COMING HOME | A 9 DAY REJUVENATION RETREAT in INDIA
with LIZAAN JOUBERT + LUCY HILL
3rd - 11th March 2023
Come home to yourself. With the ever-loving Chaya community, in the abundant arms of magical India. This retreat’s intention is to call you back to your inner home and temple. To allow nature to hold, soothe and harmonise you. And gently realign you with your highest self.
This retreat is an opportunity to disconnect from the ‘stories’ and the identities of daily life for a while.
And truly, lovingly, be with yourself, exactly as you are. To listen lovingly to your heart. To discover, to feel and perhaps - to let go of anything you don’t need. In turn opening up a magical and infinite space for new possibility…
Imagine 9 days immersed in yogic practices with Lizaan Joubert in the beachfront, coconut grove yoga shala. The daily tropical sea swims and the non-stop sunshine. Community feasting on nourishing plant-based menus. Expansive, healing breath work. Trips to a local temples for a prayers and blessings. And sunset hill top meditations with views of the sea as far as the eye can see…
LOCATION: CABO SERAI, GOA
We’re beyond excited to announce our new Goa Chaya home as Cabo Serai, a beautiful eco-luxury resort on the stunning South Goa coast. Nestled upon a hillside, surrounded by untouched nature, and offering panoramic sea views from every room, Cabo Serai is a true gem. Only accessible by buggy - to get there is a mini adventure in itself! Walk through the coconut groves and across the pretty stream meandering to the sea… And find yourself in our private tropical paradise.
Each beautifully designed suite or luxury tent has 180 views of the ocean. With no neighbours and our exclusive occupation for the duration, we promise to create the most peaceful, inspiring and healing environment for you to completely relax and let go within.
YOGA | THE PRACTICE
We can’t wait to create a beautiful retreat for the first time together in India, with Lizaan Joubert. We’ve wanted to manifest this union for a long time - and we are so excited and honoured she’s coming to lead our first collaborative retreat, in our very special new home in India.
Liz will lead a twice-daily practice during the retreat, with two hours of deep slow flow yoga in the morning and a yin-energy focussed, practice in the evening.
THE TEACHER | LIZAAN JOUBERT
Known as Lizi to her students and the yoga community, you will meet her as a practitioner. Teaching Yoga is part of her belief that the practice rests in the heart of being a Student to life, and that everyone is your teacher.
Her work as a practitioner and facilitator is inspired by her own life path being a traveller and experiences living many lives. She grew up on a farm during the apartheid area in South Africa with unconventional parents, played college tennis in the US, and furthered her love for humans and food in hospitality during her 20’s. She began a deep path of inquiry when she took a sabbatical turning 30. Moving to London, she travelled extensively for two years, and she was introduced to the Patanjali System living in Thailand through practices of Ashtanga Vinyasa she stumbled upon.
She is (E-500RYT) teacher and her teachings over the last 9 years come from her passion to learn from her teachers annually and sharing with her students during intimate weeks in Retreat and classes she now teaches live and online around the world.
Liz brings a unique perspective to the definition and practices of yoga. She is honest about her philosophy that Yoga is not about making pretty shapes. She offers powerful and insightful classes that hold deep ritual with intention, in sequencing and balancing the body through the postures, breathwork and meditation.
Classes are physically and energetically taught with equal motivation to empower students to grow in personal flexibility and strength guiding each level and layer to each student's ability. She is inspired by the esoteric subtle body practices, studies of the Chakra System, meditations and teachings rooted in Buddhist Psychology.
She approaches physical anatomy and postures from a functional approach to Yoga. Yoga postures are taught as medicine, being a way of insight and ritual to balance and harmonize energy levels and awareness. Her studies involve annual pilgrimages to the Land of Medicine Buddha with her teachers Paul & Suzee Grilley, in both Chakra Anatomy, The Bhagavad Gita and Yin Yoga. She has furthered her functional approach to Yoga with Sebastain and Murielle Pucelle in TCM methodology based on this functional and medicine approach.
She practices Ashtanga Vinyasa annually with her teachers Lucy Crawford Scott & Caroline Tautz in Kerala, India. Mandala Methodology with Shiva Rae and Dulce Aguilar. Lizi often travels to Mysore for personal retreat time to deepen her own practice. Her spiritual path was influenced by her mother, and early on by Tibetan Buddhist teachings, Chogyam Trunpga Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Allione and the modern teachings of Michael Stone have been a core foundation to sharing philosophy. Lizi studies at Tara Mandala currently with Lama Tsultrim Allione furthering meditation and Tibetan Psychology as a medium for counseling. She is also an Enlifted Life Coach mentoring group sessions and individual private sessions using Yoga principles and language as a way to support anyone wanting to deepen personal self empowerment.
Liz believes it’s a personal path of self awareness and growth. Longevity in the way you practice, and progress in what you can accomplish each day, on the mat and off the mat. Whether you are in the beginning, or growing deeper into the teachings, Yoga allows every practitioner a place of contemplation and exploration.
