August Summer Walking & Yoga Retreat in the Cotswolds
The Lodge, Cotswold Park Cirencester GL7 7EL
Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday 11th - 14th August
3 nights
Arrivals from 4pm Friday
Depart after breakfast Monday.
Reward yourself on this beautiful Yoga & Walking retreat- Friday will be time to settle in explore and rest & enjoy a light supper ( included) and a candle lit meditation to drift you softly off to sleep, Saturday and Sunday will begin early with meditation & yoga followed by breakfast, then some free time to enjoy the area or relax in the beauty of the Cotsworlds.
Lunch will be at 1pm - after lunch each day we will enjoy a long walk of about 5 miles in the beautiful area of the Cotswolds. The walks will be at a steady pace to enjoy all the views stopping to enjoy some refreshment along the way.
We will end each walk back at the lodge for afternoon tea and cake followed by restorative yoga & Yogic sleep.
Last updated April 17, 2017, 1:27 p.m. UTC
Jill is a fully qualified Senior Yoga Teacher Trainer SYT500 and is accredited by YAP. Our training school has met the stringent requirements set by Yoga Alliance Professionals demonstrating that our courses are of the highest standard and that our graduates may use the title ‘ Registered Yoga Teacher' RYT as a sign of quality training. Jill completed her foundation, and level one Teacher Training in 2007 with the BWY to teach Hatha Yoga. In 2006 she also completed her RYT200hrs to teach Ashtanga Yoga with the Yoga Alliance. After completing her RYT200hrs & RYT500hrs Jill is now a certified Yoga Alliance Teacher.
Jill has been practised yoga for over 12 years and has been a qualified yoga teacher for over 10 years. She studied and completed her Ashtanga teacher training with one of the UK’s most respected Ashtanga, yoga teachers, Mark Freeth. She is a registered member of the Yoga Alliance Professionals, a Senior yoga teacher SYT 500hrs. Jill is also very proud to have studied with Swami Sachidananda MA. In May 2011 she added to her training with The Yoga Campus in London the Sitram Partnership, Uma Dinsmore Tuli, to teach pregnancy yoga. This added to the training with Marc Beuvain to teach yoga to children in 2007.
In 2012 she embarked on a 1 year mindfulness course with the Mindfulness Association and now leads 8 week Mindfulness Mediation Courses . Jill completed a 10 day silent retreat at Kagyu Samye Ling in Scotland with Drupon RInpoche, she also competed a 6 month Compassion and Wisdom Course with Clive Holmes. She also studies Yoga and Buddhist philosophy. In May 2015, Jill embarked on a One Year Compassion Training Course with the Mindful Association.
The journey continues in November 2016 Jill took the spiritual name Kamal Puran Kaur after completing her Level 1 Teacher Training
( exam still to be taken in September) - her main teaching focus is now Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
As well as weekly Kundalini Yoga Classes, Jill also runs weekend retreats, themed days of yoga, monthly mindfulness meditation session and afternoons of relaxation Yoga, with yoga Nidra, Meditation & Pranayama. She teaches all abilities and ages from beginner to advanced. Her classes encourage the student to realise their full potential, and through the practice of the asana (postures) and the use of yogic breathing (Breath of fire & Pranayama), Kriya & Meditation the student experiences a strengthening and flexing of the body and a calming of the mind.
Jill’s teacher training diploma courses RYT 200hrs, have now been running for 4 years. Nurturing around 10 students each year to find their inner teacher.
Her sole purpose as a Senior Yoga Teacher and Tibetan Buddhist is to have compassion and kindness for all. This is her dedication every morning after meditation. She have a strong passion to help people, and continually explores new techniques, which keeps her own daily practice fresh and alive. Her practice is not full of advanced postures, and she will not encourage you into pretzel-like contortions.
Jill is interested in helping you uncover your true spiritual self, and cultivating an open and accepting attitude to your body and mind. Helping you to create a strong body from the ground upwards. Her primary motivation as a teacher is in helping people find strength, ease and comfort in both their yoga practice and their daily lives.
Jill’s back ground of competitive sport, including Karate and Body Building left her with several joint problems. She has found that yoga helped with these injuries and has strengthened her body and increased her flexibility.
Jill is a fully qualified Senior Yoga Teacher Trainer RYT500hrs and is accredited by the Yoga Alliance Professionals. Our training school has met the stringent requirements set by Yoga Alliance UK, demonstrating that our courses are of the highest standard and that our graduates may use the title 'Registered Yoga Teacher' RYT as a sign of quality training.
What ever reason you are here, we welcome you, come and enjoy a safe environment for you to practice yoga, join in with meditation or to become a Yoga Teacher. What are you waiting for .... Take the leap of faith...... you will never look back.!
The journey continues, every day I am grateful to my teachers and students, and for the grace to continue my practice with their knowledge.
My motivation is to become a better me, and my intention is to do that for you.
‘We are all teachers, we are all beginners’. Thank you Danny Paradise.
The Buddha said “that life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheel of the cart follows the oxen that draws it. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves”.