and simple sustainable yogic lifestyles by enhanced love and calmness. 

More info at www.zuddhabuddha.com

RSVN and inquiry at darshanayogashanghai@gmail.com or +8613524442004 LIMITED TO 16 students

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These are places or products from people that I personally know and trust. I have either tried a treatment, or followed classes, recommend friends and they consistently gave positive feedbacks.

Health	Center	Contact	Comments
Chinese Medicine
Alex Tan	The Hutong & Kocoon	15011510363	Eastern medicine with Western perspective. Lifestyle consultation, cupping, moxibustion, acupressure, qi gong, educative talks and Yijing
Thomas Avery	Chinese Culture	10-64329341	TCM, herbalism, children's care, internal medicine including the treatment of gynecology, as well as digestive, liver, and lung illnesses.
Karen Himlok	Ara Nha Holistic Center	18701531685	Homeopath, naturapath, energy therapy. Experience with children with epilepsy. Menopause management. Trauma healing.
Yoga
Yoga & Live Music	Kocoon	10-64105016	Perfect for beginners, in an intimate setting and a small group.
Yoga	Yonnie Fung	yonniefung@yahoo.com	Yonnie is passionate about yoga and teaching, the class is limited to 6, making the session a real learning and inspiring experience.
Yoga	Yoga Yard	10-64130774	Big yoga center, conveniently located and perfect for walk-ins.
Yoga	Mountain Yoga	13901021322	Yoga in a mountain retreat, close to Fragrant Hills.
Nia
Jen & Debbie	East Lake Villa's clubhouse	13522993724	Uplifting mix of dance, fitness and martial arts.
Belly Dance
Sandrine	East Lake Villa's clubhouse	13693232347	Belly dancing includes warm up, fitness work out of the whole body, choregraphed movements.
Internal Martial Art
Master Liu	Small Steps Coaching	10-64166125	Practice indoor and in the parc, as well as weekly talks.
Reiki
Begonia	Kocoon	10-64105016	Reiki share every other wesneday, and reiki private sessions, teaching of level 1, 2, and 3.
Life Coaching
Sandra		sandra.retzer@me.com	Certified life coach to guide you through your project, personal development, help you see where you are at, and where you want to go and how!
Spa
Kocoon		10-64105016	You are welcome to visit us!
Bodywork
Gyrotonic	Jireh Li	jireh@bodychromatics.com	Gyrotonic is a movement system that works out every part of your body. It cures once-and-for-all chronic body aches, strengthens muscles, rejuvenates senses, reduces stiffness, stretches, and realigns your spine and boness.
Balance Body Work	Regina Rosenthal	busse.regina@web.de	A healing deep tissue massage technique to release energy blocks in the body and to allow life energy to flow freely and balanced again.
Healthy Sho

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What is Tantra?

Have you heard about Tantra?

 Tantra  is the name given by recent scholars to a style of meditation and ritual which arose in India no later than the 5th century AD.  Defined as a technique-rich style of spiritual practice, Tantra has no single coherent doctrine; instead, it developed a variety of teachings in connection with the religions adopting the Tantric method. These practices are oriented to the married householder rather than the monastic or solitary renunciant, exhibiting a world-embracing (as opposed to a world-denying) character. Tantra, particularly its nondualforms, rejected the values of Patañjalian yoga; instead, it offered a vision of reality as self-expression of a single, free and blissful divine consciousness under Śiva. Tantra is different from other traditions because it takes the whole person, and his/her worldly desires into account. Other spiritual traditions ordinarily teach that desire for material pleasures and spiritual aspirations are mutually exclusive, setting the stage for an endless internal struggle. Although most people are drawn into spiritual beliefs and practices, they have a natural urge to fulfill their desires. With no way to reconcile these two impulses, they fall prey to guilt and self-condemnation or become hypocritical. Tantra offers an alternative path. What is Tantra Yoga in practice?

• The usage of your mental power for reaching success in sexual Tantra
• How to access and use the subconscious mind on your tantric evolution
• How to build and keep polarity in a successful tantric relationship
• Learning to open up and overcome shyness and inner blockages

• Art of samyama – technique of identification and its use in sexual Tantra
• NLP methods as tools in Tantra
• Tantric visualization and the use of holographic images in Tantra
• Tantric symbol and guided meditations for creating beneficial resonances
• Special Senses Game – an incredible sensual experience for deepening your tantric awareness
• Introduction to tantric massage – the use of energy for creating full body tantric experiences

The Misuse of Tantrik Powers Unfortunately, a large number of tantrik enthusiasts, in both the West and the East, mistakenly identify tantra as the yoga of sex, black magic, witchcraft, seduction, and an amalgam of techniques for influencing the minds of others. "This is due, at least in part, to the fact that tantra is both a spiritual path and a science," says Rajmani Tigunait in his book Tantra Unveiled. "As a spiritual path, it emphasizes on the purification of mind and heart, cultivating a spiritually illuminating philosophy of life. As a science, it experiments with techniques whose efficacy depends on the precise application of "mantra" and "yantra", ritual use of specific materials, and the performance of tantrik mudras and accompanying mental exercises," writes Tigunait. In the layman's language, such practices can be thought of as tantrik formulas. They will yield a result if properly applied, regardless of the character, spiritual understanding or intention of the practitioner. When this scientific aspect of tantra falls into the hands of charlatans, it is inevitably misused giving tantra a bad name. Fortunately, however, there are still tantrik masters, authentic scriptures to undercut such false and distorted notions and make it possible for us to gain a better understanding of this sublime path.

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