Based between Greece, Mexico and South Africa, Liz teaches a small live online schedule after teaching for 6 years in London’s top yoga studios. You can now find her on retreat collaborating, and sharing her work on her own personal programmes, workshops and retreats.
IS THIS RETREAT FOR YOU?
Our retreats are open to everybody! We welcome all ages and all levels of yogic experience. If you would like to discuss any area of your wellbeing or practice that you are specifically working with, or have any questions about the retreat, please do drop us a line, we're very happy to chat through ideas or concerns.
WANT TO COME ALONE?
If you're new to solo travelling, how wonderful! Using our many years of Indian travel experience, we at Chaya dearly love to look after our guests. We can help with all your travel needs and will do our best to ensure you have a most relaxing, joyful and magical time. You just need to book your flight and let us take care of everything else.
WELLBEING FOOD
Chaya’s Lucy Hill will be bringing her knowledge and understanding of wellbeing food to the retreat; ensuring a healthy and inspiring, not to mention super tasty menu. The food will refer to the pillars of a therapeutic diet to best support your rejuvenation. With juices and homemade plant-based mylks, two delicious plant-based meals per day, free-flowing coconuts, fresh fruits and herbal teas… All designed to leave you feeling nourished on every level.
FOOD + MENUS
Food is a really big deal to us at Chaya. It's such a joy to share our passion for incredibly good food; food which tastes as good as it looks, and as good as it feels! The wonderful chefs at Cabo Serai will work with our famed Chaya Kitchen menus and in-house team to bring you some seriously delicious feasts. Using local, seasonal and organic where possible ingredients to create delicious, and nutritious Indian-style regional multi-course menus, which will balance, nourish and delight.
WORKSHOP: BREATH WORK
During the retreat, guests will be invited to join a breath workshop. Breathwork is like the new yoga, yet it’s steeped in a wisdom of old. Through a conscious, connected breath pattern we’re able to uncover the hidden secrets and gifts from our breath; nourishing organs, unlocking old patterns, accessing blockages, shifting negative emotions, healing trauma and so much more. Breathwork also gives us a natural remedy for stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD and insomnia, along with improving relationships, creativity, compassion and overall well-being… It’s therapy without words and energy in motion.
TREATMENTS & THERAPIES
We are incredibly blessed in Goa to work with an outstanding selection of healers, therapists and practitioners, working across a broad spectrum of treatments.
Our therapists cover the following areas: A variety of massage disciplines, (examples include holistic, deep tissue, sports and remedial, stomach and internal), reflexology, breathwork, kinesiology, ayurveda, voice coaching, reiki and energy work, life coaching, nutritional therapy, plus many more.
Included in the retreat will be a 1 hour treatment of your choice with one of our resident therapists.
We dearly love to share our many years of Indian travel and Goan love with our guests, which we hope makes for a very unique experience. If you have any questions at all about India, Goa, travelling solo, safety, what to expect, where to go afterwards or before... Just drop us a line to arrange a call.
TYPICAL DAILY RETREAT SCHEDULE
07:30 - 08:00 Herbal teas, coconut water
08:00 - 09:30 Creative, dynamic flow + meditation (2hrs)
10:00 - 11:00 Buffet brunch
11:00 - 16:00 Free time, treatments
16:00 - 18:30 Evening yin practice
19:00 - 20:30 Dinner
INCLUDED IN THE RETREAT
Inbound airport transfer to Cabo Serai
Twice daily yoga with Lizaan
Full board, including 2 x multi-course gourmet meals, afternoon tea, unlimited teas, fresh fruit and mineral water
Choice of 1 hour treatment, plus a selection of beautiful additional therapies
Evening guided meditation
Temple visit and blessing
Optional additional activities such as spice plantation visits, shopping and cookery classes
NOT INCLUDED IN THE RETREAT
Flights and onward transfer from the retreat
COST PER PERSON
Option 1) £1771 | 1.8l INR | Three person sharing suite, with ensuite (3 separate beds)
Option 2) £1991 | 2l INR | Two person sharing suite, with ensuite (2 separate beds)
Option 3) £1881 | 1.9l INR | Two person sharing luxury tent, with ensuite (2 separate beds)
Option 4) £2332 | 2.3l INR | Solo suite, entirely private large suite with ensuite bathroom (king size bed)
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
Arrival airport is Goa Dabolim.
We have aligned the retreat start with the time of the direct Air India flight from London Heathrow to Goa. This would mean an arrival at Cabo Serai at between 6 and 7 am. It is also possible to arrive early and book a room at Cabo, dependent on availability.
The earliest check in possible at Cabo Serai will be given and a welcome breakfast will be prepared for your arrival. Access to all facilities will be available to our guests, including showers and pool, until rooms are ready.
Check out is at 12:00 noon and we can happily arrange ongoing transfers (not included in the retreat price) to any destination you desire. We have extensive knowledge of Goa and India and we highly recommend staying as long as you can! - Please do drop us a line to discuss a possible itinerary.
VISAS
Tourist visas for one month are easily obtained for European and UK citizens. Please check your country of origin for specific entrance requirements.
To book a place on this retreat or for any further details, please contact us via the link below or email: info@chayayogaretreats.com
