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Urban Retreat - Open to Flow
Jun 03, 2012
Yoga Course, Baravara
Aug 01 -
05, 2012

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"Wow! An exceptional opportunity that I feel blessed to have experienced: to find peace, calm and openness is so special."

Richard (UK)

"Neo is teaching with passion and putting his heart in any of his approaches. He's so competent, experienced, real, he has made his best to make us practicing yoga safely, enjoyably and consciously."

Thanh Nguyen (Switzerland)

"I have been on other yoga retreats but this one is so much more encompassing. The attention to detail and layered structure make the learning process effortless.

Jim (UK)

"Through this course I have found a new exciting and better way to live, learning how the combination of various yoga and meditation practices opens up the path to more spiritual awareness."

Marene (Spain)

"Thank you, this is the most enlightening experience I have had. The website does not do this course justice. Thank you, Neo"

Gary (Wales)

"I have very much enjoyed the yoga program. The yoga practices were well structured and have given me new ways to relax. It has also taught me that silence or just being silent is very powerful. I will certainly be back for more retreats."

Mireille (Netherlands)

"I'm really surprised that at my age (61) it is possible to change your body-feeling that much and feel long forgotten muscles anew. Thank you!"

Beatrice (Switzerland)

"I had a wonderful yoga week, very helpful and inspirational in my new self-discovery/awareness journey."

Teresa (London/Switzerland)

"The whole week was very well designed, the combination of yoga, thalssotherapy and dietetic food fantastic. I have enjoyed the treatment from friendly and professional staff, the training with the hands-on-guidance."

Michelle (Spain)

"I come away feeling worked - but more toned, more refreshed and more revistalised. As a yoga beginner myself, I would certainly recommend it."

Michelle (Spain)

"I feel invigorated as if I have been on a normal holiday for 3 or 4 weeks. Thank you for having me on a 'yoga with neo' week!"

"A truly complete yoga week - I felt nourished in mind, body & soul. I laughed, I cried & then danced! And the surroundings could not be more exquisite. For me this was long overdue."

"Neo teaches how to avoid so many errors in my 'yoga classical classes'. But most important, I find what is to be 'aware' and what is energy flowing or not flowing into your body. For someone with so much stress as me, this is a miracle."

"My awareness is so different after just one week. Thank you for that. I still have a long way to go, but I actually feel as if I am on a new path and its exciting."

"You are aware that I have no previous experience of yoga but the week exceeded my expectations!"

Improflow

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Improflow Individual Consultation

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Improflow Personalized Program

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Improflow Group Classes

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Improflow - yoga at your own pace

Improflow is a new style of therapeutic yoga, featuring a progressive and individualized approach to learn and practice yoga. Improflow starts with an individual consultation to assess your level and needs. During a second one on one meeting you will receive your own personalized program and 'posture practice chart' that you will be guided through in detail. You will then attend weekly classes taught in traditional Krishnamacharya yoga style, meaning that each participant practices their own sequence, at their own pace. A qualified teacher will be present throughout the practice to provide individual verbal instructions and hands-on adjustments to help guide and deepen your practice. Class numbers are kept small to ensure maximum personal attention.

** Suitable for all levels, beginners as well as experienced.

Program Detail:

Step 1 - Individual Consultation (1 hour)

Prior to your first session, you will receive an Individual Consultation Questionnaire (ICQ) to help screen your current health/stress/wellbeing and to determine your Improflow program goals. We will discuss the questionnaire content during the consultation and a biofeedback tool that measures Heart Rate Variability (HRV) will be introduced to explore your current state of inner relaxation and connectedness.

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Step 2 - Personalized Program (1.5 hours)

Based on the results of the first consultation a program will be desiged for you. During this consultation, you will recieve your 'personalized posture chart' along with an MP3 recording of your practice. You will be guided through the material in detail and will receive hands-on assistance as well as having the opportunity to ask any questions.

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Step 3 - Group Classes (1.5 hours)

Small group classes give you the opportunity to practice your yoga as a moving meditation, with the support of gentle music and in the company of like-minded individuals. You will also receive individual guidance and hands-on assistance to support physical alignment and deepening in certain postures. The group classes comprise four key stages:

1. Self-inquiry meditation

2. Yoga posture practice

3. Deep relaxation

4. Sitting meditation

Location & Times:

Tuesdays 18:00 - 19:30

Thursdays 07:00 - 08:30

Improflow classes take place at Urban OM - Wallingatan 20-22, Central Stockholm (nearest subway stations are Central, Hotoriet, Rådmansgatan)

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Step 4 - Follow Up Consultations (1 hour)

These sessions are recommended every 8 - 12 weeks and give you the chance to check in with practice progress, to implement any necessary program enhancements and to entrain inner connectedness, using the Heart Rate Variability bio-feedback tool.

"After more than a decade of yoga and meditation practice, I have finally come to realize one basic fact: yoga works when you work it and it doesn't when you don't! I've also learned that when I'm most stressed is the time I least want to be with myself and yet it is the time when I most need it! With this awareness, I value more than ever the appointment I make with myself on the yoga mat to be able to renew my inner contact. Eventually with time, practice and patience Improflow can open the doors to what yoga was always meant to be - deep inner exploration and meditation in motion." Neo